Disappointed

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Hagel Pick

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Arlen Specter RIP

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Frank Rich Blasts Bipartisanship

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 With an eye on the ruthlessly partisan strategies, tactics and proposed policies of the Republican contenders for the White House, former New York Times columnist Frank Rich assigns a poor grade to Obama's efforts to reach across the aisle. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Senate OKs Compromise Funding Deal

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2011 Senate leaders struck a compromise late Monday on the issue of disaster relief funding that is likely to avert a federal government shutdown, the third such threat this year. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate OKs Debt Deal, Obama Makes It Official (Updated)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 The U.S. Senate passed the debt deal just after noon Tuesday, avoiding a government default that was less than 12 hours away. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Tallies Up Year-End Wins

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2010 Although the outcome of this fall's midterm elections didn't suggest great possibilities for the last two years of President Obama's term, he would like to suggest, as he does in this speech after Wednesday's START vote, that . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Labels Aren’t the Problem

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 The "No Labels" group that held its inaugural meeting this week in the name of the political center fills me with passionate ambivalence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Senate GOP Plans Bill-Blocking Spree

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2010 After a brief moment of bipartisan-themed grandstanding the day before, things got back to normal on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with Senate Republicans plotting to make the most of the next few weeks by doing their darndest to derail any Democratic-backed legislation in the works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Votes to Beef Up the FDA

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2010 Here's one form of big government that even some Republicans on Capitol Hill can apparently embrace: On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill designed to crack down on food regulation practices in the U.S. after recent batches of tainted foodstuffs were unleashed on the public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Calls Bipartisan Power Meeting

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2010 Getting shellacked in the midterm elections has evidently motivated President Barack Obama to consider his strategy for the next two years, and he's taking the bold new step of -- wait for it -- arranging a group huddle with eight big players from the two dominant parties. Sigh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apocalypse Again: The Boom-and-Bust Cycle of Bipartisan Politics

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Nov 3, 2010 Career politicians depend upon the biggest protection racket in this country, which is often called “our two-party system.” Ours? Really? Certainly that system has no foundation whatsoever in the Constitution of the United States.Apocalypse is the big threat in every major election, and this forecast of doom proves useful to both corporate parties. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )