Marcelo Balive, New America Media. November 10, 2009. The House's shift is modest. But it might be just what's needed to enact meaningful changes to our immigration policy.
Ari Berman, TheNation.com. August 20, 2009. Sens. Max Baucus and Charles Grassley have tried to shed Obama's health agenda in the name of bipartisanship.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 18, 2009. We are at a crucial moment in the health care debate -- Obama needs pressure from all of us to keep the public option as part of his agenda.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2009. Let's give credit where credit's due: it looks very likely now that the House is going to pass a health care plan that includes a public option.
David Waldman, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2009. The House "tri-committee" health care bill, introduced earlier today, is already set for markup in the committees beginning on Thursday.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 19, 2009. The Republican alternative -- a non-binding measure asking the Treasury Department to think of something -- was rejected. Imagine that.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 10, 2009. Proponents expect the measure to pass the House with relative ease, but opponents have a lot of lies up their sleeves.
Stuart Whatley, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 4, 2009. A deal has been reached whereby Karl Rove will finally testify, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 26, 2009. Senate approves a bill that will give Washington, D.C., a vote in the House, and the Pentagon lifts the media ban on coffin photos.
Rikyrah, Jack & Jill Politics AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 19, 2009. "The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on a bill to establish a House seat for the District, which includes the city of Washington."
David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 17, 2009. Democrats need to hurry up and embrace their populist wing.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2009. The power struggle between Rahm Emanuel and Congressional Democratic leadership continues.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 13, 2009. The measure now moves to the Senate, which is expected to pass the package tonight.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 11, 2009. It appears a compromise is in place for an economic stimulus package that the House and Senate can (and presumably, will) pass.
David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 11, 2009. For those who want to dig into the differences between the House and Senate stimulus bills, ProPublica has produced this great side-by-side chart.
Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. February 4, 2009. It is abundantly clear that the Republican leaders are going to do everything to prevent Obama and the Dems from doing anything constructive.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2009. If eight more Blue Dogs had crossed over and voted against the stimulus, it would have failed.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2009. The Democratic-controlled Congress has just passed the $819 billion stimulus bill, despite Republican opposition.
Thomas B. Edsall, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 19, 2008. Republicans are working furiously to develop a comeback strategy. Can they pull it off?
