Brad Miller

'Off With Their Heads': U.S. Politicians Eye Europe Warily

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: David Cameron, Pat Roberts, Elections 2012, Pat McFadden, Lindsey Graham, Jon Trickett, Austerity, Nicolas Sarkozy, Grand Bargain, European Debt Crisis, Video, Greece, European Elections, Jerry Nadler, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Brad Miller, Politics News

Ned Simons reported from London, Alexandre Phalippou from Paris, and Ryan Grim from Washington. When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ventured...

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NBA Veteran Gets Emotional In Final Game

The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Timberwolves, Minnesota Timberwolves, Brad Miller Retirement, Brad Miller Emotional Exit, Brad Miller Retiring, Brad Miller Exit, Brad Miller Timberwolves, Brad Miller Retires, Nba, Brad Miller Emotional, Brad Miller Cries, Brad Miller, Sports News

Brad Miller's skills as a midrange shooter and a passer out of the pivot may have been subtler than the emphatic dunks and rejections that tend to ear...

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Progressive Rep. Compares GOP To Keating Five

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Working Group, Rep. Brad Miller, Economy, Jobs, Mchenry, Obama, Foreclosure Fraud, Financial Fraud, Video, Wall Street, Banks, Gop, Rep. Patrick McHenry, Schneiderman, Republicans, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) blasted congressional Republicans on Thursday, including fellow North Carolinian Rep. Patrick McHenry, compari...

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Schneiderman Task Force Already Buckling

Firedoglake | David Dayen | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Securitization Fraud Task Force, Sec, Department of Justice, Eric Schneiderman, Rep. Brad Miller, Brad Miller, Politics News

Congressman Brad Miller will not become the staff director of the celebrated working group investigating securities fraud by the big banks, according ...

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Wall Street Task Force Faces Major Challenge

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Securitization, Elizabeth Warren, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Mortgage Settlement, Eric Schneiderman, Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, Banks, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities Fraud, Brad Miller, Politics News

A task force is a fickle thing. With the right leader, a strong staff, a broad mandate and a target population rich with criminal actors, a team of pr...

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WATCH: House Republicans Order 'Gasland' Documentary Director Josh Fox Detained At Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, First Amendment, Fracking, House GOP, Gasland, Journalist, Politics, Video, Hearing, Environment, Gop, Documentary, Republicans, Brad Miller, Arrest, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary ...

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Auction 2012: How The Bank Lobby Owns Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Financial Services, Auction 2012, Lobbying, Lobbyists, ATM Fees, Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Credit Card Rates, Bernie Sanders, Big Banks, Cramdown, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bank Lobby, Banks, Financial Crisis, American Bankers Association, Brad Miller, Politics News

Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. When Washington puts policy on the auction bl...

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Brad Miller Urged To Run For Governor By Progressive Fundraisers

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Brad Miller Governor, North Carolina Redistricting, Video, Redistricting, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Pccc, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Brad Miller Pccc, Brad Miller Congress, Brad Miller Resigning, David Price, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Just hours after Wall Street reform icon Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) announced that he would not seek re-election to Congress in November,...

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Progressive Rep. Makes Announcement About His Political Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Brad Miller Retiring, Brad Miller Steps Down, Brad Miller North Carolina, Brad Miller Stepping Down, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- One of the most vocal financial reformers in Congress, Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.), said Thursday he will not seek re-election if a Republ...

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Progressives' Fundraising Strength Tested By Key Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.04.2012

The first major test of the activist progressive fundraising machine for the 2012 elections is developing in North Carolina, where a Republican-engine...

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Move Your Money Activists Prepare For Bank Transfer Day On Nov. 5

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Bank Transfer Day, Move Your Money, Bank of America, Bofa, Moveon Move Your Money, Occupy Protests, Arianna Huffington, Video, Moveon, Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Banks, Deposits, Credit Unions, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While major banks pride themselves on "financial innovation," they always function in a way that stays fundamentally the same: They hold...

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Bank Of America Retreating From Debit Card Fee, Reformer Keeps Pressure On

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.31.2011

Bank of America is reportedly scaling back its plans to charge a $5 debit card fee to its customers, but Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) is still pushing le...

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Dems Call For Wall Street Investigation Over New Debit Card Fees

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Debit Fees, New Debit Fees, Bank of America, Brad Miller Debit Fees, Bank of America Debit Card Fee, New Debit Card Fees, Video, Bank of America Debit Fee, Occupy Wall Street, Brad Miller Debit Card Fees, Pete Welch, Bank of America Debit, Swipe Fees, Debit Card Fees, Brad Miller, Swipe Fee Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats responding to the recent announcement of a new Bank of America debit card fee are calling for a Department of Justice in...

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Movement To Abandon Bank Of America Picks Up Key Backer

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Video, Debit Fees, Dick Durbin Swipe Fees, Dick Durbin, Bank of America, Swipe Fees, Bank of America Fee, Brad Miller Bank of America, Brad Miller, Bank of America Debit Card Fee, Politics News

On Sunday night, Rep. Brad Miller, a Democrat from Bank of America's home state of North Carolina, attended a general assembly meeting of Occupy Ralei...

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Dems On Offense Against Bank Of America For Debit Fee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Debit Card, Video, Dick Durbin, Move Your Money, Bank of America, Swipe Fees, Huffington Post, Bank of America Debit Card, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While demonstrators in New York are calling for an occupation of Wall Street, a new push by Democrats in Congress proposes a different t...

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Against More Bailouts? Watch the Backdoor.

Rep. Brad Miller | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Fhfa, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bailout, House Financial Services Committee, Brad Miller, Politics News

In September 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency took over Fannie and Freddie and the Treasury Department agreed to cover their losses to keep them in business. But it has cost taxpayers $162 billion so far to cover Fannie's and Freddie's losses.

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Record Support For Repealing Ban On Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Lgbt, North Carolina Same-Sex Marriage, North Carolina Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Rep. Brad Miller, Respect for Marriage Act, Jerrold Nadler, LGBT Rights, Obama Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma Repeal, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- North Carolina Republicans pushing for a state ban on same-sex marriage may be dismayed to know that their efforts have galvanized oppos...

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Republicans Target House Dem For His Work On Financial Reform

Independent Weekly | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Brad Miller Financial Reform, Elizabeth Warren, Redistricting, Congress, 2012 Redistricting, Dodd-Frank, Brad Biller Redistricting, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Elections 2012, Brad Miller, Politics News

It's a game, indeed, that Miller's been very good at for about 30 years as a member of the state Legislature and, since he was elected in 2002, of Con...

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The 2012 Redistricting Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Redistricting 2012, Redistricting, Tim Johnson, Larry Kissell, California, Heath Shuler, Voting Rights Act, Adam Kinzinger, Elections 2012, 112th Congress, Illinois, Mike Mcintyre, North Carolina, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 elections are more than 15 months away, but the fight for control of Congress is under way in state capitols around the countr...

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Netroots Panel Demands Action From Obama On Foreclosures

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Fraud, Foreclosures, Mary Bottari, Wall Street, Dodd-Frank, Netroots, Peggy Mears, Rortybomb, Foreclosure, Konczal, Banks Regulation, Brad Miller, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS -- Neither Congress nor the Obama administration have shown much initiative to fix the nation's deepening foreclosure problem of late, but...

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As Republicans Declare War on Bank Customers, A Call to Support Warren

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Keith Ellison, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Shelby, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Brad Miller, Barack Obama, Carolyn Maloney, Dr. Phil, Jon Stewart, Politics News

Pressure is growing for the president to make a "recess appointment" of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This would make sense politically, but what matters a lot more is that it would also be an excellent move for the country.

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'Art in the Streets' at MOCA: This Artweek.LA (April 18-24)

Bill Bush | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Risk, Grafitti, Chaz Bojórquez, Los Angeles Art, Douglas Melini, Lee Quiñones, Mai-Thu Perret, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Laura Sharp Wilson, Saber, Fab 5 Freddy, Jr, Rosamund Felsen, Misato Suzuki, Andy Kolar, Cherry and Martin, Jeff Gambill, Hadley Holliday, Robbie Conal, Glenn Goldberg, Margaret Kilgallen, Carl Smith, Craig R. Stecyk III, Jakob Christmas, John Pearson, Os Gemeos, Banksy, William Conger, David Kordansky Gallery, Retna, Sam Lee Gallery, Revok, Joanne Greenbaum, Robin Mitchell, Andrew Falkowski, Swoon, Andrew Spence, Mari Eastman, Mister Cartoon, Shepard Fairey, Moca, Andrew Masullo, Street Art, Futura, Brad Miller, Arts News

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House Republicans Amplify Attacks On Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Lynn Westmoreland, Financial Reform, Bachus, Wall Street Reform, Thaddeus McCotter, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Regulation, Obama, Foreclosure Settlment, The Fed, Stephen Lynch, Politics, Mortgages, Cfpb, Payday Lending, Foreclosure Crisis, Neugebauer, Payday Lenders, Mortgage Crisis, Payday Loans, Credit Cards, David Obey, Steve Pearce, Servicers, Sean Duffy, Wall Street, Hearing, Inflation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Huizenga, Foreclosure Deal, Banks, Gary Ackerman, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...

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Surprising Way Race Colors Attitudes To Health Care Reform

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obamacare, David Scott, Lloyd Doggett, Daniel Byrd, Frank Kratovil, American National Election Survey, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Racial Resentment, Race, The Greenlining Institute, Health Care Reform Law, Astroturf, Brad Miller, Business News

Some opposition to the Obama administration's health care reform law is linked to racial bias, according to a study released by the Greenlining Instit...

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Lawmakers Pushing Back Against Banks' Foreclosure-Settlement Complaints

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- As bank executives push back against the terms of a foreclosure settlement with fees that may be as high as $20 billion, progressive leg...

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