Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker conceded today at a hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that major elements in the Wisconsin law denying collective bargaining rights to public worker unions don’t save the state any money.
Over the weekend, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley announced his resignation from his position via a statement available on the State Department website. His resignation follows comments he made during a visit to MIT last week in which he called the Department of Defense’s treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning More…
Most of the lawmakers already weighing in on Israel’s deadly raid against an international aid flotilla headed for Gaza have come out squarely in support of Israel’s decision. Not Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
The Ohio Democrat began circulating a letter to colleagues on Wednesday condemning the attack in no uncertain More…
I thought yesterday’s hit on Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) for the “coincidence” of voting for health care reform after his wife got to appear at an event promoting vegetables was sort of silly. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) did not. From her appearance on Bill Bennett’s radio show today:
BACHMANN:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-Ohio) decision to vote “aye” on the Senate version of health care reform, while not a huge surprise, is hard for Republicans to pin on some kind of backroom deal. Kucinich simply didn’t ask for anything more than some attention and some face time with the More…
Arguing that access to health care is the right of everyone, not a privilege for the wealthy, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) explains that while doesn’t really support the health reform bill the Democrats have proposed, he’ll hold his nose and vote for it anyway in hopes that it will move More…
So says Fox News, pointing out that the Ohio liberal — who voted against the House health care reform bill last year because it didn’t include a public insurance plan — has been under intense pressure from Democratic leaders to change his tune this time around.
Looks like More…
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) went forward with a resolution calling for an end to the Afghanistan war yesterday. Predictably, it earned massive and bipartisan rebuke, moving Congress decidedly behind President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy. Tom Hayden observes:
Strong Kucinich supporters will feel vindicated that their hero took a lonely
One year after the Obama administration launched its $75 billion anti-foreclosure program, the housing market remains volatile, loan modifications have been scant, foreclosures are still sky-high — and more and more lawmakers are wondering why the White House hasn’t More…
The media might be turning their attention to the looming crisis in commercial real estate, but some on Capitol Hill still doubt that the White House is doing enough to curtail residential foreclosures.
With that in mind, the House Oversight Committee’s Domestic Policy subpanel will hold a hearing More…
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