Jim Mcdermott

Mapping Congo's Militarized Mines

David Sullivan | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Jim McDermott, Conflict Minerals, Department of Defense, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mining, Defense Authorization Act, Africa, United Nations, Electronics, State Department, War Wire, World News

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 has been making news because of all the things left out of it, including billions of dollars in cuts to expensive weapons systems.

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The Happiness Doctrine

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Jim McDermott, House Ways and Means Committee, Children's Health, Children, Foster Care, Education, Congress, Child Care, Happiness, Living News

A new law is an amalgam of many of the best thoughts to be found in the foster care advocacy community and hinges on a common-sense yet revolutionary idea: that happiness is just as important as safety.

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The Case for Broad-based Health Care Funding

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Jim McDermott, Public Option, Earl Blumenauer, Healthcare, Social Security, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Politics News

Reform should be financed with a small increase in the Medicare payroll tax by about a third of a percentage point. For about half of working Americans, this would cost a latte a week ($3) or less.

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An Oldie, but not so Goodie: Updating the U.S. Poverty Measure

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Women, Senate, Congress, US Poverty, Middle Class, Christopher Dodd, Obama Administration, Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, War on Poverty, Jim McDermott, Politics News

There has been a lot of sexy talk about cutting poverty in half over the next 10 years. How is that going to happen if we don't have an accurate measure of how many poor people there are living in the US.

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Obama and Anti-War Democrats

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Massa, Jim McDermott, Rahm Emanuel, Chellie Pingree, Jane Harman, Peter DeFazio, Donna Edwards, Alan Grayson, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, Jared Polis, Jackie Speier, Politics News

Progressives across the country should plan on giving special support to anti-war democrats Edwards, Grayson, Massa, Pingree, Polis and Speier in 2010.

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Congressional Staffer Flips Wig Over Nickname

Politico | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Congress, Congressional Staffer, Jim McDermott, Mike DeCesare, Elizabeth Becton, Representative Jim Mcdermott, Mcdermott, Politics News

If you want to score a meeting with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), know this: His scheduler/office manager, Elizabeth Becton, is to be addressed by her...

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