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Ex-Fannie Mae Employee: Executives 'Philosophically Opposed' To Loan Forgiveness

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

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Fannie Mae executives are refusing to forgive part of homeowners' mortgage debt because they are "philosophically opposed" to the idea, according to a...

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Occupy DC Reacts To Planned McPherson No- Camping Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.24.2012 | DC

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters at Tuesday morning's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on their McPherson Square encampment a...

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Top Democrat Hits Back On Darrell Issa's Occupy DC Probe

| Posted 01.12.2012 | DC

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) appears to be in the early stages of launching an investigation into the Department of...

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Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012 | World

Read More: Ed Markey, Ben Ray Lujan, Yvette Clark, Sam Farr, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Obama Administration, Diplomacy, Karen Bass, Janice Hahn, Laura Richardson, Chaka Fattah, Jared Polis, Jerrold Nadler, Emmanuel Cleaver, Iran, Frederica Wilso, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hank Johnson, Jr., Rosa DeLauro, David Cicilline, Elijah Cummings, Steve Cohen, Charles Rangel, Corrine Brown, Iran Sanctions, Michael Honda, Jesse Jackson, Bob Filner, Carolyn Maloney, Frank Pallone, William Clay, Jan Schakowsky, Peter Welch, Linda Sanchez, Marcy Kaptur, Peter DeFazio, Robert Brady, Mazie Hirono, David Loebsack, Louise Slaughter, World News

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

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House Oversight Committee Conflict

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.17.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has begun to assert veto control over how Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

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'Green News Report' - September 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.22.2011 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Fracking, Gasland, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Bill Clinton, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Protests, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Russia, House of Representatives, Lisa Jackson, House Energy Committee, Factory Farms, Superweeds, Coal, Rick Perry, Monsanto, Chernobyl, Antibiotic Resistance, Tar Sands, Drought, Oil Spill, Africa, Superbugs, San Francisco, Bpa, Elijah Cummings, Gmos, Poverty, Darrell Issa, Subsidies, BP Oil Spill, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S VERY SCARY RADIO REPORT...

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Enough Is Enough

Rep. Elijah Cummings | Posted 10.22.2011 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Elijah Cummings, Underemployment, Financial Crisis, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Politics News

Enough with the inaction, enough with the inflammatory rhetoric, and enough with the partisan gamesmanship. The American people have spoken. It's time to listen and act.

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Maxine Waters: 'The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell'

Posted 10.21.2011 | Politics

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday. With California's jobless rate n...

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Elijah Cummings: Obama Needs To 'Fight Harder' For Black Community

Posted 10.21.2011 | Politics

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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), responding to the high unemployment rates in the black community, said that African-Americans feel President Barack Obam...

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House Dems Accuse Issa Of Shilling For 'Corporate Interests' With NLRB Subpoena

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics

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This item has been updated with comment from Issa's office. House Democrats accused Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Friday of overstepping his boun...

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Rep. Patrick McHenry's Wall Street Goon Squad Targets Elizabeth Warren -- and America's Consumers

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.24.2011 | Politics

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Elizabeth Warren tells the truth, talks straight, and fights for the middle class, and that makes her dangerous to the people who call the shots for "leaders" like Patrick McHenry and Spencer Bachus.

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Issa, Cummings Clash Over Subpoenas Of Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa issued two subpoenas this week targeting the Obama administration, reigniting a dispute with Democrats on the House Ov...

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GOP Chairman's Transparency Probe Faces Democratic Opposition

AP | TED BRIDIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Some Democrats in Congress objected Wednesday to early steps taken by the new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Govern...

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Issa Blocks Dem From Making Case Against JPMorgan At Start Of Foreclosure Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa's investigation into the foreclosure crisis is off to a rough start. On Wednesday, the ranking Demo...

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Darrell Issa-Elijah Cummings Feud Heats Up

The Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Congress may be getting ready for a big bipartisan kumbaya moment at tonight's State of the Union address, but don't expect many smiles between Reps. ...

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Commuter Caucus: 18 Lawmakers Make Daily Trip To DC

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Each morning, Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, drives to Philadelphia, Pa., from his home in Haddon Heights to catch a Washington-bound tra...

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Cummings: Issa Wants Foreclosure Investigation To Focus Solely On Fannie, Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Elijah Cummings, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, approached his Republican counterpart to urge a hear...

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Obama's Tax Cut Deal 'Seriously Straining' Relationship With House Dems

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The struggle over tax cuts is seriously straining President Barack Obama's relationship with House Democrats, who have backed him o...

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Dems Come Alive!

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Just four weeks until the midterm elections and I'm starting to feel that maybe, just maybe, Democrats will prevent an All Souls Day Massacre. And if the Dems escape death's door, they had better not let this nonsense happen again.

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Zero-Basing Public Schools, Free-Basing Education Policy

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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There was a tale of two school districts on display at Baltimore's Walters Art Museum on Saturday morning. The occasion was Congressman Elijah Cumming...

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Roy Sekoff: Health Care Reform Summit Looks Like Political Theater (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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President Obama's upcoming health care summit is more about political theater than the politics of health care reform, according to HuffPost Editor Ro...

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What's Cleaner: Used Toilet Water or the Chesapeake Bay?

Judd Legum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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Below is a brief excerpt from a conversation with Prof. Howard Ernst I recorded. He reveals how he answered a question you wish didn't need asking -- What's cleaner: used toilet water or the Chesapeake Bay?

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Alan Grayson's Candor and Honesty Irks GOP Obstructionists... Again

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Grayson came to Congress promising to be a tribune for working Florida families. What drives Republicans mad is that he has been exactly that.

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Congressman Elijah Cummings: It's Our Moral Responsibility

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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I talked extensively with Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and what is apparent is the Congressman's passion to reform our nation's health care system.

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Officials Acknowledge Program to Treat Injured War Contractors Is Seriously Flawed

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Aig, Injured Contractors, CNA Financial, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congress, Insurance Companies, Defense Base Act, Politics News

by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times. Washington — Lawmakers on Thursday sharply critici...

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