The House of Representatives rejected protections that might have saved the lives of the workers on the Deepwater Horizon and prevented the tremendous oil spill that resulted from its explosion.

A roll call of the 28 Democrats who voted with House Republicans in favor of a scheme to encourage dangerous, dirty and rushed offshore oil drilling platforms, increasing the risk of a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon calamity.

Lead shot and lead sinkers that get into the ecosystem are consumed by animals that are then consumed by hunters, who then suffer the long list of maladies you see above. H.R. 1445 isn’t pro-hunter legislation. It’s putting hunters in danger. There are good, safer alternatives to lead.

An informally assembled anti-wolf caucus in Congress is working to allow gray wolves in the United States to be hunted to the point of extinction.

Out of the 15 Democrats who crossed the aisle on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, only six have managed to keep their seats. That makes the anti-gay House Democrats a remarkably unsuccessful group.

Josh Drake endorses the Green New Deal. However, if Drake wants to get very far in this year’s election, he’s going to have to do more than just pointing to someone else’s plan.

Not a single one of the Democrats who voted against the health care reform bill has a progressive legislative rating about 50 percent.

How can Vic Snyder get away with slacking off on the introduction of legislation to fix what ails this country? How can John Boozman get away with telling struggling Americans in the midst of the greatest recession of a generation to go to hell? How does Marion Berry manage to get re-elected after getting caught [...]

Some people say that the economic recession has ended, but experts warn that the economy is almost certainly not improving. Profits for big corporations are up, but ordinary Americans are still suffering from extremely high levels of unemployment. U.S. Representative Jim McDermott offered legislation this week to help. He introduced H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation [...]

Jane Hamsher notes that Green Party resistance to right wing Arkansas Democrats has been high, and issues the invitation for a Green Party challenger to Ross for 2010: “If anyone is interested in challenging Ross, let us know.”