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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....

It is time for decision on the Iraq debacle. The White House is demanding more money to keep the troops in Iraq. The Bush folks have shown their public relations mastery by rolling out a disingenuous campaign to claim “progress” on the ground in Iraq. General David...

Brevard County newspaper Florida Today explains who SCHIP helps, and helpfully notes who voted against it: Lukas Richmond started wheezing again this week. The boisterous Titusville 8-year-old missed 52 days of school last year because of severe asthma and allergies...

At last we get a little good news. The new Congress is presenting to the President a package of legislation designed to help working families afford the skyrocketing cost of college. He’s threatened to veto it but we’ll get to that later. Start with the good news....

The message: I care. We're trying. -- President George H.W. Bush, responding to a town hall question about the worsening economy, 1/15/92 I know some say, well, since he's against Kyoto he doesn't care about the climate change. That's urban legend that is...

Conservatives aren't getting anywhere with their misinformation campaign against the State Children's Health Insurance Program. But there's always the ol' reliable: obstruction. CQ reports that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a routine move (requiring...

Conservatives spent their August recess trying to explain (using copious misinformation) how they could be against covering more kids with health insurance. It doesn't seem to have gone well, with polls and editorials squarely in support of congressional bills...

The Sunday shows break their three-week losing streak, and actually ask a Watchdog question. On ABC's This Week, George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. John Ensign if the GOP had a double standard by pressuring Sen. Larry Craig to resign but rallying around Sen. David...

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....

When we last checked in on Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., he was trying to keep quiet about his vote against expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Now he's taking it a step further. After the Bush administration issued new rules cracking down on states...