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The price of obstruction just went up.
Archive for September, 2009
September 15th, 2009
Category: Democrats in Congress, Health Care
Take a look at the Democratic lineup on the Senate Finance Committee. Notice something odd?
September 15th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Specter says he’ll vote for a card-check-less EFCA that includes snap elections and binding arbitration on a first contract, and that Nelson and Lincoln will vote against the bill but – crucially – FOR cloture. This year might see the passage of the most important piece of pro-labor legislation since the Wagner Act.
September 15th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
The LA Times blows the DC-crowd-size story by embracing the “it’s all a matter of opinion” fallacy.
September 15th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Boehner says he’ll vote against the resolution of disapproval. They’re in a cleft stick: they could annoy the extremist base, or vote against civility and against the dignity of the House. Voting with the extremists is a confession of how much power they wield within the GOP, and will make it very hard to disown [...]
September 15th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
The idea that the GOP is infected with extremism is starting to diffuse into mainstream discourse. Good.
September 15th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Opponents of reform are defending a status quo that includes denying health insurance to victims of domestic violence.
And that discrimination is not an aberration: it’s the inevitable result of applying the logic of risk-classification to the sale of health insurance.
September 14th, 2009
Category: Watching Conservatives
A Flickr photo-array: the Teabaggers’ greatest hits.