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Obama Weekly Radio Address: What Still Needs To Be Done (VIDEO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Soldiers, Congress, Republican Address, Economic Crisis, Thanksgiving, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Obama Thanksgiving Radio Address, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this...

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Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance

Jeff Cohen | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Congress, Rahm Emanuel, Nafta, Afghanistan, Republicans, Politics News
Jeff Cohen

From the stimulus to health care, Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives on his way to corrupt legislation and frantic efforts to compromise for the votes of corporate Democrats or "moderate" Republicans.

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Maxine Waters Blasts NFL

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.25.2009 | Sports

Read More: Pension, Commissioner, Congress, Jim Brown, Roger Goodell, Football, Concussions, Concussion, Nfl, Commissioner Goodell, Maxine Waters, Retired Player Benefits, Brain Diseases, Health Care Reform, Bank, Disability, House Ethics Committee, Health Care, Sports News
Graham Bensinger

Congresswoman Maxine Waters recently joined me on my radio show. The interview was primarily focused on the NFL Congressional Hearing and her questioning Commissioner Roger Goodell. See what she said.

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Selling Out in Congress

Adam Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gaza, Goldstone Report, Palestine, Israel, Tom Perriello, Congress, Richard Goldstone Gaza, Palestinians, Perriello, Politics News
Adam Shapiro

My old friend Tom Perriello, I am afraid, has become like so many of his colleagues, a mere tool of a hard-right AIPAC agenda that has no business dictating American policy, as it did with the Goldstone resolution.

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By Sending More Troops To Afghanistan, Obama Will Enable The GOP's Revival

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan Escalation, Intervention, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

Republicans are poised to cement their complete opposition to everything Obama and reap a huge political win by twisting their political principles to oppose further escalation of troops in Afghanistan.

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Andrew Ross Sorkin: Limits On The Fed Could Have Unintended Consequences

nytimes.com | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Congress, Senate, Fiscal Policy, Ron Paul, Business News

Representative Ron Paul of Texas won committee approval of a far-reaching amendment that would give Congress vast new authority over the Federal Reser...

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A Roadmap For 2010 DADT Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Sen. Carl Levin, Joseph Rocha, President Obama, National Security Council Advisor Gen. James Jones, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, Rep. Patrick Murphy, Afghanistan, Congress, Iraq, Sen. John McCain, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

President Obama has said he would sign legislation overturning the ban on gays in the military. Here's a roadmap to make sure that happens in 2010.

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Voters Are Turning Up The Heat While Congress Struggles To Understand

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Health Care Bill, Senate, 2010, 2010 Election, Voters, Beck, Congress, Obama, Tea Party, Palin, Republicans, Independent Voters, Politics News
Jennifer Donahue

When members of the House and Senate return home, they will probably face the wrath they did last summer in town hall meetings. It is not anger aimed towards one party, or one president.

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Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Pot Committed, All In, 2010 Election, Dr Dean, Poker, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Majority, Democratic Party, Republican, Dean, Approval Ratings, Howard Dean, 2010, Expectations, Pre-Existing, Midterms, Health Care, Reid, President-Obama Barack-Obama, House, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Election, Midterm Elections, Chris Weigant, Midterm, Health, Party, Health Care Reform, Political Capital, Harry Reid, Bill, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.

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Health Insurance For Dummies!

Richard Walden | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcarecosts, Congress, Republicans, Blue Shield, National Health Insurance, Scared Democrats, Politics News
Richard Walden

If the current legislation fails to curb costs or vastly increase access to care, it should be scrapped and a full on national, or even state by state, health care plan substituted in its place.

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How Serious Is Our National Debt?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: China, Japan, National Debt, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Stimulus Package, Ronald Reagan, The Economist, Debt Percentage, Obama Administration, Congress, Obama, Gdp, Business News
Patrick Takahashi

The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!

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US Facing Waves Of Debt Payments

New York Times | EDMUND L. ANDREWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Debt, Congress, Federal Deficit, Social Security, Obama, Debt Payments, Babyboombers, Borrowing, National Debt, White House, Fed, Treasury, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.'s on terms that seem too good to be...

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Whack-A-Mole Security: Bad Policy, Bad Legislation

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Government, Software, Congress, P2p, Technology, Legislation, Computers, Ethics, Technology News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Peer-to-peer software, by itself, did not cause the confidential Congressional document to be leaked to the press. Certainly people are not perfect and some data breaches will still occur even with better policies and technology.

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Scientists: The Nukes Are Alright

Joe Cirincione | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Congress, Strategic Posture Commission Report, Department of Defense, Jon Kyl, President Clinton, Test Ban Treaty, United States, World News
Joe Cirincione

In a blow to the far-right, the premier scientific panel advising the Defense Department has concluded that U.S. nuclear weapons don't need new tests or new designs.

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Where Are The Shareholders?

Norman Goldman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Say on Pay, Gramm, Tort Reform, Bailout, Wall Street, Corporation, Shareholder, Congress, Bonuses, Tarp, Business News
Norman Goldman

We need corporate reform by way of requiring all shareholders to approve all pay of all executives at all publicly traded corporations. Only then will this looting insanity end.

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Ryan Grim

Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Congress, Alan Grayson, Politics News

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Comm...

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Congress Rocks

Jim Jaffe | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Congress, Economy, Health Care Reform, Deregulation, Regulation, Global Warming, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Jim Jaffe

Congress is moving at a pace that can fairly be characterized as astonishingly fast to slash the number of Americans who lack health insurance by more than half.

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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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The Conflict Minerals Trade Act

David Sullivan | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Cell Phones, Laptops, House of Representatives, Video, Senate, Congress, Consumer Electronics, Jim McDermott, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Enough Project, Bipartisanship, Center for American Progress, World News
David Sullivan

The introduction of the Conflict Minerals Trade Act means Congo activists have bipartisan legislation percolating in the Capitol, which could cut armed groups and rights abusers out of the supply chain for our cell phones and laptops.

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With Harvard's Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of Jail

Ari Melber | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Berkman Center, Congress, Jay Rosen, Harvard, Media, Shield Law, Media News
Ari Melber

Tt just got a little easier out here for a blogger. The smart folks at Harvard's Citizen Media Law Project are launching a program of free legal services for online and citizen media.

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Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Keith Bradsher, Cap and Trade, Russ Choma, President Obama, Washington D.C., Renewable Energy, Usw, Blue Green Alliance, Obama, Congress, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Iberdrola, China, Stimulus, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Unemployment, Fossil Fuels, Buy American, Windmills, New York Times, Republicans, Windmill Farm, Green Energy, Green News
Leo W. Gerard

Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.

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Cartoon: Iceberg Dead Ahead!

Shan Wells | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Abortion, Congress, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Democrates, Obama Health Care, Denver, Barack Obama, Sentate, House, White House, Insurance, Abortion Laws, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, Denver News
Shan Wells

I wonder if electing a pack of blue dogs in order to gain a "majority" was worth the now very real risk that the party will chew itself to pieces via stubborn ideological bickering.

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The Change We Deserve

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: MIchael Barone, Bob Mcdonnell, 2009 Election, Doug Hoffman, ED Hill, Ibew, Employee Free Choice Act, Bill Owens, Afl-Cio, Club for Growth, Ny-23, Congress, Conservative Party, Unions, Dede Scozzafava, Politics News
Edwin D. Hill

It didn't take long for the anti-worker far right to try to spin the results of the 2009 elections as a mandate for their pro-corporate agenda.

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Latinos Poised to Shake Up 2010 Census, Politicians Beware

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Census, Immigration Reform, Congress, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Janet Napolitano, Immigration, Demographics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Frank Sharry

The 2010 Census will have a profound effect on the U.S. political landscape. An astonishing number of states will owe new Congressional seats, in large part, to their new Latino constituents.

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