Mike Lillis

Mike Lillis follows Congress for the Washington Independent. Previously, he covered health care policy with Inside Washington Publishers, and was DC correspondent for Iowa's Waterloo Courier. He lives in Washington, DC.

• New Documentary: a Testimony to Washington Prodigality 08/19/2008
• NYTs Reiterates: McCain is No Teddy Roosevelt 08/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Tough Year to Oppose New Drilling 08/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Pelosi's Election Year Strategy 08/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Bush Administration Backs Off On Kid's Insurance Squeeze 08/15/2008
• Threat of Law: Strategy of 2008? 08/15/2008 | 2 Comments
• It's Official: Davis Falls to Roe 08/15/2008
• More Woes for Stevens 08/15/2008
• Stevens: I Am Above the Law 08/15/2008
• Going God Over Gas 08/13/2008 | 2 Comments
• Despite Pelosi Flip-Flop on Drilling Vote, GOP Energy Revolt Continues 08/13/2008
• Big Oil Ties Could Hurt GOP 08/13/2008 | 5 Comments
• Tom Ridge: 'Desperate for Leadership' After Eight Years of Bush 08/12/2008
• How's This for an Idea? 08/12/2008
• From the Chaos: Opportunity? 08/07/2008
• And On the Fifth Day, Republicans Were Still Talking to Themselves 08/07/2008 | 5 Comments
• Offshore Drilling Tests Pelosi 08/06/2008 | 2 Comments
• Levin, Warner All Fired Up Over New GAO Report 08/06/2008
• Blum's Advice for Obama 08/06/2008
• A Shout-Out to Novak 08/05/2008
• Republicans Stay in Washington, Push for Offshore Drilling 08/04/2008 | 1 Comment
• Senate Rules Keep Donors Under Wraps 08/01/2008
• Someone, Make Them Stop! 08/01/2008
• House Panel OKs Credit Card Reform 08/01/2008 | 2 Comments
• It's Official: China Will Censor Internet for Olympic Journalists 07/30/2008 | 1 Comment
• Not to Beat This Stephen Johnson Resignation Push to Death… 07/30/2008
• Quick Note on the Johnson Resignation Push 07/29/2008
• Senator Condemns China for Olympic Spying Plans 07/29/2008 | 2 Comments
• Report Documents the Proud Value Neutrality of International Business (Chevron Take Note) 07/29/2008
• The Year of Healthcare Reform? 07/29/2008
• For Senate Republicans It's Energy, or Nothing 07/28/2008 | 1 Comment
• Senate Aims at Offshore Tax Evasion 07/25/2008 | 1 Comment
• Another Reason to Embrace Non-Profit News 07/23/2008
• Bush Changes Heart on Housing 07/23/2008
• Congress Bows to Big Oil in Burma 07/23/2008
• Obama Endorses New Poverty Measure 07/18/2008
• Homey Seh Whah? 07/18/2008
• Defining Poverty 07/17/2008 | 1 Comment
• Offshore Drilling and the Hurricane Threat 07/16/2008 | 1 Comment
• No Push From Bush on Conservation 07/16/2008 | 3 Comments
• Energy Debate Excludes Conservation 07/16/2008 | 3 Comments
• Medicare Bill Is Law 07/15/2008
• Bush Vetoes Medicare Bill 07/15/2008
• WWJD? (What Will Jesse Do?): Not Run, That's What 07/15/2008
• For Want of a Legacy... 07/15/2008
• McCain's Birth Control Dodge 07/11/2008
• Correction on That Whirlwind Medicare Vote 07/11/2008
• A Bit More on That Surprise Kennedy Visit 07/10/2008
• Senate Dems Cave on Telecom Immunity 07/09/2008 | 2 Comments
• With Kennedy's Arrival: Medicare Bill Is on Its Way to the White House 07/09/2008
• FISA Amendments Flail and Die 07/09/2008
• The Body (Almost) Throws His Hat in the Ring 07/09/2008
• Medicare Pay Cut Bill Divides GOP 07/09/2008
• Spying Powers Face More Tests 07/01/2008 | 1 Comment
• Tough Week for Norm Coleman 07/01/2008 | 1 Comment
• Senators Want A More Environmentally Friendly DoD (Good Luck!) 07/01/2008
• Full Slate Awaits Senate 06/30/2008 | 1 Comment
• GI Bill Survives Partisanship 06/27/2008 | 1 Comment
• From the Dept. of Irony… 06/27/2008 | 1 Comment
• Moving Right or Dodging Bullets? 06/27/2008 | 2 Comments
• FISA Fight Gets More Interesting 06/25/2008
• FISA Vote Tied to Telecom Donations 06/24/2008 | 3 Comments
• Dodd Scandal No Hurdle To Housing Bill 06/24/2008
• A Radical Idea for Washington Lawmakers: Pay Your Bills 06/24/2008
• Supreme Court: Not Exactly on a Tear for the Environment 06/24/2008
• MoveOn Goes After Obama Over FISA Support 06/23/2008 | 3 Comments
• High Court Won't Hear Environmentalists' Challenge to Border Fence Waivers 06/23/2008
• A Good Gig for Medical Providers 06/20/2008
• McCain Supports FISA, Guess We Knew That Was Coming 06/20/2008
• Obama Supports FISA Compromise 06/20/2008
• Either a Bold Stand or a Conflicted Man 06/20/2008
• House Easily Passes Spying Bill 06/20/2008
• Moderates Pushed House Dems to Adopt Telecom Immunity 06/20/2008
• 'Curveball' Living Up to Reputation 06/20/2008
• Dems Cave on Telecom Immunity 06/20/2008 | 6 Comments
• This is Not a Flip-Flop: McCain Applauds Webb's GI Bill 06/19/2008
• Who Benefits from Offshore Drilling? 06/19/2008
• Dodd Fallout: GOP Senators Pushing Housing Bill Delay 06/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Blue Dogs Set to Cave on GI Bill? 06/18/2008
• Economists: Health Cost Crisis Coming 06/17/2008
• Honda Zero-Emission Car Set to Hit Streets 06/16/2008
• Spend It If You Got It 06/16/2008
• What Happened to Housing? 06/13/2008 | 1 Comment
• $800,000 and Counting 06/13/2008
• In Futility: House Extends Unemployment Benefits 06/12/2008
• Impeachment Measure Pushed to Committee to Die 06/11/2008
• An Era of Fiscal Irresponsibility 06/11/2008
• Kucinich Pushes for Bush Impeachment 06/11/2008
• Big Oil Subsidies Dodge the Ax 06/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• Baucus Confronts Blue Dogs on Taxes 06/10/2008
• Kerry Probes Rice on Blackwater's Future 06/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• Handicapper: GOP Losing Ground in November Elections 06/10/2008
• McClellan to Testify Before House 06/10/2008
• Specter: Wiretapping Needs 'Judicial Review' 06/09/2008 | 1 Comment
• What Makes the Cost of War? 06/06/2008 | 1 Comment
• Senate Kills Climate Change Bill 06/06/2008 | 1 Comment
• Reports: Air Force Officials Asked to Resign 06/05/2008
• Does Clinton Constitute a Change? 06/05/2008
• Climate Change Compromise Waits 05/30/2008
• Interesting Note on Oil Prices and Industry Foresight 05/29/2008
• Carbon Math 05/29/2008
• Let Them Eat Protein-Rich Fish From the Rivers 05/29/2008
• A Novel Idea: Food Aid That Prioritizes the Hungry 05/29/2008
• Perils of Regional Protectionism 05/29/2008
• GOP Shifts From White House 05/23/2008
• John, Tell Us What You Really Think 05/22/2008 | 3 Comments
• Congress Overrides Farm Bill Veto 05/22/2008
• GOP Comes Out Strong for New GI Bill 05/22/2008
• Bush Vetoes Farm Bill 05/21/2008
• And on Wednesday, Burma's Leaders Were Still Bastards 05/21/2008
• Kennedy: A Fighter Respected 05/21/2008
• Debate Storms Over Burma Aid 05/20/2008
• Press Beats Farm Bill to a Pulp 05/16/2008
• Congress Moves to Kill Bush's Media Consolidation Rules 05/16/2008
• Big Ag Holds Big Sway in Farm Bill 05/16/2008 | 1 Comment
• Weapons For Oil, Part Two 05/15/2008
• Ron Paul Warns Burma Tyrants: We'll Stay Out of Your Way! 05/14/2008 | 11 Comments
• Pelosi, Blue Dogs Agree on Millionaires Tax to Fund GI Bill 05/14/2008
• A Fitting Sacrifice 05/14/2008
• Blue Dogs Resist Unfunded GI Bill 05/14/2008 | 1 Comment
• A Mississippi Litmus Test 05/13/2008
• On GI Bill, Obama Hopes to Draw Distinction from McCain 05/12/2008 | 1 Comment
• Maine's Allen Pulls for Obama 05/12/2008
• And We Thought Hitchens Was Tough on Kissinger 05/09/2008
• US Health Care: When Is a Crisis a Crisis? 05/09/2008
• GI Bill Progress Snagged 05/09/2008 | 1 Comment
• Health Care Reform Waits 05/09/2008 | 7 Comments
• You, Too, Can Suckle the Government Teat 05/08/2008 | 2 Comments
• 'Why Are We Bombing These People?' 05/07/2008 | 1 Comment
• Usually Ducking and Spinning, Perino Takes Up Referring 05/07/2008
• GI Bill on the Move 05/06/2008 | 2 Comments
• Farm Bill Slashes International Food Aid Program 05/06/2008
• Mending Mental Health Coverage? 05/06/2008 | 2 Comments
• House to Cave on Wiretapping Bill? 05/05/2008
• Environmentalists Move for Obama 05/05/2008
• Buffet: Big Banks Getting Just Desserts 05/05/2008
• Gas Tax Dagger? 05/02/2008
• 'The Dumbest Thing' 05/02/2008
• Obama: Rail in Lieu of Gas Tax Holiday 05/02/2008 | 2 Comments
• Pelosi to Panderers: Forget About Your Gas Tax Moratorium 05/02/2008 | 1 Comment
• Calls for Olympic Boycott Intensify 05/01/2008
• From Snowmobiles to Firearms 04/30/2008 | 1 Comment
• A Unique Approach to Rev. Wright 04/30/2008
• But No Spitting Seeds in the Chamber 04/30/2008
• Vets Drum Up Support for GI Bill 04/30/2008 | 1 Comment
• Gas Math 04/29/2008 | 1 Comment
• Wild Shakeup to Hit New Mexico 04/29/2008
• In Chase v. Udall, the Company Responds 04/25/2008
• Credit Card Waivers: The Story That Keeps on Givin' 04/24/2008
• Media Consolidation Update: Senate Disapproval Bill Inches Forward 04/24/2008
• Pelosi the Optimist 04/24/2008
• Don't Forget the Renters 04/24/2008
• Weapons for Oil 04/24/2008
• Senate GOPers Kill Equal-Pay Bill 04/24/2008
• Dems Squeezed on Housing Bill 04/24/2008 | 1 Comment
• Senate GOPers Set to Kill Equal-Pay Bill 04/23/2008 | 1 Comment
• McCain's GI Bill Mantra: Fewer Benefits = Higher Retention 04/23/2008 | 2 Comments
• Tough to Be a Saudi Woman 04/22/2008 | 1 Comment
• From the Department of Hypocrisy... 04/22/2008 | 1 Comment
• Taxpayers Fund Both Sides of Fight Over Bush's Illegal SCHIP Rules 04/22/2008
• Report: Bush SCHIP Rules Illegal 04/22/2008 | 2 Comments
• GAO, CRS Blast Bush Over SCHIP Rules 04/18/2008
• How's This for a Brilliant Energy Policy? 04/18/2008 | 2 Comments
• Frank's 'Mea Culpa' Over Credit Card Waivers 04/18/2008
• With All Eyes on His Foreclosure Bill... 04/18/2008
• Ric Flair Gets a Congressional Shout Out -- Literally! 04/18/2008
• Rocky Road for Credit Card Bill 04/18/2008 | 6 Comments
• Conyers Seeks Rove Testimony Over Siegelman Saga 04/17/2008
• Owning the News 04/17/2008 | 4 Comments
• One Nation, One Branch of Government 04/16/2008
• Tough Day for Merck 04/15/2008 | 1 Comment
• Dingell to Investigate 'Abortion' Search Ban 04/15/2008
• Consumers (Finally) Get to Testify on Credit Card Woes 04/15/2008
• Where Your Tax Dollars Go 04/15/2008 | 2 Comments
• China: Pelosi Is World's 'Most Disgusting Figure' 04/14/2008 | 2 Comments
• Senate Extends Renewable Energy Breaks 04/14/2008
• On the Topic of GI Bill Momentum... 04/10/2008 | 2 Comments
• Not Your Momma's eBay 04/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• 'The Mind' Disturbs Peace of Mind in Minnesota Senate Race 04/10/2008
• Vets Up Pressure on McCain to Support GI Bill 04/10/2008
• Conyers Wants Yoo, Too 04/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• Is This the GI Bill's Year? 04/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• Border Fence Overrides Environment Laws 04/09/2008
• Vitter on the Stand? 04/07/2008
• Calling All Journalists... 04/04/2008
• Stimulus Package II? 04/04/2008
• White House: Unemployment Numbers 'Disappointing' 04/04/2008
• Crisis of Partisanship Trumps Economic Turmoil 04/03/2008 | 1 Comment
• Grassley Seeks Probe of Lax Bear Stearns Oversight 04/03/2008
• Stabenow's Husband Caught Paying Prostitute 04/02/2008
• GOP Silences Stupak 04/02/2008 | 2 Comments
• Big Oil Defends Profits 04/02/2008 | 11 Comments
• As If the Siegelman Saga Wasn't Strange Enough 03/31/2008 | 2 Comments
• Win for Wynn, Loss for District 03/31/2008
• What Ever Happened to the Fairness Doctrine? 03/31/2008 | 4 Comments
• Free Cash! (And Don't Forget Us in November) 03/27/2008 | 5 Comments
• House Committee Wants Siegelman Testimony 03/27/2008
• If That's the Dems' Grand Plan to Save Medicare, We're Done 03/27/2008
• Here Comes the Hearing 03/27/2008
• Washington Revisits Big-Bank Regulation 03/27/2008 | 1 Comment
• Dr. Death Launches Congressional Bid 03/25/2008 | 1 Comment
• With Sheriffs Like These... 03/24/2008
• China Thumbs Back at Pelosi 03/24/2008
• Specter to Congress: Economy Trumps Vacation 03/24/2008
• A War, a Democracy and a Vice President 03/24/2008
• Pelosi Thumbs China's Eye With Praise for the Dalai Lama 03/21/2008 | 3 Comments
• Trouble at HUD 03/21/2008
• How Quickly They Forget 03/21/2008 | 4 Comments
• Democracy 'Every Four Years' 03/21/2008 | 4 Comments
• McCain Hesitant to Support GI Bill for Post-9/11 Vets 03/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Poll: Clinton/Obama Slugfest a Boon for McCain 03/19/2008
• Lieberman to Skip Democratic Convention 03/19/2008 | 3 Comments
• Want to Reconsider that Human Rights List? 03/18/2008 | 1 Comment
• Democratic Hopefuls Unveil Plan to End War 03/18/2008 | 1 Comment
• One Weekend; One Dramatic Change of Heart 03/17/2008 | 1 Comment
• Questions of Waivers and Witnesses 03/14/2008 | 2 Comments
• Hold the Phone: House Passes FISA Sans Telecom Immunity 03/14/2008
• Secret Session Fails to Sway Democrats 03/14/2008
• GOP Gags Witnesses on Credit Card Woes 03/14/2008 | 15 Comments
• GOP May Push to Keep Abstinence Requirement in Africa AIDS Bill 03/12/2008
• Rick Santorum and the Art of Racial Profiling 03/12/2008 | 1 Comment
• Speaking of Chuck Grassley... 03/12/2008
• Church Leaders Above the Law? 03/12/2008
• From the Department of Irony: House Passes Ethics Bill 03/12/2008
• Playing Both Sides on Toxic Toys 03/11/2008
• Mail-In Vote to Cure Florida Primary Woes? 03/11/2008
• House Panel Files Suit to Compel Miers, Bolten Cooperation in U.S. Attorneys Saga 03/10/2008
• Hold the Phone on That Michigan Caucus 03/07/2008 | 2 Comments
• White House Rules Clip Kids From SCHIP 03/07/2008 | 1 Comment
• Michigan to Hold Primary Caucus 03/07/2008
• Michigan Democrats Staying Quiet On Primary Options 03/06/2008
• Don't Bore Me With Your Conflicts of Interest 03/06/2008 | 3 Comments
• Abortion Ban For American Indians Only 03/05/2008 | 3 Comments
• How to Hold on to FISA 03/04/2008
• Eisenhower's Worst Nightmare 03/04/2008
• The Looming Medicare Crunch 03/03/2008
• House Nixes Free Ride for Hummer-Buyers 02/29/2008
• Reassurer In Chief 02/29/2008
• Here Come the Trade Wars 02/27/2008 | 1 Comment
• Influential Lewis Drops Clinton for Obama 02/27/2008
• Senate Passes Indian Health Care Bill 02/27/2008 | 4 Comments
• Blackwell Goes to Washington? (Maybe) 02/26/2008
• The Inherent Stupidity of Budget Math 02/25/2008
• FISA Debate: Immunity for Whom? 02/25/2008 | 3 Comments
• The Same Old Story of Lobbyists and Power? 02/22/2008
• And on the Sixth Day, the Intelligence Programs Plunged Into Uncertainty 02/22/2008 | 3 Comments
• Times That Try Men's Jowls 02/21/2008 | 1 Comment
• FISA Battle Is More Politics than Policy 02/21/2008 | 5 Comments
• With Friends Like These... 02/15/2008
• Democrats Push to Reel in Credit Cards 02/14/2008
• China's (well-deserved) Tough Week 02/13/2008 | 2 Comments
• If We Arm the Terrorists, Who Detains Us? 02/13/2008
• Eavesdropping Bill Grants Telecoms Immunity 02/13/2008 | 2 Comments
• Budget Wars 02/12/2008
• No Fun to be The Minority 02/11/2008
• Walker's Wakeup Tour 02/11/2008 | 1 Comment
• Tom Lantos, 1928-2008 02/11/2008 | 1 Comment
• Few Friends on Hill for Bush's Food Aid Plan 02/08/2008
• SIDEBAR: A Question of Purpose 02/08/2008
• Don't Push Me on The Big Stuff 02/07/2008
• When Sweet Isn't Sweet Enough 02/07/2008
• When Is a Cut Really a Cut? 02/05/2008
• Bush Budget Largely Irrelevant In Lame-duck Year 02/04/2008
• Not a Bad Time to be Exxon (Not a Good Time to Be Anyone Else) 02/01/2008 | 1 Comment
• Can't We All Just Get Along? 02/01/2008
• Economic Disaster Looms Behind Federal Spending 01/31/2008 | 2 Comments
• Death of a Tyrant 01/31/2008
• Democrats Divided Over Rebates for Wealthy Americans 01/30/2008 | 1 Comment
• Bush Denounces Congress for Earmark Spending 01/29/2008 | 2 Comments
• Term Limits, Sen. Kennedy? 01/28/2008 | 24 Comments
• Medicaid ID Law Backfires 01/28/2008
• Conservatives Blast Stimulus Deal 01/25/2008 | 1 Comment
• Maestro, Indeed 01/24/2008
• Sorry Kids, SCHIP Fails Again 01/23/2008

• In response to althippo: The answer is nothing. Without the court’s oversight, the program … 02/21/2008 02:02PM on FISA Battle Is More Politics than Policy

• Hi Sunset. Thanks for the comments. And the purpose is this: With millions, sometimes billions of… 03/07/2008 10:50AM on Don't Bore Me With Your Conflicts of Interest

• To Nikkym: You’re story is not rare. Another would-have-been witness at yesterday’s h… 03/14/2008 11:55AM on GOP Gags Witnesses on Credit Card Woes

• What Kennedy said (his words, not mine) was that there come junctions in history when the ageR… 03/27/2008 06:11PM on Term Limits, Sen. Kennedy?

• To m_leblanc: Point well taken. And I should have mentioned that Social Security beneficiaries, V… 03/28/2008 08:40PM on Free Cash! (And Don't Forget Us in November)

• Annie: Point well taken. While health information technology, comparative effectiveness, chronic … 05/09/2008 01:42PM on Health Care Reform Waits

• The point here is that, by Ron Paul’s strict rules of international isolationism—whic… 05/15/2008 11:46AM on Ron Paul Warns Burma Tyrants: We'll Stay Out of Your Way!

• Two points, me2000: One, despite a consumer’s personal opinion of Bush, the president still… 07/18/2008 12:07PM on No Push From Bush on Conservation

• Shocker, right?

  08/13/2008 07:54PM on Going God Over Gas