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'Good News,' Says Sanders, as McConnell Signals No Lame-Duck Vote on TPP

Louisiana Climate-Deniers Who Refused Sandy Victims Now Want Federal Flood Relief

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Hypocrisy of lawmakers on display following disaster

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As Resistance Mounts, TPP Becoming 2016 Election's Third Rail

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

'Obama has to consider what his campaign to pass the TPP will do to the...

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'Good to Be King': The Very Good Loans Key Lawmakers Get from Wall Street Banks

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Members of Congress who ostensibly oversee Wall Street 'allegedly received...

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Zephyr Teachout Challenges Opponent's Shadowy Billionaire Backers to Debate

Amid More Civilian Deaths, Lawmakers Push to End Saudi Arms Flow

Economic Policy Institute report on Republicans, austerity, and Great Recession

GOP Obsession With Austerity Is to Blame for Sluggish Economic Recovery

Warren and Whitehouse: Exxon Climate Scandal a 'Master Class' in Corporate Rigging

Wasserman Schultz Faces FEC Complaint from Progressive Challenger

Elizabeth Warren Warns Exxon: 'You Picked A Fight with the Wrong State'

Farmers Rebel After Organic 'Elites' Throw Support Behind Sham Label Law

20+ Groups Demand End to GOP's "Unfair Charade" Targeting Planned Parenthood

"It's About Letting Giant Corporations Rig the Rules": Warren Skewers TPP

Fate of Vermont's Historic GMO-Labeling Law in US Senate's Hands

Nation's Top Science Groups Demand Bold Climate Action From Congress—Now!

Who Got Rich Off the Student Debt Crisis

Newswire

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP

National Whistleblowers Center

Global Wildlife Whistleblower Rewards Introduced at IUCN World Conservation Congress

Public Citizen

‘Midnight Rules’ Take Years to Cross the Finish Line, Public Citizen Report Finds

350.org

Following Subpoena Threat, Groups Call for Disclosure of Science Committee’s Oily Exxon Connections

Public Citizen

Report: Pharmaceutical Industry Funding Influences Lawmakers in Contentious Medicare Part B Reform Battle

ACLU

Over 70 Groups Urge Rep. Chaffetz to Cancel Hearing on Anti-LGBT Legislation Scheduled a Month After Orlando Shooting

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Gabriela Lemus

Congress Must Move Beyond Partisan Politics and Act on Zika

Robert Naiman

How Blocking the Saudi Arms Deal Could Help Stop Lame Duck TPP

Ralph Nader

Congress: AWOL and Out of Control

John Nichols

Paul Ryan Won His Primary, But He’s Still the GOP’s Fading Star

John Nichols

Grassroots Democrats Are Making the TPP a Big Issue in Congressional Races

Robert C. Koehler

Reaching Beyond the Candidates

Jim Hightower

Populism Even Republicans Can Get Behind

Kanya Bennett

Congress: Enjoy Your Recess, But Here Are Six Police Reform Bills You Must Pass In September

Jim Obergefell

Congress Should Abandon Latest Anti-LGBT Effort

Tad Daley, Gregory Wright

Reimagine and Rebuild Our Broken Democracy—in Time for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary

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