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• President Obama\'s Message on Passage of Senate Health Reform Bill

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 09:47 in politics, health, entertainment, business, environment, healthcare, social issues, medicare, labor, new mexico, White House, Senate

  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico With a roll call vote that began at 7:03 AM EST today, the U.S. Senate made history by passing its version o...

• U.S. Senate votes for health care reform bill; Udall, Bingaman vote for bill

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 07:16 in health, entertainment, social issues, labor, new mexico, Senate, quotation, jeff bingaman, united states senate, tom udall

  Original Author:  Matt In a party-line 60-39 vote, with one Republican not voting, the U.S. Senate passed its version of health care reform early Thurs...

• Senate passes health reform bill 60-39

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 07:10 in health, entertainment, business, ohio, Indiana, law, social issues, labor, louisiana, Joe Biden, Senate, joe lieberman

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem Senators approved the health care reform bill 60-39 as Vice President Joe Biden presided over the Senate's first Christm...

• Oak Creek Coal Plant Building Costs Go Up And Up...And Up

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 04:28 in politics, education, health, technology, entertainment, business, chicago, michigan, political, milwaukee, social issues, wisconsin

  Original Author:  jer45y@gmail.com (James Rowen) This add-on is due to bad weather, which is sort of a no-brain oxymoron when it comes to building in W...

• Neumann can\'t win? Don\'t be so sure

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 17:41 in entertainment, milwaukee, wisconsin, labor, Other, Tommy Thompson, Senate, Milwaukee Bucks, gubernatorial race, scott walker, united states senate, john nichols

  Original Author:  xoff John Nichols, of the Capital Times, The Nation and other lefty pubs, is a smart guy. But -- you knew there was a but coming -- h...

• Richardson signs executive order for gender pay equity

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 15:41 in entertainment, business, bill richardson, law, labor, new mexico, quotation, person career

  Original Author:  Matt Governor Bill Richardson issued a statement today issuing an executive order that directs agencies under his control to fix any ...

• Dean vs Axelrod on Sunday

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 15:23 in politics, health, entertainment, business, environment, social issues, labor, White House, Senate, howard dean, david axelrod, person career

  Original Author:  Matt Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean will be facing off against Barack Obama adviser ...

• 2009: The Year Change Fell Prey to Backroom Deals

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 12:45 in politics, health, entertainment, business, environment, California, washington, sacramento, congress, city, social issues, medicare

  Original Author:  paulhogarth "I'm going to have all the [health care] negotiations around a big table.  And it will be televised on C-SPAN, so that p...

• Another prominent national conservative backs Vander Plaats

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 08:29 in entertainment, business, law, iowa, labor, quotation, bob vander plaats, david barton, terry branstad, person career

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem David Barton, a self-styled constitutional expert who founded the socially conservative WallBuilders organization, has e...

• MoveOn.org has lost credibility with me

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 09:15 in politics, health, entertainment, business, environment, bush, washington, connecticut, social issues, labor, john mccain, White House

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem I'm likely to ignore future e-mails from MoveOn.org Political Action after reading the last two appeals they've sent me....

• Why Can\'t You Just Say, "He\'s Wrong"?

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 09:01 in google, business, political, law, milwaukee, wisconsin, labor, Other, milwaukee journal sentinel, milwaukee area

  Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorialized that the full Milwaukee County Board should override a Scott Walker veto today. The veto was meant to stop a study that would look at the actual costs of treating all Milwaukee County employees equal...

• New polls show more skepticism on health care reform

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 19:31 in politics, education, health, technology, entertainment, business, ABC, nbc, congress, social issues, medicare, labor

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem Democratic strategists who are counting on a bounce from passing fake health care "reform" won't be comforted by the lat...

• Obama Gets Health Reform Bill He Wanted, Lieberman Gets Thanks, Howard Dean Gets Insulted

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 15:00 in politics, health, entertainment, business, environment, congress, healthcare, social issues, medicare, republican party, labor, new mexico

  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico Much has been revealed about the loyalties and governing style of President Barack Obama over the long mon...

• John Burton Attacks Lieberman, Calls For End To Filibuster

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 11:16 in health, entertainment, California, social issues, labor, Senate, joe lieberman, harry reid, united states senate, california democratic party, john burton, robert cruickshank

  Original Author:  Robert Cruickshank California Democratic Party Chair John Burton sent an email this morning to the CDP list calling on respondents to...

• When lawmakers feel sorry for law-breakers

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 10:15 in health, technology, entertainment, food, law, iowa, social issues, labor, des moines, quotation, bruce hunter, marcella frevert

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem Normally, people who write laws want the rest of us to follow those laws. However, when enforcing a statute costs a corp...

• You didn\'t ask me, but I want to keep my vote

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 22:55 in entertainment, milwaukee, wisconsin, labor, Other, gwen moore, arnie duncan, google mapsuppity, jeff plale, jon richards

  Original Author:  SocratesChildren Email I sent to my State Rep Jon Richards and Senator Jeff Plale about the Governor's move to take the voter out of ...

• Thank Those DPW Employees Who Drive Plows And Pick Up The Garbage

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 05:05 in entertainment, business, political, law, wisconsin, labor, james rowen

  Original Author:  jer45y@gmail.com (James Rowen) Those people do a fantastic job in the worst conditions. Make sure you thank them.One simple thing you...

• Progressives are pissed about health care reform

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 16:17 in health, entertainment, nebraska, connecticut, maine, social issues, labor, Democratic Party, Senate, joe lieberman, ben nelson, federal communications commission

  Original Author:  Matt Yeah, the health care reform debate going on in the Senate right now is not exactly helping the Democratic Party with their base...

• Friday: NM Association of Retired Persons Update on Health Care Activism in Las Cruces

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 12:56 in health, entertainment, events, healthcare, social issues, medicare, labor, senior citizens, new mexico, harry teague, obama health care reform, eva lujan

  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico From the New Mexico Alliance for Retired Americans: Join us and spread the word about the roll-out of the NM...

• Public option more popular than the health care bill itself

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 12:27 in health, entertainment, social issues, labor, Senate

  Original Author:  Matt From The Plum Line:The poll finds that only 36% favor the Senate compromise, versus 61% who oppose it. By contrast, the poll fin...

• The Crisis of the State of California

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 09:00 in health, entertainment, California, social issues, labor, kqed, quotation, robert cruickshank, john myers, sandra hernandez, san francisco

  Original Author:  Robert Cruickshank If it wasn't clear to you before that California is facing a severe political crisis, two items should remove any ...

• Lots of links for a snowy day

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 05:59 in politics, health, technology, entertainment, business, hospitality, Massachusetts, law, congress, uganda, iowa, social issues

  Original Author:  desmoinesdem Many Iowans will be leaving work or school early today, or perhaps not going in at all, as the season's first big winter...

• Dems Clinging to Spin on Obama\'s Afghanistan Policy Despite Clear Evidence to the Contrary?

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 13:12 in politics, india, health, entertainment, business, environment, bush, war, obama, cnn, iraq, south asia

  Original Author:  Democracy for New Mexico I know it's considered gauche in some circles to recognize that we still have two "wars" sucking billions ...

• WIS GOP, Attacking Feingold Factlessly

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 10:45 in health, google, political, social issues, republican party, wisconsin, labor, russ feingold, wis

  File this under not news: Wisconsin GOP chair and stuntman Reince Priebus spits out a mess of baseless accusations against Russ Feingold. Priebus attacks the “liberal values” of Feingold for having the nerve to support health-care reform also sup...

• Will Wis, GOP candidates pass the test?

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 18:34 in health, energy, iraq, political, north korea, afghanistan, social issues, wisconsin, labor, scott walker, mark neumann, google mapsone

  You may haveheard that national Republicans are considering an actual litmus test to see if the party's candidates are conservative enough to call themselves Republicans and get backing from the party.  To qualify, a candidate needs to agree on 8 ...

• Obama Appears Serious Attacking Mental Health Crisis

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 16:10 in politics, health, entertainment, afghanistan, social issues, wisconsin, labor, Other, Dick Cheney, russ feingold, tammy baldwin, department of veterans affairs

  Original Author:  mal contends Funny how peace advocates like Sen. Russ Feingold and Rep. Tammy Baldwin become leading champions for veterans, and chic...

• December 3 Open Thread

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 21:00 in entertainment, business, law, labor, ronald reagan, columbus, daly city, anthony adams

  Original Author:  Open Thread What's up? ? The recall Anthony Adams recall proponents are thinking of suing their signature gathering firm. The firm go...

• Embracing The Fire

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 16:00 in technology, entertainment, bbc, California, labor, man made disaster, brian leubitz, gus smith

  Original Author:  Brian Leubitz Since the middle of last century, we have aggressively worked to stop forest fires across the country, and particularly...

• Reforms in Campaign Finance Forge Ahead Amidst No Shortage of Scandal

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 14:54 in politics, entertainment, business, finance, energy, san diego, hospitality, California, law, sacramento, republican party, labor

  Original Author:  derekcressman California voters will consider a measure next June to create a system of public financing for Secretary of State races...

• Is California the Next Dubai?

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 16:48 in health, technology, entertainment, business, California, Ireland, dubai, law, disaster, hungary, social issues, labor

  Original Author:  Robert Cruickshank The likely default of the emirate of Dubai on its debt is a shot heard round the world - and perhaps heard nowhere...