Judd Gregg

Former Legislators Can Get Staggeringly Rich Peddling Influence, In Case You'd Somehow Forgotten This

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.15.2012

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If the example of Senator Olympia Snowe is any guide, then the typical "Why I Am Leaving Congress" op-ed is fairly similar to Greg Smith's now-famous ...

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Romney Supporter Sidelined By Campaign

Mollie Reilly | Posted 01.13.2012

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According to a new biography of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) felt pushed aside by the former Massachusetts ...

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Former GOP Senator Hired By Goldman Sachs

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- With Goldman Sachs' latest high-profile hire, the Wall Street giant is unlikely to shake its Government Sachs nickname or the reputation f...

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Obama Will Nominate New U.S. Ambassador To China

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, the son and grandson of Chinese immigrants, to be the next U.S....

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Former GOP Senator: 'I Don't Think We Can Afford Afghanistan Much Longer'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A former Republican senator who was once a cabinet choice for President Barack Obama is calling for a quicker withdrawal from Afghanista...

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It's the Climate, Stupid (Not the Deficit)

Patrick McCully | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Klein, Tom Coburn, Joe Romm, Climate, Judd Gregg, Mike Crapo, Black Rock Solar, Climate Change Denial, Deficit Commission, International Rivers, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Green News

If you care about your grandkids' welfare, by all means be concerned about the deficit -- but be very, very, very concerned about the need to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Nine GOP Senators Refuse To Join Brief Calling Health Care Reform Unconstitutional

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed a brief backing a court case challenging the constitutionality of health care ...

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The Post-Election Game Plan: Cut Social Security, Soak the Middle-Class, and Keep Taxes Low For the Rich

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Judd Gregg, Deficit Commission, Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Politics News

Yesterday the Deficit Commission used the New York Times as a messenger service to tell politicians -- and you -- exactly what they intend to do if the election goes as expected.

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Sen. Gregg And His Potential Replacement At Odds Over Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican Party has been generally unified about the notion of repealing President Obama's health care reform law. If there's been any debate, it...

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Labor Day Irony: The People Who Want to Cut Social Security All Have Great Retirement Plans

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Alice Rivlin, Labor Day, Jeb Hensaerling, David Cote, Andy Stern, Deficit Commission, Judd Gregg, Paul Ryan, Campaign for America's Future, Andrew Stern, Politics News

If the Deficit Commission members want their recommendations for cuts to have any credibility, they should pledge to live on the same Social Security benefits that they would impose for other Americans.

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A Misguided Deficit Commission

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama Administration's Deficit Commission is at best errant in its mission and at worst a bait-and-switch ploy being run on the American people.

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New Hampshire Senate Race: Republican Candidates Deny Global Warming

Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every single Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) is a global warming denier. Appearing at a debate ...

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Judd Gregg Backs Elena Kagan, Fifth Republican To Do So

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice. The retiring senator from New ...

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The Financial Regulation Vote Shows that While Americans Should Be Angry, the GOP Is not the Solution

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Republican policies precipitated the recession, and the party's solutions are to offer more of the same. Americans' anger is legitimate, but directing that anger by giving power back to the GOP is misplaced.

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Judd Gregg and Ben Nelson: More Socialism Please

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

In their current form, derivatives are basically government insurance for banks where taxpayers pay the claims. And politicians like Gregg and Nelson are fighting to keep the crooked $600 trillion derivatives market unreformed.

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GOP Skeptical Of Immigration Talks

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats are looking for a replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to negotiate a comprehensive immigration reform bill, but they are having a h...

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When Senators Vote for the Big Banks, We Will Name Them

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

The Senate Budget Committee nearly voted to break up Wall Street's biggest banks. But four Democrats helped pro-Wall Street Republicans kill an important amendment.

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Tax Dollars for Rude, Unaccountable Congressional Offices

Tiffiniy Cheng | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judd Gregg, Blanche Lincoln, Schumer, Congress, Financial Reform, Jack Reed, Hill-Staffer, Politics News

Politicians should know that we will call them out on their shenanigans, whether they are happening in the back rooms of Congress or in their front offices.

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Financial Regulatory Reform And The Extraction of Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Mitch McConnell, Financial Reform, Bob Corker, Judd Gregg, Media Criticism, Bipartisanship, Financial Regulation, Barack Obama, Eat the Press, Media News

Over the past year, when major initiatives fail to pass or pass without a single Republican vote, your beloved Beltway media is typically all too quic...

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Facing Crackdown, Credit Raters Bring On Heavy Hitters

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judd Gregg, Bob Corker, Standard & Poor, Financial Reform, Moody's, S&P, Fitch, Business News

Credit rating companies have long seemed the Wall Street equivalent of the New York Yankees: controversial but virtually unbeatable. Again and again, ...

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Does Tax Time Need To Be So Taxing?

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Ron Wyden, Senator Ron Wyden, Irs, Douglas Shulman, Douglas-Shulman, Tax, Judd Gregg, Taxpayer Money, Bipartisan, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Business News

If there's one thing that unites politicians and the general public it's the belief that the U.S. tax system is too darn complicated. Yet somehow the process of paying taxes has resisted almost every attempt at simplification.

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The Trillion-Dollar Shadow

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Curbing Wall Street, Federal Reserve Audit, Financial Reform, Tim Geithner, Federal Reserve, Judd Gregg, Chris Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Mbs, Business News

What secrets are hidden in the Federal Reserve's trillion-dollar shadow? Senators like Chris Dodd and Judd Gregg don't want us to know. They don't even want to know, themselves.

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GOP Wants a Country by Corporations for Corporations

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rand simply said what Republicans believe -- that this country should focus on promoting corporations and those corporations should have privileges, but not responsibilities.

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Financial Reform: Will We Even Have a Debate?

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street, Financial Reform, Bob Corker, Judd Gregg, Simon Johnson, Business News

Once you understand that the resolution authority is an illusion, you begin to understand that the Dodd legislation would achieve nothing on the systemic risk and too big to fail front.

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Goodbye, Granny D: Doris Haddock's Long March

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Granny D, Instant Runoff Voting, Campaign Finance, Iraq War, Common Cause, Nonprofits, Judd Gregg, Citizens United, Mccain-Feingold, Public Financing, Politics News

At the age of 88, Doris "Granny D" Haddock set out on a 3,200-mile walk across America for campaign finance reform. Her inspirational life came to a close this month, a century after it began.

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