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For Our Next Obstruction...
...let's deny kids health insurance! This time, the obstruction may not come from the Senate conservatives, but from Mr. Lame Duck himself, President Bush. Today, the Senate Finance Committee passed a bipartisan compromise to expand the State Children's Health...
One Night of Pressure Removes One Obstruction
An attempt to break the conservative minority filibuster of a proposal to effectively end the Iraq occupation fell short today. A majority of 53 senators, including four Republicans and one independent, supported an up-or-down vote (52 of which support the actual...
Conservatives Block Vote on Ending The War
Minutes ago, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid asked for unanimous consent to move to a vote on the Levin-Reed amendment to effectively end the occupation. Sen. Minority Whip Trent Lott objected, and the filibuster continues. Reid admonished the obstructionists: "The...
Whatever Happened to "Extraordinary Circumstances"?
I'll say this for Sen. John McCain. He thinks ahead. During today's Senate floor debate, Sen. Carl Levin urged McCain and his fellow conservatives to refrain from filibustering his Iraq proposal, and allow for an "up-or-down" vote. McCain shrugged him off, saying both...
Reid’s Bold Move
When you’re Senate Majority Leader, everyone’s fighting for your ear. Today, the netroots have Harry Reid’s ear, instead of the punditocracy. This blog has long been calling for Senate leaders to fight for bold, popular legislation and stand up to those blocking its...
Moore To CNN: "I Ain't Ever Going Away"
On Saturday, Micheal Moore posted an open letter to CNN, blasting the network: "still no apology, no retraction, no correction of your glaring mistakes." Warning CNN that "I ain't ever going away," Moore pledged to "start looking into the veracity of other reports you...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
Surge advocates were not held to account on the Sunday shows yesterday, as called for by the Watchdog. On NBC's Meet The Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham was not reminded by Tim Russert of his December claim that the surge would bring stability and political compromise in...
Weekend Watchdog
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....
Arbitrary Justice, Hidden Truth
Purely by chance, I was in the middle of reading Katharine Graham’s autobiography when President Bush commuted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s sentence. I had just reached the part where Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate era, was despairing...
A Climate Crisis Message That Works
Yesterday, MoveOn.org announced that former Sen. John Edwards won the straw poll following its Virtual Town Hall Meeting on the Climate Crisis (co-sponsored by Campaign for America's Future and others). And by a considerable margin. Edwards won 33% of the vote, while...
