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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Kansas Republicans Should Heed Bob Dole's Advice

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas Republican Party, Kansas, Todd Tiahrt, Bob Dole, Sam Brownback, Kansas Democratic Party, Health Reform, Lynn Jenkins, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Bob Dole said today that the GOP needed get on board and stop fighting health insurance reform. Republicans must follow his advice, or continue down the path of no results, no leadership, and nothing but no.

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Brownback's Approval Rating Tanks (Again!) in September

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Kansas Republicans, Kansas, Sam Brownback, Kansas Democrats, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Kansas Democrats have an incredible opportunity to both retain the Governor's office and provide a clear, stable alternative to Senator Brownback's brand of extremism.

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VIDEO: Kansans Laugh at Rep. Tiahrt's Health Reform Lies

Mike Nellis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas Republican Party, Kansas, Sam Brownback, Todd Tiahrt, Kansas Democratic Party, Dennis-Moore, Pat Roberts, Lynn Jenkins, Politics News
Mike Nellis

It's been a barrel of laughs this summer for Kansas Republicans. However, instead of Rep. Lynn Jenkins laughing at uninsured constituents, we find v...

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Brownback Says What?

Mike Nellis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kansas, Sam Brownback, Kansas Democratic Party, Climate Change, Cap and Trade, Clean-Energy-Jobs, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, Green Energy, Alternative Energy Jobs, Politics News
Mike Nellis

Yesterday, Sen. Sam Brownback (R) had a bit of a problem while addressing the KS Chamber of Commerce. Turns out, whomever wrote his speech left out a crucial element: the facts!

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, John McCain, Mary Landrieu, Sarah Palin, Sam Brownback, Home News
Arianna Huffington

Following in the hoofsteps of President Bush's 2006 State of the Union call to fight the creation of "human-animal hybrids", Sen. Sam Brownback this week introduced legislation outlawing "part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between species." The bill has 20 co-sponsors, all but one of them -- Mary Landrieu -- Republicans. Minotaurs, centaurs, mermaids, and satyrs everywhere vowed to vote Democrat. No word on whether Michael Steele plans to woo these diverse human-animal populations with a combination of fried-chicken, potato salad, and young men from Athens (reportedly the Minotaur's favorite). Elsewhere, John McCain delivered the most dizzying quote of the week, spinning Sarah Palin's resignation thusly: "I don't think she quit. I think she changed her priorities."

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This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Beck, Brooks, And More!

Paul Slansky | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Week in Review, Pat Buchanan, Glenn Beck, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Sam Brownback, Comedy News
Paul Slansky

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

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Jason Linkins

Brownback And Landrieu Introduce Bill To Ban Mermaids

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cells, Mermaids, Mary Landrieu, Idiots, Human-Animal-Hybrids, Sam Brownback, Politics News

Great news, everyone! At some point last week, Senators Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) must have finished fighting all the terrorist...

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We Need a Strategy, Not a Silver Bullet, to Stop the LRA

Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Resolve-Uganda, Uganda, Senator Russ Feingold, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Jim McGovern, Sam Brownback, Enough Project, World News
Sen. Russ Feingold

The Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda has forcibly abducted tens of thousands of children to fill their ranks as soldiers and sex slaves. Until recently, the international community has paid little attention.

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Is Congress Driving Drunk?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Sam Brownback, Ugly Betty, Judd Gregg, Dancing With the Stars, Auto Industry, Cars, Politics News
Ashley Rindsberg

Unless urgent action is taken a sensible, environmentally responsible, and economically meaningful piece of legislation will be sunk by a procedural rule.

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Congo Violence Fueled By Common Material In Cell Phones, Laptops

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Laptop, Cell Phones, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Human Rights, Congo Militias, Coltan, Foreign Affairs, Dick Durbin, Congo Crisis, Congo, Congo Violence, Laptops, Congo Rebels, Congo War, Human Rights, Cell Phone, Congo Militants, Sam Brownback, Conflict in Congo, Cassiterite, Advocacy, World News
NYCity News Service

Coltan, when refined, is used in many common electronic devices. But Congolese miners have been killed, and women raped, during the 11-year war over the valuable mineral deposits.

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Brownback Promises Battle Over Obama's Iraq Nominee

National Journal | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Hill, North Korea Nuclear Program, Sam Brownback, President Obama, Christopher-Hill-Iraq-Ambassador, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama's nomination of Christopher Hill to be ambassador to Iraq has prompted fierce criticism from a handful of senior Republican senators i...

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Brownback To Block Iraq Nominee

Washington Times | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Ambassador, Christopher Hill, Sam Brownback, Politics News

Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador t...

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Religious Conservatives Turning On Senator Brownback

CBN | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, Family Values, Sam Brownback, Pro-Choice, Politics News

The Brody File has learned that the Family Research Council is taking a "temporarily leave of absence" from the socially conservative "Values Action T...

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Sam Stein

Sebelius May Not Have Run For Senate In 2010, Say Confidants

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius Health and Human Services, Sebelius 2010, Sebelius Obama Cabinet, Sam Brownback, Kathleen Sebelius, Senate Races 2010, Brownback Sebelius, Sebelius Hhs, Politics News

The nomination of Kathleen Sebelius for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services has been treated as a win-lose scenario for the Democratic ...

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Sam Stein

Brownback Letter: Kennedy And Pelosi Aren't Real Catholics, Obama A "Pro-Abortion Radical"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brownback Letter, Brownback Fundraising Letter, Brownback Catholics, Sam Brownback, Obama Radical, Catholic Advocate, Catholics Kennedy Pelosi, Kennedy Pelosi Catholics, Brownback Religion, Obama Abortion, Brownback Kennedy, Politics News

In a fundraising letter with his signature on it, Sen. Sam Brownback appears to allege that Sen. Ted Kennedy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are not "r...

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Ryan Grim

Obama's Mavericks? Retiring Republicans Will Be Senate Wild Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Mavericks, George Voinovich, US Senate, Mel Martinez, President Obama, Sam Brownback, Obama's Mavericks, Politics News

A Republican retirement community of sorts is slowly forming in the United States Senate. The behavior of its liberated members could have profound im...

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Sam Brownback Retiring In 2010

CNN | Mark Preston | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Brownback Retiring in 2010, Sam Brownback, Sam Brownback Retiring, Politics News

Sen. Sam Brownback will announce Thursday he is retiring from the Senate when his term ends in 2010, allowing the Kansas Republican to explore a run f...

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Seth Colter Walls

Senators In Heated Clash Over Bush's Privacy Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Privacy, Homeland Security, Sam Brownback, Politics News

Partisan tensions rose to the surface at the close of a Wednesday hearing before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...

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Brownback Uses Roe v. Wade Anniversary As Premise For Fundraising Pitch

Iowa Independent | Lynda Waddington | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Sam Brownback Roe v. Wade, Off the Bus, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Sam Brownback PAC, Roe v. Wade, Sam Brownback, Huffpost Off the Bus, Home News

In his first direct email to supporters since leaving the race for the White House, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, has used the 35th anniversary of Roe...

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Brownback Weighing Giuliani Endorsement

ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, Brownback Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Politics News

A top adviser to Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kas., heaped praise on Rudy Giuliani on Friday and told ABC News that an endorsement of the former New York may...

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Brownback Set To Drop Out Of Presidential Race On Friday

AP | Libby Quaid | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Presidential Race 2008, Republican Party, Sam Brownback, Politics News

Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday. Brownback, a lo...

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Brownback Acknowledges He And Biden "Aren't Getting Much Attention"

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sam Brownback, Brownback Biden, Politics News

Brownback said he's also trying to woo economic conservatives with ideas like an optional flat tax and personal Social Security accounts. He acknowle...

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Biden And Brownback To Push Iraq Partition Plan At Joint Iowa Campaign Stop

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq, Decentralization, Joe Biden, Sam Brownback, Home News

Sens. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) will hold a joint campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, this Friday to promote their decentralizatio...

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