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Working through the Obstruction on Labor Day
It’s Labor Day and Congress is coming back into session. Time to step back to see where things stand, and what Congress can do about it. Start with the state of working America. It’s Labor Day after all, a holiday earned by organized labor and dedicated to working...
More Healthy Kids or More Failed Occupation
On CNN a few minutes ago, Democratic political consultant Paul Begala noted that President Bush is going to have difficult time pushing for $50 billion more for occupying Iraq, while pledging to veto House and Senate bills for children's health insurance (the SCHIP...
Dubya Discovers Poverty Data
Yesterday, after the Census released it's annual poverty report, with the poverty rate down from 12.6% of Amerians to 12.3%, President Bush released a triumphant statement: President Bush Pleased With Lowered Poverty Rate When we keep taxes low, spending in check, and...
More Kids Lacked Health Coverage in '06
The latest Census report on poverty in America found the number of Americans without health insurance continues to rise. A record 47 million uninsured in 2006, including 8.7 million kids. That's 15.8% of Americans, up from 15.3% in 2005. The increase in uninsured...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
For the third week in a row, the Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. Sen. John Warner was not asked on Meet The Press if his thin proposal, to reduce troop levels in Iraq from 160,000 to 155,000, would signal a desire to continue an indefinite occupation....
Weekend Watchdog
Air America's Sam Seder is off this Sunday, so we won't have our usual on-air Weekend Watchdog segment. But that shouldn't stop us from keeping the pressure on the Sunday TV shows to ask the tough questions. Add your own questions in the comment thread. Contact...
Solid Majority Backs SCHIP Expansion
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new SCHIP poll today, finding that 63% of voters (including 53% of self-described "conservatives") support "expanding SCHIP to cover an additional 4 million uninsured children at an additional cost of $35 billion over five...
States Standing Up For Kids: Part II
Stateline reports that the National Association of State Medicaid Directors will be calling on the Bush administration to "back off its proposal" blocking states from extending health coverage to more uninsured kids. And "If the administration refuses," (or more...
States Standing Up For Kids
Part of the conservative misinformation campaign on the State Children's Health Insurance Program is to stoke division between the states, and play on resentment towards New York. As Sen. Saxby Chambliss says, "I don’t think Georgia taxpayers ought to be subsidizing a...
McConnell Swings and Misses
Yesterday, Campaign for America's Future joined Americans United for Change and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq to release a new report on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and his record of obstruction. McConnell's staff responded not by proudly...
