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With Sen. Chris Dodd facing an uphill battle to win reelection next year after a series of Washington scandals battered his popularity back home, President Obama and other national Democrats are sparing no effort to help him.

The seating of Minnesota Sen. Al Franken will give Democrats the filibuster-proof 60-40 majority in the Senate, but only on paper.

HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? Governor Signs 'Madoff' Bill HIV/AIDS Funding At Risk? by Chris Clark July 3, 2009 10:52 AM Posted to Congress U.S. Sen.

Blanche Lincoln, AR 45% Public Policy Polling, March Barbara Boxer, CA 48% Survey USA, June 12-14 Michael Bennet, CO 34% Public Policy Polling, April 24-26 Christopher Dodd, CO 37% Quinnipiac, April Roland Burris, IL 17% Public Policy Polling, April 24-26 Harry Reid, NV 34% Mason-Dixon, June 18-19 Kirsten Gillenbrand, NY 24% Marist Byron Dorgan, ND ...

It's rare that anything to do with Canada is front and centre in the minds of Americans, but the Canadian health-care system has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few weeks as Capitol Hill legislators work on a massive health-care overhaul.

The plan carries a 10-year price tag of slightly over $600 billion, and would lead toward an estimated 97 percent of all Americans having coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office, Sens.

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it to Washington to vote from home? Post Date July 1, 2009 The news that Al Franken is finally going to the Senate has prompted all sorts of musing about the Democrats' new supermajority.

Senator Christopher Dodd Democrats in Congress and media reports have been claiming that "almost" 50 million Americans lack health insurance.

President Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to create a new U.S. agency to police the fine print on credit card bills and mortgage documents and determine what fees, penalties and interest rates are fair.

A question many on Capitol Hill are asking today after watching last nighta TMs ABC News "Prescription for America" health care discussion: Is President Obama preparing to dismiss whatever price tag the Congressional Budget Office eventually places on the final draft of the congressional Democratsa TM health care reform proposal? The reason ...

Departments National Issues The rise of single-payer health care by David Swanson June 25, 2009 Single-payer health care supporters rally in Los Angeles in April.

How many believe the government takeovers and intervention in banking and private business were unavoidable maneuvers just thought up on the fly after the election of Barack Obama? Now, let's have a show of hands from those who suspect that at least an outline of a plan to take advantage of the crisis has been in the oven for years.

As President Obama today applauded a prescription drug deal he called a "major step forward" in health care reform, Sen.

Nearly 50 lawmakers in Congress have spouses who work in the health care industry and that may be influencing their thinking on health reform, CQ Politics reports.

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd , who has long favored civil unions over same-sex marriage, now supports equal rights for gay and lesbian couples.

TOPICS Right Wing Violence The right-wing pundits have been busy whipping a fresh batch of eliminationist rhetoric this week.

The house just passed the biggest tax on the Nation in the history of the nation.

Around 7 a.m. last Wednesday, Sen. Chris Dodd got a call from Sen. Ted Kennedy. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, was scheduled to kick off debate in the Senate health committee on Kennedy's healthcare overhaul bill, and the Massachusetts Democrat was phoning to wish him luck.

Democrats are becoming bolder about their idea that middle-class familes get the option of joining a government insurance plan in any overhaul of the health care system.

Republican Senator John McCain says he thinks President Barack Obama should have more to say about how protesters are being treated in Iran.