Republican Hypocrite Caucus Keeps George Bush’s War Going Republican Hypocrite Caucus Keeps George Bush’s War Going
A night of debate about the war in Iraq yielded two results: 1. Limited progress on getting an honest up-or-down vote on whether to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq on a schedu...
Jul 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm
Nine times the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush Administration for the legal justification of its warrantless (and illegal) domestic spying program. Nine times. To no av...
Jul 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dark Force The Dark Force
When John McCain was running his insurgent campaign against George W. Bush in 2000, he frequently compared himself to "Luke Skywalker trying to get out of the Death Star." But the...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart
Harry Reid is finally coming to the realization reached months ago by the American people: That Democrats in Congress have been played for suckers by the Bush White House and its ...
Jul 17, 2007 / John Nichols
Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders
Last Thursday, I pointed out that among the leading Presidential candidates only John Edwards had called for ending glaringly unfair tax breaks and loopholes for billionaire hedge...
Jul 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great! 2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great!
Why is the anti-war movement so lacklustre when 70% of Americans want to bring the troops home by spring and George W. Bush is the least popular president in history? Some re...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table
Four more members of the U.S. House signed on this week as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, the measure that outlines articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney for acti...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued) A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued)
As Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post last week, Senate Democrats plan to follow the House lead in "reducing funds" for the insidious Bush plan for a European-based mi...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation
"Are congressional subpoenas to be honored or are they optional?" House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers asked Thursday. It was a rhetorical question. Conyers, who has ser...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
In the last few weeks, the obscenely wealthy titans of private equity and hedge funds have assembled a huge lobbying machine to work the hallways of Congress and lobby its key com...
Jul 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel