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By Anais Starr The image above comes from a wonderful book I’m reading titled “Carrots Love Tomatoes” by Louise Riotte. The book’s byline is “Secrets

– Read the full text of the bill as signed by the President – View an index and references at Thomas.gov Related reading: Obama to

By Huma Khan President Obama will sign the historic health care bill into law this morning, but Republicans are still fighting back with promises of

“If each household in Montana spent just $10 a week on Montana-produced food, we would redirect $186 million dollars each year to the state’s food

“Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall

By Laura Litvan, Nicole Gaouette and Kristin Jensen March 22 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House passed the most sweeping health-care legislation in four decades, rewriting

By Jane Hamsher The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in congress since it began last year. The health care bill will

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In his new book, In Search of Self-Governance, Scott Rasmussen observes that most Americans “have come to believe that the political system is broken, that