Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 16, 2009. The 13 Dems on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational GOPer to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform, and it throws them into a tizzy.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 13, 2009. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) has proposed a plan in which states would get the public option by default.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet. September 15, 2009. Join MoveOn's fight against Joe "You Lie!" Wilson and others who are relying on town hall-style antics to mire progress.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 1, 2009. In 2005, Judd Gregg wanted to use reconciliation to sanction Arctic drilling. So why is he whining about it now?
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 26, 2009. In a political world dominated by bipartisan cynicism, there are few touchstones of integrity for the common folk -- Kennedy was one of them.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. Kennedy's death puts the number of senate Dems at 59, which could make defeating a Republican filibuster impossible.
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.
Christopher Drew, The New York Times July 21, 2009. The Senate voted 58-40 to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 14, 2009. Infamous Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry employs his gory protest tactics in Washington to assail Sotomayor's record on reproductive rights.
David Corn, MotherJones.com. May 26, 2009. With his new Supreme Court nominee, Obama gives GOPers a choice: Tick off social conservatives or alienate Hispanic voters.
