Feb. 3, 2010, 11:02 a.m.
By Greg Giroux
Roll Call Staff
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats (R) is set to announce Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Evan Bayh (D), and there are already signs that he will run with the backing of influential Republicans.
Coats, who retired from the Senate in 1999 and was succeeded by Bayh, released [...]

Of the three House bills and the one Senate version of Obama’s health care reform, all mandate that a government public health insurance plan compete against private insurers, which would effectively run them out of business. Instead, we need consumer choice based on patients’ rights and with the competition of free markets. At [...]

Who knew the words of Hillary Clinton would become a rallying cry for all Americans who just want to be heard at town hall meetings?
In this 2003 sound clip, the then-New York senator opened up both barrels on supporters of President Bush as she affirmed her patriotism.
I am sick and tired of people who say [...]

Sen. Lugar,
Could you please explain to your Republican constituents how your conscience could allow you to:

Be one of the first Republican Senators to pledge support for Judge Sonia “Wise Latina” Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, despite her dodgy answers on abortion and gun rights during confirmation hearings? (7/17/2009)
Vote to extend federal hate-crimes protections to [...]