Get Register news on the go The spouse of alleged embezzler Phyllis Stevens pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she was part of a money-laundering scheme and knowingly spent money embezzled from Aviva USA. Full Article at Des Moines Register

The veteran Michigan Democrat had teamed with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) to push single-payer options in the health reform bill, a battle which Conyers said was far from over. Full Article at The Hill

President Obama has nominated Dana Perino, Bush’s former Press Secretary, to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. President Obama, we need to keep as many Republicans as far away from the people’s radio frequency spectrum as possible! Full Article at Think Progress

And now Congress plans to grill Bank of America executives over whether BofA wrongfully used that threat to get $20 billion in taxpayer money to buy the damaged brokerage. Full Article at FOX Business

One of three New York Democrats to vote against a health care reform bill in the House of Representatives defended his position Sunday, saying the legislation passed by his colleagues will do more harm than good. Full Article at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and John Kerry...Now Mr. Galbraith, 58, son of the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith,... Full Article at A Tiny Revolution

Some progressives, motivated in part by Dennis Kucinich’s vote against HR 3926 are expressing disappointment with and even opposition to the health care reform legislation going through Congress. Full Article at Young Philly Politics

A mammoth-sized healthcare reform bill barely squeaked by the House of Representatives. It intends to provide health insurance to the majority of Americans through new programs and regulations. Full Article at eMaxHealth

I was watching the health care debate very closely on Saturday night, and did not really hear much that caught my attention because, like Dennis Kucinich, I had already decided it was a bad bill that will not provide health care for all. Full Article at KansasCity.com

The votes had barely been cast when the fundraising letters started flying. I'm mostly on the lists of progressives so the e-mails I got were celebratory. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Just before Veterans Day, President Barack Obama signed Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's resolution to grant Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski honorary posthumous citizenship for his service during the American Revolutionary War. Full Article at WKYC | Cleveland, OH

In a recent post about the "health care reform" horror show, I offered this observation about almost all national politicians: With very few exceptions, and the exceptions are so few in number that they cannot alter the general direction of events,... Full Article at Once Upon a Time...

Dennis Kucinich explains why he voted No on the health care bill, and I pretty much agree. Full Article at Ran Prieur

"You know, you never defeated us in the battlefield," said the American colonel. The North Vietnamese colonel pondered this remark a moment. That may be so, he replied, but it is also irrelevant. It is March, 2012. Full Article at LewRockwell.com

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich canceled his keynote speech at a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner after several elected officials protested his stance on Israel. Full Article at JTA

I was on Democracy Now with Dennis Kucinich this morning talking about the health care vote. I noted that Bart Stupak was able to pull his last-minute hijack of the health care bill because any 39 Democrats could stop the bill from passing. Full Article at Firedoglake

I got a lovely personalized e-mail from MoveOn.org yesterday thanking me for having a little something to do with the health care victory Saturday night. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives voted 220-215 Saturday to pass a $1.1 trillion health care reform bill that Democrats praised as "historic" and Republicans decried as a "job killer." Full Article at Chillicothe Gazette

Washington, Nov 6 -- Following a statement on the Floor of the House of Representative, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement: “Why is it we have finite resources for health care but unlimited money for war? Full Article at All American Patriots