Lois Capps

IRS Says GOP Candidate, Family Business Owe $4 Million

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.31.2012

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The Internal Revenue Service says former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado and his family business owe more than $4 million in taxes, according to co...

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Are You At Risk For The No. 1 Killer Of Women?

Posted 02.09.2012

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By the time Tami Kemit finally saw a doctor, she had been having a heart attack for three days. The then-36-year-old mother from Erie, Pa., eventua...

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Pro-Choice Groups, Catholics Spar Over Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.02.2012

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The battle between Catholics and pro-choice groups over birth control coverage raged on Wednesday at an Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on co...

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Every Mother Counts

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maternal mortality is a crisis without borders. Women die in rural African villages, crowded slums in Bangladesh, and even in hospitals in the U.S., where a poor woman's risk of maternal death is greater than in 40 other countries.

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Federal Audit, Lawmakers Spotlight Puppy Mill Problems

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's long overdue action on the issue of puppy mills, and the issue got some much-needed attention yesterday from the federal government. Sens. Ric...

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Stupak-Pitts Goes Beyond Status Quo

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 05.25.2011

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We must not allow abortion opponents to use our health care reform process to drastically restrict a woman's access to a legal medical procedure, and that's exactly what the Stupak amendment does.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

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

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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The Truth About the Capps Amendment

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 05.25.2011

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My amendment offers a common ground solution to a very challenging policy question -- namely how do we deal with abortion services in health reform legislation.

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The Abortion Distortion: Setting The Record -- and John Boehner -- Straight on the Capps Amendment

Jessica Arons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abortion is a red herring. Most of the politicians and interest groups who protest abortion coverage in health care reform do not want reform to succeed at all.

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