According to a source involved in the health care negotiations in Congress, Henry Waxman is telling Democratic caucus members that Bart Stupak’s deal with Nancy Pelosi is dead.  Stupak had called a press conference to announce the deal at 11am this morning, but has now canceled it. The deal fell apart after news of the [...]

We are asking all of you fight like you have never fought before. Tonight, It has become clear that the our Democratic President Obama, Democratic Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) and Democratic Leader (Harry Reid) are trading away women’s lives.

Every woman in Congress should MAKE HISTORY AND WALK OUT ! This is your chance to stand up for what is right! Forget politics, forget saving your seat! You must take a chance!

It’s going to be a tough election year in 2010 so helping good incumbents keep their seats is going to be as important as supporting challengers was in 2006 and 2008.

You get to decide — who should we help? Which member of Congress gets to be an FDL Fire Dog?

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A new Pew survey should throw cold water on the logic behind the Democrats’ desire to to get bipartisan support for anything. The survey finds that only a thirf of Americans (32%) were actually aware that no Republican senators voted for health care reform (29% thought Republicans in the Senate had voted for the bill, [...]

Per the Hill, the White House is asking for tougher restrictions on lobbyists just as the President said in the State of the Union speech the other night. Which is a very good thing.

“What’s the CBO score?” is one way to judge between competing health reform efforts, but hardly the best way. How about asking the questions raised by Faithful Reform in Health Care: how many lives will be saved, and how many jobs preserved?

We are one year away from when the 112th Congress will be sworn in, and that is why I’m beginning a countdown to full Congressional shutdown. When Democrats lose their 60-vote super-majority in the Senate, our entire Congress will effectively stop working altogether. All indications point to this year being a good election for Republicans. [...]

Good luck getting through EFCA, immigration reform, climate change or any other “epic, polarized” legislation that displeaseth the Lord of the 60th Vote, who hath also declared that the House no longer exists.

Unless of course you’re a bank, and then the White House just tells Congress to get stuffed and writes you a fatcat check.

Jane Hamsher does not support the Senate health care reform bill. No one should support the Senate health care reform bill because it is, frankly, a very bad bill. It has no real checks on the health insurance industry, and is an extremely expensive and wasteful way to expand coverage. Fortunately, our government is a [...]

Steny Hoyer says the House will pass this bill. Well, not unless almost everyone in the progressive caucus goes back on their word.

Call progressive members of Congress now and ask them if they intend to deliver on their promise to vote against this bill.