Pelosi on the Public Option: “That’s Gonna Happen.” Pelosi on the Public Option: “That’s Gonna Happen.”
Just got back from an hour-long interview Speaker Pelosi gave to a few journalists on healthcare. I've interviewed the speaker a number of times, and it always strikes me how vast...
Jul 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle
At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, I think it's incredibly important for anyone even vaguely on the center-left to understand what's at stake in this healthcare fight....
Jul 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Politics of Pecora The Politics of Pecora
If there's one thing that everyone seems to agree on, it's that the current financial crisis is complicated. There's two problems with this. First, it's not, fundamentally, true. ...
Jul 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Understanding Legislative Corruption Understanding Legislative Corruption
Ezra has a smart post up on the mechanisms of influence that the health insurance industry is using to affect the legislative process. "It's Not the Money. It's the Relationships,...
Jul 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
This week -- a lot of appropriations work, more markups on health care legislation, the Senate gets started on its climate bill, and welcome Senator Al Franken…. The Senate is ...
Jul 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Washington: Even More Corrupt Than You Thought! Washington: Even More Corrupt Than You Thought!
The corrupting influence of monied interests is so established by now, such a dog-bites-man story that it can be hard to find novel and compelling ways to retell it. But luckily f...
Jul 2, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Is Americans for Financial Reform a “Waste of Time?” Is Americans for Financial Reform a “Waste of Time?”
In this week's Capitolism column I spotlight a new coalition of various progressive groups called Americans for Financial Reform. The idea is to be for the upcoming fight over fin...
Jun 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Fighting Like Hell for Healthcare Now Fighting Like Hell for Healthcare Now
At Upper Senate Park on the grounds of the US Capitol yesterday, on ahot, humid DC summer day, 10,000 people from across the country ralliedfor healthcare reform with a real publ...
Jun 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bucking the Banks Bucking the Banks
How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?
Jun 24, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Coming Up ACES Coming Up ACES
The Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) seemed to have hit a snag this week. One of the reasons was the opposition of House Agriculture Chairman Collin Pet...
Jun 23, 2009 / Chris Hayes