Congress

Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is

Tenant leaders around the country unite for Valentine's Day demonstrations and direct actions against cuts to Housing and Urban Development programs.

Feb 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

And They Called It… And They Called It…

Reed reports on the Republicans’ efforts to prove that when it comes to climate change, the deficit and pretty much anything else, they can be both hostile and disrespectful.

Feb 10, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Left-Right Coalition in the House Blocks Obama’s Move to Extend PATRIOT Act Left-Right Coalition in the House Blocks Obama’s Move to Extend PATRIOT Act

President Obama wanted to extend PATRIOT Act surveillance authorities for three years. House Republican leaders tried to get him a one-year extension. But the vast majority of Hous...

Feb 9, 2011 / John Nichols

Russ Feingold on Egypt in Particular, Foreign Policy in General: US Can’t Back ‘Stable’ Dictators Who Sacrifice Human Rights Russ Feingold on Egypt in Particular, Foreign Policy in General: US Can’t Back ‘Stable’ Dictators Who Sacrifice Human Rights

With 18 years experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Russ Feingold “gets” the Middle East. He says the US must stop neglecting human rights in the name o...

Feb 4, 2011 / John Nichols

Mingling but No Tingling at State of the Union Mingling but No Tingling at State of the Union

And Boehner (yes, Boehner) almost steals the show.

Jan 26, 2011 / Leslie Savan

The State of the Union Responder: Paul Ryan, R–Wall Street

The State of the Union Responder: Paul Ryan, R–Wall Street The State of the Union Responder: Paul Ryan, R–Wall Street

The Budget Committee chair who has been selected to counter Barack Obama's State of the Union Address backs bailouts, privatizations and policy shifts that deliver for big bankers ...

Jan 25, 2011 / John Nichols

Say Goodnight, Joe Lieberman

Say Goodnight, Joe Lieberman Say Goodnight, Joe Lieberman

The senator's ideological shape-shifting has fallen out of favor.

Jan 21, 2011 / Bruce Shapiro and Margaret Spillane

Healthcare Reality Check Healthcare Reality Check

The repeal bill won't survive the Senate. But the real danger is piece-by-piece gutting of the Affordable Care Act's consumer protections.

Jan 20, 2011 / The Editors

House Republicans Vote to Restore Insurance-Industry Control of Healthcare House Republicans Vote to Restore Insurance-Industry Control of Healthcare

The symbolic House debate over healthcare reform misses the point. More Americans favor real reforms that crack down on insurance-industry abuses than favor outright repeal of the ...

Jan 20, 2011 / John Nichols

Tom DeLay Is Finally Rewarded for His Years of Public Service: With a Jail Sentence Tom DeLay Is Finally Rewarded for His Years of Public Service: With a Jail Sentence

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who took pay-to-play politics to extremes, is sentenced to jail time. It's a small measure of accountability for the large&nb...

Jan 11, 2011 / John Nichols

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