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“A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children’s health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.”

Since June, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee has been investigating attempts by the Department of Transportation to lobby Congress regarding California's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, Chairman Waxman cited a… Continue

GENERAL PETRAEUS’ TESTIMONY: "As a bottom line up front, the military objectives of the surge are, in large measure, being met." [Testimony, 9/10/07] OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT: The President’s justification for the surge was that "reducing the violence in Baghdad will help make reconciliation… Continue

“‘To make our country safer, H.R. 1, the very first bill that Congress introduced and passed in the Congress, the 9/11 Commission recommendations, has been signed into law by the President. To grow our economy, we passed our innovation agenda, which has been signed into law by the President…we passed the minimum wage, which was signed by the President and now is the law of the land. To restore accountability to the Congress, to restore honest leadership and open government, we passed the most far reaching ethics and lobbying reform bill, which we sent to the President last night, which we anticipate that he will sign.”

How Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains John Solomon, Alec MacGillis, Sarah Cohen, Washington Post – August 19, 2007 Thirteen months before President Bush was reelected, chief strategist Karl Rove summoned political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive… Continue

Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the keynote address this morning at the National Conference of State Legislatures' 2007 Legislative Summit in Boston. Read her full remarks as prepared >> An excerpt of on protecting our planet: “Also central to the strength of our… Continue

Congress recesses amid Democratic achievements Richard Cowan, Reuters – August 5, 2007 After months of being flogged for accomplishing little, Democrats who control Congress headed into a summer recess having passed several high-profile bills from raising the minimum wage to bolstering U.S…. Continue

“The House yesterday approved legislation vastly expanding a federal health insurance program for the children of the working poor, shrugging off a fresh veto threat from President Bush and the fierce opposition of House Republicans.”

This evening, the House passed the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP), H.R. 3162, by a vote of 225-204. The bill provides health care to 11 million children, reverses the Republican drive to privatize Medicare, and strengthens our Medicare system. Insuring… Continue

“‘Three years after the Bush Administration declared the situation in Darfur as genocide, the conditions continue to worsen. It is now estimated that as many as 400,000 civilians have been killed and up to 2.5 million people have been displaced. How many times can we say ‘never again,’ and then proceed to observe the systematic elimination of a people?”