In Open Congress: Congress Gossip Blog - Posted 1 week ago

Apparently Rod Blagojevich is going to appoint former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris this afternoon to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. Chicago Tri...

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In Open Congress: Congress Gossip Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago

Not very likely, but Fox News reminds us of a frightening scenario for filling the Senate's still-vacant seats: While the scenario seems far-fetched, ...

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In Open Congress: Congress Gossip Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago

The Politico has a story today explaining how Republicans in the Senate are planning to split the Democrats next year to block legislation rather than...

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In Open Congress: Congress Gossip Blog - Posted 3 weeks ago

The Employee Free Choice Act is one of those bills that Democrats are hoping to force past a Republican filibuster next year with their expanded major...

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In Open Congress: Congress Gossip Blog - Posted 3 weeks ago

The 110th session of Congress has ended, but that doesn't mean that all the energy and attention people have paid to bills in Congress that didn't pa...

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In Greenpeace Weblogs - Posted 4 weeks ago

I have a confession to make: I lead a double life. Besides being an intern at Greenpeace International, I also do a master's degree in International L...

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In Watchdog Earth - Posted 7 weeks ago

Elections don't matter? Who can say that now?One excerpt from the video message, above, sent to a bipartisan conference of governors meeting today:I p...

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In Sustainablog - Posted 7 weeks ago

If the college turnout for last week's elections are any indication, we are fortunate in this country to have a population of highly passionate, highl...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 7 weeks ago

By Megan Hosking That was by far the most enjoyable political debate I have ever seen, chirped MC Mikey Havoc. This unlikely statement was uttere...

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In GristMill - Posted 8 weeks ago

By Ted Nace Market failure is one cause of environmental problems, but democracy failure is even worse. Russia and China aren't the only exampl...

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