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Grab your popcorn and your legal pads. Congress is set to kick off hours and hours of Enron hearings.
By Jake Tapper
January 24, 2002
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In a meaningless resolution, a small group of House critics tee off on U.S. foreign policy -- and Israel -- lamenting the "root causes of terrorism."
By Jake Tapper
December 12, 2001
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The Republican "economic stimulus" plan
amounts to war profiteering by the wealthy.
By Arianna Huffington
October 31, 2001
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It didn't take long after Sept. 11 for the Republican right in Congress to return to the business-as-usual of fattening the rich.
By Joe Conason
October 16, 2001
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After a series of stunning political reversals, it's time for the president to sober up.
By
June 23, 2001
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After a dramatic final tussle, the first sweeping campaign reform since the 1970s seems ready to pass the Senate.
By Jake Tapper
March 30, 2001
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Stabbed in the back by his congressional colleagues, the nation's campaign finance crusader should take his battle to the people.
By Arianna Huffington
March 24, 2001
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From John McCain to Tom DeLay, members of his own party could make the most trouble for the president-elect.
By Anthony York
December 16, 2000
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Democrats will pick up some Senate seats, but not enough to take control.
By Anthony York
November 7, 2000
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As former House manager James Rogan battles for his political life against Democrat Adam Schiff, it's hard not to see them as proxies for Henry Hyde vs. President Clinton.
By Anthony York
October 30, 2000
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A landmark act passed by the Senate last week would increase protection for slaves forced into prostitution.
By Stephen Lemons
October 16, 2000
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Major broadcasting companies and NPR are ganging up on low-power FM radio. Can John McCain save the day?
By Eric Boehlert
October 16, 2000
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With lives and money at stake in the Colombian drug war, one human rights lawyer takes a pragmatic approach to influencing U.S. aid.
By Ana Arana
May 18, 2000
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Congress must stop fighting about transplant regulations
and deal with the real problem: the shortage of donated organs.
By David McGuire
April 14, 2000
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When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism.
By Arthur Allen
April 13, 2000
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With our foreign policy toward Colombia hogtied by campaign finance and business interests, the war on drugs could be better waged against Washington.
By Arianna Huffington
March 15, 2000
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Presidential candidates are silent on the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.
By Michael Massing
February 22, 2000
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The only African-American in the House Republican Caucus is among the scores of House GOP members contemplating retirement.
By Nancy Mathis
January 15, 2000
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When the White House and the TV networks got together to put anti-drug messages in prime-time television, were they breaking the law?
By Daniel Forbes
January 14, 2000
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How the White House secretly hooked network TV on its anti-drug message: A Salon special report.
By Daniel Forbes
January 13, 2000
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California may decide which party controls Congress.
By Anthony York
January 12, 2000
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Many Republicans agree that partial privatization is necessary to reform Social Security, but don't expect them to say that in this election year.
By Stacey Zolt
January 11, 2000
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Every issue you can think of comes up in our nation's capital, except one: What's to become of the company store?
By David Weir
December 30, 1999
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Shame and the lack of insurance keep many from getting the help they need.
By Dena Bunis
December 13, 1999
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Horowitz's "revisionist" understanding of race relations
Plus: The politics and art of Rage Against the Machine; telling AOL what to do with its spam-fest.
Letters to the Editor
November 30, 1999