Mike Ross

Club For Growth Favorite Easily Wins Arkansas House Primary

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.23.2012

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Army reservist Tom Cotton handily defeated Beth Anne Rankin, an aide to former-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), in Tuesday's House Republican primary in Arkans...

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Joe Walsh Pushes To Wish His Constituents A 'Merry Christmas'

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Mike Ross, Video, Illinois 8th District, War on Christmas, Joe Walsh Christmas, Joe Walsh Controversy, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Tammy Duckworth, Joe Walsh, Joe Walsh Franking, Chicago News

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) on Monday made public his holiday wish: To wish his constituents "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hanukkah" in mail pieces and...

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2011 Workers Voice Awards Named, Signals Strong Year for Worker-Based Themes in Pop Culture

Wyatt Closs | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Peter Berg, Mike Ross, Workers, Dirty Jobs, Economics, Stone's Throw Records, A-Moment-in-the-Sun, John Sayles, Blowback Productions, Economy, Marc-Levin, Finn Ryan, Immigration, Awards, Music, Brian Grazer, Aloe Blacc, Workers Voice Awards, Craig Piligian, Parks and Recreation, Television, McSweeney's, Union Song, Greg Daniels, Wisconsin, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Books, Hbo, Economic Crisis, Michael Schur, I Need a Dollar, Tom Morello, Friday Night Lights, A Better Life, Award Season, Film, US Economy, Spiegel and Grau, Art, Work, Griftopia, Rolling Stone, Chris Weitz, Unions, Mike-Taibbi, Amy Poehler, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

Can a film about an immigrant father struggling to start a gardening business be a defining work of 2011? Yes. Who was best at amplifying workers' voi...

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PHOTOS: The Art Of Burning Man

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Black Rock City Art, Leo Villareal, Mike Ross, Burning Man Photography, Black Rock City Photos, Black Rock City, Burning Man Art, Burning Man Photos, Michael Holden, Playa Art, Burning Man, Playa Photos, Arts News

Each year, Burning Man's particular brand of industrial sculpture, free-form costumes and dusty nudity has made it a hotbed of unusual art. In past ye...

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Elise Foley

Dems Hold Fundraiser To Support Gabrielle Giffords

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Smith, Mike Ross, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Gabrielle Giffords Recovery, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Xavier Becerra, Gabrielle Giffords Senate, Steve Israel, Joseph Crowley, Gabrielle Giffords Reelection, Steny Hoyer, Gaby Giffords, Dccc, John Larson, Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords, Fundraising, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Jim Clyburn, Politics News

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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Can Progressives and Conservatives Agree on Health Care Reform?

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dogs, Mike Ross, Medicare for All, Public Option, Cbo, 2009 Obama Adminsitration, Politics News
Mike Lux

Open up the perfectly good public option we have -- Medicare -- to anyone. That would actually strengthen Medicare because younger, healthier people would be joining the risk pool.

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Clueless Industry Lobbyists

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Mike Ross, Medical Malpractice, Politics News
Mike Lux

Industry leaders oblivious to the harm people are suffering because of the messed up system should think a little more before they complain about attempts to reform the system for the better.

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Desperately Seeking Snowe

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Ross, Lobbyists, Corporate Lobbyists, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

While we've all been having an earnest debate about what should go in the bill and how it should get done, the real fight in Washington has been over who's going to get the corporate money.

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Mike Ross Defends Pharmacy Sale Amidst Investigation

Posted 05.25.2011

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This article was produced by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license....

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Mike Ross Sells Property To Campaign Contributor For "Eye-Popping" Sum

Posted 05.25.2011

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This story was produced by ProPublica under a Creative Commons license. Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross -- a Blue Dog Democrat playing a key role in the hea...

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Ryan Grim

Waffling Arkansas Dems Targeted On Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liberal bloggers are pressuring two Arkansas Democrats, Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Rep. Mike Ross, to back a public health insurance option as part of c...

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Rachel Weiner

Mike Ross Targeted For Health Care Industry Money (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Lessig's Change Congress is going after Blue Dog Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) for opposing a public health care option supported by his constituen...

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Baucus Co-Op Plan "Authored" By Ex-Insurance Industry VP

Campaign Silo | Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Mike Ross, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Lobbyists, Healthcare Cooperatives, Kent Conrad, PhRMA Lobby, Max Baucus, American Medical Association, Healthcare Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, Wellpoint, Politics News

When Max Baucus circulated his draft plan earlier this week, the PDF documentation page (image) indicates that the "author" was ex-Wellpoint VP Liz Fo...

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Public Option Likely Popular In Most Blue Dog Districts: Nate Silver

FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Ross, Jim Cooper, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, President Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Yesterday, Arkansas' Mike Ross, an influential Blue Dog Democrat, stated that he was opposed to a public option in the Democrats' health care reform p...

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Obama Healthcare Speech: How To Watch it

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Raul Grijalva, Mike Ross, Ben Nelson, Senior Citizens, Chuck Grassley, Public Option, Mike Enzi, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Mary Landrieu, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

In his speech to Congress at 8 p.m. Wednesday, President Obama will press his case for major health care legislation, not just with lawmakers in the a...

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Mike Ross Comes Out Against Public Option

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A leader of a pivotal group of moderate House Democrats says he can no longer support a new public insurance plan in a health overh...

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Top Blue Dog Boasts: "We Held Bill Hostage," Killed Single Payer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Ross on Thursday boasted about how his Blue Dog coalition "held the [health care] bill hostage in committee for 10 days" and prevented a sin...

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Blue Dog Leader: Bush Pioneered Socialized Medicine In U.S.

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was President George W. Bush who presided over the largest socialized expansion of government-supported healthcare, Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) asserte...

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American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stuart Whatley

Most police officers in America do not require greased-palms for their services. But if one wishes to attend a chicken cordon bleu dinner with Senator Max Baucus of Montana, it will cost him $10,000

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When "Yes We Can!" Meets "No We Won't!"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Mike Ross, Congress, Public Option, Republicans-Congress, Health Care Costs, Mortgage Servicers, George W. Bush, White Roofs, Democrats Congress, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Campaign Donations, Change, Tom Coburn, National-Coalition-on-Health-Care, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Banks, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

If the Democrats in Congress don't find a way to become co-advocates with the president on these important issues, their future political problems will be the least of it.

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Jeff Muskus

Blue Dogs Delay, Water Down House Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are celebrating their success in delaying a full floor vote on health care...

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No Floor Vote In House On Health Care Until September

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats say the full House won't vote on sweeping health care legislation until September. It's part of a three-way deal between...

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Ryan Grim

Blue Dog Health Care Back On -- For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health care reform negotiations in the House, which had collapsed in an acrimonious heap earlier Friday, are now back on. Two Democrats who had been...

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Salon: Blue Dogs Put Corporate Interests Over Party, Constituents

Salon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Pac, Mike Ross, Lobbyists, Billy Tauzin, Blue Dog Coalition, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Nobody could be better positioned than the Democrats who call themselves "Blue Dogs" to sabotage healthcare reform, the primary objective of their pre...

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The Fat Cats of Wall Street Want to Tax Your Health Care Benefits

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Mike Ross, William Greider, Wall Street, Tax, Blue Dogs, Millionaries, Public Option, Max Baucus, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Elk

When I heard Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), floating the idea of a tax on health benefits in order to raise revenue for health care reform, I was baffled; how could this be?

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