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The word from DC is that the Senate will vote on the war funding bill in the next couple of days. Senator Russ Feingold plans to introduce an amendment requiring the president to develop a [...]

As I wrote yesterday, the Afghanistan war funding bill continues to get loaded up with popular and much-needed funding for programs like Haiti relief and oil spill cleanup. This creates a [...]

Jon Rainwater’s Opinion Editorial calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s to push for the kind of credible, cost effective alternatives that Afghanistan Ambassador Karl Eikenberry [...]

There’s been a glut of bad news of in politics of late, but one congressional leader is showing spine uncharacteristic for many congressional Democrats — Nancy Pelosi. I’m [...]

Today’s the day. We need to make a big impression with our White House Facebook vigil, and we need your help to do it. Please click here to join the vigil and pass it on. After more than [...]

There’s drama brewing in Congress over the war supplemental recently passed by the House and the Senate. The Senate version contains a $108 billion line of credit to the International [...]

UPDATE:  David Swanson wrote: > Antagonize and Blockade Iran Resolution Stopped By U.S. Citizen Outrage > http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/36338 > > Democratic leadership [...]

Read background on the deal here.  Call your Congressperson and your Senators TODAY 202.224.312, here are some talking points for you as well. It’s looking more likely that the House will [...]