He once supported expanding Medicare. Now he's standing in the way of the public option.

SIGN THE PETITION TO CONGRESS President Obama has decided to send more than 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, at a cost of more than $100 billion/year. But America cannot afford a war that does not make us safer, and Congress has the power to stop the

On December 1st, President Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, escalating the military conflict, instead of working to end it. Details of an exit strategy were restricted to a date for troop removal to begin, and a diplo

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Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky was one of President Obama's earliest and most ardent supporters.

When President Obama outlines his new Afghanistan strategy Tuesday night, higher troop levels will be only one of his subjects.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich debated Fox analyst (Former Senator) Rick Santorum (R-PA) on Afghanistan. Don't miss this explosive exchange which once against demonstrates why Dennis Kucinich is the indispensable member of Congress and why now is the ti

To address the national crisis of untested rape kit backlogs -- estimated at 180,000 -- Representatives Al Franken (D-MN), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assaul

magine that you are a child ripped away from your family and sold into a lifetime of slavery or prostitution. This horror story is a reality for 1.2 million girls and boys who were kidnapped and solid into slavery or prostitution this year. And the roc

WASHINGTON - For the third time in just a few months, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has focused attention on combating tribal gang violence and drug trafficking. At a Nov. 19 hearing, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the committee, ...