by Bill Scher | Jul 25, 2007 | Blog
Two weeks ago, a bipartisan global warming bill was roundly criticized for making it too easy for industries to keep creating carbon pollution. This week, another bipartisan effort was announced, and it's garnering relatively more praise. Allies of polluters often try...
by Bill Scher | Jul 25, 2007 | Blog
Republican leaders apparently like to lose. Top GOP senators Mitch McConnell and Trent Lott are opposing the bipartisan deal to cover more kids with health insurance, siding with President Bush over other Republicans like Senators Orrin Hatch and Charles...
by Bill Scher | Jul 24, 2007 | Blog
Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum, looking at filibuster stats from McClatchy Newspapers showing conservatives taking obstruction to new heights, writes: ...the number of filibusters has been relatively steady since 1986 — until this year, when Republicans found...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 23, 2007 | Blog, Minimum Wage
With all of the talk about the conservative obstructionism in Congress that is keeping important bills from becoming law, Tuesday brings something worth celebrating: The federal minimum wage, which had been frozen at $5.15 an hour for almost 10 years, increases 70...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2007 | Blog
Last week, President Bush pledged to veto a bipartisan Senate bill that would cover three to four million more kids with health insurance. Does that mean children will be left out in the cold until Bush is out of office? Not necessarily. This week's Congressional...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2007 | Blog
It's another 0-for-3 Sunday for the Watchdog, as the Sunday shows fail to recognize who is impeding bipartisan sentiment to end the Iraq occupation. On CBS' Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer sought to be "fair and balanced" by spreading blame for obstructionism in his...
