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Last month, I summed up the first few months of the new Congress in the post, "The Failure of Compromise", which noted: Time and time again, Democratic leaders have sought to accommodate the conservative Republican minority and craft compromise legislation. And in...

Via Feministing, a House appropriations subcommittee went ahead and increased funds for abstinence-only education programs. Click here for my earlier post on this issue.

In the run-up to Take Back America 2007 (just 11 days away!), over at the Take Back America blog, we're going to be interviewing some of the great speakers on tap and getting a taste of what's to come. First up, the tireless political journalist David Sirota. Click...

From the New York Times: On climate change, the White House has said it would hold firm against concrete long-term targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a major priority for Mrs. Merkel. After lunch with Mr. Bush on Wednesday, Mrs. Merkel seemed to concede —...

Last month, CQ Today reported that House leaders were planning to let expire funds for abstinence-only education, a proven failure at getting teens to abstain from sex. But last night, CQ reported that a House appropriations subcommittee is planning on increasing...

House leaders had been planning to let expire funds for abstinence-only education, a proven failure at getting teens to abstain from sex, CQ Today reported last month. But last night, CQ reported that a House appropriations subcommittee is planning on increasing funds...

Yesterday, TomPaine.com's Alec Dubro called attention to a draft bill from coal-friendly Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. -- with tacit support from auto industry pal Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. -- which would have prevented states from having strong greenhouse gas emission...

Head on over to the Take Back America 2007 blog, to find out how you can host your own "Self-Organized Session" and be part of the official Take Back America agenda.

Conservatives like to use China as an excuse not to do anything serious on global warming. Why impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions if China won't? The counter-argument is that only if we take the lead will China and other developing economies follow. Al Gore made...

Jacob S. Hacker, the Yale University professor who has crafted a health-care-for-all plan that he has discussed with several Democratic presidential candidates, has taken a close look at the health care proposal released last week by Sen. Barack Obama and concludes...