by Bill Scher | May 23, 2007 | Blog
Over at the Take Back America 2007 blog, I've posted the announcement of the finalists for the first annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award. And the final honoree will be selected by your votes. Check out the Take Back America 2007 blog for more.
by Robert Borosage | May 23, 2007 | Blog
President Bush forced Democrats to “fold,” the press reports. He vetoed the Iraq funding bill that set a deadline for getting U.S. troops out of the war. The Republican minority blocked any effort to overturn the veto. Now Congress is about to vote on a funding bill...
by Bill Scher | May 23, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday evening, the Senate voted to keep a temporary guest worker program in the immigration bill. Big mistake. While the bill would sensibly create a path to earned citizenship for the 12 million immigrants currently here illegally, it then starts the problem...
by Bill Scher | May 23, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday evening, the Senate voted to keep a temporary guest worker program in the immigration bill. Big mistake. While the bill would sensibly create a path to earned citizenship for the 12 million immigrants currently here illegally, it then starts the problem...
by Bill Scher | May 22, 2007 | Blog
ABC News reports that average gas prices are as high as ever been recorded, after adjusting for inflation: $3.22 a gallon. High prices for fossil fuels wouldn't be a big deal, if consumers had affordable, cleaner alternatives. But we don't, thanks to years of...
by Bill Scher | May 22, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
