Lynn Woolsey

Celebrating Earth Day and Preserving Our Coasts (New Video)

Rep. Lynn Woolsey | Posted 04.20.2012

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Every year, this day is a reminder that we need to spend the other 364 days of the year being even more environmentally conscientious and making an even greater effort to preserve our natural treasures.

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Anti-War Progressive Running For Congress Promises To Be Obama's Foil

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.21.2012

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California's North Coast is nearly synonymous with a New Age-y strand of progressivism. For two decades, Rep. Lynn Woolsey has represented it in Congr...

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NOH8 On The Hill: 10 Members Of Congress Pose For Marriage Equality (PHOTOS)

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.23.2012

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House Reps Demand End To Crackdown On Pot Clinics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress are calling on the Obama administration to end the federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in California, citing...

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Jobs Plan Unveiled By House Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.13.2011

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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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NRCC Chair Fundraises on 9/11

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Sunday was a solemn day of remembrance. For the top House Republican campaigner, Rep. Pete Sessions (Texas), the 10t...

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Ending Wars on Time Would Save $200 Billion, 1/6 of Debt Reduction Goal

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.24.2011

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Will a Super Committee plan that we will spend zero money in 2021 on occupying Afghanistan and Iraq be faulted as "not supporting the troops"? I'd love to see that. Bring it on.

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Lynn Woolsey Thinks Public Will Get 'Sick' Of Libya 'Pretty Soon,' Predicts Successor Will Share Anti-War Views

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.14.2011

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On Tuesday, Rep. Lynn Woolsey stood in the House of Representatives and gave her 400th floor speech against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I will ...

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Professional Flexibility for Hourly Workers

Joan Williams | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Workers, Lynn Woolsey, Wages, Childcare, Elder Care, Kaiser Permanente, Hastings Law School, Unions, San Francisco News

Does that chic new restaurant create situations that leave minor children home alone? Often hourly workers can't arrange suitable care at such short notice, so they get fired a lot.

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Progressive Democrat Announces She Will Not Seek Reelection

Petaluma Patch | Karina Ioffee | Posted 08.27.2011

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Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, who has represented Marin and Sonoma counties in Washington for the past 19 years, announced Monday that she would not be ...

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Progressive Democrat Expected To Announce Retirement Next Week: Report

Posted 08.20.2011

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U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey is expected to announce next week that she will not run for reelection in 2012, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. ...

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Congressmen Take Cash, Check Or Fine Wine

Roll Call | Alex Knott | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Thompson often holds fundraising events that are BYOB. Since 2001, donors attending his parties and other contributors have given the Calif...

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Why the Individual Mandate Is Doomed

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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A majority of American taxpayers will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014 if the new healthcare law isn't overturned or revised. I predict it will be.

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The First Test for Our Newly "Civil" Congress: The Repeal of Health Care Reform

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Congress has just gone through 10 days of reflection and grief over the tragedy in Tucson. Will we see civil discourse take place this week in Congress?

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House Dems Rip Obama's Tax Cut Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Congressional Progressive Caucus May Shake Up Leadership

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, frustrated by its inability to influence the Democrats' agenda over the past two years, is considering a new str...

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Pentagon to Review 21-Year-Old Test Program

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Department of Defense stated that it would be conducting an evaluation and study of a program designed to increase subcontracting opportunities available to small businesses.

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Progressive House Democrat Co-Chair Vows Democrats Won't Roll Over to the GOP

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) said of the Progressive House Caucus: "It is clear that we represent the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. So, the first item is jobs. We have to have a robust jobs bill."

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Half Of The Blue Dog Coalition Goes Down In GOP Wave

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Tuesday was a tough night for Democrats, as they watched Republicans win enough seats to take back the House in the next Congress and be...

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Congress to Investigate Pentagon Comprehensive Test Program

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, October 21, five members of the House of Representatives, lead by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) asked the U.S. Government Accountabi...

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California Dems Endorse Pot Legalization, Proposition 19

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Democratic lawmakers from California are hoping that a proposition to legalize marijuana on the November ballot will help drive progressive voter turn...

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Who Let the Blue Dogs Out?

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is a grim story about the care and feeding of a Blue Dog. Right now, Congresswoman Jane Harman is facing a serious primary challenge from a genuine progressive, Marcy Winograd, in Southern California's 36th congressional district.

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Power Struggle: Inside The Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party (Print Version)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raúl Grijalva is sitting quietly with a few of his staffers at one end of the bar, a bottle of Bud and a shot of whiskey in front of him, while his f...

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Power Struggle: Inside The Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raúl Grijalva is sitting quietly with a few of his staffers at one end of the bar, a bottle of Bud and a shot of whiskey in front of him, while his f...

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Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The so-called smart money is on Harman in next Tuesday's primary, but the incumbent -- like the Israeli government -- has reason to worry. Sometimes, moral revulsion can topple defenders of the indefensible.

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