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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

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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Dems Blast 'Wall Street Crude Oil Casino'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Dodd-Frank, House GOP, Financial Reform, Speculation, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Obama, Collin Peterson, Democrats, Cftc, Ed Markey, Wall Street, Oil, Oil Prices, Maxine Waters, Position Limits, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A cadre of top Democrats said Wednesday that heavy Wall Street speculation was driving up gas prices and blasted Republicans for pushing...

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Two Democrats Join GOP Fight Against EPA

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republicans Epa Restrictions, House Gop Epa Restrictions, Republicans Epa, Gop Epa, John Boehner, Gop Epa Restrictions, Nick Rahall, Collin Peterson, House Republicans Epa Restrictions, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Four Democrats are joining a Republican effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from reducing heat-trapping pollution b...

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Banks Keep Derivatives Units, Volcker Rules Softened

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.25.2010

Read More: The Financial Fix, Derivatives, Derivatives Reform, Swaps, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Collin Peterson, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Blanche Lincoln, James Bullard, Financial Crisis, Richard Fisher, Timothy Geithner, Thomas Hoenig, Financial Regulation, Business News

This report was updated Friday at 10:25 a.m. ET and on Monday at 2:45 p.m. ET (see below). After nearly 20 hours over two final days filled with back...

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A New Vision for the 2012 Farm Bill?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Policy, Farm Bill 2012, Farm Bill, Collin Peterson, House Agriculture Committee, Sustainable Food, Food News

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, who last year called those who spend money on organic produce "dumb," may become the unlikely champion of a Farm Bill in 2012 that creates opportunities for sustainable farmers.

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EXCLUSIVE: Two Leading House Dems Will Close $50 Trillion Loophole In Derivatives Reform Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.18.2009

Read More: Occ, Derivatives, End Users, Barney Frank, Derivatives Reform, Chris Dodd, Collin Peterson, Big Banks, Cftc, Exclusive, Tbtf, Financial Crisis, Banks, Foreign Exchange, Gary Gensler, Business News

The two House Democrats shepherding derivatives reform proposals through Congress will close an existing $50 trillion loophole for foreign currency co...

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Senator Says Loophole In Derivatives Regulation Undermines Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.20.2009

Read More: Financial Crisis, Cantwell, Occ, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Financial Reform, Derivatives Reform, Collin Peterson, Barney Frank, Main Street, Bailout, Maria Cantwell, Wall Street, Business News

The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivativ...

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Obama's Treasury Dept Working To Defeat Derivatives Proposal 'Of Utmost Importance' To Reforming Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 06.14.2010

Read More: Derivatives, Neal Wolin, Financial Reform, Swaps, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Christopher Dodd, Collin Peterson, Paul Volcker, Michael Barr, Megabanks, Blanche Lincoln, Richard Fisher, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Thomas Hoenig, Financial Regulation, Business News

A Senate proposal to force banks to shed their lucrative yet risk-laden derivatives units -- which is vehemently opposed by Wall Street -- is gaining ...

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House Trio Moves To Block EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, House, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Land Use, Jo Ann Emerson, House EPA, Ike Skelton, Epa Greenhouse Gas, House of Representatives, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Renewable Biomass, Collin Peterson, Green News

A bipartisan trio of House members announced yesterday that they are sponsoring a bill to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating gr...

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Derivatives Regulation: The Devil in the Details

Cate Long | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Derivatives, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Congress, Credit Crisis, Collin Peterson, Business News

The House of Representatives has begun the debate on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The real devil lurking in the details is the regulation of derivatives.

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Big Ag Takes Aim at Cuban Embargo

Barth Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kansas, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Jerry Moran, Agriculture, Rosa DeLauro, Collin Peterson, Cuba, Barack Obama, Politics News

You have to give Big Ag its due: Big Soy and friends are pushing hard to end the ridiculous US embargo of Cuba.

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The Blogosphere Reacts to the Kerry-Boxer Senate Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waxman-Markey, Senator Brown, Brian Beutler, Copenhagen, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Global Warming, Senator Kerry, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Elana Schor, Steve Benen, Brad Johnson, Kate Sheppard, Senator Lincoln, Matt Yglesias, Aces, Senator Boxer, Senator Baucus, Cejapa, Bradford Plumer, Joseph Romm, Collin Peterson, Kerry-Boxer, Climate, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Green News, Energy, Green News

The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.

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Changing the Climate for Cities?

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Agriculture Committee, Urban Policy, Energy and Commerce Committee, Cities, Energy, Collin Peterson, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Pollution, Climate Change, Green News

Speaker Pelosi has snuck game-changing climate change legislation onto the House of Representatives calendar for a vote -- and likely passage -- this Friday.

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GOP Antics Helping Dems Push Climate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Warming, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Collin Peterson, Politics News

With the House of Representatives barreling toward a Friday vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, Democratic leaders working to swing more "Y...

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Collin Peterson: Obama Considering The 'Original Lieberman' For Post?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colin Peterson, Colin Petersen, President Obama, Obama, Joe Lieberman, Usda, Collin Peterson, Obama Cabinet, Collin Petersen, Politics News

The Hill reports that President-elect Obama is "considering Reps. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) for the USDA post. ...

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