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Jennifer Bendery

GOP Congresswoman: Violence Against Women Act Shouldn't Cover Same-Sex Couples

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the vice chairwoman of the House Republican Caucus, said Monday that the Violence Against Women A...

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The GOP's Least Known but Best Qualified VP Candidate May Be a Woman

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.07.2012

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Stewart J. Lawrence

Mitt Romney's wife Ann may not be the only "secret weapon" the GOP's presumptive nominee is planning to deploy this fall to try to surmount his embarrassing double-digit gender gap with President Obama among women voters.

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Ryan Grim

'War On Women' Extends To Undocumented

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The House Republican version of the new Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) would dramatically roll back confidentiality protections for a...

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Republicans: Obama Will Put Us On 'A Roadmap To Greece'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 02.18.2012

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In the GOP's weekly address, House Republican Conference Vice-Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) blasted Obama for his recent budget proposal...

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Elise Foley

GOP Using Outcome Of Debt Ceiling Vote To Push Medicare Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans are using the lopsided outcome of Tuesday's failed debt ceiling vote as a means to push through Medicare reforms. Not eve...

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Jennifer Bendery

House Democrats Finally Show They Can Play Hardball With Parliamentary Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats showed Friday that they, too, have it in them to pull the kinds of parliamentary tricks on the House floor that Republic...

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Amanda Terkel

Rep. Clyburn: Americans Need To Condemn Violent Rhetoric

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a lawmaker who faced several threats during the heated health care debate, is calling on the country to rat...

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Unredeemable Rascals: Republicans Sit Pretty With or Without Passage of Health Care Reform Bill

Mario Almonte | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mario Almonte

My sense is that, in a way, it was actually a great relief to Republicans when the Democrats finally found an end-around to their obstructions as it relates to health care reform.

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GOP Women Shamelessly Accuse Dems of Being Anti-Woman

Matt Finkelstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Finkelstein

Despite all evidence to the contrary, the congresswomen want us to believe that Republicans are sticking up for women. But the fact is their party has consistently opposed providing families with better health care.

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Republican Lawmakers Gin Up Fear Of Rationing, Can't Offer Any Proof

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surrounded by a group of parents clutching pictures of their special needs children, two Republican members of Congress stood in front of the Capitol ...

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Impolite or Not, Congress Twittered While Obama Spoke

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ari Herzog

About half a dozen members of Congress (from both political parties) thumbed their iPhones and BlackBerries and twittered while President Obama spoke about the economy and technology.

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