John Kyl

Napolitano Grilled By Republicans Over County's Immigration Policy

Posted 04.26.2012

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During a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was grilled by a duo of Republican senators on imm...

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WATCH: The Six Dumbest Things GOP Politicians Have Said About Birth Control Recently

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 04.23.2012

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Now that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee for president, contraception no longer rules the national convers...

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Peter King Chooses Demagoguery in Targeting Muslim-Americans

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Peter King, Joseph McCarthy, Muslim Americans, Mosques, Muslims, Congressional Hearings, Planned Parenthood, John Kyl, Lincoln Day Speech, Peter King Muslims, Politics News

Throughout our history, unpopular groups have been targeted for the public's wrath in difficult times. Demagogues like King have been only too anxious to steer and cheer on this wrath.

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McCain Says Report Vindicates Claim On Border Fires

AP | Felicia Fonseca | Posted 11.22.2011

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By FELICIA FONSECA, ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A study by Congress' investigative arm shows investigators have linked 30 fires that erupt...

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The Height of Congressional Irresponsibility, and Once Again on the Backs of the Middle Class

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Taxes, Congress, Unemployed, Eric Cantor, John Kyl, Middle Class, Outsourcing, Apple, Globalization, China, Politics News

What has gotten lost in all of this partisan sturm und drang is any sensitivity to the day-to-day needs of the tens of millions of Americans who are being devastated by the effects of the "trickle down" economic policies that were hatched by Reagan.

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Republicans Run From the Truth: Again

Jim Worth | Posted 08.30.2011

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Do the Republicans want to destroy the economy, believing they can blame Obama and the Democrats? Are Republicans willing to suck the life out of the economy to gain political power?

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Friday Talking Points [163] -- The Ads Just Write Themselves

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.15.2011

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Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.

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Stephen Colbert's Best Non-Factual Tweets About Sen. Jon Kyl

Posted 06.13.2011

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If Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) hadn't made the claim that "well over 90%" of Planned Parenthood's activity is devoted to abortion, perhaps the real number -- ...

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WATCH: Stewart Rips Sen. Kyl For Lying About Planned Parenthood

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 06.12.2011

On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart picked up where he left off last Thursday: the (narrowly avoided) government shutdown over budget cuts. ...

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Democrats Pushing For Nuclear Treaty Vote Despite Setback By GOP

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned a number of former defense secretaries and secretaries of state of both parties to the White House ...

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The Grinches (Who Tried) to Steal the Lame Duck

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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The people of Whoville wanted leadership a lot, But the Grinches who run the GOP did not. Legislation in the Lame Duck? How could it be?! They wanted...

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The G.O.P. Naughty List

Elizabeth Bisbee Silber | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Santa is making his list this year, he need not check it twice when deciding which U.S. Senators have been naughty, and which have been nice.

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Time for Nuclear Savings Bonds?

Robert Alvarez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wonder why America can't seem to keep up with nations like Germany and China on advanced energy policy? Perhaps it's because the Energy Department spends ten times more on nuclear weapons than energy conservation.

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Message to Republicans: We're Not Afraid

Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011

There seems to be an anthem for every political season. Reagan, much to the chagrin of Bruce Springsteen, had "Born in the USA" in '84. Clinton had ...

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Estate Tax Debate Looms: GOP, Blanche Lincoln Want Major Cuts

Bloomberg | Ryan J. Donmoyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new tax on multimillion-dollar estates may emerge as the final hurdle to a deal that preserves most or all of former President George W. Bush's tax ...

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The Post Election Foreign Policy Hangover

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Any Congress, particularly a hostile Congress, has the power to give any sitting president a major national security migraine -- and the incoming House GOP leadership has proven their determination to do just that.

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McConnell: 14th Amendment, Birthright Citizenship Should Be Reviewed By Congress

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told The Hill on Monday that Congress "ought to take a look at" changing the 14th Amendment, which give...

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GOP Senators Rebuke Mike Castle Over Talk Of Write-In Bid For Delaware Senate Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top GOP senators rebuked Delaware Congressman Mike Castle Thursday for considering a write-in campaign after his surprise loss to Christine O'Donnell ...

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Gingrich Disciples Reshape Senate in House's Image

Sean Theriault | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gingrich, 14th Amendment, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Newt Gingrich, John Kyl, Politics News

Now that the first wave of information from the 14th Amendment debate has passed, it is time to examine the origins of this issue and others like it a bit more closely.

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Krugman's Takedown of Ryan Demonstrates How Conservatives Are at War With the Middle Class

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beginning with the Reagan administration, and reaching its fullest realization under George W. Bush, conservatives have systematically been acting to redistribute wealth from the middle class upward.

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The Complementary Wings of the Republican Party

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aig, Tarp Bailout, Kleptocracy, Conservatism, Timothy Geithner, Credit Default Swaps, Class Warfare, Republican Party, John Kyl, Politics News

The more traditional wing of the Republican Party has for generations conducted a program that they casually and regularly accuse liberals of conducting: Class warfare. In fact it is they who conduct class warfare.

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Fourteenth Amendment Reform Prompts Strange Bedfellows In Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, riders on the political crazy train stopped off in Iowa to create a whole new insane plank in the Iowa GOP's official platform -- the resto...

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Senators Move to Revive Estate Tax at Reduced Rate

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The federal estate tax would be revived, but at a reduced rate, under a plan being pushed by two senators, a Democrat and a Republi...

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Arizona for Arizonans, Now!

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Rufus Choate, Jan Brewer, American Party, Samuel Eliot Morison, Trent Franks, Millard Fillmore, Massachusetts, J.D. Hayworth, Know-Nothing Party, John Kyl, Politics News

In 1856, a political movement issued a platform which matched its mission with its name: the American Party. The nativist movement has a clear legacy today.

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Why I'm Getting Arrested Tomorrow at the White House

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tomorrow, there will be over 80 demonstrations in favor of immigration reform across America. One of them will be in Lafayette Park, across the street...

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