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High Prescription Drug Prices? It's Your Fault!

Today's LA Times offers a seemingly well-intentioned article telling seniors ways they can obtain cheaper prescription drugs. But in doing so, it puffs up Big Pharma -- making it seem like pharmaceutical companies are already doing all they can for seniors. At the...

Coal-State Lawmakers Struggle With Global Warming

Today's CQ Weekly has a big piece on how coal-state lawmakers are "well-positioned" in Congress to shape global warming legislation. And they risk falling into the trap of thinking strong legislation will be bad for jobs in their districts. The article focuses on...

Dems Go Lukewarm on Global Warming

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is lowering expectations regarding planned global warming legislation, the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire blog reported Friday. Pelosi, D-Calif., prompted concerns last week when an aide said a climate-change and...

Dems Go Lukewarm on Global Warming

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is lowering expectations regarding planned global warming legislation, the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire blog reported Friday. Pelosi, D-Calif., prompted concerns last week when an aide said a climate-change and...

Strength of Global Warming Legislation in Doubt

The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire blog reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is lowering expectations regarding planned global warming legislation: Speaker Pelosi prompted concerns this week when an aide said a climate-change and energy-independence bill might not...

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