Keith Ellison

JPMorgan Chase: Break Up the Big Banks Now. Here's How.

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: SAFE Act, JPMorgan Chase, Independence Day, Sherrod Brown, Keith Ellison, John Reed, Jamie Dimon, Bill Moyers, Jpmorgan, Banking, Banks, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The JPMorgan Chase scandal -- and yes, it is a scandal -- shows us why we need to break up the big banks as quickly as possible.

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Elise Foley

Dream Act Supporters Sue The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Video, Common Cause, Cloture, John Lewis, Hank Johnson, DREAM Act, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster Reform, Keith Ellison, Filibuster, Cloture Reform, Harry Reid, Michael Michaud, Dreamers, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Would-be Dream Act beneficiaries aren't just angry that the bill failed in the Senate in 2010: Some also are joining a lawsuit seeking a...

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Lucia Graves

Sanders, Ellison Unveil Legislation To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Taxpayer Subsidies, Oil and Gas Subsidies, May Boeve, 350.Org, Friends of the Earth, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Oil, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, Natural Gas, Rep. Keith Ellison, Bill Mckibben, Coal, Senator Bernie Sanders, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation design...

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Paul Blumenthal

Republicans Fall Flat In Key Fundraising Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Nrcc, 2012 Elections, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Sean Bielat, Small Donors, Elections 2012, Keith Ellison, Allen West, Alan Grayson, National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Joe Wilson, Campaign Finance, Tarryl Clark, Steve King, Video, Christie Vilsack, 2012 Election, Dccc, House Elections 2012, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) knows how to rile with rhetoric. He has called the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus "members of the ...

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Barbara Lee Was Right! Amy Klobuchar Is Wrong!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iran, Minnesota, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Rep. Barbara Lee, Barbara Lee, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

Barbara Lee turned out to be 100% right about the wrongful wars launched on Afghanistan and Iraq and she is certainly right again -- to try and stop an even more catastrophic and illegal preemptive war on Iran!

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Declaration for Democracy

Sean Siperstein | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, John Conyers, Tom Udall, Democracy Is for People, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, U.S. Constitution, Donna Edwards, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Sean Siperstein

The grassroots movement for a constitutional amendment to return control over our democracy to We the People just got a big endorsement from more than a dozen members of the United States Congress.

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Keith Ellison and Walter Jones Stand Up for Diplomatic Engagement With Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Walter Jones, Keith Ellison, Diplomacy, War With Iran, Iran Diplomacy, Iran Israel Relations, Iran War Hype, Iran Ellison, Israel Diplomacy, World News
Robert Naiman

Largely missing from the recent political debate, until now, has been a full-throated defense of diplomatic engagement with Iran towards negotiated agreements that would resolve or mitigate international concerns about its disputed nuclear program.

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Joshua Hersh

Cautioning Against War With Iran, Congressman Calls For Diplomacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Rep. Walter Jones, Iraq War, Video, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iran War Hype, Keith Ellison, Iran, Rep. Keith Ellison, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Anti-War, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The United States must not let itself slide into a war with Iran without more debate and deliberation, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told...

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Two Years After Citizens United, Time to Get Corporate Money out of Politics

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Money in Politics, Keith Ellison, Minnesota, Citizens United, Video, Politics News
Rep. Keith Ellison

Corporate money in politics is one of the biggest threats to our democracy. For these reasons, I introduced the Get Corporate Money out of Politics Constitutional Amendment.

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Lawmakers Stand Up To SOPA And PIPA On Twitter

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: John Cornyn, Stop Online Piracy Act, Scott Brown, Video, Congress, Piracy, Jim Demint, Darrell Issa, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Keith Ellison, Protect IP, Sopa, Politics News

As over 7,000 websites go dark Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts, a controversial pair of bills that could effectively s...

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If It Ain't Broke, Break It

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, John McCain, Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Keith Ellison, Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen, John Boehner, Payroll Tax Cut Republicans, Payroll Tax Cut Democrats, Payroll Tax Cut, Payroll Tax, Chuck Schumer, Payroll Tax Holiday, Republicans, Politics News
Rep. Keith Ellison

Our democracy is built not only on compromise, but on trying solutions from both parties. And with an economic crisis as deep as ours, we can't afford to ignore ideas that create jobs. Our government is not broken, but Republican ideology certainly is.

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Arin Greenwood

One Occupy DC Hunger Striker Continues His Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Dick Gregory, Hunger Strike, District of Columbia, DC Voting Rights, Keith Ellison, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Adrian Parsons, Kelly Mears, Occupy Dc, Sam Jewler, Joe Gray, DC News

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 8, four hunger strikers vowed to stop eating until the District of Columbia is granted full voting rights and full budget and le...

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Ellison Challenger's Shocking Ad Pulled

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Ellison Boisclair, Video, 2012 Elections, Boisclair, Lynne Torgerson, Keith Ellison Muslim, Torgerson, Elections 2012, Keith Ellison, Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Gary Boisclair, Politics News

A challenger to Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) had his web ad, which featured graphic images of murdered non-Muslims and the House member swearin...

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Hayley Miller

Keith Ellison Supports OWS In YouTube Viral Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Youtube, Keith Ellison, Congress, Viral Videos, Occupy Wall Street, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said in a YouTube video released on Saturday that Congress should "step up" and support the Occupy Wall Str...

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Introducing the Same Day Registration and Voter Access Protection Act

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Keith Ellison, Voter ID Laws, Minnesota, Voter Registration, Voters, Politics News
Rep. Keith Ellison

Eligible voters deserve access to the polls. By passing these bills, we can ensure our nation lives up to its ideals and protect the most fundamental right in our democracy.

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Tyler Kingkade

Unemployed Lobby Super Committee Members During Rally At Capitol

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Progressive Caucus, Unemployed, Unemployment, Super Committee, Van Jones, Jobs Bill, American Dream, Rebuild the Dream, US Capitol, Progressives, Rally, Keith Ellison, Job Creation, Jobs Not Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Linda Evans cried Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol building as she described the unemployment crisis and her own struggle to find work...

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Cairo, Egypt: An American To Be Proud Of

Joshua Hoyt | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Palestine, Keith Ellison, Israel, Egypt, Keith Ellison Cairo, Politics News
Joshua Hoyt

Last Wednesday at the Cairo Physician's Syndicate I attended a talk by U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison during his first visit to Egypt.

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America's Best Days are Ahead

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Fox News, Keith Ellison, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, American Dream, President Obama, Politics News
Rep. Keith Ellison

Instead of supporting legislation to solve the jobs crisis, right-wing pundits and politicians are encouraging this gloom by claiming America is in "decline." These critics are cynical and wrong.

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Jennifer Bendery

Nearly All Democrats Buck Vote In Protest Of Paying For Disaster Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, Fema, Disaster Relief, FEMA Disaster Aid, Government Shutdown, Hal Rogers, Disaster Aid, Government Funding, Keith Ellison, Eric Cantor Disaster Aid, Republicans Disaster Aid, Eric Cantor, Politics News

UPDATE: 6 p.m. -- The House on Wednesday failed to pass a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded past next week, a major defeat f...

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Elise Foley

Jobs Plan Unveiled By House Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Obama Jobs Bill, Raul Grijalva, Social Security, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Lynn Woolsey, Jan Schakowsky, Payroll Tax Cut, Progressives, Keith Ellison, 112th Congress, Jobs, Charlie Rangel, Stimulus, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Progressive Caucus released a plan on Tuesday that would create jobs, invest in clean energy and rebuild American infr...

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Friday Talking Points -- Labor Daze

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.02.2011

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Chris Weigant

It surpasses all irony and actually enters into the realm of bitter humor that we're about to celebrate Labor Day when the unemployment rate remains at the sky-high level of 9.1 percent.

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Top 10 Ways the Congressional Black Caucus Should be More Like Allen West

Katie Halper | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Harriet Tubman Allen West, Islam, 21st Century Plantation, Hamoodi Allen West, Cleaver Cbc, Rosie O'Donnell, Congressional Black Caucus, Emanuel Cleaver, Underground Railroad, Allen West, Keith Ellison, Cbc Allen West, Plantation Florida, Obama Allen West, Overseers, Barack Obama, Cbc, Allen West Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Allen West, Andre Carson, Florida, Maxine Waters, Harriet Tubman, Black Republicans, Plantation, Tea Party, Allen West Cbc, Allen West Tea Party, Comedy News
Katie Halper

I doubt that any members of the Congressional Black Caucus got any sleep last night. I'm sure they were tossing and turning, sick with worry and regret, trembling in fear over Allen West's threat to leave the caucus.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Gives Obama Two Suggestions For Jobs

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Obama Jobs, Infrastructure, Politics News, Progressive Caucus, Raul Grijalva, Congress, Unemployment, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Progressives, Elections 2012, Jobs, Keith Ellison, Barack Obama 2012, Obama Jobs Plan, Barack Obama, Politics News

The co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus issued a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday, asking him to consider two proposals as he p...

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Christina Wilkie

Obama Hosts Ramadan Dinner

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, John Conyers, Obama White House, Obama Administration, 112th Congress, Keith Ellison, Andre Carson, Muslims, Muslim, Ramadan, Barack Obama, Obama Islam, Iftar, Politics News

President Obama honored the sacrifices that Muslim Americans have made for the country on Wednesday night at the White House's annual Ramadan dinner. ...

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Christina Wilkie

Obama To Host Ramadan Dinner

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Obama White House, John Conyers, Obama Administration, 112th Congress, Keith Ellison, Andre Carson, Muslims, Muslim, Obama Islam, Barack Obama, Ramadan, Iftar, Politics News

The two members of Congress who practice Islam will attend President Obama's annual Ramadan dinner at the White House Wednesday night, along with a nu...

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