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Homebuyer Tax Credit: Congress Gives New Buyers A $6,500 Break

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgags, Congress, Homebuyer Tax Credit, First-Time Tax Credit, Tax, Home Prices, Real Estate, Homebuyers Tax Credit, Business News

WASHINGTON — Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the gover...

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Concern for the Attacks on Rangel

David Jones | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Government, Elected Official, Congressman Rangel, Congress, Charles Rangel, New York City, New York News

It seems to me that a whole generation of elected black officials is under scrutiny for financial improprieties and missteps. Woven into some of these attacks is a much less savory motivation of moneyed elites.

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Beyond Guantanamo

Ginny Sloan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Congress, Lindsey Graham, Human Rights First, The Constitution Project, President Obama, Detainees, Politics News

The Declaration represents the largest collection of policy experts yet to lend their voices to a responsible plan to process the cases of suspected terrorist detainees held at the Guantanamo detention facility.

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Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Funds, Fast Food, Congress, Nhma, Snapple, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Agriculture, American Beverage Association, Soda Tax, Food Loby, Funding, Hispanics, National Corn Growers Association, Health Insurance, Policy, National Hispanic Medical Associaiton, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Chuck Grassley, Dr. Pepper, Food Politics, Health Care, Beverage Tax, Aba, Lobbying, Corn, Americans Against Food Taxes, Supermarkets, Coke, Alex Padilla, Pepsi, Corn Syrup, Nutrition, Grocery Stores, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Green News

By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...

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Calls for "Tort Reform" Desperate Distraction From Health Care Debate

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Errors, Congress, Medical Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Politics News

There's an epidemic of medical negligence, not lawsuits. Only one in eight people injured by medical negligence ever file suit.

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Why Your Representatives Should Make You Mad as Hell

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress Perks, Congress, 2009 Elections, Congress Work Week, Network, Congress Approval Ratings, Ward 72, John Kerry, Pork Barrel Spending, Herb Kohl, Water Reed, Politics News

Congress should be America's representative body, yet too many of its members bear little resemblance to those they have been elected to represent.

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Congress, Accountability, and the Goldstone Report

Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Congress, Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Breaking Politics News, Hamas, Israel, World News, The Goldstone Report, World News

Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.

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See HuffPost's Front Pages From Election Day 2008

Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Home Page, Election Day November 2009, House, Obama's Election, Off Year Elections, Election Day, Archives, Congress, Election Day 2009, Front Page, Senate, Hillary Clinton, Media News

Browse the front pages from last year's races by clicking on a front page from any given day, then slide the hour to see how the page changed througho...

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Read Goldstone's Report on Gaza

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, South Africa, Congress, Israel Gaza Operation, Goldstone Report, United Nations, Richard Goldstone, World News

We stand for the values of democracy, truth and justice. There is no reason for Congress, Israel or any other party to fear an honest judge like Richard Goldstone -- his report should be studied, not dismissed.

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GOP Health Care Bill WON'T Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Sick People

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...

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Homeowners: "Hey Congress, Get Off Your A**"

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, John Tierney, Congress, Making Home Affordable, Barney Frank, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure, Loan Modifications, Mortgage, Banks, Business News

Our fearless leaders and elected officials don't really seem to have much to say when it comes to hundreds of foreclosures a week - and that's just in their own districts.

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Obama Year One: The Public Is A Trust, Not An Option

Dan Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: By the People, Congress, Public Option, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, Afghanistan, Hbo, One Year Later, President Obama, Obama Administration, Main Street, Timothy Geithner, Bank Bailout, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News

One year since an historic election, where the Obama administration has fallen short in our hopes for a truly new direction, one finds the central conflict to be between public good and private gain.

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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Mark McGwire Needs to Tell the Truth

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

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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Ed Schultz: Obama Would "Sell His Soul" For GOP Support On Health Care (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robust Public Option, Ed Schultz, Congress, Tricker Public Option, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Democrats, Health Care, Republicans, The Ed Show, Politics News

On Friday night on The Ed Show, Ed Schultz gave an impassioned speech calling out the president for making concessions on health care and abandoning t...

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What Are America's Real Values?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Exchange, Chip, Children, Medicaid, Congress, Child Health Coverage, Health Reform, Child Heath Insurance, Impact News

What is a child's life worth? What is a child's health worth? What is a child's spirit, battered by preventable suffering and chronic disease, worth?

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Slicing and Dicing at GM and Chrysler

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Tarp, Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Bailout, Chrysler, Gm, Fritz Henderson, Wages, Sergio Marchionne Fiat, Fiat, Carhaul, Teamsters, Thanksgiving, Business News

When it comes to carhaul drivers, automakers are failing to meet their end of the bailout bargain and taxpayers should hold them accountable.

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Wall Street Has a Gambling Problem

Sen. Maria Cantwell | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Congress, Wall Street, Wall Street Casino, Maria Cantwell, Great Depression, Politics News

Our nation's financial sector can act as a great force for job creation and production. We should not stand by and let their dimly lit casino bring us all down once again.

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Building Progressive Staying Power

Bill Goold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Progressive Legislative Exchange, Barack Obama, Election Day, Progressives, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

The resurgent progressive movement needs to think more long-term, come together quickly, and systematically build a Progressive Legislative Exchange to share the best ideas.

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Seven Members Of House Defense Subcommittee Scrutinized By Ethics Investigators

washingtonpost.com | Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, John Murtha, Congress, Ethics Investigation, Pentagon Investigation, House Defense Subcommittee, New-House-Ethics-Investigation, Murtha Under Investigation, House Investigation, Pentagon Spending, Politics News

Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who h...

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Time for Net Neutrality

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Ed Markey, Congress, Net Neutrality Laws, Fcc, Rep. Edward Markey, Technology, Net Neutrality, Telecom, Politics News

Since its earliest days, the Internet has been guided by the principles of non-discrimination and freedom. And as it continues to evolve, we are now faced with a choice.

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House Report Reveals Details Of Investigations Into Lawmakers, Aides

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lawmaker Investigation, Pma Group, John Murtha, Congress, House Investigation, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and ca...

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LGBT Rights: The Time Is Now

State Rep. Julie Hamos | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: LGBT Rights, 10th District, Congress, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Matthew Shepard Act, Hate Crimes, Dadt, Religious Freedom, Illinois General Assembly, Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr., Chicago News

I hope the abolition of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is immediate. But there is still one crucial step that this country needs to take: We must make civil marriage equality the law of the land.

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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

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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Congress and TBTF: Bring in the Bomb Squad

Joshua Rosner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Fed, Tbtf, Finance, Regulation, Treasury, Congress, Obama, Fannie and Freddie, Contingent Capital, Business News

This bill is one more act of sleight of hand by a Congress that, to the detriment of the public, fails to see that banks are there to serve the public good and can be regulated with such a goal.

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