Excellent article why healthcare reform must be passed. It is amazing that in order to attempt to defeat the bill the GOP is using arguments that would actually blow our budget over the time. So much for fiscal responsibility. Health care reform hangs in the balance. Its fate rests with a handful of “centrist” senators […]

President Obama takes a lot of spears in the back from the Left, Middle, and Right. He never seems frazzled which may be a testament to his upbringing and world experience. Many think he has too much in the fire. I am coming to the conclusion that this is by design and when the pieces […]

I just received a call requesting contributions from the Texas Democratic Party from a call center in Minnesota. There is likely similar occurrences in every one of our 50 states. I have donated to local, extra local, and national Democratic candidates over the last several years. I did this to work towards a progressive agenda […]

It is time for Congress to work for us and do what is in our best interest. The insurance companies have spent millions to try to indoctrinate Americans on the perils of a Public Option. The vast majority are starting to be inoculated from the outright lies and misinformation. If Congress yields to the insurance […]

  Egberto, As the health care debate moves to the Senate, there will be numerous procedural steps that could stop us from getting action now, not later on health care reform. Getting a bill that is good for cancer patients signed into law is a long and tedious process. As active ACS CAN volunteers, we […]

When will the codification of discrimination end?  No woman or minority should ever oppose rights to anybody lest they forget our not too distant past. ALBANY — The New York State Senate decisively rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed gay couples to wed, providing a major victory for those who oppose same-sex […]

This is a must read. For those on the Right that continue to fight against healthcare reform, consumer protection reform, and all the reforms to prevent being continuously abused by the corporatists that have no regards for the well being of hard working citizens, take heed. For the last 30 years you have been had. […]

This is sad and anti-democratic. The Democrats better get their act together else they go through an entire year without any major accomplishments, a recipe for electoral defeat. Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-NH) has penned the equivalent of an obstruction manual — a how-to for holding up health care reform — and has distributed the document […]

  Chris Bowers is feeling kind of "meh" about the prospect of large-scale Democratic losses in the 2010 midterms: The current National House Ballot shows Democrats ahead by 2.80%. However, most of those polls focus on registered voters or even "all adults," not on likely voters. Current polling among likely voters by Rasmussen shows Republicans […]

  Yesterday it was John McCain, and the supposed catastrophic cuts the Dems are proposing for Medicare. He introduced a motion to recommit the bill that would have sent the bill back to Finance, instructing the committee to remove the proposed Medicare reductions. From his statement: Madame President, simply put, this motion to commit would […]