All Hail Comrade Lindsey Graham All Hail Comrade Lindsey Graham
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's usual allies are not impressed with the Republican senator's suggestion that the time might have come to start nationalizing banks. "Did h...
Feb 17, 2009 / John Nichols
One Congressman Who Gets It: Pete DeFazio One Congressman Who Gets It: Pete DeFazio
Who cast the most meaningful vote on the final version of the federal "stimulus" legislation? Here's a hint: It was not one of the Republican senators who extracted extreme compr...
Feb 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support
With the deciding vote cast by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown -- who interrupted preparations for his mother's funeral to return to Washington -- the U.S. Senate approved the $787 bil...
Feb 13, 2009 / John Nichols
On Matters Constitutional: Honor Congressman Lincoln On Matters Constitutional: Honor Congressman Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated this day by the 44th president of the United States, served only two years in federal elected office before assuming the p...
Feb 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama, Progressives Move to Restore Stimulus Spending Obama, Progressives Move to Restore Stimulus Spending
After the Senate passed a stimulus bill that key members of Congress now say "recklessly" shed much of the stimulus spending endorsed by the House, the Obama White House has been ...
Feb 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate Should Pursue Truth About Bush-Cheney Abuses Senate Should Pursue Truth About Bush-Cheney Abuses
Proposing the creation of a "truth commission" to examine the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush-Cheney administration, Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy declar...
Feb 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists
The missing element in Barack Obama's presidency up to this point has been a popular appeal to the American people. He has needed to stand at the "bully pulpit" that Teddy Roosev...
Feb 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Save the Solis Nomination Save the Solis Nomination
Labor secretary-designee Hilda Solis is not a toxic asset in the Obama personnel portfolio. The GOP is wrong to equate her husband's tax dispute with the infractions of high roller...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus More Bipartisanship, Less Stimulus
Determined to pass something in the way of a stimulus package, Senate Democrats on Friday bartered away key elements of the more robust plan approved by the House. Senate Majorit...
Feb 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Ginsberg Hospitalization Spurs Court Speculation Ginsberg Hospitalization Spurs Court Speculation
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was hospitalized Thursday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for surgery relating to pancreatic cancer. This is an exceptiona...
Feb 6, 2009 / John Nichols