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Matthew Blank, of The Washington Independent, writes: "In 2001, after years as a lawyer for pharmaceutical and tobacco companies, Daniel Troy was tapped as President George W. Bush's general counsel of the Food and Drug Administration. Almost immediately, the FDA filed several friend of the court...
Go my child and bring unto us 4 more years... and a fat goatThe Inside the Beltway GOP Establishment first blamed their mounting problems at ballot boxes across the country-- huge and enthusiastic Democratic turnouts vs frighteningly anemic and perfunctory Republican turnout, followed by...
Go my child and bring unto us 4 more years... and a fat goatThe Inside the Beltway GOP Establishment first blamed their mounting problems at ballot boxes across the country-- huge and enthusiastic Democratic turnouts vs frighteningly anemic and perfunctory Republican turnout, followed by...
It was President Harry Truman who said "if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." That's advice that could resonate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. After her overwhelming win in West Virginia, former Senator John Edwards, John Kerry's vice presidential running mate, dropped a...
Although the fight that matters will be in the Senate, the House passed the bill to modernize the GI Bill today, HR 2642, 256-166. Those numbers are pretty overwhelming and the reflect the fact that 32 Republicans crossed the aisle to vote against Bush and their own reactionary leadership and for...
Alabama CD-02 (R+13)- (Open Seat)- Bobby Bright- COH: 46,000 CD-03 (R+4)- (Mike Rogers)- Josh Segall- COH: 223,000 CD-05 (R+6)- (Open Seat)- R. Parker Griffith- COH: 112,000 Alaska (Primary Date: 8/26/08) CD-AL (R+14)- (Don Young) - Ethan Berkowitz- COH: 287,000. Diane Benson- COH: 45,000 Arizona...
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a conference on rebuilding America’s infrastructure. And it is the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt’s conference with all of the Nation’s Governors to discuss infrastructure. This conference was initiated by Congressman Earl...
Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the Republicans. Uber-rightwinger (and, to judge him by his quote, total douchebag) Grover Norquist spoke those words soon after the 2004 election, when the Democrats were...
REGION By JARED NEWMAN Hour Staff Writer The battle for Connecticut's fourth congressional district officially has its top contenders. Democrats nominated Jim Himes, a former Goldman Sachs executive and nonprofit executive from Greenwich, at a convention in Bridgeport Monday night. Republicans...
Citing the negative impact to local seniors as well as the potential loss of key front line caregiver jobs resulting from possible cuts to Medicare-financed nursing home care, a national front line caregiver organization is praising U.S. Reps. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Chris Shays (R-CT) for...
