Marcy Kaptur

Joe The Plumber Slams 'Asinine' Biden

Posted 05.24.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, commonly known as "Joe the Plumber," went after Joe Biden on Thursday, calling the vice president's comments on Mitt Romney's pri...

Joe The Plumber Blasts HuffPost

Posted 04.19.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe The Plumber" from the 2008 presidential campaign, criticized The Huffington Post for its coverage of him in ...

Joe The Plumber Dealt Big Rejection

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.27.2012

CINCINNATI — Federal appeals judges Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by "Joe the Plumber" that claimed his rights were violated by a state records sea...

The $7 Trillion Question That Haunts Banks

L. Randall Wray | Posted 05.16.2012

L. Randall Wray

The banksters have no legal claim on the homes they are foreclosing. Foreclosure is theft. Any bank that used MERS has no legal claim on property -- there are 65 million such mortgages to which no bank has a legal claim to foreclose.

Michael McAuliff

John McCain Congratulates Joe The Plumber

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain elevated Sam "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher to minor celebrity status during McCain's 2008 presidential campaign -- a s...

As the Old Guard Liberals Exit Congress, a New Breed Must Take Their Place

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.13.2012

Pearl Korn

Who will pick up the mantle of this unabashed progressive voice in the House? Who will stand in Dennis Kucinich's place and demand that our government do the right thing by the People and the other nations of the world?

Joe The Plumber Goes After CNN Interviewer

Posted 03.08.2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe the Plumber" from the 2008 presidential campaign, appeared on CNN Thursday morning following his GOP ...

Dennis Kucinich: Conscience of the Congress

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.07.2012

Robert Scheer

He has been a national symbol of resistance to excessive government power and waste. He has been a champion of social justice. His has been a rare voice, and one way or another it must continue to be heard. When it came to the struggle for peace over war, Dennis was the conscience of the Congress.

Amanda Terkel

Goodbye, Dennis Kucinich

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday night, progressives confronted the unimaginable: Congress without Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). The eight-term congressman l...

Joe The Plumber Likely To Win Republican Nomination In Ohio

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 03.06.2012

Joe the Plumber is back, possibly as a congressman. America's most famous (former) plumber, whose real name is Joe Wurzelbacher, is running on Tues...

Amanda Terkel

Dennis Kucinich's Political Career In Jeopardy

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.06.2012

WASHINGTON -- Two veteran, progressive Democratic lawmakers from Ohio are battling each other to stay in Congress in a race that has been largely over...

Super Tuesday Marks The Start Of Key Primaries

AP | By ANDREW MIGA | Posted 03.05.2012

WASHINGTON -- Veteran Democratic Reps. Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur have been friends for years, but their bruising Ohio primary fight has been an...

Tom Hanks Makes Endorsement In Ohio Race

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.01.2012

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has captured an unusual trio of endorsements in the Democratic primary. Actor Tom Hanks, Republican former senator and pres...

Joe The Plumber Picks Up Endorsement In House Run

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 01.31.2012

Early voting in Ohio's primary election began Tuesday with news that Joseph Wurzelbacher, also known as Joe the Plumber, had received an endorsement i...

Amanda Terkel

Dennis Kucinich Makes Big 2012 Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- Two longtime Ohio House Democrats will face off against each other in 2012, victims of a redistricting process that combined their congr...

The Winter of Our Occupation

Michael Moore | Posted 02.05.2012

Michael Moore

And now it is winter. Wall Street rejoices, hoping that the change of seasons will mean a change in our spirit, our commitment to stop them. They couldn't be more wrong.

Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012

Stephen Zunes

Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

'Joe The Plumber' Makes Decision On His Political Future

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.10.2011

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, more commonly known as "Joe The Plumber," filed a statement of candidacy to run in Ohio's Ninth District Thursday, accordi...

Kucinich Clashes With New Rival In Cleveland

AP | By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW MIGA | Posted 12.07.2011

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Ohio's new congressional district map has thrust Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich, two veteran Democratic politicians who call t...

Amanda Terkel

Dennis Kucinich Likely To Run For Re-Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) signaled on Tuesday evening that he may be staying in Ohio to fight for re-election after state Republican...

Amanda Terkel

Could Dennis Kucinich Lose His Seat In Ohio Redistricting?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- Under a new redistricting plan that will be unveiled by Ohio's GOP-controlled state legislature Tuesday afternoon, 12 of the state's 16 ...

Zach Carter

Foreclosure Protesters Descend On Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of protesters from around the country descended on a meeting of all 50 state attorneys general in the nation's capital on Monda...

Obama Whistles Past Economic Graveyard in Deluded SOTU Address

Ian Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

Ian Fletcher

Although the president made token noises about how serious our economic problems are, he immediately negated these gestures with other statements that made clear he does not understand.

Towards a Labor-Democratic Party

Larry Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Larry Abrams

Electoral politics has long been said to be "the Art of the possible," while the politics of change is necessarily about changing what's possible. I...

The Wall Street Journal understands history, when will the rest of the American media?

Alex Storozynski | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Storozynski

The Wall Street Journal gets it: Auschwitz was not a Polish concentration camp. The paper has officially changed its style guide to make sure that rep...