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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything …
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House to Vote on Overturning Net Neutrality Laws (2)
House Speaker John Boehner. (Photo: SpeakerBoehner / Flickr) Armed with an ideological agenda, House Republicans took aim at net neutrality again this month, quietly introducing a Congressional …
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US Wants Others to Arm, Train Libyan Rebels
A former Libyan soldier turned rebel fighter seen outside Brega, Libya, March 31, 2011. (Photo: Bryan Denton / The New York Times) Washington - Hemmed in by …
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The War on Child Labor Laws
(Photo: Thirteen Of Clubs / Flickr) Maine State Rep. David Burns is the latest of many Republican lawmakers concerned that employers aren’t allowed to do enough to …
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The Truth About the Economy That Nobody in Washington or on Wall Street Will Admit
(Photo: Noel Feans / Flickr) Why aren’t Americans being told the truth about the economy? We’re heading in the direction of a double dip – but you’d …
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Koch Operative May Have Deceived Officials to Take $2.7 Million in Taxpayer Money for Governor’s Race
Our guest blogger is Steve Lebowitz, a researcher and blogger based in Maryland. With additional reporting from Lee Fang. In 2008, Steve Lonegan, the New Jersey state …
Robert Samuelson’s Troubled TARP Arithmetic
We know that arithmetic is not the strong suit of the Washington Post and Robert Samuelson drives this point home again today with his discussion of the TARP . …
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Renewable Energy’s Not-So-Bright Side
The answer is blowin’ in the wind, and shining in the sun, too — or so say two papers cited by Brad Plumer in a recent article for The …
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