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In Gun Debate, No Rift on Better Care for Mentally Ill
Senate Democratic aides said that there is likely to be at least one mental health bill offered as an amendment to the larger gun package.
Austerity Lovers in D.C., Austerity Haters At Home
Then they complain about the cuts, but still demand cuts somewhere else and add new demands that someone ELSE decide what should be cut.
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Disillusioned With Congress? Participatory Budgeting Is for You
Americans are getting fed up with government. It's time to get them directly involved.
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This Is What Happens When Congress Is for Sale
Thom Hartmann: Now is the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and end the terrifying reign of money in politics.
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Armed and Angry about Regulation: Women Gun Owners
Twenty-three percent of US women own firearms.
America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
A three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.
Corporate-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Shrouded in Secrecy
A look at the secretive negotiations that could affect every human being on the planet.
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Alaska Politicians Stand in the Way of Protections
American women are better protected from coast to coast - but all the way up north? Left out in the cold.
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Which Members of Congress Are Standing Up for Economic Decency
Norman Solomon: Some
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Sequester This! A Story of Sabotage and Theft
‘The sequester,’ like ‘the fiscal cliff’ and the ‘debt ceiling,’ is an intentionally crafted, make-believe crisis.