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Sam Stein

Dems Accuse GOP Of 'Enron-Type Accounting' And Assaults On CBO

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats, removed from their rhetorical shackles by the coming Republican control of the House, are accusing the GOP of r...

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Sam Stein

David Axelrod: No 'Major Changes' To Tax Cut Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Sunday continued to hold firm on the idea that its framework for a deal on the expiring Bush tax cuts could ...

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Sam Stein

Van Hollen To White House: We're Not Bluffing On Estate Tax

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the incoming ranking member of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief negotiators of a deal to re...

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Sam Stein

Van Hollen Makes Play For Budget Committee, Eying Showdown With Paul Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Soon-to-be former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) formally announced on Wednesday that he is m...

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Democrats Threaten To Cut Off Funding To Weak Candidates

Politico | Alex Isenstadt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen sent a cold-blooded message Friday to under-performing party candidates: Get you...

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Sam Stein

DCCC Chair: Dems Will Pound GOP On Social Security, Keep Retirement Age In Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facing a historically difficult electoral landscape, Democratic leadership is planning to reconfigure its message by focusing on what the election cou...

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Sam Stein

Rep. Van Hollen: GOP Pulling Wool Over Tea Party's Eyes On Campaign Finance Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking the day after passing sweeping campaign finance legislation through the House of Representatives, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) scoffed at th...

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Sam Stein

DISCLOSE Act Authors: This Is Tougher On NRA Than Status Quo

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an effort to push new campaign finance legislation through the House of Representatives, defenders of the bill are reasserting the argument that it...

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Sam Stein

Van Hollen: DISCLOSE Act Obituaries 'Very, Very Premature'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Reporting by Arthur Delaney Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said on Friday that any obituaries being written about his push for new campaign fina...

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Democrats Preparing Election-Year Fight To Take Down Citizens United Ruling

The Hill | Russell Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Legislation that aims to counteract the landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing corporate and union campaign spending could be introduced by the end of...

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Friday Talking Points [124] -- How's That Libertarian Thingie Workin' Out For Ya?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

We certainly have a lot of ground to cover this week, so let's dig right in. I'd like to start with a declaration, though: Bristol Palin is now fair g...

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Sam Stein

Top Dems Suggest Tea Party Might Be More Bark Than Bite

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top Democrats at the various campaign committees are expressing more and more confidence that they can overcome the wave of anti-government populist s...

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Dems Hit Back, Blame Bush For Failed Terror Policies

Hotline On Call | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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As GOPers begin increasingly using the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner to score political points, 2 Dems are blaming the Bush admin for ...

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Jeff Muskus

Waxman Gives GOP One More Day To Stall On Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henry Waxman has had just about enough. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's climate-change bill has been besieged by hundreds of (mostly Republi...

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