Despite The Increase In World Attention Toward

Family Farms And Small Businesses Are The Backbone Of Our Communities.

We Are Spending $1 Billion A Week In Iraq.

Mercury Pollution From Power Plants Is A National Problem That Requires A National Response

By Giving Every American Access To Quality, Affordable Health Care, They Will Create A More Competitive, A Stronger And More Secure America!

Incivility Is A Symptom, Not The Disease. We've Always Had Partisan Conflict In Congress, And We Always Will. Yet When I Worked For A Year (1970-71) On The Staff Of Sen. Ed Muskie Of Maine, This Was A Different Place, More Collegial, More Sensitive To Data, More Concerned About All Of The American People. I Think Because The For-profit Media Prizes Conflict Above Cooperation And Sound Bites Above Analysis, Politicians Have Learned To Adapt To Those Tendencies. Consequently, Our Public Debates Are Dumbed Down As Our Problems Grow More Complex.