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
Minority/Majority Minority/Majority
Three senators caved and supported the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. as Supreme Court Chief Justice. But one lawmaker, banking on the public's cynicism of the oil industry, wan...
Sep 29, 2005 / David Sirota
Prelude to an Exit Strategy Prelude to an Exit Strategy
As a handful of maverick lawmakers hold unofficial hearings on an Iraq exit strategy, how long will it take Democrats and Republicans on the Hill to recognize the growing distaste ...
Sep 16, 2005 / Ari Berman
The Many Faces of Dr. Coburn The Many Faces of Dr. Coburn
He's a far-right baby doctor. His own chief of staff says he's clueless about the law. Meet Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, who'll help shape the US Supreme Court.
Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
There’s Their Way or the Galloway There’s Their Way or the Galloway
The Senate should abandon its comical pretensions to being a body reflecting any democratic mandate.
May 26, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Judicial Wars Aren’t Over Judicial Wars Aren’t Over
Democrats must continue the fight to preserve an independent judiciary.
May 26, 2005 / The Editors