New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran
After finally "getting to 60" and securing a Christmas Eve vote for health-care reform legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should have been heading home to celebrate. ...
Dec 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce
This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall a...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying
In the end, only one thing was more concerning to Republican opponents of healthcare reform than blocking action by the Senate: the threat of an interruption in their travel plans...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies
While good children will wait until December 25 to open their presents, Christmas has come early for the bad CEOS of soon-to-be-much-richer insurance companies. Insurance-industr...
Dec 23, 2009 / John Nichols
MVPs of 2009 MVPs of 2009
The author's list of the most valuable political and cultural activists and activist groups of the year.
Dec 22, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Nurses Say Senate Bill Entrenches Chokehold of Insurance Giants Nurses Say Senate Bill Entrenches Chokehold of Insurance Giants
Want to know what's wrong -- really wrong -- with the health-care "reform" bill being pushed through the Senate by Majority Leader Harry Reid? Ask a nurse. "It is tragic to see ...
Dec 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Reid Gets to 60, But Dem Senators Grumble About Weak Bill Reid Gets to 60, But Dem Senators Grumble About Weak Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "got to 60" at 1:08 Monday morning, clearing a key Republican hurdle and keeping the Senate's version of a health-care reform bill on track for p...
Dec 21, 2009 / John Nichols
“Health Care Reform is Not Reform if it Denies Women Coverage” “Health Care Reform is Not Reform if it Denies Women Coverage”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continued his health-care-by-the-holidays rush Saturday, and he was having some tactical success. But Reid and the Democrats weren't winning any...
Dec 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Don’t Just Reform Health Care, Reform the Senate Don’t Just Reform Health Care, Reform the Senate
Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, went to the floor of the chamber this week with a poster board that detailed the delays that the Republican "Party of No" has imposed on the l...
Dec 18, 2009 / John Nichols
“Party of No” Blocks Debate on Bernie Sanders’ Real Reform “Party of No” Blocks Debate on Bernie Sanders’ Real Reform
The Senate almost debated health care reform this seek.No, not the tepid tinkering proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, in the compromised for demanded by Sena...
Dec 17, 2009 / John Nichols