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Arthur Delaney

Dems Who Voted Against Unemployment Benefits Soon To Be Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heath Shuler, Unemployment, Jim Cooper, Brian Baird, Walt Minnick, Mario Berry, Mike Mcintyre, Lame Duck Session, Gabrielle Giffords, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Those who wanted Congress to reauthorize extended unemployment insurance this summer often assumed that Democrats who opposed the benefi...

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Sam Stein

With Election Over, Lawmakers Comfortable Defending TARP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The day after an election is perhaps the moment of greatest candor among the political class, especially when those doing the talking ar...

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'There Are No Rules': Congressional Aides Allowed To Trade Stocks In Companies Their Bosses Oversee

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Senate, Insider Trading, Congress, Stocks, Financial Reform, Stock Market, Business News, Louise Slaughter, Brian Baird, Congressional-Aides, Business News

UPDATE: Reuters' Felix Salmon calls Monday's WSJ investigation a "non-story," saying, "there's no indication in the WSJ story that what they found was...

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"Mister Smith" Leaves Washington

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Brian Baird, Congress, Gaza, Democrats, Middle East, Afghanistan, Goldstone Report, Politics News
James Zogby

Every once in a while our faith in politics can be restored: by Senator Dick Durbin standing up against torture, or Senator Russ Feingold casting a lone vote against the Patriot Act, or by the courageous leadership shown by Brian Baird.

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"There Are No Civilians During Wartime." Rachel Corrie's Family Confronts the Israeli Military in Court

Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, George W. Bush, Rachel Corrie, Idf, Zionism, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Brian Baird, World News
Max Blumenthal

The treatment of Rachel Corrie's body is peripheral to her family's lawsuit. But it demonstrates the degree to which she and those whose homes she died defending have been dehumanized.

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Congress Hack Attack: House Member Web Sites Hacked With Anti-Obama Language

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Tierney, Charles Gonzales, John Olver, Mike Coffman, John Campbell, Duncan Hunter, House Hack, Barack Obama, Zoe Lofgren, Obama Hack, Charlie Wilson, Mark Kirk, Peter Welch, Joe Wilson, Brian Baird, Andre Carson, John Boccieri, Travis Childers, John Barrow, House Web Sites, Phil Roe, Suzanne Kosmas, Bobby Bright, Congress Hack, Politics News

Several House members had their websites hacked overnight after President Obama's State of the Union Address. Around 6:30 a.m. Eastern, the sites of J...

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Hannity Guest Compares Obama Administration Policies To Nazism (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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A guest on Sean Hannity's show on Monday night compared Obama administration policies to Nazism. Ironically, disabled Marine veteran David Hedrick, ...

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Eight Bushies Coming Back For More

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Foley, Bush Staffers, Rob Portman, Bush Staff, Bush Staff Running for Office, Bush Staffers Running for Office, Brian Baird, Ethan Hastert, David Castillo, Politics News

At least eight former staffers who worked for George W. Bush's administration are running for office. Even though President Bush and Vice President...

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John Kerry Visits Gaza

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAZA CITY (AFP) - US Senator John Kerry on Thursday made a rare visit to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but stressed this did not reflect a change of pol...

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Kucinich Leads Trend for Even Handed Foreign Policy

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Lee, Neil Abercrombie, Sam Farr, George MItchell, James McDermott, Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Fortney Stark, Keith Ellison, Todd Tiahrt, John Dingell, Frederick Boucher, William Delahunt, John Oliver, Henry Johnson, Dennis Kucinich, Brian Baird, Council for the National Interest, Robert Berry, Donna Edwards, Gwen Moore, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Paul Ronald, Nick Rahall, Raul Grijalva, Donald Payne, Lynn Woolsey, Earl Blumenauer, Loretta Sanchez, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Betty McCollum, John Shadegg, Samuel Graves, Victor Snyder, Barack Obama, James Moran, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Hilda Solis, Maurice Hinchey, Steve Kagan, Peter DeFazio, Kay Granger, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Jeb Hensarling, Henry Brown, George Miller, Israel Gaza Operation, Elton Gallegly, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

According to astute observers -- there is a new trend in Congress in favor of a more even-handed approach to foreign policy. The bipartisan group, Co...

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