John Dingell

It's About Greening All Jobs, Not Green Jobs

Carl Pope | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Clean Energy, John Dingell, Detroit Manufacturing, BlueGreen Alliance, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Green News

Americans are all in the environmental crisis together, they are all in the economic crisis together, and the two crises have a common solution -- making every job a green job.

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Tom Hanks Makes Endorsement In Ohio Race

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Tom Hanks, Video, World War II Memorial, Ohio 2012 Election, Dennis Kucinich, Marcy Kaptur, Ohio, Bob Dole, Elections 2012, Marcy Kaptur Dennis Kucinich, John Dingell, Ohio 2012, World War Two Memorial, Politics News

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has captured an unusual trio of endorsements in the Democratic primary. Actor Tom Hanks, Republican former senator and pres...

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Dem Rep.: 'I'd Probably Want To Go And Vomit' If Old Self Transported To Today

Roll Call | Jonathan Strong | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Dingell, Boehner, John Boehner, House GOP, John Dingell, Obama, Tea Party, House Republicans, Politics News

"You're talking to a guy who is really sad but also who is really angry," Rep. John Dingell told Roll Call in a wide-ranging interview on the eve of t...

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Beyond Occupation: Engaging Chicago's Political Youth

Dick Simpson | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Danny Davis, Occupy Chicago, John Dingell, Unemployment, National Student Issues Convention, Bob Fioretti, Student Loan Debt, Chicago News

With the Occupy Chicago movement so visible, understanding what young voters want is pressing. What are their issues and their agenda for change? And will they vote and determine the outcome of the 2012 elections?

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D.C. Parties: Obama, Pelosi, Stars On The Town (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Video, Natasha Bedingfield, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Jennifer Beals, John Podesta, Kerry Washington, Nancy Pelosi, National Italian American Foundation Gala, John Dingell, Donald Faison, Nancy Brinker, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It was a glamorous weekend in the nation's capital, as two of the year's most anticipated galas raised millions for good causes at the h...

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Democrats Strike Back At GOP For Trying To Cut Department Of Energy Loan Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Energy, Green Jobs, Budget, Government Shutdown, Made in America, Green Technology, 112th Congress, Harry Reid, John Dingell, Henry Waxman, Auto Industry, Job Creation, Kevin McCarthy, Eric Cantor, Gary Peters, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders on Tuesday struck back against House Republicans' efforts to make cuts to a Department of Energy loan program in exch...

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September Surprise?

Henry J. Stern | Posted 10.25.2011

The possibility of an upset in the special election September 13 to fill Anthony Weiner's congressional seat should cause Democratic leaders some anxiety. The Republican nominee, Bob Turner, is running hard.

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House Dean: Current Vitriolic Climate Is Similar To Before JFK Was Assassinated

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, JFK Assassination, Rick Perlstein, Violent Rhetoric, Political Rhetoric, John Dingell, Rep. John Dingell, Barry Goldwater, Jfk, Rhetoric, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- While pundits debate whether the tone in Washington will change in the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Arizona, the dean of the U.S....

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Bill Clinton Stumps For Dingell In Michigan

Patricia Lesko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: eyesandears2010, Jay Z, John Dingell, President Obama, Bill Clinton, Home News

On Sunday October 24th, while the Jay-Z song "Empire State of Mind" blasted from speakers, a crowd moved to their seats in Rackham auditorium on the A...

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Michigan Republican Party Trashes Democrat John Dingell As A Fossil Of The 50s

Patricia Lesko | Posted 05.25.2011

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The latest poll by the Detroit Free Press covering Michigan's 15th Congressional District race between Democrat John D. Dingell, Jr., and Republican D...

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Getting Tough on Fraud and Abuse in Health Care

Rep. John D. Dingell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Dingell, Health Care, Politics News

A crackdown on the scoundrels behind Medicare and Medicaid fraud will help cover the costs of health reform, allowing us to keep the services so many American rely on and reduce the deficit.

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Maher vs. Stewart

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Hbo, Cnn, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, John Dingell, Real Time With Bill Maher, The Daily Show, Bill Maher, Media News

When we take ourselves too seriously, Jon and Bill are always ready to puncture our pomposity.

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Radio Gives Payola a Facelift to Stay Afloat

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kid Rock, Radio, Recording Industry, John Dingell, Music Industry, Eliot Spitzer, Payola, Entertainment News

Radio will take a bone wherever one is thrown and major labels have paid an arm and a leg to have their songs played frequently on stations across the nation.

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Michigan Medical School Receives $63 Million Grant

The Michigan Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Institutes of Health, $63 Million Grant University of Michigan, Michigan Medical School Grant, John Dingell, Michigan Medical School, The Midwest, University of Michigan, Michigan Daily, Southwest Oncology Group, College News

The University's Medical School received its largest research award ever today. United States Rep. John Dingell (D -- Ann Arbor) presented the Medi...

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Bart Stupak: The Moderate From Michigan

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, John Dingell, Barack Obama, Michael Moore, Right to Life, Stupak Abortion, Erick Erickson, Stupak Health Care, Michael Moore Stupak, Bart Stupak, National Review, Health Care, Stupak Right to Life, Politics News

You may not agree with him. But Bart Stupak certainly put his heart, soul and head into his decision -- which is far more than can be said about those rashly making threats against him.

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Another Pathetic Attempt to Trash Health Care Reform

Rep. John D. Dingell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Dingell, Health Care, Politics News

Right-wing bloggers are attempting to take my words out-of-context in another pathetic attempt to destroy the historic step taken yesterday for our country.

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Don't Spit Into the Wind

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NHTSA Scrutiny, Toyota Scrutiny, Toyota Criticisms, Business News, Toyota Recall, Congress, John Dingell, Henry Waxman, Toyota, Politics News

Perhaps it was 8 years of a pro-business administration or an agency not noted for regulatory zeal, but few corporations have worked as hard as Toyota to embarrass a regulatory agency.

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John Dingell 2010 Election: Longest Serving US Rep. To Run Again

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The longest-serving member of the U.S. House is running for re-election. Michigan Democrat John Dingell of Dearborn told a C...

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"I Object": Tom Price Tries To Shut Down Democratic Congresswomen (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Tom Price, Lois Capps, Health Care Debate, Tom Price I Object, Republicans Gone Wild, Rep. Lois Capps, John Dingell, Democratic Women's Caucus, Republicans Shout, Health Care, Tom Price, Tom Price Object, I Object, Video, Politics News

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making ...

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3 U.S Congressmen, 1 Voice: Health Care is a Civil Right

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ann Arbor, John Dingell, Michigan, Civil Rights, John Lewis, Mark Schauer, Politics News

Health care is a right, not a privilege. A struggle as important and epic as the fight for civil rights in this country.

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Republicans Giving Women 'Back Of The Hand Treatment': Wasserman-Schultz

HuffingtonPost.com | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lois Capps, John Dingell, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Tom Price, Politics News

The Republicans who shouted down and continuously interrupted female members of the House testifying in favor of the health care bill on Saturday were...

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Clyburn: Town Hall Protests Like Horrid Anti-Civil Rights Demonstrations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives on Thursday compared the disruptive protesters at recent health care town halls to people w...

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Health Care Protesters Largely From Out Of District, Sign-In Sheets Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Dingell, Dingell, Astroturf Protests, Mike Sola, Astroturf, Health Action, Video, Politics News

In what became an emblematic scene, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), faced a hostile crowd at a packed health care town hall in Michigan on Thursday. Din...

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Raucous Politics -- Rep. John Dingell Calmly Faces "The Screamers"

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Mccormick, Health Care Town Halls, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, John Dingell, Michigan, Barack Obama, Home News

Health care rationing, euthanizing the elderly, socialists taking over...the town hall in Romulus, MI was a non-stop regurgitation of every right-wing anti-health care reform meme I've ever heard.

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Henry Waxman's Decade-Long Fight to Improve the Clean Air Act

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Dingell, Strategy, Henry Waxman, Air Pollution, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Clean Air Act, Green News

Henry Waxman's The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works is a series of first-person yarns containing startling measures of suspense, drama, and pathos.

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