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Laura Bassett

House Advances CIANA, Anti-Abortion Bill, Without Rape Or Incest Exceptions

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.28.2012

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The House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 on Tuesday to advance a bill that would make it a crime for anyone but a parent to accompany a young woman o...

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GOP Seeks Big Changes In Federal Prison Sentences

NPR | Posted 01.31.2012

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Every year, federal judges sentence more than 80,000 criminals. Those punishments are supposed to be fair — and predictable. But seven years ago, th...

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34 Congress Members Call For NYPD-CIA Probe

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- More than two dozen members of Congress are calling for investigation into the CIA's relationship with the New York Police Department. ...

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Elise Foley

House Republicans Move Forward With Subpoena Effort On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on the immigration subcommittee voted on Wednesday to authorize a subpoena of the Obama administration over its deport...

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D.C. Concealed Weapons Amendment Fails In House Judiciary Committee

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- An amendment that would have allowed people with concealed-weapons permits from other states to bring their handguns into the District o...

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Radley Balko

House Bill Would Apply U.S. Drug Policy Globally

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 12.06.2011

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The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign s...

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Solyndra: Will We Learn From Science?

James M. Gentile | Posted 11.27.2011

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James M. Gentile

The key question that is being missed -- and that should be asked now -- is whether the federal government will approach this failure as politicians or as scientists.

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GOP Congressman Calls For Independent Investigator In White House Loan To Failed Solar Firm

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday called for an independent investigator to look into a $528 million loan app...

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Obama and Homeland Security Moving Nation in Right Direction on Immigration

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.13.2011

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Rep. Mike Honda

The Obama administration recently announced that immigration enforcement programs will no longer target DREAM Act-eligible youth and other low-priority immigration offenders.

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Lamar Smith Misses the Point on Immigration and the Hispanic Electorate

Kristian Ramos | Posted 08.01.2011

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Kristian Ramos

Polling on immigration reform is incredibly consistent across party lines. Democrats, Republicans and Independents all agree that something must be done to fix our immigration system.

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AT&T Wants to Give You an 80s Makeover

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.26.2011

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Timothy Karr

You might be experiencing a horrible 1980s flashback right about now. No, it's not because legwarmers are in style again. It's because AT&T, that monopoly that once lorded over your rotary phone, has resurfaced with a scheme to rule your mobile phone as well.

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Looming Government Shutdown Reveals House Leadership's Fiscal Irresponsibility and Willingness to Put Americans At Risk

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 06.05.2011

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Rep. John Conyers

Based on their absolute refusal to compromise on the Federal budget, the Tea Party's actions reveal their fiscal irresponsibility and their willingness to put other Americans at risk.

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Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. John Conyers

We are still saddened today at the senseless loss of life in the Triangle fire. We are still galvanized by the call for workers' rights in its aftermath. But I'm also struck by those who refuse to learn the lessons this tragedy can teach us.

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How Many Committees Does it Take to Wage a War on Women?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Keenan

Recent and ongoing attacks on women's freedom and privacy by the anti-choice House leadership are so far-reaching and so extreme that they've been dubbed the "War on Women."

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A Medical Liability Reform That Will Actually Work

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Doroshow

H.R. 5 imposes cruel measures on the backs of the innocent and injured. How could so many doctors be sued, when almost no one sues and those who do are not suing frivolously?

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Elise Foley

House Poised To Extend Patriot Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to push through a vote on Tuesday evening to reauthorize the most contested provisions of ...

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The Coming GOP War On the Open Internet -- Not a Drinking Game

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Art Brodsky

In their never-ending quest to make the Internet safe for Verizon, AT&T and the newly minted Comcast-NBC colossus, GOP members of Congress are gearing up for yet another showdown to take out the Net Neutrality rules.

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Stalling for Stalling's Sake

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Lyon

This "I'm going to take my toys and go home" attitude is injurious to our needs as a country -- we need to fill these vacancies so trial can be held, opinions written, and decisions made both on the bench and before it.

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Jolting Congress on Patents

Pat Choate | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pat Choate

Independent American inventors are becoming an endangered species. The numbers tell the story. In 1980, independent American inventors received 16 pe...

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Rep. Gutierrez, Rep. Smith and the Battle for the Rule of Law

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afton Branche

In recent weeks, Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) have been engaged in an all out op-ed war, going back and forth on immigration ref...

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Proud to Support the Rule of Law and Immigration, Too

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Luis Gutierrez

Following the no compromise, "law and order" approach to immigration -- as we have done for the last two decades or more -- has yielded a lot less law and a lot less order.

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The House Is Duty-Bound to Bring Articles of Impeachment Against Clarence Thomas

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The evidence is compelling that Thomas perjured himself in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his court confirmation hearings in 1991.

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Dem Rep. Blasts Stephen Colbert's Forthcoming Testimony

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comedian Stephen Colbert is sure to draw plenty of media attention Friday morning when he testifies before a House Judiciary subcommittee about immigr...

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NRA Campaigns to Protect Corrupt Gun Dealers

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Helmke

If two NRA-backed bills get hearings before Congress and become law, they would devastate the ATF's ability to protect our communities and families from gun dealers who sell guns into the illegal market.

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Feinberg Let BP Go Back On Its Word to Compensate "All Legitimate Claims"

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. John Conyers

As we remember the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I strongly urge Ken Feinberg, the Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, to reverse his decision not to pay victims' mental health claims.

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