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Joe Heck

House Passes Bill Protecting Against Military Medal Lies

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in ...

John Boehner Mourns Death Of Staffer

Roll Call | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

Speaker John A. Boehner’s office is mourning the loss of one of its own, the Ohio Republican announced Tuesday....

Sam Stein

Key Part Of Obama's Gun Policy Agenda Gets Backing From House Republican

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The prospects of passing an important part of President Barack Obama's gun control agenda improved a bit on Tuesday when a House Republi...

GOP Rep Walks Back Outrageous Claim About Gabby Giffords

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 02.19.2013 | Politics

Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) on Tuesday was forced to clarify earlier comments in which he appeared to agree that former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) h...

Paul Blumenthal

Dem Super PAC Starts 2014 Early

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.31.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The leading Democratic super PAC is getting an early start on the 2014 election cycle. House Majority PAC announced on Thursday that...

Republican Denies Eyebrow-Raising Assault Charge

BuzzFeed | Posted 08.24.2012 | Politics

The ex-wife of Nevada Rep. Joe Heck accused the freshman lawmaker of assaulting her during their marriage in the 1980s in a sworn statement, a charge ...

Ryan Grim

Inspiration For Scott Brown's Bill Endorses Elizabeth Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Vietnam veteran Doug Sterner, the inspiration for Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown's recently introduced Stolen Valor Act, is endorsing Br...

Elise Foley

Perry Backs Off Social Security 'Ponzi Scheme' Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.19.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry recently walked back his claims that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme,...

The One-Eared Congressman (and Other Silly-Season News)

Carl Pope | Posted 10.12.2011 | Green
Carl Pope

Silly-season news stories sometimes tell us a lot about how many of our leaders and the media think (and about how little we count in that thinking). Here are three recent small-bore, but revealing, outrages you may have missed while Wall Street went crazy.

Tyler Kingkade

Educators Worry Teachers Are Not Getting Adequate Training, Evaluation

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.26.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON -- Education leaders told a House committee Wednesday to focus on crafting comprehensive blueprint for teacher evaluations as Congress move...

House GOP: Eliminate Medicare, Disembowel Medicaid. Next: Social Security

Tom McMahon | Posted 08.13.2011 | Politics
Tom McMahon

House Republicans don't seem to care that the American people overwhelmingly rejected the idea of Wall Street getting their hands on our guaranteed benefits -- or that privatization would have been a disaster for millions during the financial crisis.