mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Max Baucus seem to think so. But how ConservaDems will react is still unclear.
Adele Stan, AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2009. The Stupak amendment -- an anti-choice measure that could virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion -- will be attached to the health-care reform bill.
RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 7, 2009. The House leadership bows to anti-choice congressmen, allowing them a vote on an anti-choice amendment to the health-care bill.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009. To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.
Adele Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009. Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of Fox News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups.
Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones. November 5, 2009. What if they gave a Tea Party and nobody came? Michele Bachmann and company promised a barrage of protest calls to the Capitol but, so far, things are kind of quiet.
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. October 31, 2009. A plant-based diet is both preventative and healing, whereas a diet high in animal protein is destructive to our health.
Igor Volsky, The Wonk Room. October 30, 2009. The House health-care bill does much of what Republicans said they wanted. So they've launched a disinformation campaign. Rep. Mike Pence was first out of the gate.
Adele Stan, AlterNet. October 30, 2009. Majority Leader Harry Reid has said the Senate bill will have a public option, but now it's time to walk the walk.
Bruce Wilson, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 29, 2009. Blue Dogs were "magnificent" at killing health reform in 1990's, says Stupak's pro-life caucus co-chair.
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009. Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 29, 2009. In a direct-mail campaign to its customers, North Carolina Blue Cross-Blue Shield asked its customers to voice opposition to health-care reform to their senator.
John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. October 28, 2009. "Nancy Pelosi has decided to propose a government-run insurance plan that would negotiate rates with doctors and hospitals, rather than using prices set by the government."
mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 28, 2009. An announcement on their decision is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern, but we'll probably be hearing leaks any time now.
Ari Berman, The Nation AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 28, 2009. These holdouts are not centrist Democrats; they are corporate Democrats, which should be an oxymoron.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 28, 2009. I loved him for standing up to Republicans on health care. Now that I know he called a woman lobbyist a "whore," I love him not.
Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: Politics. October 27, 2009. The inclusion of the public option in Senate health-care legislation is a win for progressives. Now it's time to do the same for climate change and financial reform.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009. In a striking announcement, the Senate majority leader says he has the votes to stop a filibuster against a public option; gives up on Snowe.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009. When asked to explain her qualified endorsement of the public option in a health-care speech, Obama's economic adviser says it can work to contain costs.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009. With the president still listless on the public option, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee features Obama campaign organizer demanding action.
