Walt Minnick

Arthur Delaney

Dems Who Voted Against Unemployment Benefits Soon To Be Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heath Shuler, Unemployment, Jim Cooper, Brian Baird, Walt Minnick, Mario Berry, Mike Mcintyre, Lame Duck Session, Gabrielle Giffords, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Those who wanted Congress to reauthorize extended unemployment insurance this summer often assumed that Democrats who opposed the benefi...

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Immigration Insider | 2 Weeks Out: With Interest In Voting Up, Ads Tell Nevada Latinos "Don't Vote"

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, Immigration Reform, Latino Decisions, Immigration Politics, Univision, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Joe Miller, Sharron Angle, Joe Arpaio, Harry Reid, Immigration, Gotv, David Vitter, Elections 2010, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Check out America's Voice new weekly resource, "Immigration Insider," which takes an in-depth look at immigration politics, leading up to the Novemb...

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Jason Linkins

Walt Minnick, Idaho Democrat, Goes After His Opponent On Immigration

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, 2010 Elections, Campaign Ads, Immigration, Idaho Congressional Races, Eat the Press, Campaign Adwatch, Raul Labrador, Video, Idaho 2010 Election, Tea Party, Tea Party Express, Elections 2010, Politics News

Pop quiz, everyone! It's September, 2010, and the midterm elections loom in the distance. A candidate running for the House of Representatives cuts ...

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Sam Stein

Rep. Walt Minnick, Lone Dem Endorsed By Tea Party, Rejects Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Racism, Walt Minnick, Naacp, Tea Party, Tea Party Protests, Tea Party Endorsement, National Tea Party Federation, Naacp Tea Party Racism, Tax Day Tea Parties, Tea Party Idaho, Mark Williams, Tea Party Express, Walt Minnick Tea Party, Video, Politics News

The one Democratic member of Congress endorsed by the Tea Party Express formally rejected the endorsement on Monday, citing disgust with a satirical, ...

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Sam Stein

Walt Minnick Tea Party Endorsement: Minnick Campaign Accepts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Protests, Tea Party Express, Tea Party, Walt Minnick, Tea Party Endorsement, Walt Minnick Tea Party, Tea Party Idaho, Eat the Press, Politics News

Congratulations to Representative Walt Minnick (D-Idaho), because you are the King Of Tea Party Bipartisan Cover!

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Vaughn Ward, Palin-Endorsed Congressional Candidate, Loses GOP Primary In Idaho

AP | JESSIE L. BONNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vaughn Ward, Sarah Palin, Idaho, 2010 Election, Vaughn Ward Palin, Palin Endorsement, Raul Labrador, Walt Minnick, Tea Party, Politics News

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho state Rep. Raul Labrador won the Republican nomination Tuesday in the state's nationally targeted 1st Congressional Distric...

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Ryan Grim

Minnick Waiting For Final Step In Health Care Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Idaho Democrat, Walt Minnick, President Obama, Politics News

With President Obama forging ahead on health care reform, the moment of truth is arriving for wavering Democrats who would prefer that the issue just ...

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Idaho Delegation Forgets the Invisible Hand

Walid Zafar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, Potato Farmers, Potatoes, Butch Otter, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Idaho-Politics, Mike Crapo, Mike Simpson, Idaho, Jim-Risch, Politics News
Walid Zafar

When their own constituents are in need, the Idaho Congressional delegation abandons Friedrich von Hayek and head straight to the waiting arms of John Maynard Keynes.

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Cantor & Nazism; H1N1 & Wall Street; Billionaires for Wealthcare

Mike Stark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, Billionaires for Wealthcareksters, Walt Minnick, Bobby Bright, John Shaddegg, Peter DeFazio, Swine Flu, Politics News
Mike Stark

I spent the day on the Hill interviewing Representatives about Wall Street and how they were able to jump the line to get the H1N1 flu vaccine before pregnant women and children.

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Car Dealers Exempt From New Consumer Protection Agency

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, White House, National Automobile Dealers Association, North Dakota, Congress, California, Mike Castle, John Campbell, President Obama, Cfpa, Cars, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Mississippi, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Delaware, Travis Childers, House Financial Services Committee, Business News
Steve Parker

The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.

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Ryan Grim

Frank Bites Back, Demands Retraction Of Blue Dog Comments In Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retraction, Walt Minnick, Council, Barney Frank, Recession, Larry Summers, Reform, Regulation, Community Banks, Blue Dog Coalition, Wall Street, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Services Committee, Politico, Blue Dogs, Banks, Economy, Politics News

Backers of President Obama's cornerstone financial regulatory reform proposal pushed back Monday against the Blue Dog Coalition, which is promoting a ...

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Blue Dogs Aim To Scrap Obama's Financial Product Safety Commission

Politico | Victoria McGrane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dogs, Obama Wall Street, Product Safety Commissin, Obama Wall Street Regulation, Wall Street Regulation, Walt Minnick, Financial Product Safety Commission, Politics News

Blue Dogs and other conservative Democrats -- uneasy with a key element of President Barack Obama's plan to regulate Wall Street -- are rallying aroun...

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Idaho Turns A Little Bit Blue

Daily Kos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Sali, House Races, Idaho, Walt Minnick, Politics News

Congratulations to Walt Minnick, flipping a seat that has been in Republican hands for the past 14 years in a state that has been as unfriendly to Dem...

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2008 Idaho CD-01 General Election:
Sali (R-i) vs Minnick (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2008, Active, Bill Sali, General, House, Walt Minnick, Pollster, Politics News

ID-01: Sali vs Minnick

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Republicans No Longer Have Lock On Idaho

WS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democrats 2008 Election, Walt Minnick, Idaho 2008 Election, Idaho First District, Bill Sali, 50 State Strategy, Democrats Idaho, Idaho House Races, 2008 Red States, Red to Blue, 2008 Election, Politics News

Bill Sali is defying the political odds by making Idaho's first-district congressional race competitive. That isn't good for Mr. Sali: He is the incum...

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