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Ney’s Day is Coming Ney’s Day is Coming

At least one GOP lawmaker is paying attention to L'Affair Abramoff: Ohio Rep. Bob Ney. Time is running out for the former "Mayor of Capitol Hill." Dennis Hastert pushed the Ohio...

May 2, 2006 / The Nation

Walk-outs, Rallies and Other Strategies Walk-outs, Rallies and Other Strategies

In the hours before the kick-off the Day Without Immigrants activities,it feels like today's protests are going to be once again of historicproportions. Here in Los Angeles, the ...

May 1, 2006 / The Nation

Bracing for the Immigrant Boycott Bracing for the Immigrant Boycott

Los Angeles is expected to be the epicenter of toay's nationwide "Day Without Immigrants" protests and rallies. Local officials have said they are bracing for a turnout perhaps la...

May 1, 2006 / The Nation

John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006

John Kenneth Galbraith died at the age of 97, shortly after 9:00 on Saturday night. America has lost a great and iconoclastic economist, thinker, writer and political figure. As...

Apr 30, 2006 / The Nation

Bruised & Battered Bruised & Battered

Even figuring out the terms of debate for legislation is a tough task for Republicans these days--as the fight over lobbying reform in the House illustrated yesterday. First the G...

Apr 28, 2006 / The Nation

GOP Retreats on Reform GOP Retreats on Reform

In the ongoing fight to clean up Congress, the reformers won a minor victory when the House Republican leadership was forced to yank its bogus lobbying "reform" bill off the House...

Apr 27, 2006 / The Nation

Bring the Troops Home Amendment Bring the Troops Home Amendment

As the Senate considers another emergency supplemental appropriations bill to fund the occupation of Iraq, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, has proposed an an amendment th...

Apr 27, 2006 / The Nation

Republicans Fake Reform Republicans Fake Reform

Republicans are in denial. They've forgotten all the favors they did for Jack Abramoff. They continue to raise unprecedented amounts of money from lobbyists on K Street. And today...

Apr 27, 2006 / The Nation

Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers

In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...

Apr 26, 2006 / The Nation

Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief

While it is not merely fair but necessary to challenge the Supreme Court nominations of presidents who seek to stamp a lasting ideological imprint on the Constitution, and even to...

Apr 26, 2006 / The Nation

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