U.S. Congress

Obama Talks About the Rights of Children

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mentoring, U.N., U.S. Congress, United Nations, President Obama, Parenting, Town Hall Meetings, China, Shanghai, U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, Impact News
Alexia Parks

Of the 193 countries who have signed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, only two countries in the world, the United States and Somalia, have refused to ratify it.

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Jason Linkins

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slidepoll, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Tom Latham, George Voinovich, Alan Grayson, Peter Roskam, John Shadegg, Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senate, Video, Michele Bachmann, Orrin Hatch, Slideshow, Chuck Grassley, Politics News

Elyse Siegel contributed to this story Just over twenty years ago, the cable industry launched the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network -- better k...

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Jason Linkins

ABC News' Tapper Advances "Defund ACORN" Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, Darrell Issa, U.S. Congress, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Jake Tapper, Media News, Acorn, Alan Grayson, Anti-Acorn Bill, Media Criticism, Media News

Earlier this week, our own Ryan Grim reported on the incredibly true story of how Congress, in its zealous race to shower ACORN with digestive leaving...

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Jason Linkins

The Unintended Consequences Of The "Defund ACORN" Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics News, Acorn Bill, U.S. Congress, Media Criticism, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Acorn, Anti-Acorn Bill, Alan Grayson, Media News

The primary rationale -- the only rationale -- behind your representatives' decision in the ACORN matter was to ensure that their electoral hopes don't founder because of a media-driven scandal.

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In a Town Hall Meeting, Healthcare Swing-Vote Representative Baron Hill [D-IN] Takes a Clear Stand on Reform

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Blue Dog, Tort Reform, Federal Reserve, Iraq, Indiana University Southeast, Hr 3200, American Affordable Health Care Act of 2009, New Albany, Pelosi, H.H. 3200, Nancy Tierney, U.S. Congress, Butch Ragland, I.U.S., Single Payer, Hoosier, Ak-47, Health Care, Mark Megenity, Obamacare, Fed, Dusty O’Brien, Public Option, Indiana, Democrat, HR 676, Baron Hill, Socialized Medicine, Jeffersonville, Town Meeting, Ius, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Marvin Comstock, Physicians for a National Health Program, H.R. 676, Pnhp, Midwestern, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Hill could not represent a southern Indiana consensus view, because there was none; whatever he chose to do, it would cost him votes.

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Truth and Fiction in Health Care

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Politics News
Deepak Bhargava

It's always easier to criticize and tear down progress than it is to offer solutions. A public insurance option is the only way for the American people to realize true health care reform.

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Want to Work 112 Days a Year? Run For Congress

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Michael Jackson, Pharmaceutical Industry, Congress, Health Care, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, U.S. Congress, Special Interest Groups, Politics News
Jonathan Neil Schneider

Until members of Congress fear our vote more than the special interests dollars, whatever healthcare reform comes out of Washington will unfortunately favor their interests and not ours.

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On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. McCain Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Waxman-Markey, John McCain, Climate Stewardship Act, Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act, U.S. Congress, Joe Lieberman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

McCain had been like the Lone Ranger in the Senate working with his Tonto, Lieberman, to push for climate legislation. Suddenly, post the 2008 presidential race, he is on the fence.

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On the Climate Bill Fence: What Sen. Alexander Is Thinking

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, U.S. Congress, Lamar Alexander, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Legislation, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Despite Alexander's conservative credentials, the environmental community has long hoped he could be counted on in a legislative vote to sap greenhouse gas emissions.

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Obama: Congress "Tougher" Than G-8

The Hill | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: India, G-8 Summit, Congress, Ghana, U.S. Congress, President Obama, G-8, Obama, China, Barack Obama, Politics News

As a summit of world leaders in Italy concluded, President Obama said dealing with Congress is more difficult than negotiating global issues with the ...

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Last Temptation of Christ, American Psychological Association, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, U.P.I., Pat Robertson, Christian Fundamentalism, Religious Addiction, Jewish Fundamentalism, The Journal of Religion and Health, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Daiwa Bank, Mainline Churches, There Is a Way Out, God’s Will, Today Show, Marty Scorsese, Religious Right, Los Angeles Times, Fundamentalist, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Moral Majority, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Science Monitor, Steve Allen, Phil Donahue Show, Hollywood Under Siege, Madonna, Culture Wars, PTL Club, USA Today, Toronto Star, Henry Luce III, San Francisco Chronicle, London Observer, Daniel Berrigan, Luce Publications, Norman Lear, Hank Luce, Gunther Hirshberg, Henry Luce Foundation, Village Voice, Ari Goldman, Universal Studio, U.S. Congress, A. James Rudin, M. Scott Peck, New York Law Journal, Josh Baran, Salman Rushdie, Newsweek, Frank Zappa, Presbyterian, Bill Geist, Ram Dass, Associated Press, A.C.L.U., Psychology Today, Terry Sweeney, Cnn, Like a Prayer, Wall Street, Satanic Verses, Jimmy Swaggart, American Jewish Committee, Oprah Winfrey Show, New York Observer, People for the American Way., New York Times, Episcopalian, New York News
Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Economics, Economy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, United States, Policy, China, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Legislation, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Paul Krugman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Any international climate treaty that omits an eventual cap on China's emissions will be a treaty that fails to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference on the climate.

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In Sri Lanka: A Look at the Refugee Camp

Jim Luce | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Heath Shuler, Internally Displaced Persons, Children, Terrorism, Child Soldiers, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Congress, Tamil Refugees, International Red Cross, Colombo, Refugee Camp, Hurricane Katrina, Chef’s Guild of Sri Lanka, Tamil Civilians, World News
Jim Luce

The Sri Lankan government has moved mountains to accommodate more than a quarter million displaced people since the war ended ten days ago. But they have many more to move.

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Chutzpah and cheaters partner to keep American tire workers unemployed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, U.S. Embassy, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, American Omni Trading Co., China, Foreign Tire Sales, Chinese Tires, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, People’s Daily, Date Rape Drug, Section 421 Case, Orteck Global Supply & Distribution Co., Hercules Tire & Rubber Co., Trade, Melamine, U.S. Congress, Del-Nat Tire Corp., Aqua Dots, Itc, Chutzpah Coalition, International Trade Commission, Dunlap & Kyle Co., Yiddish, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...

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Congress Says Yes to Guns in National Parks

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Credit Card Bill, National Rifle Asssociation, Guns in Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Gun Control, Guns in National Parks, Nra, National Parks, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, U.S. Congress, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ongoing efforts to open up every possible space in America to gun toting, the NRA succeeded in attaching to the credit card bill legislation allowing loaded guns in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

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Cheaper Oil Will Improve the Economy, but...

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1 Cent/Pound Carbon Dioxide Remediation Duty, G8 Italian Summit, $1/Gallon Gasoline Investment Surcharge, U.S. Congress, Politics News
Patrick Takahashi

Yet, as the Sun will rise again tomorrow, you can expect skyrocketing crude prices, if not next year, then, surely, sometime within this coming decade.

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Turkey Could be Major Political Loser in Israel-Gaza Conflict

Harut Sassounian | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Washington, Gul Shimon Peres, Istanbul, Plo, Hamas, Turkish Terrorists, U.N. Security Council, Armenian Genocide, Jewish Americans, Foreign Policy, Erdogan, Armenia, Gaza, Synagogue Bombing, U.S. Congress, Saudi Arabia, Armenian Genocide Bill, Israel, Denial Genocide, Ankara, World News
Harut Sassounian

It is high time that both Arabs and Israelis realize that Turkey is a friend of neither side. When a ceasefire is finally established in Gaza, Turkey could end up as a major political loser.

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Is Congress Powerless In The Energy Crisis?

ClimateProgress | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Tax Incentives, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, U.S. Congress, Renewable Energy, Energy Crisis, Congress, Energy Policy, Green News

Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises? Apparently not. Cong...

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Deregulation Defrauds Americans

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Fair Labor Standards Act, Gregory D. Kutz, U.S. Labor Department, Ronald Reagan, Economy, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, United Steelworkers, Freddie Mac, Bush Administration, Washington Post Columnist E. J. Dionne Jr., Ben S. Bernanke, U.S. Congress, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Gao, Bear Stearns, U.S. Rep. George Miller, Indymac Bancorp, Government Accountability Office, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

For decades, conservatives have vilified the word regulation. This has brought us corporate slavery approved by the U.S. government and panic lines of depositors outside banks.

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