Sheldon Whitehouse

John McCain's New Institute Launching Today

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Mark Udall, Leadership, John McCain, Sheldon Whitehouse, Joseph Lieberman, Asu, David Petraeus, Cindy McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Carl Levin, Foreign Policy, Politics News

McCain and a bipartisan group of supporters are punctuating the start of a new university-based institute committed to the leadership principles John McCain exhibited and encouraged, particularly in young people.

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Citizens United II: Sens. McCain And Whitehouse Slam Supreme Court Decision, Super PACs

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Super Pac, US Supreme Court, Karl Rove, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Citizens United, Priorities USA, Crossroads GPS, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Montana Supreme Court, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, American-Tradition-Partnership, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In an all-out broadside against the current state of campaign finance, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submi...

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Buffett Rule Battle Begins With Vote Expected To Fail

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell Buffett Rule, Obama Buffett Rule, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Buffett Rule Senate, Elections 2012, Chuck Schumer Buffett Rule, Buffett Rule, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Both sides drew sharp partisan lines Monday over the Buffett Rule tax for millionaires, setting up what is almost certainly going to be ...

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The Buffett Rule: Your Straight Deal on Taxes

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Fair Share of Taxes, Tax Fairness, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ronald Reagan, Paying a Fair Share, Fair-Share, President Obama, Millionaires, Warren Buffett, Rhode Island, Billionaires, Buffett Rule, Congress, 112th Congress, Politics News

If the American people make their voices heard and put enough pressure on Congress, we can restore fairness in our economic system, do what's right for the middle class, and show that Congress can stand up to special interests.

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Romney Will Be 'Buffet Rule' Ally, Dems Predict

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tax Fairness, Tammy Baldwin, Democrats Buffett Rule, Warren Buffett, Buffett Rule, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats predicted on Thursday that the GOP would cave on the so-called Buffett Rule and pass a tax hike targeted at people who earn mo...

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The Buffett Rule: It's About Restoring Tax Fairness

Tammy Baldwin | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Wisconsin Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tammy Baldwin Senate, Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama, Tammy Baldwin, President Obama, Warren Buffett, Barack Obama, Buffett Rule, Taxes, Video, Tax Code, Income Inequality, Millionaires Tax, Politics News

It may surprise a lot of people to find Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Sheldon Whitehouse and I on the same side of anything. But with an issue like this that makes so much sense the real question is, why does today's right wing disagree?

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Senate Introduces Targeted DISCLOSE Act Today

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Super Pac, John McCain, Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Citizens United, DISCLOSE Act, Disclose Act Debate, Disclose Act Decision, Campaign 2012, Disclose Act Senate Vote, Election 2012, Politics News

Senator Whitehouse was joined by approximately 35 of his Democratic colleagues on legislation that has been described as a pure disclosure and disclaimer bill, with none of the controversial provisions that caused the DISCLOSE Act to fail in the Senate by one vote in 2010.

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Return Of Disclose Act Would Force Vote On Secret Slush Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, 2012 Election, Disclosure, Elections 2012, Citizens United, Fundraising, Campaign Finance, DISCLOSE Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are setting up a showdown with Republicans on the issue of unlimited secret campaign donations, proposing new rules tha...

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6 Months Later, What Has The Occupy Movement Achieved?

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Dexter Johnson, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Andrew Cuomo, David Soares, Video, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Sheldon Whitehouse, Nathan I. Kleinman, Gerald Jennings, Allyson Schwartz, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Seth Larson, Brigitte Walker, Business News

NEW YORK — As spring approaches, Occupy Wall Street protesters who mostly hibernated all winter are beginning to stir with plans for renewed dem...

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WATCH: GOPer And Son Give Awkward Fox News Interview

The Huffington Post | Adam Goldberg | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: U.S. Senate, Senate, Hudson Hinckley, Congress, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Fox News, Senator-Sheldon-Whitehouse, Neil Cavuto, Rhode Island, Barry Hinckley, Politics News

Barry Hinckley, a Rhode Island Republican mounting a challenge to Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, had an awkward Fox News interview alongside h...

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The Warm War

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Berlin Wall, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, American Petroleum Institute, Citizens Climate Lobby, Steve Valk, Sheldon Whitehouse, Obama Climate Change, Green News

By giving a rousing "State of the Climate Address," Obama would draw a line in the sand between reason and recklessness, a line between concerned mothers and the Koch brothers.

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Dems: Investigate Rove's Secret Money Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- Seven Democratic senators sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calling for an investigation into social welfare nonprofit...

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Senate Democrats To Push 'Buffett Rule' Bill This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Whitehouse, Fiscal Affairs, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Millionaire, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Warren Buffett, Millionaires Tax, Millionaire Tax, Buffett Rule, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) announced Monday that he will unveil "Buffett Rule" legislation this week. President Barack Obama high...

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Auction 2012: How The Bank Lobby Owns Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Financial Services, Auction 2012, Lobbying, Lobbyists, ATM Fees, Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Credit Card Rates, Bernie Sanders, Big Banks, Cramdown, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bank Lobby, Banks, Financial Crisis, American Bankers Association, Brad Miller, Politics News

Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. When Washington puts policy on the auction bl...

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Video: Franken and Whitehouse School Congress on Climate Change

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Congress, Sheldon Whitehouse, Climate Deniers, Al Franken, Civics Education, Science, Climate Change, Science Education, Video, Green News

"As a society, we have to understand that science is a way of understanding the truth about the way things actually are in the physical world independent of how we wish they would be," Sen. Al Franken said.

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Franken, Whitehouse Expose Climate Deniers on Senate Floor

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Phil Jones, Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Mann, Al Franken, Antiscience, Science, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, George C. Marshall Institute, Heartland Institute, Green News

The U.S. was founded by scientists, based in large part on the principles of science. So it is shocking to see mainstream politicians denying the validity of science for political reasons, practice long associated with authoritarian regimes.

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America Must Not Back Down on Sustainable Energy

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Senator Whitehouse, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, John Kerry, Senator Boxer, Bernie Sanders, Senator Sanders, Senator Kerry, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solyndra, Politics News

It is time to put in place stable, long-term policies to support these critical industries. Rather than fight to turn one energy company's demise into partisan points, it is time to point the way towards our energy future -- so that all Americans win.

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Constitutional Amendment Targets Citizens United Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Campaign Finance Reform, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Constitutional Amendment, Occupy Wall Street, Senate Democrats, Citizens United, Citizens United Constitutional Amendment, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court may treat corporations like people who can spend whatever they want on elections, but the American people don't have t...

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'Green News Report' - October 25, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Floods, Fracking, Australia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Regulation, Green News Report, Fda, Pollution, Coal, Rick Perry, Pipeline, Fail, Oil Spill, Conservatives, Fracking; Hydraulic Fracturing, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Arctic, Texas, Sheldon Whitehouse, Rand Paul, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Water, Mining, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Herman Cain, Green News, Koch Industries, Fox News, Natural Gas, International Energy Agency, Endangered Species, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Food Recall, Extreme Weather, China, Green News

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

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'Green News Report' - October 20, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.20.2011

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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: EPA, 'gre...

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Fighting for Pell Grants

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Supercommittee, Education, Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island, Pell Grants, Pell Grant Funding, Pell Grant Budget, Politics News

As the Congressional "supercommittee" prepares to recommend significant budget cuts this fall, there may be a fight for the future of Pell Grant.

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Salazar Promotes Offshore Wind

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Lincoln Chafee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Alternative Energy, Department of Interior, Offshore Wind Farm, Rhode Island, Ken Salazar, National Renewable Energy Lab, Jack Reed, Green News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced the federal government will move forward with plans to accept applications to...

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama's Fourteenth Option

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Social Security, 14th Amendment, White House, Debt, President Obama, Impeachment, Public Debt, Obama, Unitary Executive, Governor, Republican, Negotiations, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Mark Dayton, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Constitutional Crisis, Millionaires, Democrat, Congress, Minnesota, Democrats, Barack Obama, Silly Season, Debt Ceiling, Transparency, Sheldon Whitehouse, Constitution, Mddotw, Tax, Rumors, Republicans, Friday Talking Points, Senate, Politics News

The silly season has come early to Washington, it seems. The root cause is a simple fact of American politics these days -- sometimes, there just can't be transparency.

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A President On the Verge of a Political Breakdown

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Social Security, Austan Goolsbee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Eric Kingson, Strenthen Social Security, Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama, Chained CPI, Ed Schultz, Paul Krugman, Nate Silver, Politics News

The president and his team have a clear choice: They can either retreat from this position and fight aggressively for Social Security and other popular programs, or they can stake his re-election on a misguided roll of the dice.

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Friday Talking Points [170] -- Newt Loses Two, Huntsman Gains An "H"

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2011

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John Huntsman... whoops, took that from their own campaign materials, sorry... let's start over... Jon Huntsman announced he was running for president, to a giant collective yawn outside the Beltway.

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