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A/V Booth: Congress: Not the Place for Insider Trading

Ear to the Ground: South African Parliament Passes Bill Restricting Press Freedoms

Ear to the Ground: Gov’t Shutdown Crisis Averted (Again)

Ear to the Ground: Senate OKs Debt Deal, Obama Makes It Official (Updated)

Ear to the Ground: House Passes Boehner’s Bill, Senate Bats It Down

Ear to the Ground: N.Y. Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Ear to the Ground: Budget Bill Gets House’s Vote

Ear to the Ground: Wis. Police Clear Protesters From Capitol

A/V Booth: Raw Video: Protesters Push Back in Wisconsin

Ear to the Ground: GOP Senators Find a Workaround, Win Wis. Bill Battle

Ear to the Ground: Walker: Layoffs Loom for Wis. Workers

Arts and Culture: White House Looks to Jon Stewart in 9/11 Health Bill Bid

Ear to the Ground: Congress Heads for Holiday Overtime

Ear to the Ground: Senate Votes to Beef Up the FDA

Cartoons: Running on Obamacare

Ear to the Ground: Obama Pulls a Pocket Veto on Foreclosure Bill

Ear to the Ground: Small Business Bill Gets Senate’s Stamp of Approval

Ear to the Ground: Obama, GOP Trade Punches Over Business Bill

Ear to the Ground: Obama Makes Financial Overhaul Official

Ear to the Ground: Senate Gives Financial Reform a Big Boost

Ear to the Ground: GOP Drafting Rival Financial Reform Bill

Ear to the Ground: Obama Is No Fan of Arizona’s New Immigration Bill

Ear to the Ground: Derivatives Bill Gets Traction in Senate

Ear to the Ground: Obama Brushes Off GOP’s Bailout Claim, Pushes On With Financial Reform

Ear to the Ground: Arizona Passes Harsh Anti-Immigration Bill

Ear to the Ground: Arizona Bears Down on Illegal Immigrants

Ear to the Ground: Obama Signs Student Loan Legislation

Reports: A Healthy Start ... With Loopholes

Ear to the Ground: Obama Makes Health Care Reform Official

Ear to the Ground: Senate Passes Jobs Bill

Ear to the Ground: Obama Tells Congress to Get Health Care Reform Done Already

Ear to the Ground: Brown Votes With Senate Dems for Jobs Bill

Ear to the Ground: Obama Invites Republicans, Dems to Health Care Huddle

Ear to the Ground: Obama Slams Uganda’s ‘Odious’ Anti-Gay Bill

Ear to the Ground: Dean: Health Care Not Dead Yet

Ear to the Ground: Senate Passes Health Care Bill

Ear to the Ground: Obama Defiant in Face of Health Care Criticism

Reports: The Deadly Cost of Blocking Health Care Reform

Ear to the Ground: GOP Fails in Bid to Filibuster Military Spending Bill in Senate

Ear to the Ground: Senators Still in Health Care Huddle

Ear to the Ground: Reid Readies for Health Care Rumble

Ear to the Ground: Dems Make Final Push for Health Bill Votes

A/V Booth: Boehner Decries Health Bill as ‘Government Takeover’

Ear to the Ground: Obama Trims (Some) Fat with Weapons Bill

Ear to the Ground: Health Care Reform: ‘A Fait Accompli’?

Ear to the Ground: Senate Panel Votes Down Abortion Amendment in Baucus Bill

A/V Booth: A Brave New Baucus Bill Primer

Ear to the Ground: Baucus Planning Health Care Bill 2.0

Ear to the Ground: Health Bill Survives House Committee Vote

Arts and Culture: L.A. Taxpayers Hit With MJ Memorial Bill

Ear to the Ground: Palin Sticks to the Script

Ear to the Ground: Senate Reworks Health Care Proposal

Arts and Culture: One Step Closer to Harvey Milk Day

Ear to the Ground: French Parliament Nixes Web Piracy Bill

Ear to the Ground: Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Vermont

Ear to the Ground: House Passes Bonus Tax Bill

Ear to the Ground: Congress for Sale

Ear to the Ground: Obama to Take Stimulus-Signing Act to Denver

Ear to the Ground: Reid Announces Stimulus Agreement

Ear to the Ground: Stimulus Survives Senate Pecking

Ear to the Ground: Obama Pushes to Sell an Effective Stimulus

Ear to the Ground: Krugman: Down With Centrist Senators

Reports: The GOP’s Soundproof Room

Ear to the Ground: Lilly Ledbetter Has Her Day

Reports: Learning From Clinton’s Mistakes

Reports: Bush’s Hoover Impression Flirts With Depression

Ear to the Ground: The Bailout: Take Two

Ear to the Ground: Senate Fattens Up Bailout Package

Ear to the Ground: Republican House Members Say Pelosi’s Speech Didn’t Sway Them

A/V Booth: Pelosi: ‘The Party Is Over’

Ear to the Ground: House Defies Leadership, Rejects Bailout

Ear to the Ground: Bailout Plan Misses Out on Photo Op

Ear to the Ground: McCain Wants to Cancel First Debate

Cartoons: Case Closed

Ear to the Ground: Ted Kennedy Makes Surprise Visit to Save Medicare Bill

Ear to the Ground: House Lets Telecoms Off the Hook

A/V Booth: John Cusack’s McCain/Bush Pop Quiz

Ear to the Ground: Billions to Business in Foreclosure Bill

Ear to the Ground: Farm Bill Brings the Bacon

Ear to the Ground: Climate Change on Calif. Curriculum?

Reports: Clintons vs. the Media

Ear to the Ground: N.Y. Post Gives Obama the Nod

Ear to the Ground: Bush Plans Economic Intervention

Ear to the Ground: Giuliani’s Hanky-Panky: On the Public Tab?

A/V Booth: Bill Piles On the Cheese for Hillary

Ear to the Ground: Bill Clinton to Help Mediate WGA Strike?

A/V Booth: Congressman Blasts Bush for Sinking SCHIP

A/V Booth: Barney Frank Pleads for Realistic Expectations and Practical Activism

Ear to the Ground: Bush: Protect America, or at Least Its Telecom Companies

Ear to the Ground: Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Care Bill

Ear to the Ground: Child Insurance Gains, but a Veto Won’t Be Overridden

Ear to the Ground: California Senate Nixes ID Implants for Workers

Ear to the Ground: The Penny:  That’s Just Our $.02

Ear to the Ground: Déjà Vu:  Another Iraq Withdrawal Bill Shot Down

Ear to the Ground: House Passes Iraq Withdrawal Bill

Ear to the Ground: Immigration Bill Sinks in Senate

Ear to the Ground: Lott?s Wisdom: Illegal Immigrants Are Like Goats

Reports: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:  Immigration and Ignorance

A/V Booth: Clinton Campaign Parodies ‘Sopranos’

Ear to the Ground: Bush Adamant About Gonzales, Immigration

Ear to the Ground: Immigration Deal in the Works

Ear to the Ground: Bush Gives an Inch on Iraq

Ear to the Ground: The Veto Stands

Ear to the Ground: Bush Says He Will Block Pullout Bill

A/V Booth: Bill Moyers on Net Neutrality’s Motley Crew

Reports: Marie Cocco: A Fraudulently Financed War

Ear to the Ground: House GOP’ers Kick the Poor, Push Fringe Abortion Bill

A/V Booth: Maher: ‘You Can’t Call Yourself a Think Tank if All Your Ideas Are Stupid’

Cartoons: Luckovich - A Black Eye for Uncle Sam

Ear to the Ground: Bush Signs Torture Bill

Ear to the Ground: Bush Blames Clinton Again

A/V Booth: Olbermann: ‘Why Does Habeas Corpus Hate America?’

A/V Booth: O’Reilly: Iran Helping Dems

A/V Booth: Weekly Video Roundup

Ear to the Ground: Bush to FEMA Law: Drop Dead!

A/V Booth: ‘Daily Show’ Rips Torture Bill

A/V Booth: Bill Maher Almost Defends Foley

Ear to the Ground: Afghan Detainees File Preemptive Suit Against Bush

Ear to the Ground: Sen. Frist: Bring Taliban Into Gov’t

Ear to the Ground: The Lighter Side of Torture

A/V Booth: Weekly Video Roundup

Ear to the Ground: To Our National Shame, America Codifies Torture

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s Torture Bill: Worse Than You Think

Ear to the Ground: Torture Bill Nears Bush’s Desk

A/V Booth: Colbert Spoofs Clinton Blame Game

Reports: Molly Ivins: Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)

Ear to the Ground: Schwarzenegger Signs Global Warming Bill

A/V Booth: Impassioned Pleas Against Torture

Ear to the Ground: Clinton’s Mad, Not Taking It Anymore

Ear to the Ground: Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage

A/V Booth: Maher & Mixed Panel Debate ‘Jesus Camp’

A/V Booth: Bill Clinton’s ‘American President’ Moment

Ear to the Ground: N.Y. Times and Wash. Post: Interrogation Bill Allows Torture

A/V Booth: Stewart Mocks O’Reilly’s Al Qaeda Claim

Ear to the Ground: Clinton Attacks Torture Agenda

Ear to the Ground: Zimbabwe Goes Offline

A/V Booth: Scarborough, Maher Debate Bush’s Idiocy, Free Speech

Ear to the Ground: Clinton Sick of Rove?s B.S.

A/V Booth: Stewart Probes Clinton for Hillary?s Weakness

A/V Booth: Sen. Graham: White House Coerced Lawyers on Torture Letter

A/V Booth: Arianna Spars With O’Reilly on Iraq, Kurds

Ear to the Ground: Dems’ Effort to Limit Surveillance Bill Is Blocked

Ear to the Ground: Bill Maher: The Difference Between Sunni and Suri

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s Wiretapping Bill Stalls in Congress

Reports: Robert Scheer: Clinton Ended Welfare, Not Poverty

Ear to the Ground: Maher: Scientists ‘Cut and Run’ on Pluto

Ear to the Ground: Mystery Senator Blocks Sunshine Bill

A/V Booth: Marilyn Manson Out-Debates O’Reilly

Ear to the Ground: Kristol: Lamont Victory a Win for the Terrorists

Ear to the Ground: Palestinian Authority Officially Recognized—by AT&T

Ear to the Ground: Stalinesque Terror Detainee Bill Proposed by Bush

Ear to the Ground: Sprinkling the Poor, Showering the Rich

Ear to the Ground: Campaign Finance Effort Resumes, Without McCain

Ear to the Ground: Networking Sites, Chat Rooms Face Banishment

Reports: Molly Ivins: Run Bill Moyers for President, Seriously

Reports: Jabari Asim: Who’s Showing Black Youth the Path to Responsibility?

Ear to the Ground: Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill

Ear to the Ground: Meet the Bad Boy of Political Advertising

Ear to the Ground: Jack Abramoff Must Be Smiling…

Ear to the Ground: Bush Condemns, Keller Defends Bank Data Story

Ear to the Ground: Clinton Made Almost $7.5 Million in Speaking Fees in 2005

Reports: Three Hundred Twenty Billion Little Pieces

A/V Booth: Stewart Spars With Bennett Over Gay Marriage

Reports: Joe Conason: The Private Lives of Bill and Hillary

Ear to the Ground: Frist on America’s Top Priorities: Gay Marriage and Flag Burning

Ear to the Ground: ‘Daily Show’ Viewers Better Informed Than O’Reilly Watchers

Ear to the Ground: Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Reform Bill

Ear to the Ground: Clintons Balance Married and Private Lives

Ear to the Ground: Small Miracle: House Votes Against Oil Subsidy

Ear to the Ground: House Passes ‘Sham’ Lobbying Reform Bill

Reports: Molly Ivins: The No-Reform Lobby Reform Bill

Ear to the Ground: Over 1 Million Attend Protests

Ear to the Ground: House Members To Sue Bush Over Budget Bill

Ear to the Ground: What? You Expected Real Lobbying Reform?

Ear to the Ground: Iraq War Spending Doubles Since Invasion

Cartoons: Szep - Immigration Reform

Ear to the Ground: New Lobbying Law Falls Short on Reform

Ear to the Ground: Senate Panel Passes Immigration Bill

Ear to the Ground: Bush: I Won’t Pay Attention to Patriot Act Requirement

Ear to the Ground: Congressman: Bush Signed Bill That Didn’t Pass Congress

Ear to the Ground: New Bill Allows Warrantless Spying

Ear to the Ground: Frist Throws Immigration Debate Into Disarray

Ear to the Ground: House Moves Toward Scuttling Ports Deal

Ear to the Ground: South Dakota Abortion Law to Challenge Roe

Ear to the Ground: Bush Could Bypass Torture Ban

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