Has anyone been trying to keep score at home on the many attacks on the Defense of Marriage Act? There are so many different ways it could fall. Today’s news came from the Senate, where the Judiciary Committee voted in favor of Sen. Feinstein’s Respect for Marriage Act, referring it to the full body. The […]
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Che Warren?
A year before the Senate race in Massachusetts, the right is already making outlandish claims.
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Rep. Joe Walsh Lashes Out at Constituents in Rant
Walsh blamed the economic collapse on government.
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Democrats Misbehave, Obama Gets the Time-Out
When it comes to addressing the economic crisis, creating jobs, or tackling the deficit, Congress is at a standstill and the American people know it. This morning, a poll from the National Journal shows Americans have little faith that Congress will take on the issues that matter most. For example, 68 percent of respondents said […]
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Super Dupes
The best thing for the Super Committee to do is what Congress does best: nothing.
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Obama Blasts Congress for ‘In God We Trust’ Vote
“What have you guys been debating?”
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Do Democrats Need Discipline?
To progressives, it may feel that the right is more united than the left, but this may be a case of “grass is greener” syndrome.
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The Impermanent Majority
Can Democrats take back the House in 2012?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Running Out the Clock on Government Regulations
House bill could hamstring important protections
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Everything Is Culture
The environmental story of the day concerns a project started by a climate skeptic named Richard Muller, a physicist who was so convinced that actual climate scientists were distorting or misreading the data that he started his own project, called the Berkeley Earth Science Temperature project, to double-check them. Climate deniers were excited — at […]