Franken Amendment

I Know, I Know. Vote Anyway!

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Activism, Al Franken, Get Out the Vote, Joe Biden, Franken Amendment, Robert Gibbs, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Democractic Praty, Elizabeth Warren, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

I understand the "plague on both your houses" reaction. So it's with that in mind that I say this: Vote anyway. Please. And vote with enthusiasm, if such a thing is possible. I think it is possible.

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Dear Dylan Ratigan: Let's Rage Against the Machine ... but Tactically

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

Let's praise the politicians when they work for us, punish them when they don't, and always keep the long view in mind.

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Frank and Franken: The Gentleman From Massachusetts Wins One for Wall Street

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jess McIntosh, Franken Amendment, Wall Street, Credit Rating Agencies, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Al Franken, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Barney Frank won them at least two more years of a broken system, of selling highly-risky products while the agencies entrusted with evaluating the risk have an incentive to look the other way.

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Ryan Grim

Franken Amendment Picks Up Bipartisan Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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A critical amendment to the Wall Street reform bill being debated in the Senate this week picked up a key Republican backer Tuesday. The amendment, sp...

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Sam Stein

Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Makes Defense Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Obama Defense, Anti-Rape Amendment, Franken Amendment, Franken Defense Budget, Al Franken, Politics News

President Barack Obama's 2011 defense budget proposal includes language that would prevent the government from working with contractors who deny victi...

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Congress Takes Critical Step in Halting Abusive Forced Arbitrations

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anthony Tarricone

Al Franken and Mary Landrieu's amendment protects defense contractor employees who have been victims of sexual assault, harassment, or other forms of discrimination.

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Command Indiscretion

Rachel Natelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Women, Military, Violence Against Women, Women's Health, Military Sexual Assaults, Sexual Harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual Assault, Civil Rights, Franken Rape Amendment, Al Franken, Jon Stewart, Franken Amendment, Rape Amendment, Daily Show, Anti-Rape, Politics News
Rachel Natelson

Punishing soldiers for getting pregnant is among the injustices that point collectively to the military's longstanding power to undermine the civil rights of its personnel.

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Sam Stein

Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last month, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) opposed a congressional measure to prohibit the government from working with contractors who deny victims of r...

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General Cucolo, Women at War, and Baby Makes Three

Trish Kinney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women in Military, National Organization for Women, Franken Amendment, Pregnancy in the Military, General Anthony Cucolo, Politics News
Trish Kinney

If women can be punished and sent home, away from the duty that they promised to uphold in their military oath, because they become pregnant, then should they be sent overseas if they have small children, especially infants?

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Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Daily Show, Al Franken Rape Bill, Jon Stewart, Rape Nuts, Al Franken, Jamie Leigh Jones, Franken Rape Amendment, Franken Amendment, Comedy News

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to...

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