John Campbell

Quitting Time? Bipartisan Lawmakers Push Obama To Leave Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.09.2011

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers is the latest to demand the United States leave Afghanistan, raising the pressure on President Bar...

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Nigeria on the Brink: A Rejoinder

Howard F. Jeter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian-Election, John Campbell, Umaru Yar'adua, Niger Delta, Acn, Africa, Pdp, World News

Former Ambassador John Campbell's recent article, "Nigeria on the Brink," reduces the country to two monolithic, antagonistic and inexorably colliding blocs, one Northern, the other Southern.

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3 Reps Under Further Investigation Over Alleged Bank Bribery

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Office of Congressional Ethics, Joseph Crowley, Congressional Ethics, Tom Price, Politics News

WASHINGTON — House investigators have recommended that three lawmakers be further investigated to determine whether political contributions were...

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Oil Pollution in the Niger Delta: Whose Fault?

Amb. John Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Oil Spill, Niger Delta, World News

Nigerian commentators have been bemused by popular anger against BP. They claim that the Niger Delta has suffered spillage equal to an Exxon Valdez each year for many decades with little Western indignation or even notice.

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Eight Congressmen Under Investigation For Fundraisers Held Before House Vote On Financial Reform

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Lucas, Financial Reform Inquiry, Earl Pomeroy, John Campbell, Financial Reform, Financial Reform Ethics, Joseph Crowley, Tom Price, Melvin Watt, Congress Ethics, Fundraising Inquiry, House Ethics, Jeb Hensarling, Fundraising, Christopher Lee, Ethics Inquiry, Politics News

Lawmakers take contributions every day from corporate executives and lobbyists hoping for their votes. The question of whether that represents busines...

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Playing Offense -- When Beltway Wisdom Says "Defense"

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fifty State Strategy, California, Take-Back-Red-California, John Campbell, 2010 Elections, Beth Krom, Elections 2010, Politics News

Which is why there's no reason Democrats shouldn't stay on the offense in 2010, taking on Republicans like John Campbell, who act as if Orange County hasn't changed since the 1950's.

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Rep. John Campbell Accuses Himself Of 'Blatant Conflict Of Interest'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell Website, John Campbell Takes Self On, John Campbell, Rep. John Campbell, John Campbell Conflict of Interest, John Campbell Auto Dealer, Comedy, Politics News

John Campbell is, apparently, a straight shooter. Instead of ducking criticism for simultaneously collecting rent from car dealerships while pushing t...

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Not All Earmarks Are a Bridge to Nowhere and Not All Earmarks Are Meant to Line Congressional Pockets

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Thrasher, John Campbell, Ed Potosnak, Earmarks, Ken Calvert, Trent Franks, Beth Krom, Politics News

There are earmarks and... then there are earmarks. Not every earmark goes to line the pockets of corrupt congressional earmarkers and their cronies the way characters like Duke Cunningham, Don and Bill Young (R-AK & FL), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), and Ken Calvert (R-CA) have worked it.

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Republican Lawmaker Already Failed Luntz Memo On Regulatory Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Republicans Frank Luntz, Luntz Regulatory Reform, Campbell Luntz, Regulatory Reform, Frank Luntz Memo, Car Dealerships, Politics News

In a memo guiding congressional Republicans on how to defeat financial regulatory reform, conservative messaging guru Frank Luntz strongly suggested f...

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Congress Hack Attack: House Member Web Sites Hacked With Anti-Obama Language

Posted 05.25.2011

Several House members had their websites hacked overnight after President Obama's State of the Union Address. Around 6:30 a.m. Eastern, the sites of J...

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Clear and Present Conflict of Interest. How Bad Does it Have to Be?

David Donnelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Center for Respnosive Politics, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) has taken $170,550 in campaign contributions from auto dealers. Who do you think he wants to exempt from the provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency bill?

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Car Dealers Exempt From New Consumer Protection Agency

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, White House, National Automobile Dealers Association, North Dakota, Congress, California, Mike Castle, John Campbell, President Obama, Cfpa, Cars, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Mississippi, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Delaware, Travis Childers, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.

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'The Wacko Wing'

The Progress Report | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Birthers, John Campbell, James Inhofe, Barack Obama, Bill Posey, Politics News

Birthers claim that the birth certificate posted by the Obama campaign was "a false, fake birth certificate," but its authenticity has been independently confirmed.

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Obstructionist Lawmakers Harm Animals and the Economy

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thad McCotter, Raul Grijalva, Nick Rahall, John Campbell, Tax Dollars, John Boehner, Wild Mustangs, Dan Burton, Wild Horses, Ed Whitfield, Virginia Foxx, Fiscal Responsibility, Elton Gallegly, Steve King, Politics News

If they were truly concerned about the economy, self-described fiscal conservatives like Boehner, Bishop, and King should have been the first to line up today in support of the mustang legislation.

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Conspiracy Theorists Say NASA Faked Obama's Birth

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birthers, Nasa, John Campbell, Birther-Movement, Barack Obama, Comedy News

The so-called "Birther" movement gained new steam today as one of its prominent Congressional advocates claimed that NASA faked the birth of Barack Obama.

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GOP Rep: Obama Creating An Ayn Rand Dystopia

The Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Campbell, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Obamanomics, Politics News

Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.), who gives his departing interns copies of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," told me today that the response to Preside...

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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Orange County's Steve Young on Obama's "50 State Strategy"

Cristina Chang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, California, Steve Young, John Campbell, Presidential Race, 50 State Strategy, Delegate, Barack Obama, Election, Home News

Can the "50 state strategy" help the down-ticket candidates? I sat down with a proud liberal trying to unseat a conservative incumbent in California.

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