Obama, Progressives Move to Restore Stimulus Spending Obama, Progressives Move to Restore Stimulus Spending
After the Senate passed a stimulus bill that key members of Congress now say "recklessly" shed much of the stimulus spending endorsed by the House, the Obama White House has been ...
Feb 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Fighting for Our Homes Fighting for Our Homes
The Senate approved an $838 billion economic rescue plan today, setting the stage for tough haggling this week over the final package of tax cuts and spending aimed at averting a ...
Feb 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
O’Reilly Overboard O’Reilly Overboard
Update: Thanks to commenter jimmylove for pointing out that The O'Reilly Factor has, in fact, done segments targeting Wall Street Executives. We regret the error. Last night Jo...
Feb 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iran Opens Door for Talks Iran Opens Door for Talks
President Ahmadinejad -- who's recently been described as "the Unidentified Flying Object of Iranian and global politics" whose "antics have made Iran a laughingstock on the world...
Feb 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Senate Should Pursue Truth About Bush-Cheney Abuses Senate Should Pursue Truth About Bush-Cheney Abuses
Proposing the creation of a "truth commission" to examine the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush-Cheney administration, Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy declar...
Feb 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Wanted: Relief and Revival Wanted: Relief and Revival
We can no longer afford post-partisan happy talk. We need straight talk from the President about how government spending is critical, now, for economic relief and revival. At th...
Feb 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists Obama’s Bully Pulpit Best Bet to Beat Economic Royalists
The missing element in Barack Obama's presidency up to this point has been a popular appeal to the American people. He has needed to stand at the "bully pulpit" that Teddy Roosev...
Feb 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Big Week Ahead on Capitol Hill Big Week Ahead on Capitol Hill
Crunch time on Capitol hill this week. Greg Kaufmann provides the low-down: Recovery and TARP -- those are the cable news networks go-to issues this week….Dems want the recove...
Feb 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Biden Speech: The Downside The Biden Speech: The Downside
Joe Biden's widely hailed speech hit a lot of the notes calculated to please his European audience. But there's a lot to worry about, too, in the vice president's address. Most w...
Feb 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Last Week on the Hill Last Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: This Week in Congress Republicans continued to fight with no holds barred to defend a failed ideology. Thirty-six out of 41 Republican Senatorsvoted for an ...
Feb 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes