August 2009 Progress Reports
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Katrina -- Calling For Help,
August 31, 2009
Saturday marked the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a disaster that claimed the lives of 1,836 people while displacing 1 million more.
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Economy -- Stimulating Hypocrisy,
August 28, 2009
GOP lawmakers are standing against the stimulus in Washington, D.C., but touting it when they travel home to their constituents. -
The Progress Report,
August 27, 2009
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Health Care -- Conservatives Try To Pare Down Reform,
August 26, 2009
Conservatives have used the August recess to mount an organized opposition to President Obama's health care reform efforts.
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National Security -- Prosecuting Torture,
August 25, 2009
On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced he will appoint a federal prosecutor to decide whether CIA interrogators broke the law in prisoner abuse cases.
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Lobbyists -- Polluting The Debate,
August 24, 2009
Oil and coal interests are polluting Obama's effort to pass clean energy reform.
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Recess - We're Taking a Break,
August 10, 2009
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Immigration -- A Spark Of Change In Detention,
August 7, 2009
Yesterday, the Obama administration embarked on a serious effort to fix the U.S. immigration detention system. -
Supreme Court -- The Road Ahead,
August 6, 2009
Today, the Senate is expected to affirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
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Health Care -- Swiftboating Town Halls,
August 5, 2009
The far right is welcoming federal lawmakers home from the August recess with large, angry throngs at "town halls gone wild."
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Economy -- Will Cram-Down Make A Comeback?,
August 4, 2009
Interest has been renewed in passing reform that would allow bankruptcy judges to "cram down" mortgage payments for troubled homeowners.
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Health Care -- Interest Groups Turn Up The Heat,
August 3, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) promised a "drumbeat across America" to counter the health insurance industry's attempts to maintain the status quo.
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