Democrats
Obama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction
January 5, 2012The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.
Read morePell grants under fire
December 21, 2011The president's emphasis on education means that free or highly subsidized subsidized higher education should be an explicit part of the domestic policy agenda.
Read moreGOP blackmail: a view from West Virginia
December 21, 2011It beats me what is really going through the minds of the House Republicans. I am inclined to conclude it's sewage.
Read moreBipartisan fetish will kill Medicare
December 20, 2011Medicare, from its inception, has been under attack by the private, profit-hungry insurance industry and the political far right.
Read moreWhite House hits Medicare privatization scheme
December 16, 2011The White House has joined a national chorus of protests against the so-called bi-partisan Ryan-Wyden plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system.
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