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The History of Senate Stonewallers

As Joe Lieberman threatens—again—to filibuster health care, Benjamin Sarlin and... more

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Bill Clinton to address Senate Democrats on the Health Care Bill

Former President Bill Clinton is to attend a luncheon with Senate democrats to heed... more

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Healthcare measure faces tough path in Senate

After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push... more

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Watch It Shrink Think the House health care reform bill's too long? Not after the Senate deals w/ it

Think the House health care reform bill's too long? Not after the Senate whittles away... more

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Amendment to Automatically Enroll Members of Congress in the Public Option

http://fleming.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=55§iontree=29,55 11/04/09 On... more

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US Senate Candidate Arrested in Protest for Universal Health Care in Senator Lieberman's Office

Midge Potts US Senate 2010 MySpace.com/Midge_Potts_US_Senate Contact: Midge Potts... more

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Rape victim calls out Sen. Vitter for siding with gang rape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6YZ1wP1978&feature=player_embedded A rape victim in... more

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Senator Bayh says bye to Lieberman

http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20091029/News01/910299916/1130 Yesterday... more

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Sen. Passes Extension of Homebuyers Tax Credit

Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and... more

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Top Ten Replacements for Joe Lieberman

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations... more

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Health Care News-Senate likely to cut employer mandate

According to the AP: Businesses would not be required to provide health... more

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Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to... more

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Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is feeling the heat from his liberal colleagues to... more

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Hate crimes bill goes to Obama for signature

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would... more

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DIRECT POLITICAL ACTION 101 by Michael Moore

FIVE THINGS WE DEMAND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DO IMMEDIATELY:

1. Declare a moratorium on all home evictions. Not one more family should be thrown out of their home. The banks must adjust their monthly mortgage payments to be in line with what people's homes are now truly worth -- and what they can afford. Also, it must be stated by law: If you lose your job, you cannot be tossed out of your home.

2. Congress must join the civilized world and expand Medicare For All Americans. A single, nonprofit source must run a universal health care system that covers everyone. Medical bills are now the #1 cause of bankruptcies and evictions in this country. Medicare For All will end this misery. The bill to make this happen is called H.R. 3200. You must call AND write your members of Congress and demand its passage, no compromises allowed.

3. Demand publicly-funded elections and a prohibition on elected officials leaving office and becoming lobbyists. Yes, those very members of Congress who solicit and receive millions of dollars from wealthy interests must vote to remove ALL money from our electoral and legislative process. Tell your members of Congress they must support campaign finance bill H.R.1826.

4. Each of the 50 states must create a state-owned public bank like they have in North Dakota. Then congress MUST reinstate all the strict pre-Reagan regulations on all commercial banks, investment firms, insurance companies -- and all the other industries that have been savaged by deregulation: Airlines, the food industry, pharmaceutical companies -- you name it. If a company's primary motive to exist is to make a profit, then it needs a set of stringent rules to live by -- and the first rule is "Do no harm." The second rule: The question must always be asked -- "Is this for the common good?" (Click here for some info about the state-owned Bank of North Dakota.)

5. Save this fragile planet and declare that all the energy resources above and beneath the ground are owned collectively by all of us. Just like they do it in Sarah Palin's socialist Alaska. We only have a few decades of oil left. The public must be the owners and landlords of the natural resources and energy that exists within our borders or we will descend further into corporate anarchy. And when it comes to burning fossil fuels to transport ourselves, we must cease using the internal combustion engine and instruct our auto/transportation companies to rehire our skilled workforce and build mass transit (clean buses, light rail, subways, bullet trains, etc.) and new cars that don't contribute to climate change. (For more on this, here's a proposal I wrote in December.) Demand that General Motors' de facto chairman, Barack Obama, issue a JFK man-on-the-moon-style challenge to turn our country into a nation of trains and buses and subways. For Pete's sake, people, we were the ones who invented (or perfected) these damn things in the first place!!FIVE THINGS WE DEMAND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DO IMMEDIATELY: 1. Declare a... more

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Burnt Out Economy finds new life with Green Technology

'Green jobs' are supported by the Senate on the week that Utilities leaders meet to refine operations – But have they missed the Green Rush?

Profits in the Utilities sector have fallen and experts say it may not be until 2011 that any improvements can be seen. Consumer demand has decreased dramatically since the economic crisis first began, as housing and commercial construction markets have seen a severe drop in business. So key visionaries rallied last week at the greatly anticipated NGU Summit to discuss ways in which they can best invest in innovative technologies to secure top-line growth.

Met with a standing ovation, Diane Grueneich – Commissioner, State Of California Public Utilities Commission opened proceedings looking at the implementation of energy efficiency programs and building partnerships nationally and internationally that advance best practices in clean energy and policies to achieve maximum energy savings. Such Green Technology was backed by the senate as a way of bolstering the domestic economy.

“The U.S. is at the brink of losing manufacturing jobs to India and China and implementation of a near-term renewable energy standard would send a strong message and would do the most to boost demand.” Michael Peck, North American spokesman for Gamesa USA

Efficiency on existing distribution networks and the ‘near-term’ transformation to a Renewable network was a key focus throughout the summit with Andres Carvallo – CIO, Austin Energy was joined by Mark Gray – Chief Engineer, AEP, Steven Malnight – VP Renewable Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, , Ted Schultz – VP Energy Efficiency, Duke Energy, David Mead – VP Engineering & Technical Services, Southern California Edison and Jay Ignacio – President, Hawaii Electric to talk about their thoughts on the consequences of smart energy management, customer-sited solar, energy storage and the technologies that need to be in place to capitalize on the ‘Green Rush’. Thought leadership came from PV Powered, HP, ACCIONA Energy, Itron, Syclo
And Barnard Construction Company, Inc.

"Its great to see the industry work together to secure domestic growth, We do not want to see climate legislation transformed into a mechanism for transferring jobs overseas," Tom Macdonald – NGU US Summit Director
The goal was clear, to invest in a Greener and innovative future in line with Government backing, but can the US Utility sector keep up with the Global ‘Green Rush’ as China and Europe steam ahead? Utility leaders have agreed to reform in Texas May 2010 to review.'Green jobs' are supported by the Senate on the week that Utilities leaders meet to... more