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U.S. House May Vote To Close Chicago Locks Due To Asian Carp

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A showdown is brewing in Congress over whether to close shipping locks in the Chicago area in hopes of keeping the enviro...

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As Senate Tables DREAM Act, Endangered Hunger Strikers Vow to Keep Pushing for Their Dream

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Biggers

University of Texas student Lucy Martinez watched from her wheelchair as the Senate moved to table the Dream Act today. The debilitated nineteen-year-old has passed the precarious 30-day mark of her hunger strike.

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Gun Violence Victims Deserve "Do Something" Congress

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Helmke

If there is one thing the new Congress and President Obama ought to agree on, it's that gun violence victims deserve their support, their leadership, and their determination.

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Rangel skates

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turning the Oil Spill into a Jobs Bill

Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wade Norris

Think about this: what if this oil spill, as tragic as it is, provides us with the wake up call about how we power our world?

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Armenia Genocide Resolution Approved: US House Panel Says Deaths Of Armenians Were Genocide

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Turkey, a key Muslim ally of the United States, angrily withdrew its U.S. ambassador Thursday after a congressional committee appro...

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Joe Wilson, Rob Miller House Race Is Among Best Financed

McClatchy | James Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Wilson and challenger Rob Miller raised more than $626,000 combined in the last quarter of 2009, sharply down from their third-...

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Mark Foley: Disgraced Former GOP Congressman Makes Radio Debut

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley began his new career on a Florida political talk radio, three years after a lurid scandal ru...

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Obama Presses Hard to Unite Dems on Healthcare and Slaps Down Republican "Demagoguery"

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ray Hanania

The President's speech was so powerful it probably sent many of the nation's health insurance industry robber barons into economic cardiac arrest.

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"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

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This Moment Screams for Boldness, Not Piddling Plans During Obama's First 100 Days

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

This moment during which the nation is suffering great economic peril pleads for political valor. This moment screams for boldness.

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Local House Members Want Revised Bailout Plan

Southtown Star | Elisabeth Kilpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the financial bailout package Monday, plenty of opposition came from the Southland's representatives, ...

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Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.

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