Markey’s Big Chance Markey’s Big Chance
Two weeks ago, Representative Ed Markey was appointed chair of the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. The committee has no legislative role but it do...
Mar 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lamar Smith’s Would-Be Banana Republic Lamar Smith’s Would-Be Banana Republic
Just when 600,000 permanent residents of the District of Columbia were about to receive voting representation (you remember it, Lamar – that thing we fought the King of England ...
Mar 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Energy and Substance Energy and Substance
While too much of the media has focused on first-quarter fundraising battles and the sniping between the Obama and Clinton camps, presidential candidate John Edwards took the oppo...
Mar 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Two Blocks from the White House’ ‘Two Blocks from the White House’
Just when it looked as if DC residents would finally gain voting representation in Congress with expected approval of the DC Voting Rights Act in the House this week, the White Ho...
Mar 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
End the War (On Terror) End the War (On Terror)
Today marks the fourth anniversary of America's war against Iraq. The Nation vigorously and rigorously opposed the war before it began. In "An Open Letter to Congress," published...
Mar 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
Senator Bernie Sanders – founder and current member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – wants to raise $100 billion to address the needs of ordinary Americans who...
Mar 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the Madness Stop the Madness
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) --nearly one-third of the Democratic Caucus with 71 members--has challenged a Bush budget that would continue to drain our treasury thro...
Mar 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Not Silent Anymore Not Silent Anymore
In 2000, the Surgeon General released a report describing "the silent epidemic of oral diseases" affecting mainly the poor due to lack of access to dental care. Two weeks ago, th...
Mar 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
Earlier this year, as the new Democratic Congress gathered, I highlighted 10 pieces of legislation that I believe deserve to be passed – they would certainly help put our nation...
Mar 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Believe the Hype Don’t Believe the Hype
In February 2005, a GOP Policy Committee report asserted that "voter fraud continues to plague our nation's federal elections, diluting and canceling out the lawful votes of the v...
Mar 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel