by Robert Borosage | Oct 3, 2007 | Blog
President Bush's veto today of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill marks the first round in a national fight about health care. The president chose the special interests of big insurance companies over the needs of millions of children who need...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 20, 2007 | Blog
The Republican obstruction campaign continues. Yesterday, the Republican minority in the Senate filibustered and blocked two measures that had majority support in the House, and bipartisan majority support in the Senate. Republicans continue to filibuster at a pace...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 7, 2007 | Blog
It is time for decision on the Iraq debacle. The White House is demanding more money to keep the troops in Iraq. The Bush folks have shown their public relations mastery by rolling out a disingenuous campaign to claim “progress” on the ground in Iraq. General David...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 17, 2007 | Blog
Three lives are lost and counting in the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. The flamboyant, camera-hogging mine owner, Bob Murray, has called this a "once in a lifetime" accident, like a car crushed by a boulder suddenly dislodged. These horrors happen. Yes, but when we...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 2, 2007 | Blog
“The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail ... and so far it's working for us." —Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss. Roll Call, April 18 A partisan minority in the U.S. Senate has blocked legislation that would...
