June 3, 2012

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Attorney General Eric Holder Reviewing NYPD Spying Complaints

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and PETE YOST | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Chris Christie, Video, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Rush Holt, Nypd Muslims, Mike Honda, Nypd Spying, Nypd Spying on Mosques, Justice Department, Eric Holder, New York News

WASHINGTON — Months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the ...

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Oh, Newt. Newt, Newt, Newt. Seriously?

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Science Debate, Newt Gingrich 2012, Rush Holt, Antiscience, Anti-Science, Science Debate 2012, Stem Cell Research, Newt Gingrich, Science Debate 2008, Republicans, Politics News

A man who worked to double research funding at the NIH now equates microscopic, invisible, frozen specks of cells with "children." Even cultural conservatives should see that as a manipulative bit of oratorical prestidigitation.

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Quitting Time? Bipartisan Lawmakers Push Obama To Leave Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.09.2011

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers is the latest to demand the United States leave Afghanistan, raising the pressure on President Bar...

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White House, Dems Tell GOP Not To Play Politics With Debt Ceiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.11.2011

WASHINGTON -- The White House and Congressional Democrats are urging House Republicans to support a "clean" bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling ra...

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Dem Rep. Hopes Senate Won't Block His Military Suicide Prevention Act For The Third Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the National Guard and Army Reserve grapple with an increasing number of suicides amongst members, Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) reintroduc...

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Congressman Conquers 'Watson' On 'Jeopardy!'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) did Monday night what two of the most renowned champions of "Jeopardy!" couldn't -- he conquered "Watson," an IBM supercomput...

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House Approves Bill With Massive Spending Cuts After All-Night Session

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATED*** WASHINGTON - After an all-night session, House Republicans early Saturday morning passed legislation that would slash $60 billion in ...

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Republican Amendment Would Strip Funds For Obama 'Czars,' Plus Elizabeth Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Neugebauer, Budget, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Regulation, Cr, Defund, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rush Holt, Continuing Resolution, Cfpb, Deregulation, Banks, Jo Ann Emerson, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are ramping up efforts to hamstring the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. One key amendment to the GOP's 2011 ...

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Military Suicide Prevention Act Stripped From Defense Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Military Suicides, Military Suicide, Sen. John McCain, Mental Health, Defense Authorization, Rush Holt, National Defense Authorization Act, Suicide Prevention, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In 2008, a young sergeant named Coleman S. Bean took his life. After completing his first tour of duty in Iraq, he had come home an...

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Obama's Support For Unlimited Oil Spill Liability May Not Include BP: Congressman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rush Holt, Oil Spill Liability, White House Oil Spill, Holt Bp, Obama Bp, Bp Liability, Rush Holt Obama, Obama Oil Spill, Politics News

Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a...

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It Takes a Rocket Scientist?

Debra Eschmeyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rocket Science, Rush Holt, Farm to School, Child Nutrition Act, School Lunch, Food News

For years I have been saying that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to support Farm to School because of its common sense solution to serving local h...

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Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Obama Administration, President Obama, Union of Concerned Scientists, Scientists, Inauguration, Rush Holt, 100 Days, Obama's First 100 Days, Obama 100 Day, Obama Science, Politics News

There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.

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Did NSA Illegally Wiretap A Scholar? Congressional Panel Wants To Know

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, National Security Agency Wiretapping, NSA Wiretapping, Rush Holt, Muslim Scholar Wiretapped, Wiretapping, Home News

WASHINGTON -- A Congressional oversight panel plans to ask the National Security Agency to start an investigation into new evidence that the agency il...

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Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!

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Congressman Calls For Special Counsel Over CIA Tapes

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CIA Terror Interrogation Tapes Destroyed, Enhanced Interrogations, Mukasey Torture, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogations, Attorney General Mukasey, Missing CIA Torture Tapes, Rush Holt, Michael Mukasey, Torture, Politics News

Someone call Patrick Fitzgerald. Today Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) sent a letter to Attorney General Mukasey requesting the immediate appointment of a speci...

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