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Alan Grayson's YouTube Followers Don't Want His Copycats

Danny Groner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Social Media, Chuck Klosterman, James Clyburn, Michele Bachmann, Time Magazine, Youtube, Obama, Alan Grayson, Facebook, Steve LaTourette, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Media News
Danny Groner

Where once politicians would escort the people into the future, social media sites are now propelling them forward. Left for debate is whether these new vehicles are actually shaping better leaders.

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Ryan Grim

CBO Analysis: Both House Plans Would Cover At Least 35 Million Uninsured

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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Two competing House health care reform proposals would extend coverage to at least 35 million Americans within ten years, according to a Congressional...

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Robust Public Option Lacks Votes To Pass The House: The Plum Line

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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The House Dem leadership has conducted its preliminary whip count and has tallied up less than 200 likely Yes votes in support of a health care reform...

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GOP On Wilson Resolution: 'Diversion' And 'Hypocrisy'

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - The uproar over Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama returns to the House floor Tuesday for what could be a con...

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Wilson Censure Considered By Dem Leadership

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Clyburn, Censure Resolution, Steny Hoyer, John Boehner, President Obama, Joe Wilson, Poll, Politics News

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has refused to apologize to the House of Representatives for his conduct Wednesday night, prompting Democratic leadership to ...

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Sam Stein

Clyburn: Town Hall Protests Like Horrid Anti-Civil Rights Demonstrations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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The third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives on Thursday compared the disruptive protesters at recent health care town halls to people w...

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Ryan Grim

House Dems Haven't Started Counting Health Care Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the man in charge of counting Democratic votes, said Friday that the party has yet to start putting that t...

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Jeff Muskus

Reid: Senate Will Miss Obama's Health Care Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Clyburn, Blue Dog Coalition, Healt Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Henry Waxman, Health Care, Politics News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made it official Thursday, telling reporters that his chamber will miss President Obama's August-recess dea...

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New FCC Appointee Could Face Choice Between Obama's Agenda and AT&T's

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media

Read More: James Clyburn, Fcc, AT&T, South Carolina, Mignon Clyburn, Media News
Art Brodsky

House Majority Whip James Clyburn may not have done his daughter, Mignon, any favors by getting her appointed to the Federal Communications Commission.

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DNC Accuses South Carolina Gov. Of 'Playing Politics' In New Ad (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has raised the ire of state and Capitol Hill lawmakers (and the unemployed) this week for announcing his dec...

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Inside The Senate Omnibus Disaster: Reid Reportedly "Beside Himself"

Politico | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Nelson, James Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Senate Omnibus Bill, Senate Democrats, Omnibus, Politics News

Passage of the $410 billion, leftover-from-last-year omnibus spending bill was supposed to be a perfunctory, pro forma task. Instead, it's become a co...

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The Racial Comeback

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Richard Shelby, James Clyburn, Race, Eric Holder, Black History Month, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Even if we've made strides in accomplishing a decent level of social comfort and affability, we have some ways to go before truly claiming a complete, unconditional truce on the subject of race.

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Healthcare Reform Won't Happen This Year: Top Democrat Clyburn

The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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A prominent House Democrat said he doesn't expect a comprehensive healthcare reform bill to pass Congress in 2009, saying an incremental approach to c...

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Sam Stein

Clyburn On GOP Stimulus Opposition: We Won, Now Move On

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama and his team of advisers have framed the process of crafting a stimulus package as one that will be inclusive and bipartisan in nature. ...

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Ryan Grim

Rep. Clyburn Bashes Limbaugh For Saying He Hopes Obama Fails

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) became the latest Democrat to push back against talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who recently said of President ...

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Provide Primary Health Care, Save Money

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Jim Clyburn | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bernie Sanders, James Clyburn, Obama Health Care, Tom Daschle Health Care, Health Care, Medicaid, Obama Healthcare, Health Insurance, Insurance, Walk-in Clinics, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Healthcare, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Jim Clyburn

Community health centers are open to patients with Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and those who have no insurance at all. No one who walks in is turned away because he or she lacks payment.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Election: "This Thing Is Ordained"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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With the inauguration of the first black president occurring the day after Martin Luther King Day, politics and race are firmly colliding in Washingto...

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Clyburn Lobbies For "Artfully Redefined Earmarks" In Stimulus

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has been leading a lobbying effort, directed at the incoming administration, to address the earmark prohibiti...

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Sam Stein

Clyburn: Rahm Would Make A Great Chief Of Staff

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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One of the highest-ranking Democrats in the House of Representatives offered an endorsement of his colleague Rahm Emanuel to take over the duties of W...

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Jason Linkins

Rep, James Clyburn: To Pass Bailout, Add Bankruptcy Provisions Opposed By Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Representative James Clyburn came to the defense of House Democrats this morning, telling MSNBC's Joe Scarborough that after all the votes are tallied...

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The Gas Menagerie: McCain and Graham Join The Drill Team

Linda Hansen | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Gas Prices, John McCain, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, James Clyburn, Jobs, South Carolina Tourism, Meet the Press, Election 2008, Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, South Carolina Economy, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Big Oil, Offthebus, Home News
Linda Hansen

Every four years there's some guy trying to get at us in the steamy back seat of his gas-guzzling muscle car. I say we keep our skirts down. You know the drill: Just say no.

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Clyburn: Wright Is "Knee-Capping" Obama

Washington Post's The Trail | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics

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For a Democratic superdelegate who is officially still unaligned, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (S.C.) is sounding more and more like a Barack Oba...

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James Clyburn Happy to Play His Familiar Part Once More

Sean Wilentz | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Sean Wilentz

Clyburn may well be correct about perceptions of the Clintons among some black voters; but he simply hides how Obama, his campaign, and their supporters have willfully created that impression.

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Clyburn On Bill Clinton: African Americans Have Lost A Lot Of Respect For Him

New Yorker | Ryan Lizza | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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On the Thursday before the Pennsylvania primary, Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of college students at a gymnasium in Lock Haven. The event was typical...

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James Clyburn Criticizes Bill Clinton's "Bizarre" Conduct During Campaign

New York Times | Mark Leibovich | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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The third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives and one of the country's most influential African-American leaders sharply criticized forme...

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