Kyl: I've Talked With Lieberman About His Filibuster Threat
The second-ranking Republican in the United States Senate acknowledged on Thursday that he has had conversations with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) a...
The second-ranking Republican in the United States Senate acknowledged on Thursday that he has had conversations with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) a...
Auburn McCanta | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
Senator Jon Kyl recently quipped to NBC's David Gregory on Meet the Press, "I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance."
politico.com | Glenn Thrush | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media
Sen. Jon Kyl's office took the extremely unusual step of issuing a correction of sorts on a Hill story quoting him as saying he'd be open to the idea ...
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
I received email after email from HuffPost readers... furious that Senator Kyl doesn't understand the consequences for ordinary Americans who can't afford insurance or medical treatment.
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Sen. Kyl: "I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance."
Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
Senator Jon Kyl made headlines recently by proposing that maternity care shouldn't be covered by health insurance because he didn't need it. When S...
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
Dozens of local mothers descended on the office of Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona Wednesday to denounce what they say are sexist attitudes held by Kyl and the Republican Party in general.
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics
Yesterday, the DNC announced that Kyl would be focused in its "Call 'Em Out" campaign and released a web video attacking Kyl for engaging in fear-mongering and lies.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
Here's the inspiring part: the sight of John Ensign sitting behind a microphone and talking about how people need to follow the rules. He can do all this while keeping a straight face!
AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Tempers are flaring as the Senate Finance Committee starts its third day of exhaustive deliberations on a sweeping overhaul of the ...
Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Success in Afghanistan is essential; the United States has invested too many troops and too much treasure to fail. But raising troop levels is the wrong place to start the discussion of how to move forward.
The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Senator Chuck Schumer is privately urging fellow Dem Senators to aggressively argue in the media that the GOP is wholly committed to blocking reform, ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
In an interview with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) affirmed that neither health care reform bill currently in circulation will get any...
Bob Cesca | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
What we've been witnessing during this health care reform process can easily be defined as "bipartisanship porn." It's a display of bipartisanship so obscene and excessive that it borders on perverse.
RJ Eskow | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
If the centrist Democrats don't provide a meaningful alternative to costly, for-profit insurance, the backlash against them will be enormous. Co-ops will not be able to provide that alternative.
Dan Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
I and millions of others on the Obama listserv just got an email from David Plouffe announcing that the president will take questions from people online. What's your question for 44?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
A key member of Republican leadership in the Senate declared on Tuesday that a cooperative approach to health insurance was merely a "Trojan horse" fo...
Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.
Terrance Heath | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Watching some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was like a crash course in what I've often referred to as "self evasion of the mind."
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics
Senator Jon Kyl, R-A.Z., pushed back against his GOP colleagues on Sunday for suggesting that they could break the president and reap electoral advant...
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Jon Kyl's office says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR'), the late...
Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.
The Progress Report | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
As Sotomayor's elevation to the Court grows increasingly inevitable, conservatives are the ones melting down.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics