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Carolyn Maloney

Providing Parental Leave Benefits Invests in Federal Working Families

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Families, Edolphus Towns, Parental-Leave, Carolyn Maloney, Federal Workforce, Politics News
Rep. Edolphus Towns

As new parents, federal workers are forced to decide between staying home with their children without pay or return to work early. We believe this is a choice federal workers should not have to make.

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Arthur Delaney

Dem Lawmakers Ask Fed To Curb Overdraft Abuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Carolyn Maloney, Banks, Credit Crisis, Debit Cards, Luis Gutierrez, Overdraft-Protection, Barney Frank, Business News

Three Democratic lawmakers want the Federal Reserve to curb charges that banks levy on customers when they make a purchase with a debit card and overd...

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Steve Israel May Challenge Kirsten Gillibrand

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rep. Steve Israel, Steve Israel 2010, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kirsten Gillibrand 2010, Steve Israel, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

UPDATE: In an effort to clear the field for Kirsten Gillibrand's 2010 Senate race, the City Hall is reporting that President Obama used Rahm Emanuel a...

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Moving Ahead on Reforming the Credit Card Industry

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Demos, Legislation, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Industry, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Recession, Credit Card Regulations, Banking Industry, Predatory Interest Rates, Economy, Credit Card Debt, Chuck Schumer, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News
Jose A. Garcia

It is projected that, between 2020 and 2030, developing country emissions of carbon from energy use will exceed those of developed countries.

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Why Are Bankers Still Being Treated As Beltway Royalty?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Card Bill, American Banking Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler Banks, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Chrysler, Bankers, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Financial Services Roundtable, Cramdown, Senate Cramdowns, Dick Durbin, Carolyn Maloney, Transparency, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

How do the same banks that have repeatedly come to Washington over the last eight months asking for billions to rescue them from their catastrophic mistakes, somehow still "own the place"?

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Ryan Grim

Congress Wants AIG Mole's Documents

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Carolyn Maloney, Brad Miller, Bailout, Aig Mole, Aig Monitor, Aig, Politics News

Members of Congress are pushing for access to confidential reports filed over the past several years by a government-appointed auditor who has been si...

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When Plastic Nickels and Dimes

Harry Moroz | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Adam Levitin, Credit Cards, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Regulation, Carolyn Maloney, Economy, Financial Crisis, Creditslips, Business News
Harry Moroz

As the economy continues to sour, credit defaults will only worsen and credit card companies will extract even higher interest rates and more fees from vulnerable households and small businesses.

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Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Spanish Harlem, Roosevelt Island, COBRA Legislation, Mike Bloomberg, Disabled, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Jewish Progressive, Albany, Transgender, Gay, Jonathan Bing, Rainbow Flag, United Federation of Teachers, Bisexual, Micah Kellner, Millionaires’ Tax, Talking Points Memo, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Education, www.micahkellner.net, Gay Agenda, Harvey Milk, LGBT Seniors, New York City, Daily Beast, Carolyn Maloney, Gay Marriage, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Lesbian, Harlem, New York Post, Bill Thompson, Joel Klein, New York Times, Peter Grannis, The Mayor of Castro Street, New York State Assembly, Huffington Post, Chuck Schumer, New York University, Wheelchair-Accessible, New York, Politics News
Jim Luce

Handsome, dedicated, and driven, Micah is the disabled with cerebral palsy, Jewish progressive, openly bisexual, who represents a swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

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Feminism Online

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Women's Advocacy, Blogosphere, Aauw, Shireen Mitchell, Women's Issues, Bloggers, Culturekitchen, Bush Era, Pop Culture, Now, Womanist, Human Infrastructure, Feminism, Women and Body Image, Carolyn Maloney, Web 2.0, Technorati, Linkfluence, Stimulus Package, Women and Hollywood, Women's Health, New Media, Feminist Majority, Progressive Community, Technology, National Women's History Museum, Momsrising, Fem2.0, Blogher, Feministe, Racialicious, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

To me, the key to the Fem2.0 conference on February 2 was to mashup, interact, and expand the dialogue.

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Caroline Kennedy and the U.S. Senate

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, New York State, David Paterson, Nydia Velazquez, US Senate, Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Carolyn Maloney, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The notion that it would somehow be unfair to appoint Kennedy because she has not toiled in the House of Representatives for a decade should not be one that ordinary voters take seriously.

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Undermining the Pipeline: Caroline Kennedy's Lack of Experience

Bettina Duval | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, California List, Female Senators, Women in Government, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News
Bettina Duval

You cannot elect women just because they are women --they must also be qualified and experienced. I've spent the last seven years spreading that message.

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Sell The Seat To Caroline

James Mulvaney | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poltical Satire, Chuck Schumer, Wealthy New Yorkers, Andrew Cuomo, New York State Deficit, Humor, Political Humor, Selling Senate Seat, Al Franken Recount, New York Senate Seat, Political Corruption, Blagojevich Scandal, Caroline Kennedy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Eliot Spitzer, Carolyn Maloney, Kennedy Family, Politics News
James Mulvaney

I'm not suggesting any criminal activity. I'm not suggesting you pocket the proceeds of a sale of the NY senate seat. Just have the candidate deposit it right in the treasury.

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Paterson Must Appoint a Woman

Alec Baldwin | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nita Lowey, New York Senate Seat, Rick Lazio, Hillary Clinton, Celebrities Talk Politics, David Paterson, New York, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

Most of the names thrown around now for senator are smart, caring New Yorkers. But only one is both fair and makes real sense for our state.

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Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBay

Keli Goff | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Paterson, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Nydia Velazquez, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Blagojevich Complaint, Blagojevich Indictment, New York Senate Seat, Illinois Governor, Gov. Blagojevich, Carolyn Maloney, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News
Keli Goff

We New Yorkers luckily have the governor we now do, and a good slate of candidates to choose from. Not a single scandal-plagued, prostitute-patronizing, tax-evading, child-porn loving, wacko in the bunch...as far as we know.

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A Perimenopausal Woman Does Denver

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Democratic Convention, More Magazine, Pepsi Center, Dnc, Lesley Jane Seymour, Michelle Obama, Huffington Post Oasis, Menopause, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Carolyn Maloney, Style News
Lesley Jane Seymour

I just wanted to pack it in, go home and curl up in bed. I've managed my way around the slums of Africa and the tsunami-ravaged beaches of Thailand but Denver had me licked.

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Feminists Are the Majority

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Maxine Waters, Michelle Obama, Women's Issues, Women Delegates, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Roe v. Wade, Ellen R. Malcolm, Eleanor Smeal, Women and Politics, Sen. Joe Biden, Dnc, Swanee Hunt, Carolyn Maloney, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

According to CNN over half the delegates to the DNC are women. Here are some of the events created for women for the Convention.

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Clinton Rallies Book Party Attendees

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, Clinton Women, Rumors of Progress Clinton, Clinton, Carolyn Maloney Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Clinton, Clinton Feminist, Clinton Feminism, Carolyn Maloney Clinton, Carolyn Maloney, Home News
Kelly Nuxoll

If her appearance at Rep. Carolyn Maloney's (D-NY) book signing is any indication, Hillay's next role will be as a sort of Helen of Troy, only she'll be launching a thousand feminist critiques.

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Redefining "Disability" for the Benefit of Workers.

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Donna Dolan, The Mobility Agenda, New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition, Drum Major Institute, Disability, Temporary Disability Insurance, Sara Flocks, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, Carolyn Maloney, Healthy Families Act, Working Family Time to Care Act, Sick Days, Business News
Arlene M. Roberts

The arrival of a newborn is usually joyous. But the mood is often tempered by the reality of time off from work. Paid family leave is the logical solution, but logic does not always prevail in legislative chambers.

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Dems Push Consumer-Friendly Credit Card Bill

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, Credit Cards, Credit Card Industry, Carolyn Maloney, Business News

Congressional lawmakers of both parties have found something to agree on: The credit card industry, they say, has evolved beyond the scope of regulati...

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