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Kyl: I've Talked With Lieberman About His Filibuster Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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The second-ranking Republican in the United States Senate acknowledged on Thursday that he has had conversations with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) a...

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Jon Kyl Locks Constituents Out, but Will Arizona Opt Out?

Auburn McCanta | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Public Option, Health Care, Jon Kyl, Arizona, Phoenix, Politics News
Auburn McCanta

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."

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Kyl Falsely Accuses Reporter Of Inaccurate Story

politico.com | Glenn Thrush | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

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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 ...

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Constituents Demand Sen. Kyl Acknowledge Loved Ones' Suffering, Deaths

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator John McCain, Health Insurance, Jon Kyl, Health Insurance Reform, Mccain, John Kyl, Politics News
Dawn Teo

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.

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Sen. Kyl Not Sure People Die From Lack of Health Insurance

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

Sen. Kyl: "I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance."

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A Domestic Proposal: No More Babies

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Longevity, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Satire, Work-Life Balance, Jonathan Swift, Jon Kyl, No More Babies, Birth Rate, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

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...

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Arizona Mothers Storm Kyl's Senate Office, Denounce GOP as Sexist

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Senator Jon Kyl, Sexual Harrassment, Protest, Working Mothers, Jon Kyl, Republican Party, Health Care, Politics News
Dawn Teo

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.

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Kyl Hit with Local Ads Showing His No-Need-For-Maternity-Care Statement

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Call 'Em Out, Campaign, Political Ad, Democratic Party, Jon Kyl, Senator Kyl, Politics News
Dawn Teo

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.

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Ensign Shows There's No Blushing in Politics

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

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!

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Kyl, Baucus Get In Fight During Senate Finance Committee Negotiations

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Tempers are flaring as the Senate Finance Committee starts its third day of exhaustive deliberations on a sweeping overhaul of the ...

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It's the corruption, stupid!

Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Rep. Jane Harman, Jane Harman, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Jon Kyl, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Afghanistan War, US Troop Levels, Politics News
Rep. Jane Harman

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.

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Schumer Privately Urging Dem Senators To Lay Political Groundwork For Dem-Only Health Care Bill

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Senator Chuck Schumer is privately urging fellow Dem Senators to aggressively argue in the media that the GOP is wholly committed to blocking reform, ...

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Kyl: "I Don't Think A Single Republican" Will Support Health Care Reform

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Bipartisanship Porn

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

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.

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Co-op, Co-opt, Cop-Out: Conjugating Health Reform

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

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.

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President Obama is Soliciting Health Care Questions... Here You Go!

Dan Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Dan Brown

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?

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Sam Stein

Kyl: Co-Ops A "Trojan Horse" For Public Option, GOP Won't Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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Anis Shivani

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.

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Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Tom Coburn, Ethnicities, Ethnicity, Identity Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, Lindsey Graham, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Terrance Heath

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."

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Sam Stein

Kyl Calls DeMint And Inhofe's Health Care Remarks "Unfortunate"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Kyl To Oppose Sotomayor

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Judge Sotomayor, Republican Inquisitors, and the Fallacy of Immaculate Perception

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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Robert D. Stolorow

What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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The Stench Of Conservative Desperation

The Progress Report | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Lindsay Graham, Jon Kyl, Politics News
The Progress Report

As Sotomayor's elevation to the Court grows increasingly inevitable, conservatives are the ones melting down.

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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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