Louise Slaughter

'I Would Not Be Running For Office If I Was About To Die'

AP | Posted 04.17.2012

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Two weeks after breaking her leg in a fall, New York Rep. Louise Slaughter said Tuesday she is undergoing painful rehabilitation bu...

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Congress Takes a Step or Two Forward, Two Steps Back

Michael Winship | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Louise Slaughter, Insider Trading, Stock Act Passes, Congress Insider Trading, CREW Report, STOCK Act, Politics News

Six long, weary years after Louise Slaughter proposed a law to ban insider trading by members of Congress, the Senate approved the House version of the STOCK. All it ultimately took were the magic words, "60 Minutes is here to see you."

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House GOP Introduces Insider Trading Bill But Strips Disclosure Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Key provisions of the STOCK Act, the bill to bar insider trading by lawmakers, were removed in the latest version unveiled Wednesday in ...

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Facing Low Approval Ratings, Congress Pays Attention To Controversial Practice

AP | By LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress, battling single digit approval ratings, are paying attention to the perception that some lawmakers enriched themsel...

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Isn't That Already Illegal? Congressional Insider Trading

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Corruption, Kristen Gillibrand, Scott Brown, Congressional Insider Trading, Insider Trading, Stock Market, Louise Slaughter, Reform, Trading, Tim Walz, Sarah Palin, STOCK Act, Politics News

The fact that a little-known loophole permits members of Congress and their staffs to buy and sell stocks using insider information they might obtain through their official work rightly strikes most citizens as outrageous.

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Do You Know Where Your Turkey's Been?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Holidays, Green Holiday, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Factory Farms, The Infection Loop, Fda, Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Food, Mrsa, Superbugs, Turkey Antibiotics, Louise Slaughter, Antibiotics, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture, Green News

As families across America adorn their dinner tables with plump, juicy turkeys this Thursday, they've likely given little thought to what their future...

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Justice Clarence Thomas Feeling More Heat

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) is turning up the heat on Justice Clarence Thomas based on new information that builds upon previous repo...

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Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Ed Markey, Ben Ray Lujan, Yvette Clark, Sam Farr, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Obama Administration, Diplomacy, Karen Bass, Janice Hahn, Laura Richardson, Chaka Fattah, Jared Polis, Jerrold Nadler, Emmanuel Cleaver, Iran, Frederica Wilso, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hank Johnson, Jr., Rosa DeLauro, David Cicilline, Elijah Cummings, Steve Cohen, Charles Rangel, Corrine Brown, Iran Sanctions, Michael Honda, Jesse Jackson, Bob Filner, Carolyn Maloney, Frank Pallone, William Clay, Jan Schakowsky, Peter Welch, Linda Sanchez, Marcy Kaptur, Peter DeFazio, Robert Brady, Mazie Hirono, David Loebsack, Louise Slaughter, World News

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

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Thomas' Wife Made $1.6 Million During Years He Reported No Income

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats are ratcheting up the pressure for a formal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for failing to disc...

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Disclosure Requirement: Justice Thomas and the Case of the Inadvertent Omission

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 12.04.2011

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A Justice sits on the High Court For years he chose not to report Monies paid to his wife Now the root of much strife Seems with ethics he failed to c...

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Supreme Court Justice Failed To Disclose His Wife's $700,000 Income

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundre...

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Democrats, Winning, and Clarence Thomas

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Louise Slaughter, Supreme Court, Anthony Weiner, Christopher Murphy, Democrats, 2012 Election, Clarence Thomas, Republicans, Politics News

Are Congressional Democrats secret Republicans? You'd think so if you listen to what they do about Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Green News Report: March 1, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Dems call...

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Sarah Palin's Political Career May Already Be Over, But If It's Not, It Should Be

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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I automatically recoil at the suggestion that people should be held responsible for the actions of others, especially when it comes down to the influe...

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Dems Are Sharing The Wealth -- With Each Other

Posted 05.25.2011

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With Democrats in grave danger of coughing up House seats this November, New York's elected Dems are shelling out cash to help their endangered brethr...

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'There Are No Rules': Congressional Aides Allowed To Trade Stocks In Companies Their Bosses Oversee

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Senate, Insider Trading, Congress, Stocks, Financial Reform, Stock Market, Business News, Louise Slaughter, Brian Baird, Congressional-Aides, Business News

UPDATE: Reuters' Felix Salmon calls Monday's WSJ investigation a "non-story," saying, "there's no indication in the WSJ story that what they found was...

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FDA Calls Antibiotic Use In Farming 'A Serious Public Health Threat,' GOP Ignores Mounting Evidence

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.16.2010

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The overuse of antibiotics in farming may have significant health consequences for consumers, according to testimony from the Food and Drug Administra...

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The Hair-Tearing False Equivalency of American Political Violence.

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, Pat Buchanan, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Louise Slaughter, Joshua Cartwright, Hutaree Militia, Eugene Robinson, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, Eric Cantor, Genghis Khan, Media News

Please, someone, anyone, stop Mika Brzezinski before she kills journalistic integrity again. Ms. Brzezinski if you're reading this, I'm begging you, just google "false equivalency" and read some of the commentaries on the various blogs that pop up.

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Why Sarah Palin Is Not Only an Airhead But a Dangerous One

Mona Gable | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louise Slaughter, Health Care Reform, Steve Driehaus, Health Reform Bill, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, Politics News

With thousands of angry followers on Facebook and Twitter, Palin might no longer hold office, but she's still holding court. And that combined with her almost gleeful ignorance makes her dangerous.

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Electric Shocks, Tea Partiers and Rabble Rousers

Cindy Handler | Posted 05.25.2011

For those of us who respect our country enough to obey its laws, it's time to denounce the acts of violence and those who enable them. We must do so, loud and clear. Before it's too late.

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"Snipers" Threat Left On Rep. Louise Slaughter's Voicemail In Wake Of Health Care Vote

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Democratic chairwoman of an influential House committee says someone left her a voice mail threat that used the word "snipers."...

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Weekly Pulse: Obama Signs Health Reform Bill, Backlash Begins

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, President Obama signed health care reform into law. As Mike Lillis explains in the Washingt...

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Bricks Shatter Windows At Rep. Louise Slaughter's Office, Democratic Party Offices

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Authorities are trying to find out who threw bricks through windows and doors at two Democratic Party offices in western New Y...

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Health Care Opponents Demonize 'Deem And Pass' As The Media Gets It Wrong [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Another day in the health care reform debate brings with it another battle over parliamentary procedure, and another example of the media struggling t...

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Reforming Our Food Production Can Start With Curbing Antibiotic Use

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the immediate steps we can take to improve the conditions of livestock and the health of our fellow human beings is to limit the use of antibiotics.

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