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Andrea Stone

House Bill Would Authorize Czar To Watch Islamist Extremists But Not Other Domestic Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Peter King, House of Representatives, Fema, Homegrown Terrorists, Rep. Peter King, Homeland Security Committee, 9/11 Commission, See Something Say Something, Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, Flying-Imams, Video, Senate, Jane Harman, 2012 Budget, Violent Islamist Extremism, Janet Napolitano, 112th Congress, Customs and Border Protection, Border Security, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A House bill set for markup on Wednesday would give protection against civil lawsuits to those who report suspicious activity, designate...

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Janice Hahn Wins California US House Race

AP | By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Janice Hahn Craig Huey, Janice Hahn, House of Representatives, Politics News, California, Jane Harman, Southern California, Craig Huey, Elections 2010, Democrats, Republicans, Video, Politics News

LOS ANGELES -- Democrat Janice Hahn has defeated Republican Craig Huey in a bitter contest for a Southern California House seat, preserving her party'...

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Could Today's Election Be CA's 'Scott Brown Moment?'

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Bill Clinton, Special Election, Janice Hahn, Janice Hahn Craig Huey, Jane Harman, Craig Huey, Sarah Palin, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Democrat Janice Hahn took an early lead over Republican Craig Huey in early returns in a hotly contested race to decide who will f...

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Report Reveals House's Biggest, Smallest Spenders In First Quarter

CNN | Lisa Desjardins | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: House Office Budgets, Statement of Disbursements, Jane Harman Spending, Capitol Hill Spending, Jane Harman, House Spending, Joe Walsh Spending, Congressional Spending, Joe Walsh, House Spending Report, Politics News

We now have the first expense reports for the 112th House of Representatives. The 3293-page Statement of Disbursements shows how much of their office ...

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Janice Hahn Leads The Pack In Race To Replace Rep. Harman

AP | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Sidney Harman, Janice Hahn, Jane Harman, Rep. Jane Harman, Craig Huey, Debra Bowen, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn advanced to a runoff in the election to fill Democratic Rep. Jane Harman's Southern Cali...

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Matt Sledge

Dan Adler And His Crazy Jewish-Korean Campaign Ad Are For Real

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Bill Hillsman, Janice Hahn, Jane Harman, Viral Video, Debra Bowen, Dan Adler, Jesse Ventura, Stick Together, Minorities, Paul Wellstone, Video, Los Angeles News

UPDATE -- In preliminary results that don't include absentee ballots, Adler garnered 285 votes, or 0.54% of the vote. After those results were announc...

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Jason Linkins

Dan Adler, Candidate In CA-36 Special Election, Thinks These Ads Are Hilarious (He Is Wrong)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Ca-36, Dan Adler Ca-36, Video, Jane Harman, Campaign Ads, Dan Adler, California 36th Congressional District, Campaign Adwatch, Dan Adler California, California Special Election, Politics News

I hadn't been giving much thought to the special congressional election in California's 36th District, where voters will gather on May 17th to winnow ...

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What is America's Story for the 21st Century?

John Milewski | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Steve Clemons, National Strategic Narrative, Brent Scowcroft, Narrative, 9/11, Globalization, Keith Ellison, Mr. Y, Post Cold War, Robert Kagan, Mark Mykleby, Wayne Porter, Jane Harman, National Security, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Partisanship, National Conversation, Politics News
John Milewski

When we ask ourselves why we are committing military might in Libya (or Afghanistan, or Iraq), we're really asking bigger questions. What is our purpose in the world? What is the story that defines our friends and our foes?

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Gerry Never Yielded

Jane Harman | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Geraldine Ferraro Dies, Jane Harman, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Jane Harman

Geraldine Ferraro was the biggest influence on my own decision to run for public office -- not just whether to run, but how to run, how to serve, and how to make certain that I kept my family and friends in the center of my life.

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Obama Policies Not Matching Reality. Time to Pull His Nobel Prize and Elect a Non-Interventionist

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Yemen, Impeachment, Tomahawk, South China Sea, Intervention, Stephen Walt, Pakistan, Horn of Africa, President Obama, Deficit Hawks, James Madison, Admiral Mike Mullen, Democrats, Barack Obama, Libya, National Debt, Military, Jane Harman, Sudan, George Will, Military Intervention, President Bush, Richard Haass, North Korea, Republicans, Politics News
Jake Diliberto

Obama's attack in Libya is as ill advised and mismanaged as his Afghanistan surge or his domestic stimulus-spending circus. Without the approval of t...

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Mubarak, Harman Walk: Winograd Considers a Run

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Pre-Emptive War, Palestine, Iraq, Out of Afghanistan Caucus, Bradley Manning, Janice Hahn, Social Secuirty, Single-Payer Health Care, Egyptian Revolution, Jane Harman AIPAC, Jane Harman, Marcy Winograd, Debra Bowen, Israel, Mubarak, Medicare, Politics News
Marcy Winograd

Into the void of ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak comes a challenge for the United States to become an honest broker for peace between Israel and Palestine, to abandon preemptive wars, and to forsake its role as arms merchant to torturers.

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Friday Talking Points [154] -- Egypt Rising

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harman, People Power, Egypt, White House, Muslim Brotherhood, President Obama, John Boehner, Jane Harman, Obama, Democratic, Jim Webb, Tom Tomorrow, California, Republican, Bush, Military, Midotw, Revolution, Freedom, Protest, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Cpac, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Islamist, Chris Lee, Abortion, Taxes, Trump, Culture Wars, Tea Party Republicans, House, Egyptian, Demonstrators, Hosni Mubarak, Democrat, Democracy, Congress, Little D Democrats, Webb, Democrats, Barack Obama, Patriot Act, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Cairo, Donald Trump, Mubarak, Israel, George W Bush, Friday Talking Points, Boehner, World News
Chris Weigant

While Egypt's future is uncertain, the feeling of optimism among the people who succeeded in demanding change is palpable today. It wouldn't surprise me if February 11th becomes an Egyptian national holiday in the future.

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Multi-Millionaire Jane Harman Should Pay for the Special Election She is Creating

Richard Grenell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jane Harman, Rep. Jane Harman, Los Angeles News
Richard Grenell

We are not surprised by Jane Harman's lack of respect for us voters -- it's been a pattern. Millionaire politicians think they can do what they want without facing the consequences of their actions.

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Good and Bad News on Jane Harman: Why Her Voice in Congress Matters

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Intelligence, Detentions, Middle East, Rule of Law, Foreign Policy, Wilson Center, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Harman, Jane Harman Resigns, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I wish Jane Harman well and congratulate her on her new post at the Wilson Center -- but I think it's also fair to lament some fronts where the nation will be worse off for her departure.

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Jane Harman Resigning From Congress

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) is expected to announce on Tuesday that she will resign from her post in congress to serve as president and CEO of the Woo...

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Fred Upton: Big Oil Brown-Noser?

Gene Karpinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Upton, Global Warming, Clean Air Act, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Epa, Top Contributors, Jane Harman, American Petroleum Institute, House of Representatives, Climate Action, Mi-6, Glenn Beck, Green News
Gene Karpinski

Despite advocating for environmental causes in the past, Fred Upton's actions in recent months indicate that his legacy will be that of a person that puts polluter interests ahead of the public.

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Congresswoman Harman's Afghan Delusions

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Politico, 9/11, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Nato, Jane Harman, Afghan National Army, Samuel Johnson, General Custer, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Shakespeare, Alberto Gonzales, September 11th, Politics News
Bruce Fein

Jane Harman should be ashamed that she has voted to send U.S. troops to risk their last full measure of devotion on behalf of a corrupt, illegitimate, lawless Afghan government for reasons a schoolchild could discern are fatuous.

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How Many Tea Partiers Does It Take to Screw Up a Light Bulb?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Fred Upton, Energy Independence, Bp, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Light Bulbs, Jane Harman, John Adams, Joe Barton, metrogreenbusiness.com, US Chamber of Commerce, Republican Party, Energy Efficient Light Bulbs, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

It's hard to believe that legislating energy-efficient light bulbs could bring up so much raw emotion.

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American Midterm Candidates Pandered for Pro-Israel Money and Votes

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, House Energy and Commerce Committee, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Jerusalem, West Bank, Tom Campbell, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Jane Harman, Pro-Israel, Palestine, Illinois Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Henry Waxman, Temple Ramat Zion, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Palestinians, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Republican Mark Kirk, Gaza, Loyalty, Midterm Elections, Hebrew, Brad Sherman, Native-American, Aipac, California's 27th Congressional District, Mohawk, Carly Fiorina, Huffington Post, Indigenous, Apache, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Israel and the United States are not one country. Being pro-Israel should not wield so much power that it becomes a principal issue in American elections.

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Jason Linkins

Newsweek's New Owner Sets Up Shop In D.C. Lunchroom

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Jane Harman, Sidney Harman Newsweek, Sidney Harman, Media Criticism, Eat the Press, Media News

Hey, kids? Are you wondering how Newsweek's transition into the Sidney Harman era is going? Well, here's a hot scooplet for you: even as we speak, t...

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A Tale of Two Congresswomen

Mimi Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media, Shirley Sherrod, Maxine Waters, Jane Harman, Acorn, Silvio Berlusconi, Congressional Ethics, Los Angeles News
Mimi Kennedy

Why is Waters attacked for something remotely involving her husband while Harman receives no questions at all as her husband buys Newsweek?

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Meg Whitman's Titanic Campaign for Governor of California

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Mad Men, Meg Whitman, Barbara Boxer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carly Fiorina, Goldman Sachs, Barack Obama, Tom Campbell, Steve Poizner, James Cameron, Titanic, Leonardo Dicaprio, Jerry Brown, Jane Harman, Al Checchi, Gray Davis, Politics News
William Bradley

What has a record $70 million in primary spending gotten billionaire Meg Whitman? A plummeting Republican primary lead over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

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Who Let the Blue Dogs Out?

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Blue Dog Coalition, Jane Harman, Lynn Woolsey, Afghanistan, Congress, Henry Waxman, Jim McGovern, Democratic Party, Politics News
Norman Solomon

This is a grim story about the care and feeding of a Blue Dog. Right now, Congresswoman Jane Harman is facing a serious primary challenge from a genuine progressive, Marcy Winograd, in Southern California's 36th congressional district.

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Floor Fight! It's On! Challenger Winograd Takes Harman To CA Democratic Convention Floor

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delegates, Progressive, Lila Garrett, June 8th California Primary, 2010 Elections, California Democratic Convention, Jim Hightower, War, Jane Harman, Single-Payer Healthcare, Congress, California 36th Congressional District, Blue-Dog, Marcy Winograd, Incumbent, Elections 2010, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

The California Democratic Party is officially endorsing incumbent candidate, Jane Harman, for the 36th Congressional District. The primary is June 8.

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My Response to Jane Harman: You're in the Bubble

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harman, Progressive Democrats of America, Jobs, Jane Harman, Palestine, Winograd vs. Harman, Not Wars, Marcy Winograd, Debate, Goldman Sachs, Winograd for Congress, Blue Dogs, Primary Challengers, Harman for Congress, Israel, Afghanistan, Winograd, Politics News
Marcy Winograd

Who's in the bubble? Me or corporate Democrat Jane Harman, who took us to war in Iraq and votes for an onerous bankruptcy bill that makes it harder for the poor to climb out of debt?

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