Brad Reed, AlterNet. October 1, 2009. Special interests have always worked to kill national health plans -- from the progressives' proposals during the Wilson era to Clinton's failed reforms in the 1990s.
Stephen Pizzo, News for Real. May 7, 2009. They are blaming Obama for spending, after Bush's accomplishments: a crippled economy, two failed wars and environmental crisis?
Ryan Powers, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. April 30, 2009. Democratic senators Evan Bayh (IN), Robert Byrd (WV), and Ben Nelson (NE) also voted no.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009. In a fevered YouTube video, Sen. James Inhofe launches a series of patently false accusations at Gates' military spending plan.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 26, 2009. "To a bunch of the critics out there, I've already said, 'Show me your budget!' I'm happy to have that debate."
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2009. "We must rebuild our economy on a foundation that lasts. And that is exactly what the budget I submitted to Congress is designed to do."
Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 2, 2009. There's no question that this is the battle of a lifetime.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. February 28, 2009. President Obama's new budget represents a clean split, and a lot of promise for future progressive programs.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 27, 2009. Barack Obama's first budget proposal fulfills several of the promises he made during the 2008 campaign, but the Corporate Right is poised for a fight.
Ryan Powers, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 21, 2009. Jindal rejects $90 million in recovery funding that would have benefited 25,000 Louisiana residents.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 20, 2009. "The president prefers to tell the truth, rather than make the numbers look better by pretending."
Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future. October 23, 2008. It is not only possible but potentially necessary to increase public investments in spite of a large deficit.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. February 11, 2008. George W. Bush’s enormously generous tax giveaways to America's wealthy will remain in place after he’s gone -- at everyone else's expense.
Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. February 6, 2008. Coal and nuke get the big bucks, while funds for renewables and poor people hoping to save on energy costs get sacked.
