This morning Democracy Now! interviewed Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is vowing to withhold support from any health care reform bill lacking a strong
Last week, I noted that the key Baucus healthcare staffer is a former insurance executive. Now, Liz Fowler’s stint at Wellpoint is getting some more attention, as her electronic fingerprints
Just when you thought the Baucus revolving door couldn’t spin faster: the Senate staffer responsible for devising the tax policies at the heart of the Baucus plan is a former
Senator Max Baucus’s chief health adviser, Elizabeth Fowler, has been called the “chief operating officer” of the healthcare reform process by Politico — the staffer who sets legislative deadlines, coordinates
In 2005, another example of questionable ties between lobbyists and government positions drifted into the fore, raising the eyebrows of some political pundits and government watchdogs: James C. Langdon Jr.,
The White House and Senate Democrats may consider splitting the health care bill into two pieces to get GOP support on at least one of them. (WSJ) Fed Chairman Ben
President Obama meets with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon this week, amid protests. (Reuters) Obama pay czar Kenneth Feinberg hits a hurdle with firms assuring
While Goldman Sachs‘ managing partners prepare their lists for Fifth Avenue shopping sprees on bonus day, the firm’s public relations department is grappling with an image problem that has some
Three weeks ago, Matt Taibbi kicked off the latest anti-Goldman Sachs media cycle with a brilliant polemic in Rolling Stone. His opener achieved meme status long before the full article
As I detailed in Saturday’s post, US Ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens played a significant role in negotiations preceding the military coup, hosting a meeting between President Manuel Zelaya and
