Capitol Hill

The War Stampede

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Capitol Hill, President Obama, Karl Eikenberry, Escalation, Stanley McChrystal, Humanitarian Aid, Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News
Norman Solomon

After 30 years of war, Afghans do not need more ingenious war efforts by the latest batch of best and brightest in Washington.

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When Political Ideas Have Costs

Scott de Marchi | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Capital, Politics, Capitol Hill, Research, Economics, Decision-Making, Health Reform, Books, Fec, Politics News
Scott de Marchi

Talk and inaction are relatively cheap for US legislators, since their own health care plan will remain the same whether or not legislation passes. Political ideas need to have a cost.

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Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jose Canseco, Congress, Lying, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids, Capitol Hill, Baseball, Barry Bonds, St. Louis, Roger Clemens, Drugs, Graham Bensinger, Alex Rodriguez, Lie, Mark McGwire, Illegal, Cardinals, Coach, Tony Larussa, Major League Baseball, Sammy Sosa, Tony La Russa, Hitting Coach, Albert Pujols, Truth, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

He retired from the game just before the Steroid Era came to light. While he previously denied illegal performance enhancing drug use, those denials stopped when under penalty of perjury.

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House, President, Relief, President Obama, International, Indigenous, Council, Washington, War, Oxfam, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, America, Dick Cheney, Muslim, World Vision, Counter Insurgency, Terror, Development, Faith, History, Tragedy, Afghan Government, Democracy, Counter Terrorism, Special Forces, Religious, Terrorist, Richard Stearns, Congress, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Foreign Policy, Urgency, Moral Issues, Occupier, Arab, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News
Jim Wallis

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

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Inside the J Street Conference

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Capitol Hill, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Amira Hass, Breaking Political News, J Street Conference, 2 State Solution, Pro-Israel Lobby, American Jews, Daniel Sokatch, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

The events harnessed an energy similar to Obama's presidential run last year. Like that campaign, J Street came as a breath of fresh air for many who felt they were part of a silenced majority.

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Big Financial Firms Losing Power On Capitol Hill

Washington Post | Binyamin Appelbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Large Banks, Capitol Hill, Finance, Financial Firms, Washington D.C., Banks, Lawmakers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Wall Street, Business News

Large banks are on the verge of losing a key legislative battle over the shape of financial reform, an unusual setback that reflects the continued pol...

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Immigration Rally: Immigration Reform Advocates Gather At Capitol Hill

The New York Times | Ian Urbina | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Capitol Hill, Illegal Immigration, Reform Immigration for America, Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration Bill, National Capital Immigration Coalition, Hispanic Caucus, Overhaul, Obama, Reform, Immigration Law, Politics News

Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Th...

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, John Culver, Mike Mansfield, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Library, John McCain, Gary Hart, Politics News
William Bradley

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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Ted Kennedy: A Whole Human Being

Beth Arnold | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yin and Yang, Senator John L. McClellan, Capitol Hill, Watergate, Vietnam War, Ted Kennedy, Senator Edward. M. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Massachusetts, United States, Senate, Politics News
Beth Arnold

I discovered that I'd misjudged Ted Kennedy. I hope that now I would have the wisdom to confer more compassion on any and all in tragic circumstances.

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First Anniversary of Invesco Field Brings A Needed Vacation From Politics

Robert R. Hoopes, Jr. | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Democratic Convention, White House, Congress, Capitol Hill, Iraq, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Denver, Politics News
Robert R. Hoopes, Jr.

We need to push back from the table, unbutton the top button of our collective pants ... and rest.

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The Day Teddy Kennedy Held the Elevator for Me

Erin Green | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teddy Kennedy, Russell Senate Office Building, Capitol Hill, Senator Edward Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dies, Kennedy and Splash, Politics News
Erin Green

Typically, you could tell that Kennedy was coming down the hall because he was grumbling at someone or talking to his large dog, a Portuguese Water Dog named Splash.

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Progressives Rally Against Third Way

Adam Green | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Kessler, Sell Out, Third Way, Progressive, Jon Cowan, Anne Kim, Public Option, Capitol Hill, Twitter, Health Insurance Companies, United Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Lobby, Politics News
Adam Green

Yesterday, Third Way -- which claims to be the "moderate wing of the progressive movement" -- proved why they should rebrand themselves "the Think Tank arm of the insurance industry lobby."

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Sam Stein

Anonymous Group Making Robocalls With Fake Harry Reid Caller ID

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Harry Reid, Reid Hill Sources, Group Robocall, Reid Caller Id, Caller Id Hill, Anonymous Calls, Politics News

Congressional staffers have been plagued over the past two days with telephone calls that appear to be coming from Senate Majority Harry Reid's office...

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Jason Linkins

The Hill Reveals 2009's Most Beautiful (SLIDESHOW)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Capitol Hill, Washington DC, The Hill, Slideshow, The Hill Most Beautiful, Media News

Venerable Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill continues an annual summer tradition this year with the release of their always anticipated "The Hill's Most...

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Obama Budget Director Gets Political On Health Care

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Budget Director, White House, Peter Orzsag, Cbo, Orzsag, Obama Administration, Health Care Cost, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care, Politics News

President Barack Obama's health-care plan is in jeopardy because of serious concerns that costs will spin out of control. As much as anyone, it's Whit...

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Alert: Redneck Nation's Making a Power Play

Toby Barlow | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, John Thune, Yes We Can, Capitol Hill, Concealed Weapons Permits, Concealed Carry, Gun Lobby, Thune Amendment, Wyoming, New York, Politics News
Toby Barlow

So if they won't let you carry a gun in New York but they will in Wyoming, you just go get yourself a gun license in Wyoming, pick up your weapon, conceal it, and head on back to uppity ol' New York.

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White Committee Chairmen Hire Fewer Black Aides: Congressional Survey

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Barbara Lee, House of Representatives, House Committee Chairmen, Stephanie Tubbs, African American, Congressional Black Caucus, Robert A. Brady, Howard Berman, Racial Inequality, Race, Congressional Aides, John Conyers, Politics News

Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most ...

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Obama On Track To Break Records With Congressional Support

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, House of Representatives, Jimmy Carter, Senate, Congress, President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, President Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Obama, Congress Votes, Politics News

As his presidency approaches the half-year mark, Barack Obama is on pace to be the most successful Oval Office occupant in more than half a century wh...

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Capitol Hill, White House, Debate, Family, Children, Scripture, Low Income Families, Legislation, Common Good, Values, Policy Debate, Single Payer, Sin, Health Care, Class, Faith, Private Insurance, Church, Fear, Leaders, Money, Politics, Biblical, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Families, Healthcare, Democrats, Moral Issues, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Republicans, Ethics, Partisan Politics, Unions, Medical Care, Partisan, Politics News
Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Democratic Congress, Congress, Capitol Hill, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Progressives, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Banking Industry, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Lobbyist, Obama White House, Senate, Cap-and-Trade, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, Special Interests, K Street, Health Care, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Obama's self-imposed rule against lobbyists in his administration, and the method whereby he is now implementing his progressive agenda, hews toward a rather perverse irony, if not hypocrisy.

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Nudist Lobby Comes To Washington

The HIll | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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The good news: You may see nudists next week on Capitol Hill. The bad news: They will be wearing clothes. ...

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Meet Mike Crapo: Lawmakers Who Twist Tongues With Difficult Last Names

Politco | Erika Lovley | Posted 07.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Representatives, Washington DC, Names, Senate, Congress, Capitol Hill, Style News

Nearly 25 percent of Capitol Hill lawmakers have surnames that are hard enough to pronounce that they're listed in the Congressional Quarterly pronunc...

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Capitol Evacuated, White House Locked Down Over Airspace Violation

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House Lockdown, White House, Capitol Hill Evacuation, White House Emergency, Air Space Over the Capital April 24, 2009, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A small, single-engine plane strayed into restricted air space near the U.S. Capitol on Friday, forcing anxious officials to place ...

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Netanyahu Capitol Hill Allies Prepared To 'Run Interference' On Obama

The Jewish Week | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Netanyahu Obama Iran, Obama Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill, Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu Obama, Obama Netanyahu, Israel, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sworn in on Tuesday as head of a cobbled-together coalition that has produced jitters in Washington, is an old hand...

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Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time

Harry Hanbury | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abramoff, Capitol Hill, Federal Election Commission, Fundraising Events, Fundraising, Capitol Hill Party, Jack Abramoff, Politics News
Harry Hanbury

You do not show up to a Congressional fundraiser with a video crew and ask to speak to a member of Congress or their staff. Even just for two minutes. But that's what I did.

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