Chris Shays

Former Wrestling Exec Linda McMahon Says Rival Should Drop Out For GOP Unity

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.21.2012

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Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon says her Republican rival, former congressman Chris Shays, should quit the race so that the GOP can unify aga...

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Good And Bad News For Wrestling Exec Linda McMahon's Senate Bid

The Huffington Post | Meghan Neal | Posted 04.05.2012

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Former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon is leading in the GOP primary race for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, the latest Quinnipiac ...

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Dan Froomkin

Report: Wartime Contractors Waste, Steal Tens Of Billions -- Then Come Back For More

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wartime Contractors, Contractors, Contractor Fraud, Commission on Wartime Contracting, War Contractors, Chris Shays, World News

WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of the bipartisan Commission on Wartime Contracting decried on Monday a federal system that has allowed contractors in Iraq...

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Congressional Oversight Needed

Ginny Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Checks and Balances, Congress, Mickey Edwards, Federal Government, Congressional Oversight, Congressional Research Service Report, Project on Government Oversight, U.S. Constitution, Chris Shays, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

Effective congressional oversight is critical for maintaining the separation of powers established under our Constitution and serves not only the interests of Congress, but also those of the executive branch and the American public.

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Sam Stein

Former GOP Congressmen Accuse Republicans Of Putting Party Above Constitution

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two former Republican members of Congress have accused their GOP colleagues of putting party politics over the Constitution during the Bush years, arg...

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The Creatures' Caucus

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animals, Elton Gallegly, Chris Shays, Tom Lantos, Jim Moran, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, Green News
Michael Markarian

Jim Moran and Elton Gallegly announced today that they will co-chair the newly formed Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, working with The HSUS and HSLF to take lawmaking for animals to the next level.

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Shell-Shocked Bush Administration Survivors Look Back

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bush administration was notable for claiming dozens of political victims, only some of whom were Democrats. We interviewed the survivors who feel ...

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You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared

Val Strange | Posted 05.25.2011

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Val Strange

The cancer of our sick economy already metastasized to the bone, but analysts are hard-pressed to diagnose the current conditions akin to the Great Depression.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Connecticut Voting Problems Hotline Has Problems

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut officials say there are problems with an election hot line that's been set up to report voting irregularities. ...

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Shays: McCain Can't Win; Lost His "Maverick" Brand

Yale Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first ballot has yet to be tallied, but some Republicans are already hammering nails into the McCain-Palin campaign's coffin. Locked in a tight c...

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McCain Dragging Down GOP House Races (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans running for House races are getting no rides from John McCain's coattails this election cycle. See below for a long list and a slideshow o...

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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2008 Connecticut CD-04 General Election:
Shays (R-i) vs Himes (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

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CT-04: Shays vs Himes

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Rachel Weiner

Republican's Obama Ad: Both Possess Same "Hopefulness" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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First Oregon Senator Gordon Smith did it --twice. Now another Republican is touting his connection to Barack Obama in a campaign ad -- Connecticut Rep...

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