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Gary Peters

Peters Announces Run For Carl Levin's Senate Seat

Posted 05.01.2013 | Detroit

U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) has announced his plans to run for the soon-to-be vacated Senate seat held by veteran pol Carl Levin (D-Mich). Pete...

Michigan's Highest Dem Addresses Plans For 2014 Governor's Race

Posted 01.31.2013 | Detroit

The field of candidates for Michigan's 2014 governor's race is yet be determined, but state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) has already made it...

Gary Peters Will Run Against Republican Nominee In November

AP | Posted 08.08.2012 | Detroit

DETROIT -- U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has won the Democratic primary in Michigan's 14th District, defeating another member of Congress and three other cand...

Gary Peters Called Victor Over Hansen Clarke In 14th Congresssional Race

Posted 08.08.2012 | Detroit

Rep Gary Peters was called the victor after 11 p.m. Tuesday night in his race against a fellow Democrat incumbent, as supporters gathered at a party h...

Michigan Primary Is No Throwaway

Posted 08.06.2012 | Detroit

2012 is no throwaway primary. New redistricting across the state has created entire new constituencies for pols. That's had the effect of also crea...

Bus Systems Get Millions From D.C.

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 09.18.2012 | Detroit

Although metro Detroit bus systems have recently struggled to maintain service for riders, a $30 million federal grant will allow for infrastructure u...

Michigan Politicians Sound Off On Obamacare Supreme Court Decision

Posted 06.28.2012 | Detroit

In a 5-4 decision issued today, the nation’s highest court declared the individual health insurance mandate constitutional, upholding the central pr...

New Push To Keep Student Loan Rates From Doubling

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.23.2012 | College

A Congressman who successfully rallied Democrats in a government shutdown fight last summer hopes he can drum up support once more as he attempts to s...

I Was There -- Why Romney Is Still Wrong on Michigan's Auto Industry

Gary Peters | Posted 04.15.2012 | Detroit
Gary Peters

Today, because of President Obama's commitment to Michigan, Detroit's auto industry is leading America's economic recovery, but this never would have happened if Mitt Romney had his way.

INFOGRAPHIC: See Why Dems Are Upset About Michigan's New Districts

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 01.25.2012 | Detroit

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Michigan's Republican-designed redistricting plan, despite complaints from Democrats and a lawsuit that al...

Kate Abbey-Lambertz

Pontiac's Emergency Manager Could Have Lost the City $850,000

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 01.11.2012 | Detroit

U.S. Rep. Gary Peters came to Pontiac City Hall Wednesday morning to discuss his plan to combat an agreement between Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Sch...

Dems Protest Snyder's Emergency Manager Power Grab

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 12.16.2011 | Detroit

Republican lawmakers in Lansing are working quickly to ensure Gov. Rick Snyder and his appointed emergency managers retain their power in local commun...

Tyler Kingkade

Democrats Strike Back At GOP For Trying To Cut Department Of Energy Loan Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.20.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders on Tuesday struck back against House Republicans' efforts to make cuts to a Department of Energy loan program in exch...

Tyler Kingkade

House GOP Seeks Cuts To Auto Industry To Pay For Disaster Relief Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans rolled out their plan to fund disaster relief in Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) district, but at the cost of al...

When Redistricting Is All In The Family

Roll Call | June 7, 2011 | Posted 08.08.2011 | Politics

For many current and former Members of Congress, redistricting is a family affair -- and House district boundaries run as thick as bloodlines....

Lucia Graves

Gun Control Group's Ad Campaign Could Help Endangered Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Americans United for Safe Streets, a non-partisan group advocating gun control, is set to launch a seven-figure ad campaign Thursday targeting candida...

Dems Make $21.6 Million Ad Buy In Last Ditch Effort To Save House

Hotline On Call | By Eliza Newlin Carney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is making a last ditch effort to survive a GOP wave by blanketing the airwaves in more than 60 distric...

Animal Crush Videos Make Comeback; Senate Must Act

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Wayne Pacelle

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal anti-cruelty law invalid and unconstitutional, creating an opening for peddlers of this smut to get back into this business.

U.S. House Votes to Crack Down on Animal Crush Videos

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Wayne Pacelle

Animal cruelty is a vice, and more people than ever realize that it is a form of social pathology. The people who commit these acts are a danger not only to animals, but also to our communities.

Ryan Grim

Merchants Worried Swipe Fee Deal In Jeopardy

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The battle over swipe fees is not over yet -- despite a deal that had been reached. Lobbyists for merchants battling Wall Street over the fees charged...

Two More Michigan Congressmen Receive Threatening Calls

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Chris Savage

Mark Shauer and Bob Bepritis are the second and third Michigan members of Congress reporting threatening calls. The first was Bart Stupak of Michigan's 1st District.

Gary Peters -- More Than Just Rage Against The Machine

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Howie Klein

Listening to Congressman Peters speak last week made me very, very proud that Blue America had endorsed him in 2008 and helped him replace rubber stamp incumbent Joe Knollenberg.

Pro-Choice Victories in the 2008 Election

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Nancy Keenan

Last night, while standing just a few feet from the podium from which our next pro-choice president spoke, I was overcome with pride and emotion.

Joe Must Go

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Markarian

Joe Knollenberg has had 16 years in office to demonstrate where he stands on the humane treatment of animals, and time and time again he has voted against animal welfare reforms.

2008 Michigan CD-09 General Election:
Knollenberg (R-i) vs Peters (D)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

MI-09: Knollenberg vs Peters