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Obey wants war surtax

House Appropriations chief David Obey, in an interview with ABC news, threw down the gauntlet on Afghanistan, saying if the administration wants more troops, he will demand that they be paid for with an across-the-board income tax surcharge. He said ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David R Obey,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush

Honda urges Obama to rethink Afghanistan

Rep. Mike Honda, chair of the Afghanistan task force of the Progressive Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama with caucus co-chairs Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Marin and Raul Grijalva, D-Az., urging a "comprehensive rethinking of our military mission,a ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mike Honda,  Lynn Woolsey,  Raul Grijalva,  White House

Pelosi ridiculed in new children's book

Author Katharine DeBrecht promises "a hilarious and entertaining way for parents to sit down with their children and teach them the origins of the new Tea Party movement and the importance of standing up for liberty and the American Dream. "Follow ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009

Drew Joseph: Small farms fear food safety bill will further industrialize food

Small farms and the sustainable agriculture movement raised alarms today about Senate legislation that they say would stifle family farms with "heavy-handed and costly attempts" to battle food-borne illness but in fact would reduce the nutritional ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barbara Boxer

Reid may gut health care's last curve bender

The last best chance for health reform that can "bend the curve" of soaring costs that are making coverage unaffordable for everyone could be sacrificed to Senate majority leader Harry Reid's re-election bid. For those who believed President Obama's ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Cadillac,  Harry Reid,  Barack Obama,  Robert Pear

Health care bill reignites abortion debate

Pro-choice and anti-abortion forces, each promising to mobilize the public, are girding for battle in the Senate, which aims to begin debate soon on its health care bill. The amendment by Bart Stupak, D-Mich., passed 240 to 194, with backing from 64 ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Bart Stupak,  Dennis Cardoza,  Jim Costa

Democrats eye big victory on health care

As a matter of policy and politics, the 10-year, $1.05 trillion legislation is among the most complex and difficult Congress has ever considered. Enactment would prove the signal achievement of Pelosi's speakership. Success or failure will define Obama' ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Congressional Budget Office

Abortion fires burning

A vote has been called on the "Stupak" amendment, by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupack, which would expand a ban on government funded abortions by banning abortion coverage in any insurance policy sold in the new health insurance exchanges. Supporters ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Jan Schakowsky,  Barbara Lee,  U.S. Republican Party

Central Valley Democrats still uncommitted

The phone lines to the offices of two Democratic holdouts from the San Joaquin Valley have been tied up all day. Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza have not yet committed to vote for the Democratic health care legislation. They are bargaining behind ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Jim Costa,  Dennis Cardoza,  Nancy Pelosi,  U.S. Republican Party

Pelosi predicts victory

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just declared that health care legislation will pass the House tonight, following President Obama's visit to the House. "We will be making history with our vote," Pelosi... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just declared ...

From CAROLYN LOCHHEAD, San Francisco Chronicle,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Edward M. Kennedy

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