Ileana Ros Lehtinen

Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peace

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Palestine, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Eric Cantor, Howard Berman, HR 4133, Israel, Steny Hoyer, World News
Stephen Zunes

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a dangerous piece of legislation which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The margin was an overwhelming 411-2, with eight abstentions.

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Jennifer Bendery

House Passes Violence Against Women Act That Leaves Out LGBT, Immigrant Protections

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Violence Against Women Act, Video, Judy Biggert, War on Women, Vawa, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Elections 2012, Sandy Adams, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Wednesday passed their bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite protests from the White House, m...

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Carlos Harrison

Was Your IKEA Furniture Made In A Cuban Prison?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Video, Ikea, Marco Rubio, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bob Menendez, Raul Castro, The Castro Brothers, Political Prisoners, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Latino Voices News

The flap is heating up over allegations that IKEA used Cuban political prisoners to make furniture. A bipartisan group of ranking Hispanic members ...

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Palestinians Surprised by GOP Congresswoman

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Palestinians, Ros-Lehtinen Palestinians, Christian Palestinians, Ros-Lehtinen Palestine, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The full Congress voted last summer on the entire aid package to the Palestinians. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen is the sticking point, and her restriction on the aid bill is damaging U.S. policy.

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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

Read More: Ciana, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, GOP War on Women, House Anti-Abortion Bill, House-Abortion-Bill, Video, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News

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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Joshua Hersh

Palestinian Aid Inches Toward Release On Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Video, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Palestinian Aid, Kay Granger, Palestinians, Ngos, Israel, World News

WASHINGTON -- The long, meandering path for nearly $150 million in funds for development projects in the Palestinian territories inched closer to a re...

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Joshua Hersh

Heated Negotiations To Save Palestinian Aid -- And Sesame Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Palestineans, House Foreign Affairs Committee, World News

WASHINGTON -- House appropriators on Tuesday were scrambling to complete a deal that would result in the release of some $150 million in development a...

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Marco Rubio Needs A 'Nixon In China' Moment

Charles Garcia | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: 2012 Elections, Marco Rubio, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, GOP Vice Presidential Nominee, Latino Politics, Nixon, GOP Candidates, Latino Voices News
Charles Garcia

Picking Marco Rubio as a running mate to connect with Hispanics is like trying to connect to Jewish voters with someone who is Jewish and speaks Hebrew -- but openly hostile to Israel and friendly to Iran. The choice is absurd and reflects a deep-seated ignorance.

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Laura Bassett

On International Women's Day, Congress Pivots To More Anti-Abortion Legislation (INFOGRAPHIC)

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Marco Rubio, Patty Murray, Roy Blunt, Trent Franks, Elections 2012, Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, International Women's Day, Mike Quigley, Komen Planned Parenthood, GOP War on Women, Video, War on Women, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 2012 Election, Komen, Blunt Amendment, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Thursday, March 8 is International Women's Day, and Republicans in Congress are celebrating by debating a new bill that would restrict a...

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PHOTOS: School Protests Valedictorian's Deportation

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Daniela-Pelaez, Video, Valedictorian Faces Deportation, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Daniela Pelaez Protest, Daniela Pelaez Deportation, North Miami Senior High School, Slidepollajax, Alberto Carvalho, Deportation, Valedictorian Deported, Immigration, Miami News

Daniela Pelaez is valedictorian of her class at North Miami Senior High, in the international baccalaureate program with a 6.7 GPA, applying to Ivy Le...

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Florida High School Valedictorian Faces Deportation

Local10.com | Terrell Forney | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Immigration, Larry Jurrist, Daniela Pelaez, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, North Miami Senior High School, Illegal Immigration, High School News

The valedictorian of a South Florida high school faces deportation at the end of the month, and her friends, and a U.S. Representative, are rallying a...

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Cristina Costantini

Latino Republicans Abandon Key 'Latino Issues' To Endorse Romney In Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 03.27.2012

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As GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gears up for the Florida primary, he has garnered endorsements from a few of the state's key Hispanic politi...

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Elise Foley

Mitt Romney Backers, In Spanish-Language Ad, Say He Will Fight Castro, Chavez

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Florida Primary 2012, Spanish-Language Ad, FL Primary, FL Primary 2012, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Primary, Florida Election, FL Primary Election 2012, Newt Gingrich Florida, Mitt Romney Florida, Florida Primary Election 2012, Newt Gingrich 2012, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, 2012 Election, Florida Election 2012, Mitt Romney 2012, FL Election, Newt Gingrich, FL Election 2012, Florida Primary Election, Video, Politics News

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign released another Spanish-language radio ad in Florida, touting endorsements from Cuban-American Florida Reps. Mari...

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Congresswoman Calls Ahmadinejad Meeting With Castro, 'A Tour Of Tyrants'

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Chavez Ahmadinejad, Video, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Latino Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ahmedinejad Latin America Trip, Latino Voices News

Cuban-American congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has labeled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Latin America trip, with stops in Cuba...

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Ray Sanchez

Miami's Cuban Exiles: Chasm Between The Leadership and Newer Arrivals Widens

HuffingtonPost.com | Ray Sanchez | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Cuba News, Cuban-Exile-in-Miami, Video, Fidel Castro, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mitt Romney, Obama, Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami, Cuban Americans, Cuba, GOP Candidates, Miami News

Mitt Romney appeared amid crates of tropical guava paste and coconut water at Conchita Foods, a Florida family-run business founded by Cuban exiles --...

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Romney Gets Endorsement From First GOP Backer Of DOMA Repeal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: 2012 Elections, Doma, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney President, Elections 2012, Immigration, Romney 2012, Defense of Marriage Act, Mitt Romney Dream Act, Immigration Reform, Video, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Doma, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mitt Romney Immigration, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, DREAM Act, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Doma Repeal, Mitt Romney Endorsements, Doma Repeal Gop, Election 2012, Doma Repeal, Politics News

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney picked up some vital Florida endorsements this week, securing the support of three key Cuban-Americans. All thre...

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America's 30 Pieces of Silver

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Foreign, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Abbas, Mahmood Abbas, Middle East, Usaid, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US Aid to Palestine, Barack Obama, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Few in Washington may realize that the issue of U.S. funding for Palestine is the talk of the town in Ramallah and other Palestinian cities. And the talk is not pleasant.

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Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Ed Markey, Ben Ray Lujan, Yvette Clark, Sam Farr, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Obama Administration, Diplomacy, Karen Bass, Janice Hahn, Laura Richardson, Chaka Fattah, Jared Polis, Jerrold Nadler, Emmanuel Cleaver, Iran, Frederica Wilso, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hank Johnson, Jr., Rosa DeLauro, David Cicilline, Elijah Cummings, Steve Cohen, Charles Rangel, Corrine Brown, Iran Sanctions, Michael Honda, Jesse Jackson, Bob Filner, Carolyn Maloney, Frank Pallone, William Clay, Jan Schakowsky, Peter Welch, Linda Sanchez, Marcy Kaptur, Peter DeFazio, Robert Brady, Mazie Hirono, David Loebsack, Louise Slaughter, World News
Stephen Zunes

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Rep. To Sponsor DOMA Repeal Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Gop, Video, LGBT Issues, Bipartisanship, Conservatives, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has signed on as the first Republican co-sponsor of the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. ...

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Christina Wilkie

30 Years Late: Congress Creates Bipartisan HIV/AIDS Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Congress, Jim McDermott, Video, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Pepfar, George W. Bush, Aids, 112th Congress, Hiv, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The first ever bipartisan congressional HIV/AIDS caucus officially launched on Thursday, 30 years after the human immunodeficiency virus...

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Ros-Lehtinen Hijacks Pro-Israel Support for Extreme Anti-UN Bill

Don Kraus | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Israel, Peacekeeping, UN Reform & Revitalization, UN Funding, Human Rights Council, United Nations, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, World News
Don Kraus

Funding for the United Nations should not be cut based on the actions of some of its members. It's like blaming Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks losing a game.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwomen Introduces U.N.-Bashing Bill Ahead Of Palestinian Statehood Vote

Foreign Policy | Josh Rogin | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Israel Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Statehood, World News

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced a bill today that would effectively slash U.S. contributions to the U...

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Joshua Hersh

House Dem: Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing Was 'A Zoo'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Abortion, Latin America, US State Department, House GOP, Foreign Affairs, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget, Appropriations, Howard Berman, Organization of American States, State Department, Foreign Policy, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, House Democrats, 112th Congress, Gop, Gary Ackerman, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee left for their weekend recess Friday still fuming over a two-day mark-up session that s...

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Amanda Terkel

LGBT Adoption Bill Picks Up GOP Cosponsor

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Rights, Pete Stark, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Every Child Deserves a Family Act, Nancy Pelosi, LGBT Rights, LGBT Adoption, Gay Adoption, Politics News

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has signed on as the first Republican supporter of a bill outlawing discrimination against same-sex...

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Jennifer Bendery

Sen. Graham: "I Am Willing To Take The Bruises And Stand By Obama"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Israeli Settlements, 1967 Borders, Israeli Borders, John Boehner, Middle East Policy, Obama Middle East, Lindsey Graham, Middle East Peace, Eric Cantor, Arab Spring, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Middle East Speech, Eric Cantor Israel, US Middle East Policy, Tim Pawlenty Middle East, Obama Middle East Speech, Mike Huckabee Israel, Israel Borders, Israel Palestine, Mitt Romney Israel, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama had two Republican audiences for his Thursday speech on U.S.-Middle East policy. One was made up of GOP lawma...

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