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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Pelosi's Challenge In New Orleans

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to lead a House delegation to New Orleans and the Mississippi coast starting Sunday in an effort that should draw fresh attention to what remains the shame of the nation, two years after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast....

A Global Warming Bill We Can Work With

Last month, a bipartisan global warming bill from Sens. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Arlen Specter, R-Penn., was uniformly rejected by environmental organizations, because it kept down the cost for creating carbon pollution, making it impossible to reduce enough...

Dingell Fizzle

Last month, I remarked that Rep. John Dingell's attempt to undermine progress on global warming with a disingenuous carbon tax proposal was "more likely to fizzle out than spark intra-party warfare." And it appears to be fizzling. The American Prospect's recent...

Kids, Keep Your Sicky Hands Off The Nice CEO's Money

Yesterday, President Bush told reporters he's considering more tax cuts for those who need it most -- corporations, of course -- while reiterating his plans to veto more health insurance for kids. The Moderate Voice makes the connection, exposing the priorities of the...

How I Spent My August Recess

Congressional conservatives are spending their August recess in an interesting way: telling their constituents about their hard work ... to keep health insurance away from kids. Well, they're not quite that honest. Following the lead of the HHS Hacks, they're...

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