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House Republicans Oppose Bill That Would Help Low-Income Moms Stay Home Like Ann Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans emphatically agree with Mitt Romney that stay-at-home moms work just as hard as anybody in the workforce. But when it ...

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'Tea Party 10' Targeted In Multi-Million Dollar Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A liberal super PAC is set Monday to launch what it is billing as a multimillion dollar campaign to "Take Down the Tea Party Ten." Th...

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Labor Union Targets Vulnerable Republicans In Ads

The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One of the nation's largest labor unions, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, will begin the airing an ad...

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GOP Lawmakers Sent Grudging Welcome To Labor Day Parade

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A group of Wisconsin union officials has reversed its decision barring GOP politicians from marching in a local Labor Day parade, saying...

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GOP Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A group of Wisconsin union officials has voted to ban Republican politicians from a local Labor Day parade, underscoring how partisan th...

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GOP Rep: Pay 'Not So Much'

The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.26.2011

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau the median household income in 2009 was $49,177, almost $98,000 less than what a member of the House of Representa...

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Is Enforcement Bad for Business, Mr. Banker? Boehner's Boys'll Fix That for Ya, Permanent-Like

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.21.2011

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H.R. 1315 passed yesterday on the one-year anniversary of Dodd/Frank's passage. It turns out that the House Republicans don't just have a droll sense of humor. They're sentimental, too.

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Progressive Groups Launch 11th Hour Debt Ceiling Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a sign of where politics currently stand on a vote to raise the debt ceiling, two progressive-leaning groups are launching a new ad c...

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GOP Congressman Afraid To Openly Criticize Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While criticism of the war in Afghanistan has slowly been building since Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan, some Republicans are still...

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Should Members of Congress With Shoddy Finances Lecture Us on Fiscal Responsibility?

Keli Goff | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Sean Duffy, Newt Gingrich, Government Shutdown, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News

Like Newt Gingrich, and others criticized President Clinton for an affair, despite having their own, some conservatives lecture us on our lack of financial discipline when they are not fiscal role models themselves.

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The Vicious Left-Wing Media Attack on Sean Duffy

Randy Turner | Posted 06.01.2011

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Sympathizing with Duffy's plight, I dropped in to see him earlier this week. "Whenever someone as noble as you gets into office," I told him, "they immediately start trying to tear you down."

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The Psychometer: Who's Gone Too Far This Week?

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 06.01.2011

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Our engineers have carefully pinpointed the craziest figures in the news this week. Take a look at the Psychometer and let us know if you agree. ...

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House Republicans Amplify Attacks On Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...

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GOP Congressman Goes Off Message On Health Care Repeal

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is interesting on a couple of levels. First, it suggests that some Republicans are aware of the pitfalls of voting just to repeal the bill withou...

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SLUMBER PARTY: One-Fifth Of House Freshmen Sleep In Offices

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011

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(CBS) By Phil Hirschkorn & Wyatt Andrews WASHINGTON - Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg considers sleeping in his Capitol Hill office a luxury. ...

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Freshmen Politicians Arriving With Questions

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Where to live? Whom to hire? What's a voting card – and where are the bathrooms? More than 100 members of Congress arrive in ...

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Who's The Hottest Freshman In Congress?

The Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

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Update: The winner has been announced, and it's Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD). Previously: Now that the new representatives and senators of ...

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Former Bush Pioneers Quietly Form Political Group Investing In Midwest Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A political group based in Chicago known as the New Prosperity Foundation is attempting to help elect Republicans in the Midwest, attracting the suppo...

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When Will the Hasans Get Their $300K Back?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalists may not like to think of themselves as grade-school teachers for public officials and candidates, but they often serve this function.

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Sean Duffy, Former MTV 'Real World' Castmember, Pursues Bid For Wisconsin Congressional Seat

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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If there truly is a successful political mold, Sean Duffy, a Republican primary candidate for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, wouldn't appear ...

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Petroleum Club and McInnis Disagree on Canceled News Conference

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalists should tell us when a political candidate doesn't show up for a scheduled news conference, and they should try to find out if the explanation given for the absence is accurate.

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Where Are McInnis' Writings About Colorado Water Issues?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

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What did Scott McInnis write during his $150,000 fellowship with the Hasan Family Foundation?

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Sean Duffy: Reality TV Actor Running For Congress Against David Obey

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many Americans were first introduced to the now ubiquitous reality format when MTV's "The Real World" first aired in 1992. Eighteen years later, the s...

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Scott McInnis' New Look Was Advise From

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.25.2011

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An appearance coach who has worked with dozens of celebrities told Republican Scott McInnis to lose the mustache and the John Denver-style glasses. ...

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Josh Penry, Bill Ritter Tout Third Quarter Fund-Raising Efforts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott McInnis, Josh Penry, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor, 2010 Elections, Andrew Romanoff, Jane Norton, Michael Bennet, Sean Duffy, David Kenney, Elections 2010, Denver News

Update: From the AP: Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis says he raised nearly $550,000 for his gubernatorial campaign in the latest quarter, topping th...

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