Senator John Kerry

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and read more

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles, and ended right back where they'd started.

It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad read more

It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering read more

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it happen you need to get read more

Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it happen you need to get engaged – to pound the pavement, get your hands dirty, endure real sacrifice, take on antiquated thinking and help lead the public debate.

There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our children’s futures to keep corporate tax loopholes and tax giveaways to read more

There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our children’s futures to keep corporate tax loopholes and tax giveaways to millionaires. If we can’t put our children first, who can we put first? If we can’t put our kids first, what does it say about our nation?