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Growing Calls for Immigration Reform That Leaves No Family Behind

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Families, Patrick Leahy, DREAM Act, Family Immigration, Jerrold Nadler, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Reuniting Families Act, Immigration, Congress, Mike Honda, Uniting American Families Act, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Millions of families remain separated because of bureaucratic paper trails and discriminatory policies that do not recognize gay families for the purposes of equal immigration rights.

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Proudly Changing My Position on DOMA

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Doma, Jerrold Nadler, Earl Blumenauer, Doma Vote, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

In 1996, I cast the worst vote of my political career. While I've made other mistakes, this was different: it was a deliberate vote that I knew to be poor public policy and was against my values.

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Nadler To Introduce DOMA Repeal Bill Next Week

Advocate | Kerry Eleveld | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: States Rights, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Jerrold Nadler, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week. The Advocate has learned that Democratic representati...

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Commemorate 9/11 With A New Dollar Coin?

New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerrold L. Nadler, United States Mint, 9/11 Commemoration, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, 9/11 Dollar Coin, World Trade Center, 9/11 Commemoration Coin, Jerrold Nadler, New York News

Representative Jerrold L. Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat whose district includes ground zero, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require the Unite...

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Nadler: Article On Obama Dropping Public Option "Better Be Wrong"

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Healthcare Reform, House Democrats, Jerrold Nadler, President Obama, Politics News

"It had better be wrong." That was the response of Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to Wednesday's Politico story that the Obama White House, as...

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Page One Doesn't Reflect the Times

David Jones | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment, Public Housing, Housing, Employment, New York Poverty, Jerrold Nadler, NYCHA, New York Unemployment, New York Recession, New York State Unemployment, Wall Street Recession, New York News
David Jones

It would be nice to see a discussion about the serious implications this recession is having on those who aren't six-figure Wall Street types. It would be good for all New Yorkers.

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My Open Letter on Health Insurance Reform

Rep. Jerrold Nadler | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rep. Jerry Nadler, Public Option, Jerry Nadler, Jerrold Nadler, Public Plan, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Politics News
Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.

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Jerry Nadler Pushes Public Option, Obama

Politicker NY | Steve Kornacki | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Congress, Public Option, Jerry Nadler, Health Care, New York, Jerrold Nadler, Obama Public Option, New York News

Last weekend, the Obama administration seemed ready to give up on the public option, sending all sorts of signals that the president would sign a heal...

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Sorry, Not Enough House Votes To Pass Health Care Bill Without a Public Option

Jane Hamsher | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Kent Conrad, Health Care, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Jerrold Nadler, Public Plan, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

What was once the defining feature of the Obama health care plan has now been dismissed with a bipartisan flourish.

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Bush National Security Leaders Silent While Junior Spies Could Face Torture Charges

Frank Naif | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nadler Torture, Special Prosecutor, Torture Investigation, Jerrold Nadler, CIA Torture, John Yoo, Obama National Security, Eric Holder, Torture, George Bush, Politics News
Frank Naif

From the prosecution and investigatory perspective, torture prosecutions appear fraught from the beginning.

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Lawmakers Want To Limit Prescription Drug Ads

nytimes.com | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Jerrold Nadler, Henry Waxman, Drug Companies, Viagra, Levitra, James Moran, Business News

In the 1980s, Nancy Reagan told Americans to "Just Say No" to recreational drugs. Now a handful of legislators are just saying no to TV commercial...

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Comprehensive, Inclusive Immigration Reform: The Most Important Gift of All

Steve Ralls | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Mike Honda, Immigration Equality, Patrick Leahy, Jerrold Nadler, Immigration Policy, Gay Issues, Uniting American Families Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Steve and Joe, despite the life they have built together, face separation before year's end because of the country's blatantly discriminatory LGBT immigration policies.

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What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Corn, Aclu, John Conyers, MoveOn.Org, Patrick Leahy, Jerrold Nadler, Jameel Jaffer, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Wilkerson, Center for Constitutional Rights, Barack Obama Torture, Michael Ratner, David-Swanson, Harry Reid, Scott Horton, ACLU Torture, David Broder, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.

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Impeach Bybee: The Growing Movement to Unseat Bush Torture Lawyer Turned Federal Judge

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Bruce Ackerman, Jerrold Nadler, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Habeus Corpus, Democratic Party, Steven Bradbury, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Judge Jay Bybee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Jay Bybee, Jan Schakowsky, Bob Fertik, Michael Ratner, New York Times, David Swanson, Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

The UN has indicated that Obama's refusal to prosecute torturers may be a violation of International law.

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21st Century Bull Connor Closer to Feeling Fire Hose Turned on Him

Bertha Lewis | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, John Conyers, Acorn, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Janet Napolitano, Jerrold Nadler, Joe Arpaio, Bertha Lewis, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Eric Holder, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Bertha Lewis

The Arpaio spectacle shows that a police-state solution does not work.

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New York Reps Aren't Sold On Gillibrand, May Back McCarthy

The Hill | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, Carolyn McCarthy, Edolphus Towns, Carolyn Mccarthy New York Senate Seat, David Paterson, Jerrold Nalder, Jerrold Nadler, New York Representatives, New York Senate Seat, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Politics News

New York lawmakers are so far unwilling to throw their support behind newly crowned Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), and several say they could support a ...

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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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Resetting the Table

Lynne Glasner | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Accountability, Bush Lame Duck, Bush Pardon, Attorney General Mukasey, Mukasey Waterboarding, George Bush, Jerrold Nadler, Politics News
Lynne Glasner

It's time to reset the table. There's much talk about lame duck Bush, but what about lame duck Congress?

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Weapons Inspectors, Marie Antoinette, Pardon, Autoworkers, Feinstein, Marijuana, Al Franken, Barney Frank, Medical Marijuana, Legacy, Difi, Prohibition, Jerrold Nadler, Bush Legacy, Northern Ireland, Midnight Regulations, Bailout, Norm Coleman, Midotw, Treasury, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Ireland, Health Care, Reid, Detroit, Cash Room, 2700 Year Old, Army Field Manual, Democrat, Congress, 21st Amendment, Right Wing, Visitors Center, Minnesota, Lie, Democrats, Santa, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, The Troubles, Liquor, Michael Medved, Constitution, Mddotw, Harry Reid, Recount, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Post-Partisan Depression, Capitol, Secretary of State, Senate, Grandstanding, Amendment, Gop, Senator, Obama, Democratic, Dianne Feinstein, Iraq, Anniversary, Drink, Bush, Republican, Paulson, Clinton, Charlie Gibson, Schedule I, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Schedule II, Wmd, House, Frank, Franken, Post-Partisan, 2008 Election, Tourists, Talk Radio, Chris Weigant, Smell, Prohibition Repeal, Stink, Torture, Medved, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Dem Rep. Plans Constitutional Amendment To Block Bush Pardons

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Constititon Bush Pardons, Jerrold Nadler, Constitutional Amendment Bush Pardons, Bush Pardon Power, Bush Pardons, Dem Rep Bush Pardon Power, Politics News

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) plans to introduce a Constitutional amendment in the coming months to impose limits on the president's near absolute pardon...

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As Congress Lay Dying

David Swanson | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Powers, Russ Feingold, Congress, Presidential Powers, Jerrold Nadler, Obama Transition, Presidential Power, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Swanson

The only possible path to truly transformative democratic change lies in re-empowering and reforming Congress.

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Clean Trucks and Green Collar Jobs

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Environmental Justice, Congestion Pricing, Sean Arian, Clean Truck Program, Antonio Villaraigosa, Christopher Ward, Clean Energy, Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Clean Air Action Plan, Barack Obama, Jerrold Nadler, Energy, Green News
Arlene M. Roberts

With heightened concerns over global warming, clean air is increasingly associated with seaports.

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Nadler Grills The Torture Team With An Eye To Prosecute

Lou Dubose | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

Read More: GuantáNamo, Nadler Ashcroft, Nadler Subcommittee, Nadler Franks, Jerrold Nadler, Pelosi, Marjorie Cohn, Military Commissions Act, John Yoo, Rep Nadler, Nadler Torture, Nadler Yoo, Cheney, Davis Addington, Nancy Pelosi Torture, Military Commissions Act 2006, Dick Cheney, Nadler Addington, Cheney Geneva Conventions, Nadler, Military Commissions Act of 2006, John Ashcroft, Geneva Conventions, Cheney Torture, Cheney Nadler, Yoo Torture, Home News
Lou Dubose

The Bush Administration shielded itself from anti-torture laws, but prohibitions on torture aren't so easily circumvented-- they live on the books here and overseas and without statutes of limitation.

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