Congress

It’s no mystery that work in America just isn’t working — not for the millions of unemployed men and women, or for those stuck working longer hours at lower pay.read more

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Howard Dean is right: Let’s ditch the Senate health care bill. Without a public option, and without a Medicare buy-in for people 55 to 65, the bill doesn’t do nearly enough.read more

The importance of this debate may be that it galvanizes more women to stand up to elected officials like Stupak who want to interfere with their health care and dictate what services they can and cannot get because of the moral sensitivities of certain vocal constituents.read more

The phrase “first, do no harm” is often attributed to the Hippocratic Oath that doctors swear to before practicing medicine on patients. Congress would be doing harm by excluding anyone from health care.read more

Until most members of Congress show some respect for international law and some humanity toward Palestinians, there’s no reason for Israel to.read more

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Barney Frank’s committee gives away the store in two concessions to the banks.read more

Before you fall over backwards cheering Arlen Specter, notice how craven he was back in 2006 during the debate on the Military Commissions Act.read more

Citizens of America, stay in your homes. The Minority leadership unleashed their legions of virtual undead to battle the White House’s economic stimulus package with a soul sapping single- mindedness and they’re still out there.read more

They can call all of this “pork” if they want to. But it all looks kosher to me. And their opposition to it is not only economically foolish, it’s cruel, and class-based, and woefully shortsighted.read more

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The absence of health care is a huge but needless barrier for my students to overcome.read more

Republicans would rather have people be unemployed by the private sector than employed by the public sector.read more

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