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Stand Up for Our Rights? (Repubs Flame Birth Control)

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 12.07.2011

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28 Republican Senators have written to protest that the HHS decision to cover contraception as a preventive health care service interferes with the constitutional right of your religious employer to dictate whether or not you use birth control.

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Friday Talking Points [169] -- Weiner Roast

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.11.2011

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Having just gotten back from a trip abroad where the news was dominated by the story of a politician facing severe consequences for his sexual misconduct, I opened up the pages of the American news to find... well, pretty much the same thing.

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My 2010 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Elizabeth Warren, Tea Party, Proposition 8, Mcconnell, Whitman, Reform, Mccain, Awards, China, Steele, Mitch McConnnell, Sarah Palin, Turncoat of the Year, Deficit, Warren, Enough Already, Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Halter, Chickens for Checkups, Turncoat, Health Care, Obamacare, Detroit, Christine Odonnell, Vat, Michael Steele, Bp, Miners, Condit, Democrat, Democrats, Election, Biden, Barack Obama, Assange, Erskine Bowles, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Bowles, Health, Best Comeback, Best of 2010, Coakley, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Worst Politician, Healthcare, Auto Industry, President, President Obama, Prop 8, John Boehner, 2010 Year End, Chandra Levy, Deficit Reduction, Obama, Democratic, Halter, Charlie Rangel, Wikileaks, Most Original Thinker, Vitter, Lieberman, Republican, Blagojevich, Pelosi, Mclaughlin, Clinton, Oil Spill, Gary Condit, Bummest Rap, Julian Assange, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Spillcam, Sue Lowden, Wall St, 2010 Roundup, Specter, Biggest Loser, Chile, Person of the Year, Most Boring, McLaughlin Group, Gay, Martha Coakley, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Beau Biden, Meg Whitman, Best Photo Op, Prop 19, Rangel, Biggest Winner, Wall Street, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Proposition 19, Palin, Best Politician, Gulf, Alan Simpson, Boehner, Fairest Rap, Meggles, 2010, Marijuana, Politics News

My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...

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Charlie Melancon, Louisiana Democrats Still Working To Inform Voters Of David Vitter's Prostitution Scandals (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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With time running out to make up a ten-point gap in the polls to incumbent Senator David Vitter (R-Louis.), Representative Charlie Melancon (D-Louis.)...