Senate Kills Estate Tax Bill

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 Normally, this would be cause for unbridled celebration. However, Republicans had cowardly and self-servingly tacked an estate tax reduction onto a bill designed to raise the minimum wage. So good legislation had to die in order for a terrible bill never to live. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld Whopper: I Was Never Overly Optimistic About Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Testifying before Congress today, Donald Rumsfeld said he has ?never painted a rosy picture? about Iraq, and that ?you would have a dickens of a time trying to find instances where I have been overly optimistic?(h/t: ThinkProgress) That's just nonsense And we've got the proof -- in the form of Rumsfeld's own words (after the jump). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll: Lamont 54%, Lieberman 41%

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 With only five days to go before their Aug. 8 Democratic primary, the political novice has opened up a commanding lead on the three-term senator from Connecticut. (Even with the 3% margin of error, Lamont is dusting his opponent.) h/t: Huff Po Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert to Lamont: ‘You’re Rich … Why Aren’t You a Republican?’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2006 Connecticut Senate challenger Ned Lamont told Stephen Colbert that he became a Democrat to fight Richard Nixon at age 18, and he's still fighting a Democratic battle against Nixon's heir in the White House today. Lamont: "I think George Bush is driving this country into a ditch, and if Joe Lieberman won't challenge him, I will." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Stewart Straight-Talks McCain on Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2006 The "Daily Show" host tells the Arizona senator, "President Bush has been very clear that through his leadership, he made the world safer My question to you is this: How much safer can we afford to have him make us?" When McCain wouldn't answer straight, Stewart chided him, saying, "Don't dodge the question" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Sen. Compares Global Warming Believers to Nazis

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2006 Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said he is reminded of the Third Reich when he observes the tactics of people like Al Gore in their attempts to raise awareness about global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2006 Its official. In his first use of the veto, the president has refused to sign H.R. 810, or ғthe Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005. According to Bush, ԓHuman beings are not a raw material to be exploited or a commodity to be bought or sold. The bill, which passed the Senate just shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto, would undo funding limits imposed by the administration in 2001. The silver lining here might be the impact of this on the midterm elections. Check out the roll call on Daily Kos. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Lampoons Sen. Stevens’ Net Nonsense

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 "The Daily Shows" host tees off on Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens' instantly infamous speech about Net Neutrality--which Stewart likened to "something you'd hear from a crazy old man in an airport bar at 3 a.m." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Sen. Lieberman Literally in Bed With Drug Lobby

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 The senator who would lecture us on ethics drafted a bill in 2005 that made generous giveaways to pharmaceutical companies -- one month after his wife went to work in the pharmaceuticals division of a major lobbying and PR firm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Marie Cocco: The Lieberman-Lamont Litmus Test

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2006 Is Ned Lamont running a one-issue campaign against Conn. Sen. Joe Lieberman? Perhaps. But can you think of any one issue more important than the one in question? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lieberman to Conn. Voters: Drop Dead!

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2006 Well, we knew this was coming, but now it's official: Sen. Joe Lieberman has created a new political party that he will use to appear on the November ballot if he loses the Democratic primary in August. As such a move would amount to sticking his thumb in the eye of Conn. voters, the name of his new political party is deliciously ironic: Connecticut for Lieberman. Maybe he should have picked something more representative of his backing: Lieberman for Lieberman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lamont Fends Off Lieberman With Fox News Sword

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 Cute moment in Thursday's debate in Connecticut's Dem Senate primary race: Sen Lieberman tried to interrupt challenger Ned Lamont and Lamont silenced him by saying "this isn't Fox News, sir" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )