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Lucia Graves

Will Hotly Debated Mine Become Alaska's Keystone?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green

Kevin McCambly was born and raised in Dillingham, Alaska, just downstream from the proposed Pebble Mine, a massive copper and gold mining project that...

Dem Slams GOP 'Chaos'

RealClearPolitics | Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics

"The whole world is watching this hearing, it is the first hearing on this issue. The whole point of a society is to create and run a government to ma...

Sarah Bufkin

Underwater Homeowners Face Double Whammy In New Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Bufkin | Posted 11.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Beginning on Jan. 1, people who lose their home to foreclosure will be required to pay federal taxes on any unpaid mortgage the bank can...

Sarah Bufkin

Estate Tax Reform Could Be Key To Avoiding 'Fiscal Cliff'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Bufkin | Posted 09.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- If the estate tax is restored to a level similar to its rate before the Bush-era tax cuts went into effect, the federal government could...

Amanda Terkel

House Democrats: GOP Stance On Obamacare Is 'Height Of Hypocrisy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Dozens of the House Republicans who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday have young adult children who are eligible to s...

Bill Targets Improved Education For Foster Children

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 07.31.2012 | Home

MIAMI — Federal lawmakers proposed a bill Thursday that would give social workers better access to school records in an effort to improve educat...

Christina Wilkie

30 Years Late: Congress Creates Bipartisan HIV/AIDS Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.15.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The first ever bipartisan congressional HIV/AIDS caucus officially launched on Thursday, 30 years after the human immunodeficiency virus...

Seattle Congressman Divorcing Wife Of 14 Years

AP | Posted 10.09.2011 | Divorce

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington and his wife of nearly 14 years are divorcing. The Seattle Democrat has released a statement saying th...

Lucia Graves

Dem Rep: Debbie Wasserman Schultz's New Role As DNC Chair Will 'Strain Her'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 06.06.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) says Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has her work cut out for her. When asked about Wasserman's d...

US Government Embarrassed by Afghan Woman Again

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Shirin Sadeghi

Malalai Joya, one of Afghanistan's most famous woman, who was just denied a visa for a book tour to the U.S. Having successfully applied for a U.S. visa four times before, this time it is not about Joya, but about the war in Afghanistan.

Crushing Workers Won't Solve Deficits

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

After a month of passionate public outcry against his union-busting strategy, Governor Walker has an opportunity to demonstrate his ability to govern with reason and moderation.

Man Arrested For Threatening Democratic Congressman

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Palm Springs man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of threatening in phone messages to kill U.S. Congressman Jim Mc...

Saving the Senate From Itself

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's role confirms our government is not operating as a democracy ruled by the will of the majority, but as a strangled entity tightly in the grasp of the minority and its take-no-prisoners leader.

Afghanistan 'Review' Shows Need for Journalism on Classified Information

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Robert Naiman

The top line of the story the administration is presenting is "progress." But the assessment of 16 U.S. intelligence agencies gives a very different picture, and the public needs to know that in order to have an informed opinion.

Is it Time for Democrats to Fight Obama?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Cenk Uygur

Why are Democrats who were willing to fight Bush crumbling in front of Obama? He claims to be the leader of the party, but honestly who cares? If he is doing the exact opposite of what Democrats claim to stand for, why does it matter what he calls himself?

Dem Congressman: Obama's Tax Deal Good For Trust Fund Babies, 'Unfair' To The Unemployed

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott (D-Wash) called President Obama's tax cut deal "unfair" on Sunday, during an appearance with fellow Congressman E...

Will a Republican Tsunami Drown the Unemployed?

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

A disaster is looming; I just hope that the hardest-hit victims of the Great Recession can withstand the wave. The only force strong enough to resist this wave of bad news for the unemployed is the American people.

Arthur Delaney

Dem Congressman: 'Republican Grinches' Could Ruin Christmas For Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces an uncertain path through Congress, which will have just two weeks when it reconvenes on Nov. 1...

A Day Without the Democrats

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

A day without the Democrats will take us back to the financial chaos of the 1930s, forever destroying what little security middle class families still enjoy.

Open Letter to Congress: Two Employee Misclassification Bills Deserve Support

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Louis Provenzano

Two bills recently introduced in Congress take on the issue of employee misclassification which puts companies that properly classify their workers at...

Health Care Reform Benefits: Truth vs. Pure Politics

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

Six months after Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, the sky is still there, grandma hasn't been euthanized, and there are no death panels. Today, just six months after becoming law, even more benefits of reform take effect.

Same Sex Sunday: Rep. Jim McDermott, David Fleisher's Prop 8 Study, Prop 8 Ruling

Joe Mirabella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Joe Mirabella

On this week's Same Sex Sunday, Joe Mirabella started off the episode with an interview of Congressmen Jim McDermott (D-WA).

We Got so Excited We Forgot We Were Mad at Target

Joe Mirabella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Joe Mirabella

The LGBT and progressive communities should not call for boycotts unless they intend to follow through with them.

Laura Bassett

Dwindling Retirement Savings 'Undiscussed Explosive Bomb' Of Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

After working in executive management for over ten years with a steadily increasing salary, Rick Stephens, 51, was laid off from his job in June 2008....

Some Surprising News About "Crack Babies"

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rep. Jim McDermott

The child welfare system must respond to constant change within our complex society, and policymakers continually must seek solutions that offer improved outcomes for children.