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Today's New York Times reports that a House-Senate agreement is near on a final State Children's Health Insurance Program bill. (Congressional leaders apparently were able to circumvent the obstructionist attempt to prevent a formal House-Senate conference from...

For the second week in a row, the Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. Neither ABC's This Week or Fox News Sunday asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to explain his support for the president's Iraq strategy, when nothing has changed since he said in December...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

New York Times, June 28, 2000: Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their...

New York Times, June 28, 2000: Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their...

Wednesday's New York Times bottom-lines the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker: "[They] conceded Tuesday that the Bush administration’s overall strategy in Iraq would remain largely unchanged after the temporary increase in American forces is over...

Last week, conservatives blocked the House and Senate from taking the routine step of convening a conference to work out differences in their children's health insurance bills, obstructing Congress' ability to do the people's business and pass a single bill on to the...

Last week, Florida's Brevard County met Lukas, who is alive thanks to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the program congressional conservatives want Bush to veto. This week, Buffalo, N.Y., met Gabrial. From the Buffalo News: Brian and Kelly...

Last month, the Bush administration issued state government new restrictions on providing children's health insurance via threatening emails sent on a late Friday evening. And this past Friday, the Bushies used those restrictions to deny New York State the ability to...

After a rare week when a Watchdog question was actually asked, the Sunday shows return to form, going 0-for-3. Not only did Fox News Sunday fail to ask Sen. Lindsey Graham if his support for the surge was based on stats from cooked books, none of the Sunday shows even...