The White House is encouraged by progress on a climate change bill going through the Senate and is working to advance it even if it is not completed by a December deadline, a key aide to President Barack Obama said on Thursday.

This is all the more important now that the House has passed a bill (late Saturday night) that gives no consideration whatsoever to an economical and efficient single payer solution. HEALTHCARE FOR ALL! Including those who cannot afford insurance!

Bill contains public health-ins plan. Passed by 220-215 wi steep concessions to BlueDogs irking prog lawmakers & activists. More on what's in it & likely battles to arise in committee, here & in "5 Key Fights We Face Against the Insur Ind" in comments.

Very interesting video! Looks as if Rep.Dingell is having a rough time.

It is possible that the creation of an all-professional American army was the most dangerous decision ever taken by Congress. The nation now confronts a political crisis in which the issue has become an undeclared contest between Pentagon power and.. .

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Originally designed for 90,000 refugees, the three-camp complex is now home to a staggering 285,000 refugees; a large proportion of whom have fled the fighting in neighbouring Somalia. Your $1 donation could help out the largest refugee camp in the world.

as you can see by the date this was written all is going according to th shadow gov.'s design.

The Establishment: "They turned the economy over to thieves from Wall Street and created a military machine that turns youth into murderers and assassins whose job it is to conquer the world for the fat cats of global capital". The end of America?

"This health care bill continues the redistribution of wealth to Wall Street at the expense of America's manufacturing and service economies which suffer from costs other countries do not have to bear, especially the cost of health care."