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Sam Stein

Obama And Congress Pressured By Mayors To Take Action On Guns

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Second Amendment, Obama Fort Hood, Obama, Mayors Against Guns, Obama Guns, Mayors Against Illegal Firearms, Obama Gun Shows, Advertisement Washington Post, Politics News

A new ad campaign from a coalition of mayors who support gun control cites the shootings at Fort Hood as a reason for President Barack Obama and cong...

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Sam Stein

Lieberman: 'I Don't Think Anybody Thinks This Bill Will Pass'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lieberman Filibuster, Joseph Leiberman Public Plan, Lieberman Health Care, Filibuster Threat, Health Care Reform Obama, Joseph Lieberman, Politics News

Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), reaffirmed on Sunday that he will support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill that includes a governme...

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Sam Stein

Michael Bennet: I'll Lose My Seat To Support Health Care (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bennet Vote Job, Bennet Senate Seat, Michael Bennet, Bennet Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a freshman Senator who is fighting to hold his seat in 2010, said he would support health care reform even if it cost h...

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Sam Stein

Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: State of the Union, White House Economic, Brown White House, Defazio Geithner, Sherrod Brown, Jobs Obama, Sherrod Brown Cnn, Brown Geithner, Politics News

Despite carving out a niche for himself as a leading progressive voice in Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) rarely goes in for headline-grabbin...

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Jason Linkins

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Media News

Welcome to your Sunday Morning Liveblog of the weekly political chatfests, which, like midnight basketball, occupies the time of pundits and newspeople who would be off doing something dangerous to us or to one another.

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Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim

Senator Says Loophole In Derivatives Regulation Undermines Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Cantwell, Occ, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Financial Reform, Derivatives Reform, Collin Peterson, Barney Frank, Main Street, Bailout, Maria Cantwell, Wall Street, Business News

The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivativ...

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Sam Stein

GOP Needs Six Weeks To Debate Health Care Bill That All Republicans Will Oppose

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Vote, Republican Senate, Kyl Mcconnell, Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Senate Republicans Health Care, Politics News

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued last Sunday that Republicans deserve at least six additional weeks to consider health care reform...

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Jason Linkins

Rahm Emanuel 'Bedeviling' News Organizations With His Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: News Organizations, Rahm Emanuel, Anonymous Sources, Media Criticism, Media News

NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard makes note of the curious way that news organizations choose to identify White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, whose v...

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Sam Stein

Rep. Steve King: KSM Trial Will Lead To Domestic Terrorists And U.S Deaths

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steve King, Ksm Trial King, Steve King Domestic Terrorist, Steve King Terrorism, King Obama Trials, Politics News

Never one to shy away from hyperbole, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) insisted on Friday that the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects ...

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Jason Linkins

National Republican Congressional Committee Caught Misleading With Ellipses Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Proper-Punctuation, Dirty Tricks, National Republican Congressional Committee, Media News

The good people over at the National Republican Campaign Committee have a favorite punctuation mark, called the ellipsis. And they enjoy using it, ma...

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Jason Linkins

Lou Dobbs Now Mulling Future In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Quits, Media News

Despite all the negative attention surrounding his departure from CNN, Lou Dobbs is setting his hopes very high, telling reporters that he's considering possible runs for the White House or Senate.

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Sam Stein

Peter DeFazio, Dem Rep.: It's 'Pretty Embarrassing' That Dems Now Identified With Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defazio Wall Street, Obama Jobs, Timothy Geithner Jobs, Defazio Geithner, Obama Economy, Defazio Embarrassed, Peter DeFazio, Politics News

One of the loudest populist voices in the Democratic Caucus predicted on Thursday that the party may have to forcefully challenge the White House on e...

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Arthur Delaney

CREW Files FEC Complaint Over Landrieu's $23,500 'Donation' To The U.S. Treasury

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyblog, Federal Election Commission, Mary Landrieu, Senate Ethics Committee, Politics News

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commision over a myster...

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Sam Stein

Roland Burris Reprimanded By Senate Ethics Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Committee Remprimand, Rod Blagojevich, Burris Ethics Committee, Roland Burris, Burris Senate Seat, Burris Shaming, Politics News

A Senate ethics committee issued a mild reprimand to Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill) on Friday after an investigation into his appointment to the U.S. Sena...

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Jason Linkins

Rap Legend Flavor Flav: 9/11 Terrorists Should Be Tried In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Liz Glover, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, New York City, Flavor Flav, Terror-Trials-in-Us-Courts, Media News

What will it take to convince dead-enders that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 masterminding ilk should be tried in federal court in New York City...

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Jason Linkins

Right-Wing Talkers Obsessed With Rape

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Fearmongering, Video, Right Wing Talk Radio, Rape, Media Criticism, Media Matters, Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Media News

One of the things that's obviously under-appreciated about right-wing radio and television is the way hosts wield this awesome variety of artful metap...

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Sam Stein

Health Care Reform Closing Arguments: White House, Activists, Labor Unions Eye The Finish Line

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Activist Groups, Labor Unions, Hcan, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Reform Activists, White House Blog, Blanche Lincoln, Reform Legislation, Politics News

With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself lau...

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Sam Stein

Jesse Jackson Walks Back Rebuke Of Artur Davis Over Health Care Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jackson Black Man, Jackson Walk Back, Jackson Health Care, Artur Davis Health Care, Jackson Artur Davis, Jesse Jackson, Politics News

Reverend Jesse Jackson is moderating a stinging rebuke of Rep. Artur Davis over the Alabama Democrat's position on health care legislation. Days aft...

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Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow, Spencer Ackerman Provide Rare Moment Of Clarity In The Afghanistan Escalation Debate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Spencer Ackerman, Video, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Rachel Maddow, Media News

The more I hear about the troop level increases that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to win in Afghanistan, the more and more I feel detached from any sense ...

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Sam Stein

Two-Thirds Of States Would Offer Public Option: CBO

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: State Governments, Public Option, Public Plan, Cbo Senate Bill, State Opt Out, Congressional Budget Office, Opt Out, Politics News

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 33 states -- or two out of every three -- would offer a national, government-run insurance opti...

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Sam Stein

DNC Raises $11.5 Million In October, Outpacing RNC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Democratic Fundraising, DNC Fundraising, RNC Fundraising, Lobbyblog, Politics News

The Democratic National Committee raised $11.5 million during the month of October, a party source tells the Huffington Post. The haul, the source s...

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Jason Linkins

Health Care Reform Opponents Stoking Fears Over Breast Cancer Screenings

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Breast Cancer Screenings, Kathleen Sebelius, Media News

The latest alarmist claptrap that's emerged in the debate over health care reform involves a study that's been done by the US Preventive Services Task...

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Arthur Delaney

Senate Health Care Bill Offers Less Immediate Help Than House Version

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Senate, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

If the Senate has its way with health insurance reform, Sandra Ingram, a 63-year-old cancer patient undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatments in Io...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Banks Get Small Win On Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Aba, Fasb, Lynn Turner, Bankers, Facebook, Ed Perlmutter, Banks, Financial Crisis, Sec, Chamber of Commerce, Systemic Risk, Accounting, American Bankers Association, Business News

A House panel approved a provision Thursday that calls for a new oversight body dominated by bank regulators to advise on accounting rules for banks, ...

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Sam Stein

Huckabee Calls Knee-Jerk GOP Attacks On Obama 'Deplorable' And 'Shameful'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee Deplorable, Huckabee Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Huckabee Shameful, Huckabee Knee Jerk, Mike Huckabee, Politics News

During a relatively unnoticed speech in early November, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he found it "deplorable" and "shameful" that ...

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