Gene Taylor

Presenting the Immigration Hall of Shame

Amy Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lamar Smith, Immigration, Immigrants, Brian Bilbray, Tom Tancredo, Steve King, Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Chuck Grassley, J.D. Hayworth, Sharron Angle, Arizona Immigration Law, Virginia Foxx, Gene Taylor, Politics News
Amy Novick

We unveiled this week our Hall of Shame, ten of the biggest obstructionists to immigration reform who are running or have run for office this year.

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A Call For a Bipartisan National Campaign to Overturn Insurance Companies' Exemption From Anti-Trust Laws

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Anti-Trust, Bobby Jindal, Patrick Leahy, Anti-Trust Laws, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, McCarran-Ferguson Act, Healthcare Regulations, Trent Lott, Peter DeFazio, Health Care Reform, Christine Varney, Harry Reid, Health Care, Anti-Trust Exemption, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Gene Taylor, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

We need a broad coalition to immediately repeal the insurance industry's exemption from complying with Federal anti-trust laws.

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, David Cay Johnston, Floods, Baucus Bill, Public Option, Trent Lott, Health Care Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Flood Insurance, Property Insurance, Fema, Haley Barbour, Public Plan, Thad Cochran, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Gop, Schip, Republicans, Gene Taylor, Politics News
David Cay Johnston

The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.

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Protecting Homeowners the Right Course of Action

Rep. Gene Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeowner Insurance, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina, Gene Taylor, Video, Politics News
Rep. Gene Taylor

In the Gulf Coast, the ever-escalating costs of insurance, post-Katrina, have home and business owners facing daunting prospects for protecting their piece of the American Dream.

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Rep. Gene Taylor Calls Anti-Tax Activist Norquist And His Group "Lying Sacks Of Scum"

briefingroom.thehill.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gene Taylor, Lying Sack of Scum, Lying Sacks of Scum, Grover Norquist, Home News

Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) condemned conservative activist Grover Norquist and his organization, Americans for Tax Reform, as "lying sacks of scum" fo...

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Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fema, Mississippi, Human Rights, Homelessness, Acorn, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, Fema Trailers, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Aclu, Housing Crisis, Naacp, Biloxi, Gene Taylor, Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, Joseph Cao, Advancement Projecy, Gulf Coast, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Jeffrey Buchanan

The Biloxi City Council will vote June 16th on an ordinance, backed by the City's community development office, forcing FEMA trailers to be removed from residential zones by August 9th.

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9 Democrats Environmentalists Have To Worry About

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Ross, Earl Pomeroy, Rick Boucher, John Tanner, Baron Hill, Climate Bill, Charlie Melancon, Green Politics, Jason Altmire, Artur Davis, Gene Taylor, Green News

Let's call them the Carbon Nine: Jason Altmire (Pennsylvania), Rick Boucher (Virginia), Artur Davis (Alabama), Baron Hill (Indiana), Charlie Melancon ...

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