Month: August 2009

60 members of the House made it clear they won’t vote for a bill without a public option. In five days, FireDogLake and partners raised nearly $400,000 for progressive members of Congress who agree to draw a line in the...

Carl Hulse and Jeff Zeleny report in the New York Times: Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in approving any...

So, are we feeling stupid enough yet to declare Chuck Grassley an obstructionist instead of a partner for health care reform? No? How stupid do we have to feel then?

By Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Executive Director, of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. Twenty two years ago I received shocking news: I had...

This one comes from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH): “When a bully asks for your lunch money, you may have no choice but to fork it over. But cutting a deal with the bully is a different story, particularly if the...