Amy Klobuchar

Congressional Letter-Writing Campaign Helps Torpedo Voluntary Food Marketing Guidelines for Kids

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Food Marketing, Cdc, American Beverage Association, Lobbying, Pepsico, Food Marketing to Children, Ftc, Junk Food Marketing, Fda, Amy Klobuchar, Coca Cola, Federal Trade Commission, Politics News
The Sunlight Foundation

While the proposed voluntary principles set for food marketers are ambitious and would take time to put into place, the public health stakes could not be higher.

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Why We Must Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act Now

Sen. Amy Klobuchar | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Vawa Reauthorization, 112th Congress, Congress, Vawa 2012, Vawa, Sexual Violence, Violence Against Women Act, Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Act 2012, Amy Klobuchar, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Paul Wellstone, Politics News
Sen. Amy Klobuchar

Domestic violence is not a partisan issue. We need a system that encourages victims to come forward. Not a system that discourages them from seeking help, or one that intimidates victims into staying in the shadows.

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Jennifer Bendery

Female Lawmakers In Opposing Parties Spar Over Violence Against Women Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Nan Hayworth, Violence Against Women Act, Video, War on Women, Vawa, Patty Murray, Kristi Noem, Elections 2012, Sandy Adams, Amy Klobuchar, Eric Cantor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The so-called "war on women" raged on in Congress Wednesday as female lawmakers in opposing parties clashed with each other in defense o...

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Barbara Lee Was Right! Amy Klobuchar Is Wrong!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iran, Minnesota, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Rep. Barbara Lee, Barbara Lee, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

Barbara Lee turned out to be 100% right about the wrongful wars launched on Afghanistan and Iraq and she is certainly right again -- to try and stop an even more catastrophic and illegal preemptive war on Iran!

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10 Candidates All Students Should Support

Nick Mitch | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Gary Latanich, Elizabeth Warren, 2012: Our Election, Sherrod Brown, Asher-Heimermann, Senate Candidates, Amy Klobuchar, Shelli Yoder, Tammy Duckworth, Christie Vilsack, Youth Vote, Education Reform, Tom Vilsack, Teen News
Nick Mitch

There are many excellent candidates running in this election, but the above eight will be fierce advocates for youth. Please consider supporting them in any way you can.

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Democrats Accuse GOP Of 'War On Women'

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Heidi Heitkamp, Women's Rights, Women, Dscc, Claire Mcaskill, Election 2012 Blog, Tammy Baldwin, Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar, Shelley Berkley, Women's Health, Mazie Hirono, Kirsten Gillibrand, Election 2012, Video, Politics News

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is taking advantage of the controversy over contraception and women's health issues to feature its female...

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Native And Rural Communities Face Devastating Post Office Closures

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: US Post Office, Winona LaDuke, Video, Indian Reservations, Poverty, Minnesota, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, White Earth, Post Office, Collin Peterson, Amy Klobuchar, Wounded Knee, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

While winter has spared remote areas of Minnesota this year, proposed budget cuts will slam the North Country if the U.S. Post Office abandons its location in Ponsford.

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Infidelity Allegations, Financial Problems Rock State GOP

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Republican Party of Minnesota, Video, Amy Koch, Minnesota Republican Party, Amy Klobuchar, Republican Party, Election 2012, Minnesota Politics, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It wasn't so long ago that Minnesota seemed like an attractive target for an emboldened GOP trying to expand its list of presi...

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Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid Pitches $60 Billion In Latest Jobs Twist

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Video, Obama Jobs Act, Jobs, Harry Reid, American Jobs Act, Grover Norquist, Amy Klobuchar, Stimulus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Ray Lahood, Transportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A day after failing to advance one part of President Barack Obama's jobs plan in the Senate, Democrats moved on to another Friday, annou...

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Pawlenty Rules Out A 2012 Campaign For Senate

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, U.S. Senate, Tony Sutton, Dan Severson, Ames Straw Poll, US Senate, Elections 2012, Tim Pawlenty 2012, Tim Pawlenty, Iowa Straw Poll, Amy Klobuchar, Republicans, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday definitively ruled out a 2012 campaign for the U.S. Senate after ending his Re...

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Pair Of Senators Propose Immediate End To Ethanol Tax Credit

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Ethanol Tax Credits, Biofuels, Green News, Ethanol Subsidies, Ethanol, Green Energy, Corn Ethanol, Amy Klobuchar, Corn Farmers, John Thune, Green News

WASHINGTON — Two senators from ethanol-producing states proposed Thursday to immediately end a tax credit for the corn-based fuel and agreeing t...

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Elise Foley

WATCH: Refugees Advocate For Better Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Video, Marco Rubio, Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Amy Klobuchar, Refugees, Refugee Resettlement, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After escaping violence and persecution in their native countries, 10 former refugees met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to...

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Lucia Graves

Midwestern Senators Introduce Alternative To Cutting Ethanol Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Tom Coburn, Biofuel, Oil, 112th Congress, Clean Energy, Ethanol Subsidies, Ethanol, Amy Klobuchar, John Thune, Biodiesel, Green News

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of Midwestern senators introduced a bill Tuesday as an alternative to Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) proposal to end the...

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Michael McAuliff

POLLS: Cut Medicare, Lose Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.21.2011

Read More: Cut Medicare, Medicare Cuts, Sherrod Brown, Budget, Elections 2012, 112th Congress, Jon Tester, Medicare, Medicaid, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Paul Ryan Budget, Medicaid Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of progressive groups is warning swing state Democrats to think twice before embracing parts of the Republican budget plan t...

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Our Brave Women

Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: U.S. Senate, Military Sexual Trauma, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Women Veterans, Sexual Assault in Military, Sexual Assault, Military Sexual Assaults, Politics News
Sen. Claire McCaskill

Last year the Department of Defense recorded over 3,000 reports of sexual assault across the U.S. Armed Forces. And while this issue affects both male and female servicemembers, it is women who face elevated risks.

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Money Changes Everything: Will the Battle Over the Budget Derail All Bipartisan Cooperation in 2011?

Eileen McMenamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Dick Durbin, Lamar Alexander, Debt Reduction Task Force, Obama, Lindsey Graham, Entitlement Reform, Amy Klobuchar, Tax Reform, Debt Commission, Alice Rivlin, Pete Domenici, Spending Cuts, Simpson-Bowles, Bipartisan Policy Center, Atlantic Media, Bipartisanship, Jeb Hensarling, State of the Union, Politics News
Eileen McMenamin

A collection of senior lawmakers gathered at a Washington panel last Wednesday to reflect on the possibility of cooperation across party lines in the 112th Congress.

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Michele Bachmann Is Not the Right Prairie Home Companion

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minnesota Senate, Michele Bachmann, Amy Klobuchar, Politics News
Rebecca Sive

Amy Klobuchar told me she was concerned about the prospect of Michele Bachmann running against her for election to the US Senate.

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Hard of Hearings: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Intelligence Gap

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, John Cornyn, World Cup 2010, Al Franken, Jeff Sessions, Twilight, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Daniel Cluchey

Forget every other delusive sports comparison you may have heard: Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings are an impeccable doppelganger to soccer's main event.

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Shriram Harid

John Paul Stevens Retiring: Top Picks To Be The Next Supreme Court Justice

HuffingtonPost.com | Shriram Harid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, John Paul Stevens Retirement, Merrick Garland, Jennifer Granholm, Kathleen Sullivan, Diana Wood, Pamela Karlan, Amy Klobuchar, Slidepollajax, Pam Karlan, Cass Sunstein, Elena Kagan, John Paul Stevens Retiring, Justice Stevens Replacement, Politics News

In an interview in early March, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said he would make up his mind in about a month's time about when to retire fr...

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IAVA, Senators Murray, Klobuchar, Begich serious about Veterans Employment

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Murray, Iava, Mark Begich, Amy Klobuchar, Veterans, Politics News
Craig Newmark

The deal is that the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America really does cover the back of vets of the current wars. They're working with Congres...

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Sam Stein

Klobuchar: I Won't Serve On Supreme Court, If I'm Asked

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Court Nominee, Klobuchar Supreme Court, Obama Court, Obama Supreme Court, Supreme Court Klobuchar, Amy Klobuchar, Politics News

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), whose name has been floated for the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, said on Tuesday that she would turn down an offer...

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The Five Factors I Hope the President Considers When Choosing the New Supreme Court Justice

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Supreme Court, Senate Republicans, Affirmative Action, President Obama, Antonin Scalia, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, David Souter, Amy Klobuchar, John Roberts, Due Process, Citizens United, Clarence Thomas, John Paul Stevens, Roberts Court, Voting Rights, Party of No, Supreme Court Justice, Wise Latina, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, William Brennan, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The new justice must be just liberal enough to be outraged by the philosophies of Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito.

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Arthur Delaney

Dem Senators Unenthusiastic About Adding Public Option To Reconciliation Fix

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option Reconciliation, Public Option, Reconcialition Fixes, Klobuchar Public Option, Amy Klobuchar, Politics News

Democratic senators have expressed little enthusiasm for adding a public option to the health care reform fix-it bill that is expected to pass the Sen...

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Smartest U.S. Senators (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, The South, The Midwest, Lamar Alexander, Slidepollajax, Bernie Sanders, The Northeast, Amy Klobuchar, The West, Jon Kyl, Richard Lugar, Senators, College News

Love it or hate it, the United States Senate is home to some of the smartest (and most highly educated) legislators in the country -- at least judging...

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LIVEBLOG: 2010 Indiana Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner

Bil Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brad Ellsworth, Baron Hill, Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Joe Donnelly, Amy Klobuchar, Evan Bayh, Dan Parker, Andre Carson, Politics News
Bil Browning

Welcome to Bilerico Project, Blue Indiana and the Huffington Post's liveblog of the 2010 Indiana Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Feel free t...

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