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The 15 Biggest Congressional Recipients Of Wall Street Campaign Cash

Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Campaign Contributions, Slidepoll, Barney Frank, Center for Responsive Politics, John Thune, Charles Schumer, Eric Cantor, Opensecrets, Carolyn Maloney, Business News

Reforming Wall Street is a hot topic on Capitol Hill these days. Congress is currently weighing two financial reform bills that would, to varying degr...

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Ryan Grim

Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Laura Lefler Herzog, Bob Corker, Rape Amendment, Daily Show, John Thune, Jeff Sessions, Al Franken, Johnny Isakson, Republicansforrape, Mike Stark, Dod, Republican, The Crooked Dope, Franken Rape Amendment, republicansforrape.com, Jon Stewart, Defense Contractors, Anti-Rape, Saxby Chambliss, Arbitration, Politics News

When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their employees access to U.S. courts in c...

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Health Care and the 'Predator State'

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Predator State, James K. Galbraith, Charles Grassley, Social Security, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Insurance, South Dakota, John Thune, Barack Obama, Darwinian, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Although Republicans have snapped up James Galbraith's catchy book title, the politicians have misunderstood his message. They need to go back over The Predator State for a second reading.

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The Seven Unsung Heroes of Washington Fashion

Karin Tanabe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Obama, Jane Harman, David Dreier, Kathleen Sebelius, Style, Maria Cantwell, Desiree Rogers, Gary Ackerman, Fashion, John Thune, Barack Obama, John Kerry 2004, Style News
Karin Tanabe

Michelle Obama and her well-dressed entourage came to town and Washingtonians aren't likened to burlap-clad trolls anymore.

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GOP Blasts Dems' Health Care Legislation: "Dangerous And Costly Experiment"

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Bill, Blue Dogs, John Thune, Health Care Reform, Democrats, Health Care, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Home News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the House floor in September foll...

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Glenn Beck's Startling Boast: "I Went To The Movie This Weekend With A Gun. And Surprise, Surprise, I Didn't Kill Anybody!" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Glenn Beck Video, John Thune, Glenn Beck Gun Video, Gun Control, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Brought Gun to the Movies, Media News

During an interview with South Dakota Senator John Thune (R) about the Senate's defeat of his bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons across s...

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Ryan Grim

Mayors, Columbine Father Go After GOP Gun Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Columbin Gun Bill, Gun Amendment, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, John Thune, Gun Bill, Gun Rights, Gop Gun Rights Bill, GOP Gun Bill, Politics News

Mayors across the country stepped up their opposition to a GOP gun amendment scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday. The amendment would al...

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Senate Vote at Noon on Nationalizing Concealed Handgun Laws

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Defense Authorization Bill, Police Shootings, Violence Policy Center, National Rifle Association, John-Lott, Concealed Carry, Vpc, John Thune, Nra, Concealed Handguns, Charles Schumer, Mass Shootings, Ccw, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

After more than two decades, at noon today the gun lobby's efforts to enact a national concealed handgun law will have its first chance at success when the U.S. Senate votes.

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Have Gun, Will Travel

Cliff Schecter | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Gop, Death Penalty, Blue Dog, Fraud, John Thune, Politics News
Cliff Schecter

Here go the GOP and Blue Dog Dems again with the Thune Amendment, which assaults both the federalism they cherish in rhetoric and the common sense we cherish post-Enlightenment.

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Ryan Grim

Angry Leahy Cancels Hearing On Gun Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Thune Patrick Leahy, Leahy Gun Bill, John Thune, Gun Bill, Patrick Leahy, Leahy Thune, Patrick Leahy Gun Bill, Politics News

Senate Republicans are pushing a far-reaching gun amendment, which would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines as lo...

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Alert: Redneck Nation's Making a Power Play

Toby Barlow | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, John Thune, Yes We Can, Capitol Hill, Concealed Weapons Permits, Concealed Carry, Gun Lobby, Thune Amendment, Wyoming, New York, Politics News
Toby Barlow

So if they won't let you carry a gun in New York but they will in Wyoming, you just go get yourself a gun license in Wyoming, pick up your weapon, conceal it, and head on back to uppity ol' New York.

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Bill Could Allow Concealed Weapons In NY

NY1 | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Gun Laws, City Gun Laws, NY Guns, NY Concealed Weapons Bill, NY Concealed Weapon, Senator Charles Schumer, John Thune, New York, Charles Schumer, New York News

Senator Charles Schumer says he's fighting a piece of legislation that would override New York state's tough conceal and carry gun law. At a news con...

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Senate Set to Nationalize Concealed Handgun Laws That Have Killed 7 Cops, 44 Private Citizens

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Concealed Handgun License, Defense Authorization Bill, National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, Tanya Metaksa, Violence Policy Center, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Handgun Violence, Law Enforcement Shootings, Vpc, John Thune, Concealed Handguns, Nra, Charles Schumer, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

For over two decades a top priority of the gun lobby has been establishing and expanding state laws that allow the carrying of concealed handguns by private citizens. This effort may culminate as early as today.

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Senate To Vote On Gutting State Requirements For Carrying Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Crime, Concealed Carry, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Thune, Barack Obama, Guns, Eric Holder, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Under Senator Thune's plan, states would be forced to recognize all concealed weapons permits -- even if the requirements for out-of-state permit-holders fall well below their own.

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Sen. Thune Tries To Rally Conservatives Against Sotomayor: "We Need You"

The National Journal | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Republican Party, Gop, Conservatives, John Thune, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Politics News

Monday night, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., made a rallying cry for conservatives in opposition to Sonia Sotomayor: "We need you involved in this process,"...

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Maria, Maria! Washington's Maria Cantwell Voted 'Sexiest Senator' (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Slidepoll, Evan Bayh, Slideshow, Sherrod Brown, Poll, Maria Cantwell, John Thune, Sexiest Senator, Senator Maria Cantwell, Mark Warner, Kirsten Gillibrand, Senate, Style Style News, Huffington Post Sexiest Senator, Style News

Last week we asked you to select the sexiest senator on Capitol Hill. Nearly 40,000 of you voted, and although many of you wrote in former Illinois S...

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John Thune Replaces Ensign In GOP Leadership Post

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Ensign, Gop Leadership, John Thune, Thune Replaces Ensign, Thune Senate Republican Policy Committee, Ensign Affair, Ensign Senate Republican Policy Committee, John Ensign Affair, John Ensign Senate Republican Policy Committee, Senate Republican Policy Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Thursday elected Sen. John Thune to the leadership post vacated by Sen. John Ensign, who stepped down after admittin...

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Sexiest Senators: Who's The Hottest On The Hill? (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Sexiest Senator, Slidepoll, Evan Bayh, Senate, Style, Poll, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Mark Warner, Slideshow, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Thune, Style News

The 100 members of the U.S. Senate are constantly in the public eye, so we couldn't help but notice that from the legislative floor to D.C. nightlife,...

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Jeff Muskus

GOP Wants More Help From Cheney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, 2010 Elections, Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Democrats and Republicans may have found an area of agreement: Dick Cheney should keep on campaigning for the GOP cause. Cheney's apparently endless ...

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Arthur Delaney

Thune Hopes To Revisit TARP Recycling

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Thune, Politics News

Last week Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced an amendment that would have prohibited the Treasury Department from recycling bailout dollars repaid by...

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Jason Linkins

Sessions: Gay Supreme Court Nominee "Would Be A Big Concern"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gay Rights, John Thune, Gay Supreme Court Justice, Jeff Sessions, Souter Replacement, Souter, Politics News

Yesterday morning, Jeff Sessions made news after he appeared on Morning Joe and said, of the pending SCOTUS nomination, "I don't think a person who ac...

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Daschle for Chief of Staff?

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alston and Bird, Political Advertising, Administration, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Ethics, Campaign Ads, Bob Dole, Transition, John Thune, Barack Obama, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, Obama Chief of Staff, Obama Administration Appointments, Obama Administration, Chief of Staff, McCain Lobbyists, Tom Daschle, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Obama's got to ask himself as he considers Daschle for Chief of Staff -- does he want change and success or hypocrisy, capitulation and defeat?

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The Daschleization of Barack Obama -- or, How to Lose Your Balance By Centering Yourself

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain's Lobbyist Problems, Fisa, Vicki Iseman, John McCain, McCain Integrity Problems, John Thune, Barack Obama, Telecommunications Companies, Tom Daschle, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Obama's got a lot to lose all of a sudden. That means he's going to have to fight the temptation to play it safe even when it may be unwise.

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