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C-SPAN wants open hearings

Sheila Liaugminas | 06 January 2010
After he promised openness, the most critical negotiations on Obama’s health plan have taken place behind closed doors, as Republicans repeatedly point out.

People power

Sheila Liaugminas | 04 January 2010
Does the battle to define and defend longstanding social policies just seem to be more engaged and critical right now, or is it really heating up?

It wasn’t the cause that changed

Sheila Liaugminas | 21 October 2009
It’s the politics of Honduras, the region, and powerful leaders like the US president.
 
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