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Outlook Good for "Green-Collar" Job Training
In my update on energy legislation in the House, I neglected to mention that included in the energy package is funding for training in high-skill, clean energy jobs. That's a similar initiative to what already cleared the Senate, making it very likely to be part of...
Expose The Obstructionists
Americans elected a new Congress to get things done. But the conservative minority has chosen a strategy of obstruction in the Senate. They have used the threat of a filibuster to delay or block virtually every major initiative. Bills with majority support—raising the...
House Energy Moves
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several House committee chairman held a press conference earlier today to announce their initial energy independence package. Depending on how things play out, it could make the Senate energy bill stronger, or it could make it weaker.
How We Can Retire Ann Coulter
How to deal with a noxious but prominent commentator like Ann Coulter? Confront her bigoted remarks and outright falsehoods? Or ignore her in hopes of dimming her spotlight? It would seem to be a lose-lose proposition. Getting a rise out of her political opponents is...
Failure of Compromise: (2nd) Immigration Edition
When the mess of an immigration compromise collapsed earlier this month in the Senate, I wrote: One can only hope Congress' leaders finally absorb the lesson. The conservative minority will aim to obstruct legislation no matter how hard you try to accommodate them --...
Matthews and Coulter: No Shame
Desperate TV producers, caught in a competition for ratings, are clearly without shame. Chris Matthews, a knowledgeable and experienced commentator, is under ratings pressure at MSNBC. The result is a descent into the foulest gutter available – inviting on Tuesday the...
Dingell In The Crucible
You may not know it, but there's lots of hot energy bill action going on in the halls of the House, following last week's passage of the Senate version. Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is crafting its bill. But...
Latest Filibuster Blocks Free Choice
Minutes ago, Senate conservatives filibustered progress and stifled the voice of the majority once again. They killed the Employee Free Choice Act, which would have minimized employer interference in the choice of workers to unionize. As the Institute for America's...
Conservative Activism Grips Our Supreme Court
Way too many folks rolled over when John Roberts and Sam Alito were nominated for the Supreme Court. And now we're seeing the consequences. In my recent book, I characterized the conservative judicial activist agenda as "elitist government, no longer representative of...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
After an above average performance last week, the Sunday shows fell backwards, going 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. Not only did Fox News Sunday fail to ask Sen. Trent Lott about the reason behind his vote against the energy bill (even after Lott brought it up on his own),...
