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Martha Coakley

Homeowners: "Hey Congress, Get Off Your A**"

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, John Tierney, Congress, Making Home Affordable, Barney Frank, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure, Loan Modifications, Mortgage, Banks, Business News
Richard Zombeck

Our fearless leaders and elected officials don't really seem to have much to say when it comes to hundreds of foreclosures a week - and that's just in their own districts.

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Shahien Nasiripour

States Should Be Allowed To Protect Consumers From Big Banks, Obama Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Crisis, Preemption, Barack Obama, Martha Coakley, Business News

President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment Friday to allowing states to adopt stronger consumer protection measures than the federal government ...

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Breaking the Gender-Merit Link

Nancy Hopkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Empathy, Boston Globe, Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Empathy, Merit Pay, Sonia Sotomayor, Steve Kornacki, Hillary Clinton, Yvonne Abraham, Massachusetts, Meritocracy, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Nancy Hopkins

When someone suggests gender diversity as an asset of a job candidate, the reply is often "Oh no, I'm only interested in merit." Yet name some other quality needed for the position, and the idea of merit is assumed, not questioned.

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Mass. Close To Allowing Senate Appointment To Replace Kennedy

Boston Globe | Matt Viser | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Election Laws, Kennedy Senate Seat, David Axelrod, Deval Patrick, Harry Reid, Interim Appointments, Martha Coakley, Politics News

Legislative leaders on Beacon Hill believe they have narrow majorities in both chambers to give Governor Deval Patrick the power to appoint an interim...

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Rep. Capuano Pulls Papers For Kennedy Senate Seat

The Hill | Reid Wilson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Lynch, John F. Kennedy, Michael Capuano, Kennedy Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) on Tuesday became the second member of Congress and the third major Democrat to announce he will run for the late Sen. ...

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Martha Coakley Announces Candidacy For Kennedy Seat

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Martha Coakley, Martha Coakley Ted Kennedy Seat, Coakley, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News

BOSTON — Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Thursday she will run as a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late S...

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Martha Coakley To Seek Kennedy's Senate Seat

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kenendy Senate Seat Replacement, Kennedy Senate Seat, Kennedy Senate, Martha Coakley Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Martha Coakley Senate Seat, Politics News

BOSTON — The race for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death last week of Edward Kennedy got off to a cautious start Tuesday, despite a t...

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Gay, Gay, More Gay: Can't We All Just Get It Straight?

Richard Laermer | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Doma, Laermer.com, Full-Faith-and-Credit-Clause, Martha Coakley, Kenneth Cole, Constitution, Massachusetts, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Being Gay in America, States Rights, Brutal Honesty, Gay, Gay Rights, Gay Issues, Politics News
Richard Laermer

A state that recognizes same-sex marriage is entitled to have its "public act, record, and judicial proceeding" (and marriage is arguably all three) respected by all the other states.

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Doma: Death by a Thousand Cuts?

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Gay Marriage, Martha Coakley, Doma, Mary Bonauto, Massachusetts DOMA Lawsuit, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Carlos A. Ball

The way in which federal marital benefits are currently allocated in Massachusetts is a textbook case of unequal treatment under the law.

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New DOMA Lawsuit is the Most Exciting Yet

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Marriage, Gay Rights, John Kerry, Equal Rights, Equal Protection, State's Rights, Full-Faith-and-Credit-Clause, Glad, Doma, Gill Et Al, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Martha Coakley, Smelt, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A suit filed yesterday in Massachusetts is a smart, novel attack on a law that is clearly unconstitutional, but also has the support of a waning, yet significant portion of the U.S. population.

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Ryan Grim

Subprime Prosecution Stops Foreclosures But Lets Goldman Sachs Off Hook

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, Goldman Sachs, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, Martha Coakley, Politics News

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won a victory against the Goldman Sachs Group Monday, forcing the financial firm to cut a $10 million ch...

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