by Bill Scher | Jun 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
President Holds Prime-Time Health Care Town Hall Health Care '09 rally and lobby day in DC today, organized by Health Care for America Now! Jonathan Cohn on presidential prime-time health care town hall: "...he used the occasion to hammer away at a key point--one...
by Bill Scher | Jun 24, 2009 | Blog
As Mother Jones recently chronicled, the environment community is fractured on the House clean energy and climate protection bill, though the bigger pieces -- Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense C
by Bill Scher | Jun 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Can There Be Effective Health Care Compromise? Baucus and Conrad telling Bloomberg that WH wants them to compromise with GOP: "White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel met last night at the U.S. Capitol with Senate Democrats and told them Obama is 'open to...
by Bill Scher | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog
Last night came the surprising news that Speaker Pelosi is speeding the comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill to the House floor this week despite uncertainty whether it will pass. And today, President Obama sought to boost the bill's chances by...
by Bill Scher | Jun 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Carbon Cap Going to House Floor Friday Despite incomplete negotiations with rural Dems, House climate bill will head to the floor. Bloomberg: "The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a proposed 'cap-and-trade' law to cut greenhouse gas emissions by the end...
