Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter looks at the GOP budget plan

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"… emocrats’ vision of reform.  By the time the bill reached President Obama in March 2010, the public option had been stripped out, and public support …"

Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

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"… like the financial regulation bill; the health care industry didn’t like Obamacare. So having failed to buy the kind of influence they wanted with the De …"

"… occurred following final passage by the Senate in late June and President Obama’s signing the bill into law. By the end of the 2010 cycle, pro-GOP contr …"

"… but in the end Congress acted out of “haste and anger.”After President Obama signed Dodd-Frank into law in July 2010, the PAC gave only to Republicans. …"

Carbon as a commodity

By Marianne Lavelle

Can a $2 trillion 'cap and trade' market fight climate change?

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"… one with the most traction in Congress and the White House. When President Obama, soon after the election, promised “a new chapter” in American leaders …"

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The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… Group The brother and former partner of John Podesta, who headed President Obama’s transition, he was dubbed by Newsweek as “The Lobbyist” in a profi …"

The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

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"… ndraising edge, ACCCE-member giving tilted 61-39 to the GOP. But President Obama was the No. 2 recipient, with $241,870—all from ACCCE company employees. …"

"… was the No. 2 recipient, with $241,870—all from ACCCE company employees.Obama’s pro-coal statements have been a particular point of pride for ACCCE. A …"

"… r ACCCE. Around Inauguration Day, the group ran TV ads featuring a clip of Obama at a Virginia rally last fall touting clean coal technology. “We figured …"

"… at we mine right here in the United States of America and make it work,” Obama said. It is also easy to find campaign clips of Obama remarking that “co …"

GAO cites billions of dollars in duplication, from military to highways

By Aaron Mehta

It is one of the inexplicable facets of government: duplication across agencies and departments at a cost of billions of dollars to taxpayer

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"… ncies. Spending cuts are at the core of a pitched battle between President Obama and the GOP-controlled House, overshadowed by the specter of a shutdown of …"

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GAO: Worst of the worst federal programs

By Aaron Mehta

The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service, already the butt of many bad jokes, are among the poster children on the GAO’s lis

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"… ess, is a mix of old complaints and new areas to target at a time when the Obama administration and Congressional Republicans are looking for ways to cut g …"

"… of the federal government becoming “an employer of choice.” (President Obama is seeking a two-year wage freeze for federal employees.)The GAO list lays …"

"… including passenger and freight rail, returned to the list at a time when Obama laid out a goal of expanded high-speed rail in his State of the Union spee …"

A civil war of words

By Emma Schwartz and Aaron Mehta

President Obama's call for civility may fall on deaf ears as Republicans and Democrats debate contentious issues like health care and climat

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"… he uncivility just passed with the attached video compilation. …"

"… r, it was no mistake. From his early days campaigning for the White House, Obama has pleaded for more bipartisanship and civility in the political debate.B …"

"… anship and civility in the political debate.But in the time lapsed between Obama's various pleas, a majority of Americans now believe the discourse has act …"

"… House floor about the secrecy of the health care debate, and even some of Obama's retorts to his Republican critics dripped with sarcasm or ridicule.Obama …"

Jay Rockefeller — Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

By Aaron Mehta

John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV, an heir to the great Rockefeller fortune, continues to oversee a vast — and contentious — portfolio as chair o

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"… squo;s Health Care Subcommittee gave him a major role in shaping President Obama’s controversial health care law. In addition, Rockefeller has been …"

Joe Barton — Energy and Commerce Committee?

By Aaron Mehta

A longtime conservative from Texas, Rep. Joe Barton rocketed onto the national spotlight by famously apologizing to BP during a June hearing

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"… ing.” He has blasted proposed “cap-and-trade” bills, and claims that Obama’s failed energy bill would have “cost millions of jobs.”The Texas re …"

"… llions of jobs.”The Texas representative has also been against President Obama’s health care law from the start. During debate over the bill, Barton pl …"

"… scalculations do further damage”Barton has said that repealing President Obama’s health care law would be his top priority. “Oversight of the existin …"

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