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Bush's Phony 'Bipartisanship' (Congress, George W. Bush, Parties, Politics)

The danger: He might sell the idea, and his agenda, with the help of a few Democrats.

John Nichols

Blogs

Congress Wants to Cut Food Stamps to Fund School Lunches
StudentNation

Anti-hunger activists explain why cutting food stamps is going to hurt kids.

October 3, 2010
Checking Corporate Power in Washington and Wall Street
The Notion

Yesterday brought a mixed bag of news for reformers on Capitol Hill.

September 24, 2010
Lady Gaga, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and the Whole Gay Thing
John Nichols

Can Lady Gaga get a couple of Republicans to do the right thing about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?

September 21, 2010
The Poverty Nation Washington Built
The Notion

The massive job losses between 2008 and 2009 were surely the biggest factor in the record poverty numbers the Census just reported. But those harrowing months were neither the beginning nor the end of the problem.

September 17, 2010
DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week
StudentNation

Senators decide next week if hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people will get a path to citizenship. Student activists are mobilizing to convince them to say yes.

September 16, 2010
Melber on Why the Majority Should Rule
Nation in the News

Ari Melber shares his plan on how to fix Congress—let the majority win.

September 1, 2010
Message From Missouri: No Mandates but Not Necessarily No Reform
John Nichols

Missouri voters rejected federal mandates. But that mean that they are against expanding access to healthcare? Not necessarily.

August 9, 2010
Food Stamps or Teachers?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The fight over Congress's jobs bill has made the GOP's midterm election strategy clear: stubbornly oppose anything and everything that might improve the economy and hope voters blame Democrats for these tough times come November.

August 4, 2010
War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama's Afghan Surge
John Nichols

House approves "emergency" Afghan war funding, but 114 members vote "no" in one of the strongest shows of antiwar sentiment since the Vietnam era.

July 28, 2010
It's Time to Fix the Estate Tax
Katrina vanden Heuvel

It's been said that only death and taxes are certain. But the "death tax" is anything but certain right now. Costing the Treasury billions, Congress has allowed the estate tax to expire.

July 26, 2010
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