On AlterNet: senate
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "senate"
Bill Piper, Jasmine Tyler, AlterNet. March 18, 2010.
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved bi-partisan legislation reforming a failed two-decade old policy.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 12, 2010.
Bill would reduce -- but not eliminate -- the disparity in sentencing for federal crack and powder cocaine offenses.
Keith Epstein, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. March 2, 2010.
Industry steps up lobbying efforts as the Senate grapples with financial reform.
Travis Packer, Immigration Impact. February 26, 2010.
DHS Sec’y Napolitano spent two days on the Hill testifying about border security, fences, enforcement, and E-Verify, but there was almost nothing on immigration reform
Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future. February 23, 2010.
We have to recognize that if all bipartisanship produces are bills that fall short, all bipartisanship will give us is failure.
Sahil Kapur, Raw Story. February 19, 2010.
As supporters of the public option mount a comeback, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) signaled his willingness to pass it through reconciliation Friday.
John Nichols, The Nation. February 17, 2010.
He's got the home-state credibility and a history of political engagement that rival any of the Democratic contenders for the spot.
Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. February 2, 2010.
The US's two highest-ranking defense officials have thrown their weight behind President Barack Obama's call to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. January 22, 2010.
He sounds like a male version of Michelle Bachmann.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 22, 2010.
A consensus is forming around the axiom that the only way forward is forward.
Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. January 21, 2010.
It is time for the majority party in this country to prove they have the convictions of the soul that gave them the opportunity to serve in the public’s interest.
Drew Westen, AlterNet. January 21, 2010.
With all its efforts to tack to the center, the White House missed the point. The issue isn't about right or left. It's about whose side you're on.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2010.
Gloom is not the best strategy.
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: Politics. January 20, 2010.
Is this even irony?
Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 20, 2010.
You can blame Obama for the Senate loss in Mass, but much of the failure also rests with the progressive community.
John Nichols, TheNation.com. January 19, 2010.
Dems need to recognize that they've mismanaged the health care debate, spent too little time focused on jobs and haven't held Wall Street and the big banks to account.
Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 19, 2010.
It's all over.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. January 19, 2010.
Despite bad weather.
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: Politics. January 9, 2010.
It's always good news for the Republicans.
Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. January 8, 2010.
Inside the race that claimed the veteran Connecticut Democrat's Senate career.
Bob Herbert, The New York Times. January 3, 2010.
There is a middle-class tax time bomb ticking in the Senate's version of President Obama's effort to reform health care.
Booman, AlterNet: PEEK. December 30, 2009.
I'd be more tolerant of Blue Dogs (especially those in blood red districts) if they didn't lie in order to justify voting with the Republicans.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Politics. December 29, 2009.
Ever eager to give platform to baseless right-wing rumors, Politico is again...well, you know.
David Morris, AlterNet. December 27, 2009.
Its first plus is that it's 39 pages compared to Waxman-Markey's 1,500 pages, and it just gets better from there.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 25, 2009.
The passage of health reform is a revelation of just how desperately change is needed and how difficult it will be to achieve.
