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What Melody Barnes Said About Gay Marriage

Earlier this week an appearance by White House director of domestic policy Melody Barnes at Boston College's School of Law created something of a controversy. The Huffington Post reported that Barnes "implicitly acknowledged" her support for gay ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Boston College,  Mother Jones

The Price of Health Reform: Abortion Rights?

Will health care reform come at the cost of abortion rights? The Democrats’ historic health care bill squeaked through the House on Saturday only after pro-life forces scored a major victory. Despite months of wrangling over the public option and the ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bart Stupak,  Congressional Budget Office,  Nancy Pelosi

Agents of Climate Change

For a long time, the climate change debate in Washington took place along predictable lines: industry on one side, environmentalists on the other. But now, with the prospect of actual legislation passing Congress, and the attendant opportunities for ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  White House,  Google Inc.,  Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  Symantec

Final Defense Budget Mostly Business As Usual

The final conference report for the $680 billion defense budget is out, representing the agreement between the House and Senate on military spending for the next financial year. The text of the legislation is 1,515 pages long, and I'm still wading ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  US Department of Defense,  The Pentagon

Need To Read, September 28, 2009

Get FREE Mother Jones newsletters in your inbox three times a week. Some stories you may have missed over the weekend: Bank of America stonewalls on providing Congress with recordings of phone calls from Countrywide to members of its VIP loan program. ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Mother Jones,  Bank of America,  U.S. Congress

Today in Climate Maneuvering

Get FREE Mother Jones newsletters in your inbox three times a week. Over at MoJo, our politics blog, we've had several updates today on climate-related machinations occurring in Congress or at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Check 'em out: The content of ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  24 Sep 2009

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Senate to Vote On Vitter's Anti-Climate Czar Amendment

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From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  24 Sep 2009

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G20: Punting On Climate Funding for Poor Countries?

The number one priority at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh this week will be the economy, for obvious reasons. But the assembled leaders had earlier signaled that they'd tackle another thorny subject with massive financial ramifications: raising money to ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: World Bank,  Barack Obama

Obama Comes Through On Nukes

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From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  23 Sep 2009

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Will the Senate Sink Copenhagen?

With the Senate signaling that it won't pass a cap-and-trade bill this year, the Obama administration is now dropping major hints that UN climate talks—which were supposed to culminate in a new international agreement at Copenhagen in December—will ...

From RACHEL MORRIS, Mother Jones,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Steven Chu,  John Bruton

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