Congress

Gene McCarthy Gene McCarthy

Eugene McCarthy was a pure original, a great and good man, whose fundamental historical achievement was to be the standard-bearer for a moral and philosophical campaign against the...

Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George McGovern

The Murtha Moment The Murtha Moment

John Murtha is right: The American public has turned against the war. Democrats and Republicans must put aside politics and work together to bring the troops home quickly and focus...

Nov 23, 2005 / The Editors

The GOP Retreat The GOP Retreat

Undoing the savage inequalities of the Bush era will require a titanic fight, but the new-found courage of GOP moderates hints that significant changes are in the wind.

Nov 17, 2005 / The Editors

The ‘No Exit’ Strategy The ‘No Exit’ Strategy

Most Americans want immediate action to pull out of Iraq, but Senate Republicans passed a measure today that essentially lets the White House off the hook.

Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman

Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote

Civil libertarians were stunned last week when the Senate approved a measure that would allow government officials to essentially bypass the courts and lock up people suspected of ...

Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits

Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman

Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual? Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual?

As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price-gouging or ...

Nov 7, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Showdown on the Court Showdown on the Court

The nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court forces the debate the President and the Senate have tried so mightily to avoid: whether the Court should shift decisive...

Nov 3, 2005 / The Editors

Asbestos Liability Scam Asbestos Liability Scam

The Senate will soon consider the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR) that is anything but for the workers whose health has been impaired by asbestos. It's a move by ...

Oct 20, 2005 / William Johnson and Kate Levin

Torture on the Hill Torture on the Hill

War crimes are the darkest expression of the moral degradation that permeates the White House. Bush's threat to veto the Senate's anti-torture measure frames a crisis of law and le...

Oct 13, 2005 / The Editors

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