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Tom Kilgore, TVA CEO, Will Testify Before Congress Over "Exaggerated Deference"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.06.2009 | Green

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The major coal ash spill in Roane County, Tenn., which destroyed homes and has poisoned and gummed up portions of the Emory River, will get more natio...

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Do We Need the Republican Party?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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Hoyt Hilsman

The Republicans will have an opportunity during the Obama administration to stake out reasonable opposing positions that might restore their vanished credibility with the public.

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Do Southern Senators Really Want to Start a New War Between the States?

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

Southern states have been benefiting from Northern taxes for years. If they start another War Between the States, the Federal gravy train might suddenly stop at the Mason-Dixon line.

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Holding the Auto Industry Hostage to Anti-Union Animus

Roger Smith, AIL | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

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Roger Smith, AIL

Rep. Bob Corker and his colleagues have stooped to a new low in sacrificing the nation's economic recovery to their anti-union ideology.

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GOP: White House Ruined Bailout Deal

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When the auto bailout talks collapsed, Sen. Bob Corker won by losing. The freshman Republican from Tennessee represented conservat...

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Hoyt Hilsman

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

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A Vet's Message To The GOP on Veterans Day -- Shove It

Bob Geiger | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Bob Geiger

I see Republicans turning up on Veterans Day with their flowery pronouncements of how much we Vets mean to them when they prove at every turn that they really don't give a damn about the troops.

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Learn From History or Repeat It

R.T. Eby | Posted 04.28.2008 | Home

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R.T. Eby

The Republicans cannot win on the issues. McCain is proposing a continuation of the Bushbaby policies that have sent the country into endless war and recession. So the attack ads have begun.

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White Voters Deserve More Credit

Peter Dreier | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.

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