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Kay Steiger

Kay Steiger is managing editor at Raw Story and a former Prospect editorial assistant.

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CONFUSING AND CONTRADICTORY SNIPPETS

Kay SteigerApr 18, 2007

CONFUSING AND CONTRADICTORY SNIPPETS. Waxman's Oversight Committee asked Secretary Rice to appear (after delaying her appearance to April 25) in order to investigate her "personal role" in the false reports on uranium in Niger. (Download the full documents here.) Waxman writes that the State department's responses thus far have been a "collection of snippets of public statements that [Rice] and other White House officials have made over the years" that are "confusing and contradictory."

GILMORE BOY.

Kay SteigerApr 12, 2007

GILMORE BOY. Yesterday, The Politico wrote about former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore who is billing himself as the "true conservative candidate" for president. As the Washington Times reports "polls show that few voters outside Virginia ever heard of him" in their Metro section. Things sure seem to be tough for the true conservative Republicans these days.

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SCHIP ON THE SHOULDER.

Kay SteigerApr 11, 2007

SCHIP ON THE SHOULDER. The Children's Defense fund held a conference call for bloggers today to discuss the All Healthy Children Act, which has been introduced in the House. They've been promoting this legislation through a faux child-for-president campaign. The legislation looks at combining Medicaid for children with the State Children's Health Insurance Program to create consistent coverage in all states.

BLOWING THE SUPPLEMENTAL DEADLINE.

Kay SteigerApr 02, 2007

BLOWING THE SUPPLEMENTAL DEADLINE. Not that everyone didn't know it, but as The Hill explained last week, the White House and Pentagon's dire cries that the supplemental spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan must be passed by April 15 is crap. (Jack Murtha is quoted as saying, �We�ve never had a year where they didn�t give us bad information.�) In reality, last year's supplemental bill wasn't passed until June and 2005's passed in May (both of those under Republican Congresses).

ELLEN GOOD-WOMAN.

Kay SteigerMar 31, 2007

ELLEN GOOD-WOMAN. As Dana said, Ellen Goodman spoke at the Women, Action & the Media conference here last night in Cambridge, MA from her 40 years of experience with the MSM op-ed pages. As one of the first women to grace the "thinking pages," Goodman's perspective was one that I found invaluable (although she had trouble articulating herself on complex issues like disablity and race). She points out that a lot of young women entering the media today know there was sexism that prevented women from speaking out in the media, but "they forget it was legal" to discriminate.

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