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Reports: This Is No Time for Specifics

Ear to the Ground: AIG Execs Enjoy Sun and Fun on Your Dime

Ear to the Ground: Lehman Bros. Paid Execs Millions as Company Tanked

Reports: Dennis Kucinich on the Democrats’ Bailout Betrayal

Ear to the Ground: The Bailout: Take Two

Reports: Saying ‘No Deal’ to This New Deal

Reports: A Welcome Pause Before the Bailing Starts

Ear to the Ground: Bailout Gains More Support in the House

Reports: Making the Bailout Less Toxic

Ear to the Ground: Bailout Bill Skates Through Senate

Ear to the Ground: Senate Fattens Up Bailout Package

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

Truthdig Podcast: Robert Scheer on the Bailout Bomb

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

Ear to the Ground: House Defies Leadership, Rejects Bailout

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Claims ‘Great Progress’ on Bailout Deal

Reports: How McCain’s Grandstanding Sidelined the Bailout Deal

Reports: Getting the Bailout Right

Ear to the Ground: Book: Cheney Deceived GOP Leader on Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Sheehan Qualifies for Pelosi Challenge

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Wavers on Drilling Vote

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Takes the Heat on Drilling

Ear to the Ground: Republicans Go Web 2.0 for House Protest

Ear to the Ground: Panel Cites Rove for Contempt

A/V Booth: Pelosi ‘Disappointed’ by Congress’ War Performance

Ear to the Ground: Super Mega Housing Bill on Bush’s Desk

A/V Booth: O’Reilly to Rove: House Panel ‘Just a Dog and Pony Show’

Ear to the Ground: Bush Claims Privilege Over Cheney Interviews

Ear to the Ground: House Lets Telecoms Off the Hook

Reports: Firing Congress

A/V Booth: Henry ‘the Hammer’ Waxman Shows Issa Who’s Boss

Ear to the Ground: EPA Official Reports White House Meddling

Ear to the Ground: Senate Slogs Through Housing Bill

Reports: Trading Spaces, Iraq Edition

Reports: Obama’s Weather Balloon

Reports: The Cutting Edge of Backward Thinking

Ear to the Ground: Burning Down the House

Ear to the Ground: Billions to Business in Foreclosure Bill

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi: Perhaps Bush Should Skip Olympics

Reports: War Started With Lies, Continues With Lies

Reports: Ethical Progress at Last

Ear to the Ground: Congress Holds Sensory-Deprived Session

Ear to the Ground: Kucinich Survives, and Then Some

Ear to the Ground: Farm Bill Brings the Bacon

Reports: Shrub and the Rocket

Ear to the Ground: ‘Give Dennis His Due’

Reports: An Economic Bridge to Nowhere

Ear to the Ground: Kucinich to Quit Campaign

Reports: Digging in the Right Place

Ear to the Ground: Ranking Republican: CIA Wanted Torture Tapes Preserved

Ear to the Ground: House Approves War Funds

Reports: Climbing Out of the Oil Ditch

Reports: The Price of Antagonizing Latinos

Ear to the Ground: Congress Summons CIA Director

Reports: Conservative, or Just Plain Corrupt?

A/V Booth: Kucinich:  We’re Losing Our Democracy

Ear to the Ground: Dems Threaten to Charge Mute Bushies

Ear to the Ground: Bush Chides Congress for ‘Wasting Time’

Ear to the Ground: Dems Blow Override, Vow to Keep On Fighting

A/V Booth: Congressman Blasts Bush for Sinking SCHIP

Reports: Our Offspring Fontanel

Ear to the Ground: Verizon Admits Domestic Spying Role

A/V Booth: Huffington Probes Pelosi on the War

Ear to the Ground: State Dept. Silent on Iraqi Corruption

Ear to the Ground: Congress Tries to Close Blackwater Loophole

Ear to the Ground: Blackwater Founder Takes a Beating in Congress

A/V Booth: Cyber-Newt Salutes the ‘Metaverse’ on Second Life

Reports: The Silent Majority

Ear to the Ground: Report Points to Blackwater’s Excessive Violence

Ear to the Ground: Iran to U.S.: I’m Rubber, You’re Glue

Reports: Bush the Saboteur

Ear to the Ground: Waxman: State Dept. Blocked Blackwater Investigation

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

Ear to the Ground: Whistleblowers Expose State Department Bushie

Ear to the Ground: Ohio’s Rep. Paul Gillmor Dead at 68

Cartoons: Cheney Flips

Ear to the Ground: Gingrich and His Crazy Ideas

Ear to the Ground: House Gets Busy Over the Weekend

Reports: The Unflappable Speaker

A/V Booth: Greenwald’s Latest: Impeach Cheney

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week:  Mary Tillman

Ear to the Ground: Bush Has Veto Fever

Ear to the Ground: Bush and Dems Struggle Over the ‘Surge’

Ear to the Ground: Murtha Clarifies Impeachment Talk

Ear to the Ground: Congress Probes White House Over Tillman Affair

Ear to the Ground: Rice Resists Subpoena

Ear to the Ground: Congress Will Investigate Misinformation on Tillman, Lynch

A/V Booth: Red Alert! There are ‘Faux Klingons in the White House’

Reports: Kucinich Blasts Democrats

Ear to the Ground: House Approves Iraq Timetable

Reports: DeLay’s New Career: Comedian

Ear to the Ground: House Dems Grill White House Spin Man

Ear to the Ground: Withdrawal Timetable Defeated in the Senate

A/V Booth: Organization, Democrat-Style

Ear to the Ground: Dems Back Down on Iran

Ear to the Ground: House Dems Agree to Timetable

Ear to the Ground: House Majority Leader Wants Ethics Investigation

Ear to the Ground: Cheney’s Twisted Logic

Ear to the Ground: Democrats Issue First Subpoenas

Ear to the Ground: Break Out the Subpoenas

Ear to the Ground: Senate Dems Try New Tack

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Resolution Passes

A/V Booth: John Murtha: The Man With the Plan

Ear to the Ground: War Debate Heats Up in the House

Ear to the Ground: Nancy Pelosi Returns from ‘Chaotic’ Iraq

Ear to the Ground: How to Put Impeachment Back on the Table

Cartoons: Luckovich: All the News That’s Fit to Skip

Ear to the Ground: Congress Mass-Produces Antiwar Legislation

Ear to the Ground: House GOP Runs Amok

Ear to the Ground: House Passes Stem Cell Bill

Ear to the Ground: Dems to Force Escalation Vote

Ear to the Ground: 100-Hour Agenda Steams Along

Ear to the Ground: It Only Took 218 Years

Ear to the Ground: Ellison Sworn In; Earth Maintains Orbit

Ear to the Ground: Ethics Bill Passes by Huge Margin

Ear to the Ground: Get Ready, Here They Come

A/V Booth: Goode Ol’ Boy’s Take on the Quran

Ear to the Ground: Democrats to Boost Intelligence Oversight

Cartoons: Powell: The Elephant in the Room

Ear to the Ground: Dems Grow Majority in Congress

A/V Booth: ‘Daily Show’ On 109’s Last Session

Ear to the Ground: Kucinich to Run for President

Ear to the Ground: Tom DeLay Blogs, Briefly

Ear to the Ground: Foley Scandal: Ethics Committee Chastises to No Avail

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Mulls Smoking Ban

Reports: Dennis Kucinich’s Showdown With the Democratic Leadership

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

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi Blocks Bid for Helm of Key Committee

Ear to the Ground: Waxman: A Thorn in Bush’s Side

Ear to the Ground: Hastert Steps Down, but Not Out

A/V Booth: Truthdig Podcast: House Politics, Traitor Joe, Education and O.J.

Ear to the Ground: Hoyer Elected House Majority Leader

Reports: Joe Conason: Draining the Congressional Swamp

Reports: Robert Scheer: Murtha’s No Lefty, But He’s Right

Ear to the Ground: Webb Wins and Dems Take Control of Congress, Two News Agencies Report

Ear to the Ground: Dems Win the House, Senate Up for Grabs

Ear to the Ground: Hastert Testifies Before a Committee of His Own Design

Cartoons: Mr. Fish - Obama’s Mettle

Ear to the Ground: Red Cross Condemns Torture Bill

Ear to the Ground: Baker Panel to Urge Change

Ear to the Ground: Republicans Revise Election Estimates

Ear to the Ground: Another Hawk Sees the Light

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

Ear to the Ground: United Nations: U.S. Making Inflated Iranian Nuke Claims

Ear to the Ground: White House: U.S. Safer but Not Yet Safe

Ear to the Ground: Bush Staffer on Terror Plots: ‘This Is Going to Play Big’

Ear to the Ground: Shall We Make Mel Gibson Our Mideast Envoy?

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

Ear to the Ground: Rep. Emanuel Makes Satirical Mincemeat of White House Salaries

Ear to the Ground: The Most Overpaid White House Staffers

Ear to the Ground: Jack Abramoff Must Be Smiling…

Ear to the Ground: Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Peter Hoekstra

Ear to the Ground: Suspect May Argue White House OK’d Phone-Jamming

Ear to the Ground: McCain’s New Bosom Buddies: First Falwell, Now Bush

Ear to the Ground: House Votes to Cut Estate Taxes

Ear to the Ground: House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act

Reports: Robert Scheer: Hillary’s Shameful Straddling on Iraq

Ear to the Ground: GOP Engineers Sham Vote on Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s Favorite Writer Leaving the White House

Ear to the Ground: House Rejects Net Neutrality

Reports: Molly Ivins: Iran Badge Fabricator Goes to Washington

Reports: The Enron Story Everyone Is Missing: The Bush-Ken Lay Connection

Ear to the Ground: Net Neutrality Gets Boost From House Panel

Ear to the Ground: Clintons Balance Married and Private Lives

A/V Booth: SNL’s ‘TV Fun House’ Can’t Stomach Bush’s Lies

Ear to the Ground: The House Is in Play for Democrats

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

Ear to the Ground: Answering His First Question, Tony Snow Misleads Press

Ear to the Ground: Snow Melts at Debut ‘Gaggle’

Ear to the Ground: Hard-Core Republicans Fleeing Bush

Reports: A Capital Full of Shih Tzu Reporters

Ear to the Ground: Did Media Miss Real Colbert Story?

Ear to the Ground: Conservatives Seek to Extend Tax Breaks for Rich

Ear to the Ground: USDA Staffers Stunned to Get Iraq Talking Points

Ear to the Ground: Gore for 2008?

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

A/V Booth: A Tale of Two Bushes

Ear to the Ground: Bush Was ‘Ready to Blow’ During Colbert’s Roast

Ear to the Ground: Secret Service Will Turn Over Abramoff Visit Logs

Ear to the Ground: Bush Not Amused At Colbert’s Roast

Ear to the Ground: Ari Fleischer: White House Press Briefing Is ‘a TV Show’

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

Ear to the Ground: CIA Agent on ‘60 Minutes’: Bush Ignored WMD Evidence

Cartoons: Powell - Mexican Border Fence

Ear to the Ground: House Votes ‘No’ on Ports—‘Yes’ Is Likely on Star Wars

Reports: Division on the War at Arianna’s

Ear to the Ground: Boehner Renting Apartment From Lobbyist

Ear to the Ground: Texas Roundup

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