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Robert Byrd Becomes Longest-Serving Member Of Congress

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history's longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and P...

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Pink Slips For Congress: MILLIONS Of Pink Slips Sent

cnn.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Voters disappointed over health care and other legislative efforts have now sent 5 million "pink slips" to members of Congress, the conservative Web s...

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Dems Want Unspent TARP Funds For Main Street Bailout

Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business Loans, Wall Street Bailout, Recovery, Congress, Unused Tarp Money, Federal Deficit, Leftover Tarp Funds, Peter DeFazio, Jobs, Homeowners, Obama, Democrats, Defazio, Main Street, Barney Frank, House, Deficit, Earl Blumenauer, Senate, Unemployment, White House, Financial Crisis, Extra Tarp Money, Bank Bailout, Leftover Tarp Money, Tarp, Republicans, Politics News

Democrats in Congress want to use unspent TARP funds to support homeowners and struggling workers, according to The Hill. More than half of the Democ...

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Angelides Commission Staff Announced Before Probe Into 2008 Meltdown

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Recovery, Meltdown, Bradley J. Bondi, Investigation, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Thomas L. Krebs, Angelides Commission, Martin Biegelman, Dixie Noonan, Thomas Greene, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Wall Street, Angelides, Politics News

The Angelides commission, convened by Congress to investigate the financial meltdown of 2008, today announced a passel of "senior staff" appointments....

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A Bad Lawsuit Over Impeachment

David O. Stewart | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Porteous, Congress, Federal Judge, American History, Impeachment, Courts, Politics News
David O. Stewart

I wish Judge Porteous well. If he has committed neither treason nor bribery nor a high crime or misdemeanor, he should not retain his judgeship. But he just filed a dumb lawsuit.

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Gift Card Crackdown: SEE The Fed's New Rules To Protect Consumers

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Monday proposed new rules to protect consumers from unexpected costs or restrictions on gift cards. More than...

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Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

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New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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Jim Wallis

Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.

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Amen! Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Ella

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Congress, Chip, Healthcare, Health, Children's Health Insurance, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

On November 4, about 4,000 babies, children, parents, youths, teachers, child care providers, doctors, and grandparents rallied in D.C. to tell Congress that millions of children must not be left worse off after health reform.

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Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Abortion, Women's Rights, Congress, Naral, Public Option, Roe v Wade, Nancy Pelosi, Hyde Amendment, Pelosi, Obama, Roe Wade, Choice, Planned Parenthood, House, Senate, Rahm Emanuel, Center for Reproductive Rights, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Bart Stupak, Anti-Choice, Medicine, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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Georges Ugeux

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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The House's Historic Health Care Reform Vote and the Lens of History

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Congress, Wall Street, American History, Slavery, Health Care Reform, Obama, Business, African Americans, Politics News
Marcella Mroczkowski

Today's generation of managers goes to our best business schools not to learn to be builders, creators and healers but to be more clever and effective swindlers, gamblers and parasites.

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Are Any Members of Congress Still on MySpace?

Susannah Vila | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: E-Democracy, Social Media, Senate, Congress, Social Networking, Open Government, Technology News
Susannah Vila

It's one thing for a blogger, a media outlet or an advocacy organization to flee a social network for greener pastures, but aren't Congress members using social media for slightly different reasons?

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Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Hollywood Break My TV

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fcc, Mpaa, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Shapiro, Selective Output Control, Congress, Piracy, Julius Genachowski, Dan Glickman, Federal Communications Commission, Analog Hole, Department of Justice, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses The Sarah Palin Coin Controversy On The Joy Behar Show

Huff TV | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Bill, Taxes, Social Justice, Congress, Bible, Poverty, Irs, Nancy Pelosi, Civil Rights, Roy Sekoff, Mormons, Joy Behar, Joy Behar Show, House, Religion, Politics, Penn Jillette, Senate, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Poor, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Church and State, Media News
Huff TV

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Joy Behar Show Wednesday night to talk about religion in politics and the controversy surrounding Sarah Pal...

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We Finally Have Health Reform! And I Think I'm Going To Be Sick

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Republicans, Democrats, Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama, Kucinich, Politics News
Nelson Montana

The Republican strategy was ingenious. They forced the administration to concede and compromise, got much of what they demanded and still complain when it fails. Brilliant.

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When Washington DC Fails: A California Statewide Health Insurance Option

Richard Walden | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare Costs, Rep.Bart Stupak, Health Insurance, Congress, Obama, Initiative, Sen.Joe Lieberman, Gov.Jerry Brown, Statewide Health Insurance, California Health Facilities Commission, Sen.CharlesGrassley, Health Care, Politics News
Richard Walden

Citizenship in this country should be a two-way street. We should all pay our fair share of taxes but in return should expect our medical needs met so we can contribute to our family and society.

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New Bill Would Extend COBRA Subsidy: Representative Joe Sestak

bloomberg.com | Margaret Collins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Cobra, Congress, Unemployment, Health Care Costs, Economy, Jobs, Health Care, Cobra-Legislation, Recession, Joe Sestak, Business News

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Congress should extend a health-care subsidy that helps the unemployed before it ends for some recipients this month, ...

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Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Catholic Church, Congress, Catholic Bishops, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

Have you had enough of Democrats that you elect selling you down the river? Are you angry enough?

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Fighting a War With Someone Else's Children

Dan Agin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hypocrisy, Congress, Obama, Afghanistan, War, Politics News
Dan Agin

Fighting any war without the public sacrifice of a universal draft is an unjust misery for military personnel and their families. If war is necessary, if you want war, risk yourself or your children and grandchildren in combat.

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A Gift on Veterans Day: Re-Engage Veterans in Service

John Bridgeland | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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John Bridgeland

America's support for veterans should not stop at the airport gate. How our nation treats its returning veterans says a lot about our gratitude for their service.

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Our Veterans Deserve Our Thanks and Our Service

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Joe Sestak

The way we care for our veterans is a reflection of our society. We cannot neglect them in their own time of need, as we did following the Vietnam War.

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Tactics of the GOP First Unit Bill

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The problem is the Democrats in Congress pride themselves in being a bunch of twigs. By not sticking together, they lost for everybody.

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Stupak Amendment Threatens the Rights of Every American

Karen Finney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Abortion, Stupak Amendment, Women's Rights, Obama, Congress, U.S. Constitution, Health Care Votes, Abortion Rights, Politics News
Karen Finney

The members of Congress who voted in support of the Stupak amendment sent a message to America's women: after more than 200 years we are still not full citizens of the United States.

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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