C Street

And Then There Were Five

Jim Worth | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Politics, Deficit, CPC Budget, C Street, Economy, Budget, Ryan Plan, Senator Coburn, Medicare, Congress, The People's Budget, Republicans, Bipartisan, C Street Scandal, Gang of Six, Politics News

Last Tuesday, Senator Tom Coburn announced he was leaving the Gang of Six, citing differences between himself and his colleagues over cuts in Medicare. What caused Coburn's departure, and how will it affect the workings of the group?

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10 Sordid Facts We Learned From the John Ensign Senate Ethics Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Tom Coburn Ensign Investigation, Tom Coburn Ensign Affair, Tom Coburn John Ensign, Politics News, Tom Coburn John Ensign Investigation, Coburn Ensign Affair, Senate Ethics Committee, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Cynthia Hampton, Tom Coburn John Ensign Affair, John Ensign Scandal, John Ensign Tom Coburn, John Ensign Affair, C Street, Doug Hampton, Coburn John Ensign Affair, Politics News

Sweet fancy Moses, y'all. In my lifetime, I have read some sordid accounts of the many scandalous ways our elected officials have broken society's "se...

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GOP Senator Helped Cover Up John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Tom Coburn, Senate Ethics Committee, Coburn Ensign Affair, Tom Coburn John Ensign Investigation, Tom Coburn Ensign Investigation, John Ensign, Cynthia Hampton, Tom Coburn John Ensign Affair, Tom Coburn John Ensign, Tom Coburn Ensign Affair, John Ensign Scandal, John Ensign Tom Coburn, John Ensign Affair, C Street, Doug Hampton, Coburn John Ensign Affair, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn played a more active role than previously known in the negotiations between ex-Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and his former ...

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Newt 2012: I Cheat, Therefore I Am (a Patriot)

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

There was once was a fellow named Newt Who gave his first two wives the boot He spoke for the House While he lied to his spouse Seems he just couldn't keep on his suit

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Evangelicals Implicated When Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Was Beaten to Death

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Religious Right, Gay Rights, Ugandan Gay Leader Killed, The Family, Prayer Breakfast, C-Street, Politics News

The story of the Ugandan legislation to kill gays for being gay was intertwined with the Family and also with representatives of the wider "respectable" American Evangelical community.

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C Street House Backers Deny Taking Money From Terrorists

Roll Call | Paul Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C Street House Funding, Mark Siljander, C Street House, Islamic American Relief Agency, C Street House Ethics, C Street, Fellowship Foundation Funding, Mark Siljander Guilty, Fellowship Foundation, Politics News

The faith-based organization behind the National Prayer Breakfast is vigorously denying new allegations from an Ohio clergy group that foreign trips a...

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Republicans and "Christians" vs. Gays

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Religious Right, The Family, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, C-Street, Religion News

In the light (or should I say "dark") of the Republican's stand against repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" we need to understand the wider context of the fight that pits human rights against the conservative Christians who have taken over the Republican Party.

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Will You be Voting for a Resident of the Secretive C Street House in the 2010 General Election? (Slideshow)

Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Here is my guide to the C Street men up for election.

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Junkets For Jesus: Congressmen Spend Taxpayer Money Traveling The Globe To Preach To Dictators

Mother Jones | Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adapted from C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. THE OLDEST AND MOST politically influential Christian conservative organizati...

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Ethics Office Investigating C Street House

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Office of Congressional Ethics is apparently investigating whether Members of Congress sharing a residence run by a religious organization have re...

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Conservative 'C Street House' Residents Face Ethics Complaints For Below-Market Rent

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C Street House Ethics, C Street House, C Street House CREW, C Street House Stupak, C Street House Demint, C Street House Ensign, C Street, Politics News

The bevy of conservative members of Congress who've resided at the notorious "C Street House" may have violated Congressional gift rules by accepting ...

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C Street: Tax Status Of Lawmakers' Religious Refuge Disputed

npr.org | Morning Edition | Posted 05.25.2011

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The C Street Center, which owns the 1880-vintage townhouse, claims status as a church. And as with other religious organizations, the IRS takes the ce...

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Help Us Shame "Mainstream" Religion Into an Alternative (Non-Anti-Gay) Prayer Breakfast

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bishop Gene Robinson, The Family, The American Prayer Hour, Gay Rights, Hate, C-Street, Rev. Elder Darlene Garner, Harry Knox, Evangelicals, Politics News

It is my great honor to be part of Tuesday Feb 2 press conference to announce the formation of The American Prayer Hour. Why am I doing this? Because ...

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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Ensign Moves Out Of C Street Home

Las Vegas Sun | Lisa Mascaro (Contact) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign has moved out of the C Street house, the Christian home he shared with other elected officials on Capitol Hill that came under scruti...

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Blue Dog Leader Works With Theocratic "Mafia" Opposed to Health Care Reform

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Blue Dogs, Bart Stupak, Family Research Council, John Ensign, Demint, C Street House, The Family, Todd Tiahrt, C Street, Politics News

Those in the powerful, secretive, Washington Christian fundamentalist association known as The Family have led some of the most virulent opposition to health care reform and especially a "public option".

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"C Street" and the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Mark Sanford, Ander Crenshaw, James Inhofe, Robert Aderholt, Jeff Sharlet, Religion and the Military, Pete Hoekstra, The Family, Tom Coburn, Frank Wolf, C Street, John Ensign, Mike Doyle, Joseph Pitts, Zach Wamp, John Carter, Politics News

These soldier's appearances on religious programs in uniform isn't just a violation of military regulations, it's a good example of the multiple connections between fundamentalist groups.

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Love, Politics and The Media

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.

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The Family's Ties

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Air America, Golefttv, GoLeft.Tv, Jeff Sharlet, The Fellowship, Religion, Marriage, The Family, John Ensign, Mike Papantonio, Pap Attack, Affair, Infedility, C Street, Ring of Fire, Home News

Since 1935, an organization calling itself "The Family" has been able to operate unnoticed in the Beltway. But that invisibility is disappearing because of the sensational sex lives of Mark Sanford and John Ensign.

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Sen. Ensign's Dad Could Lose Casino Project Over Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Ensign, the father of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), may be finding his business deals threatened after he admitted to giving his son's mistress and...

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Sanford Predicted "Public Humiliation," Asked Spiritual Adviser To Beg Wife For Help

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Sanford Letters, Sanford Spiritual Adviser, Warren Culbertson, C Street, Jenny Sanford, Sanford Culbertson Letters, Politics News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Less than a month before he traveled to Argentina to see his mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford predicted in a letter t...

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Bart Stupak, C Street Democrat: "I Don't Know What You're Talking About"

Michigan Messenger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite weeks of media attention paid to the now-infamous "C Street" house owned by The Family, a secretive Christian group, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak -- ...

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Ensign Gave $5,000 To GOP Housemate After Scandal

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight days after admitting to an extramarital affair, Sen. John Ensign gave $5,000 to the Tennessee gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Zack Wamp - a fello...

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C Street Home To Bible Meetings ... And Breaking Up Extramarital Affairs

Politico | Lisa Lerer and Kathryn McGarr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Congressmen Extramarital Affairs, 113 C St., Congressman Affairs, John Ensign, C Street, Washington Housing, Congressmen on C Street, Style News

Lawmakers flock to 113 C St. S.E. for cheap rent, weekly dinners, Bible studies and spirituality sessions that serve as a sort of group therapy for so...

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Do We Really Want To Know Dick Cheney's Secrets?

Beth Armogida | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Torture Investigation, President Bush, C Street, Bush Administration, Eric Holder, Torture, Dick Cheney, Comedy News

Eric Holder is considering whether to conduct a criminal investigation of interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration. In other words, Cheney-gate. Or "Saw VII."

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