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Sam Stein

Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Survives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rape Amendment, Daily Show, Defense Contractors, Dod, Al Franken, Arbitration, Bob Corker, Anti-Rape, Franken Rape Amendment, Gop, Republican, Politics News

An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who deny victims of sexual assault the right to bring their case in court...

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Jason Linkins

Senator Bob Corker Praises Police, OnStar For Their Work After Carjacking [AUDIO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

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Last night, Julia Corker, the eldest daughter of Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) was carjacked by a pair of suspects in Washington, DC's Penn Quarter nei...

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Julia Corker Carjacked: Bob Corker's Daughter Crime Victim In D.C.

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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The oldest daughter of Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) was carjacked near the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. Julia Corker had a sore n...

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Corker Unsure Whether Bernanke Has Votes For Confirmation

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Corker, Banking Committe, Bernanke Fed Second Term, Bernanke, Bernanke Second Term, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke Second Term Fed, Sanders Bernanke Second Term, Bernanke Confirmation Hearing, Bernie Sanders, Bernanke Fed, Corker Bernanke, Politics News

Will Ben Bernanke have a second term chairing the Federal Reserve? Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a chairman on the banking committee holding the hearing...

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Okeedoked in Tennessee: How to Avoid Serious Discussion About Health Care Reform: Southern Style

Molly Secours | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, Health Care Reform, Jim Cooper, Tennessee, Health Care, Politics News
Molly Secours

Dr. Stewart, an OB-GYN, recently lost a 40-year old uninsured cervical cancer patient who refused treatment so that her family wouldn't be financially ruined. She died last week.

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Ryan Grim

Audit The Fed Bill Introduced In Senate With Bipartisan Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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A bipartisan Senate pair introduced a bill to audit the Federal Reserve's emergency lending programs on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve Accountability Ac...

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Ryan Grim

Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their employees access to U.S. courts in c...

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Jeff Muskus

Ensign Apologizes For Affair, Gets Round Of Applause From GOP Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) apologized to his Republican colleagues at Tuesday's weekly conference lunch, his first meeting with them since the sex scan...

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Senator Refuses To Meet With Sotomayor, Late Because Of Injury

Think Progress | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Last Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) was scheduled to meet with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Yet when Sotomayor was delayed because of her...

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Arthur Delaney

Geithner: "I'm Not Chairman -- Yet" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bob Corker, Timothy Geithner, Senate Banking Committee, Chris Dodd, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the Senate on Thursday that he isn't "Mr. Chairman -- yet." Geither was testifying before the Senate Banking...

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Ryan Grim

GOP Senator To Specter: At Least I Don't Have To Campaign In Erie For You Anymore

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter Democrat, Thad Cochran, Politics News

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) met briefly with his former Republican colleagues Tuesday at their weekly lunch after announcing that he was leaving the ...

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Palin Turns Down Invite To Headline South Carolina GOP Dinner

CNN | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker will headline the South Carolina Republican Party's annual Silver Elephant Banquet in May, a state party official tells CNN....

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"We the People" to "King of the World": "You're Fired!"

Michael Moore | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Michael Moore

I write this letter to you in memory of the hundreds of thousands of workers over the past 25+ years who have been tossed into the trash heap by General Motors. Many saw their lives ruined for good.

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Flying Coach: Geithner Part Of Growing Bigwig Trend

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

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It all started with the Big Three Detroit automakers, when they took corporate jets to Washington to plead for a taxpayer bailout. But now, as pro...

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Tom Kilgore, TVA CEO, Will Testify Before Congress Over "Exaggerated Deference"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

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The major coal ash spill in Roane County, Tenn., which destroyed homes and has poisoned and gummed up portions of the Emory River, will get more natio...

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Do We Need the Republican Party?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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Hoyt Hilsman

The Republicans will have an opportunity during the Obama administration to stake out reasonable opposing positions that might restore their vanished credibility with the public.

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Do Southern Senators Really Want to Start a New War Between the States?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Corker, North South Tax Discrepancies, Auto Bailout, Richard Shelby, Uaw, Mitch McConnell, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Southern states have been benefiting from Northern taxes for years. If they start another War Between the States, the Federal gravy train might suddenly stop at the Mason-Dixon line.

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GOP: White House Ruined Bailout Deal

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When the auto bailout talks collapsed, Sen. Bob Corker won by losing. The freshman Republican from Tennessee represented conservat...

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Hoyt Hilsman

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

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A Vet's Message To The GOP on Veterans Day -- Shove It

Bob Geiger | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Day, GI Bill, Gop, Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, Orin Hatch, Jim Webb, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Bob Geiger

I see Republicans turning up on Veterans Day with their flowery pronouncements of how much we Vets mean to them when they prove at every turn that they really don't give a damn about the troops.

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Learn From History or Repeat It

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

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R.T. Eby

The Republicans cannot win on the issues. McCain is proposing a continuation of the Bushbaby policies that have sent the country into endless war and recession. So the attack ads have begun.

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White Voters Deserve More Credit

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.

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