Henry Waxman will support Chained CPI in trade for “things we want”
Henry Waxman will sell out Chained CPI. How did we find out? A reader asked him — and then reported back.
Making the NRA toxic — The Bad-Dem Senate pushback has begun
DC residents: Today is “March on K Street” day with giant NRA paychecks. Fun for the whole family. Details insid
One way to blackmail progressives in office — put a hostage in the bill
Neoliberals love offering hostage-filled choices. Progressive are prone to say No. Grayson on hostages in bills.
(Updated) Climate-criminal Senate Democrats: A Keystone pipeline vote list
The Keystone Pipeline got a symbolic vote in the Senate. It passed with 17 Dems voting Yes. Here are the names.
Is DCCC chief Steve Israel telling House Dems to vote against Dem budgets?
And once-lauded “bold progressive fighter,” Ann Kuster (D-NH-02) brags about voting with Boehner 100% so far.
(Updated) House Ag committee Dems vote to deregulate derivatives
Seven Democrats on the House Ag committee voted to turn the clock back to 2006 on derivatives regulation.
ACTION ALERT: Which Democrats to call to head off a bad sequester deal
Help us make sure that House Democrats sink any sequester deal that contains benefit cuts.
Obama: Social Security & Medicare cuts are “very much (back) on the table”
He’s playing hardball with us, folks, about cuts to Social Security. Can we not at least return the favor?
The Clinton economic era was not a Democratic golden age
If you think the Dems bring economic gold, read this.
Is the Democratic Party still the “lesser evil”? If so, in what sense?
To answer this, to separate “rights” policies from economic policies, then decide.



