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House Republican Says No Democrat Will Touch Jobs Bill That Was Introduced In The House By A Democrat

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, House of Representatives, Video, John Larson, Media Criticism, American Jobs Act, James Lankford, Politics News

It seems that Representative James Lankford (R-Okla.) and the Daily Caller reporters who talk to him all need to get up to speed on current events. ...

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Super Congress Democrats: Jobs First

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: John Kerry Super Committee, Super Congress, Super Committee, Max Baucus Super Congress, John Kerry Super Congress, John Kerry, John Larson, Max Baucus Super Committee, Max Baucus, 112th Congress, Supercommittee, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Super Congress will insist that the body's mandate be expanded to include job creation measures, setting up the first ma...

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Obama Ignites Partisan Firestorm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Gerry Connolly, President Barack Obama, Budget, Emanuel Cleaver, John Larson, Elections 2012, Jeb Hensarling, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Fiscal Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama succeeded in uniting his party and reminding Republicans who lives in the White House with his first major fiscal...

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Congress Must Debate the Libya War

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, War With Iran, Amr Moussa, John Larson, Libya, Arab League, Congress, UN Security Council, Richard Lugar, Obama Libya, UN Libya, Congress Libya, World News

Congressional debate is a key means of compelling the administration to clearly state its case and its objectives, to be honest and transparent about the potential cost of its proposed policies, and to limit its actions to its stated objectives.

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Dems Hold Fundraiser To Support Gabrielle Giffords

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Leading House Democrats held a fundraiser on Tuesday for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from brain injuries she sustained du...

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Key Dem: Tax Deal Goes Against 'Core Democratic Values'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Cut Deal, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, David Wu, Jobless Aid, Unemployment Aid, Obama Tax Cut Deal, Bush Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Unemployment, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Tax Cut, John Larson, Tax Cuts, Politics News

A Democratic member of Congress who opposes President Obama's tax cut deal with congressional Republicans says the deal is fundamentally unfair becaus...

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House Dems Rip Obama's Tax Cut Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Lynn Woolsey, Earl Pomeroy, Joe Biden, Bush Tax Cuts, House Democrats, House Democrats Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, House Tax Cuts, John Larson, Tax Cuts, Anthony Weiner, Obama House Democrats, Ben Nelson, Obama Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats gathered in the Capitol Tuesday evening to debate the tax-cut deal President Barack Obama struck with Republicans, but a...

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Congress Adjourns to Face the Music at Home

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Cutting and running 7 days early from their planned Oct. 8th departure, members of Congress fled the hot and toxic atmosphere on Capitol Hill and returned to face constituents in their home states for the midterm elections.

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Democrats Urge Caucus To Confront Shadowy Independent Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Elections, House Democrats, Citizens United, Defazio Ambush, John Larson, Peter DeFazio, Pete Defazio, House Democratic Caucus, Elections 2010, Politics News

With additional reporting by Lucia Graves Democrats may be launching a new offensive against the secretive independent expenditure groups that are sp...

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Looking Behind the Numbers of House Afghanistan Vote

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Larson, Appropriations, Nancy Pelosi, War, Norm Dicks, Rosa DeLauro, Afghanistan, Obama, George Miller, Supplemental, Carl Levin, Jim Moran, Politics News

This week, The US House of Representatives failed to represent the majority of Americans who believe we should end the US led military occupation of Afghanistan.

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We Can't Blow This

Steve Hildebrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Ethics Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Senator Dick Durbin, John Larson, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Let's keep our commitments by cleaning up the mess, passing sweeping ethics and political reforms and getting things done. We still have time to develop the better narrative before the November elections. But will we?

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Rep. Capuano Tells Fellow Dems: 'You're Screwed'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: You're Screwed, 2010 Election, 2010 Race, Kennedy Seat, Ted Kennedy, John Larson, Michael Capuano, Politics News

When House Democrats gathered on Friday for their end-of-the week caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol, caucus chairman John Larson (D-Conn.)...

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Rep John Larson: Political Fundraising Now "Borders On Insanity"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fundraising, Lobbyblog, Fair Elections Now Act, John Larson, Congressional Fundraising, Politics News

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) has a sad story to tell about how he lost a friend in Washington. "I came here in 1998. I served with a guy named Jim Malo...

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Dems Consider Skipping Committee, Bringing Health Care To Floor

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy and Commerce Committee, John Larson, House Dems, Health Care Reform, Bypass Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Care Reform Obama, Politics News

House Democrats, still searching for a way to pass their healthcare bill before August, are considering bypassing the Energy and Commerce committee al...

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Now Is The Time: Pass the NAT GAS Act

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Sullivan, T. Boone Pickens, John Larson, Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, NAT GAS Act, Natural Gas, Robert Menendez, Foreign Oil, Dan Boren, Green Energy, Green News

The NAT GAS Act is the only way I know to quickly and effectively reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It will also save consumers thousands of dollars on fuel costs and protect our environment.

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The Pickens Plan Marches on Washington

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NAT GAS Act, John Sullivan, Harry Reid, T. Boone Pickens, Jeff Bingaman, Dan Boren, John Larson, Energy, Energy Independence, Foregin Oil, Green News

With three or four million people on my side, I'm a hell of a lot more important in Washington than I am in Texas. And you know what that means? America is finally going to get an energy plan.

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Political Fix Part of the Economic Solution

Nick Nyhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walter Jones, Arlen Specter, Congress, Fair Elections Now Act, John Larson, Campaign Finance, Dick Durbin, Politics News

With powerful Congressional leaders now behind public financing, the chances to roll back the pay-to-play politics norm in Washington, D.C. have never looked better.

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John Larson: I'm Not Afraid Of Pelosi

The Hill | Jared Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Pelosi, Larson Stand Up to Pelosi, Larson Not Afraid of Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi and John Larson, John Larson, Politics News

Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) is prepared to do something he's never done in his 10 years in Congress: take on Nancy Pelosi. Larson, one of Speaker Pelo...

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