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Conyers Introduces Bill to End Health Insurer's Anti-Trust Exemption

David Dayen | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Antitrust Law, John Conyers, Insurance Industry, Diana DeGette, Health Care, Hank Johnson, Monopolies, Mccarran-Ferguson, Home News
David Dayen

The concentration of the health insurance market among regional monopolies leads to higher costs for consumers, almost by definition.

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Carter Racism Charge Triggers Next U.S. Race Debate

Christian Science Monitor | Patrik Jonsson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Birthers, Tea Party Protests, Rush Limbaugh, Kanye West, President Obama, John Rich, Eric Holder, Bill Maher, Taylor Swift, Sean Hannity, Hank Johnson, Joe Wilson, Michael Steele, American South, Racism, Jimmy Carter, Robert Gibbs, Politics News

In asserting that some Obama foes are prejudiced, the ex-president rekindles a difficult discussion. The right sees it as a way to squelch legitimate ...

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Rep. Johnson Applauds American Small Business League for its Work on Small Business Contracting

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fortune 1000, Women, Small Business, Abuse, Fortune 500, h.r. 2568, Oversight, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Veterans, Fraud, Hank Johnson, Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act, Gao, American Small Business League, Minorities, Politics News
Chris Gunn

Johnson proposed the "Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009," to provide small businesses across the country with billions of dollars in additional contracting opportunities.

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New Bill Could be Powerful Economic Stimulus for Middle Class Firms

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Small Business, Barbara Boxer, Hank Johnson, Charles Tiefer, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, American Small Business League, H.R. 256, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Fairness, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Chris Gunn

Since '03, more than 15 federal investigations have uncovered the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 corporations and thousands of other clearly large firms.

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Gun-Control Advocates Accidentally Side With NRA

CQ | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun-Control, Gregory W. Meeks, Ed Perlmutter, Nra, Guns, Second Amendment, Joe Courtney, Shelley Berkley, National Parks Guns, Bennie Thompson, Hank Johnson, Frank Pallone Jr., Patrick J. Kennedy, Melissa Bean, Adam Smith, Politics News

As they study the vote in Congress to ease gun restrictions in national parks, the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups agree on one impo...

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Arthur Delaney

Consumer Protection Measure Introduced In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Hank Johnson, Consumer Protection, Arbitration, Politics News

Sen Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent companies from forcing consumers and employees into arbitration agreements....

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Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Eavesdropping, Detention, Tammy Baldwin, Truth Commission, Cheney, Surveillance, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, William Delahunt, Jerrold Nadler, Bush, Dick Cheney, Conyers, Intelligence, Kidnapping, Rick Boucher, Hank Johnson, Janice Schakowsky, Report, Enhanced Interrogation, War Powers, John Conyers, Judiciary Committee, Steve Cohen, Valerie Plame Wilson, House, Interrogation, Warrantless Wiretapping, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Imperial Presidency, Rendition, Prisoner, Sheila Jackson Lee, Luis Gutierrez, Bobby Scott, Blue Ribbon Commission, Bush Administration, Chris Weigant, War Powers Commission, Co-Sponsor, Wiretapping, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, hr104, Representative, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

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