Blanche Lincoln

Everyone knows that the only renewable energy that politicians always support is their own hot air. They often get the rhetoric right on support for green issues, but their votes and record of taking money from polluters tells another story. I thought it would be instructive to compare the actual...

The massive regulatory revision touches almost every aspect of the financial industry. In addition to rules aimed at trimming risk-taking among banks, the package prominently includes several new protections for consumers.

One of the key questions facing Congress as it labors to reconcile the House and Senate bills is this: Three years after the financial crisis began, how much risk should America's banks be allowed to take? Not surprisingly, opinions differ greatly.

As U.S. Sen. Harry Reid tries to corral enough Democratic votes for his $848 billion health care reform bill, the Democrat from Nevada may find solace in the words of Mark Twain. When the writer was once asked if he belonged to an organized political party in the United States, he replied "I don't...

I'm one of those 30 million people without health insurance. I don't have it, my wife doesn't have it, my daughter doesn't have it. The short version of the story goes like this. A couple of years ago, I received a note from my insurer that they were going to be tripling the monthly premium for my...

Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative. In long-awaited speeches, centrist Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana...