http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/max-baucus Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/child-labor-rules-opposed_n_1386007.html 2012-03-28T15:53:19Z 2012-03-28T15:54:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Republicans have stepped up their efforts to block new rules from the Obama administration that would limit the work kids can do on farm... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/montana">Montana</a>, <a href="/tag/farming">Farming</a>, <a href="/tag/child-labor">Child Labor</a>, <a href="/tag/children">Children</a>, <a href="/tag/agriculture">Agriculture</a>, <a href="/tag/denny-rehberg">Denny Rehberg</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/big-ag">Big Ag</a>, <a href="/tag/jeanne-shaheen">Jeanne Shaheen</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-tester">Jon Tester</a>, <a href="/tag/claire-mccaskill">Claire McCaskill</a>, <a href="/tag/child-labor-laws">Child Labor Laws</a>, <a href="/tag/family-farms">Family Farms</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-lerner/outrage-over-payments-for_b_1333252.html 2012-03-08T17:43:04Z 2012-03-08T17:43:21Z Andrew Lerner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-lerner/ That a hospital would be willing to pay nearly $9,000 more for a product than another is unbelievable. Seriously: you shouldn't believe it. No hospital would willingly do this, if they knew what the going rate for these devices was. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/medical-price-transparency">Medical Price Transparency</a>, <a href="/tag/gao">Gao</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare-costs">Medicare Costs</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care-price-transparency">Health Care Price Transparency</a>, <a href="/tag/implantable-medical-devices">Implantable Medical Devices</a>, <a href="/denver">Denver News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/k-street-democrats-warn-clients-donation-gop_n_1313601.html 2012-03-01T12:43:36Z 2012-03-01T12:43:36Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Democrats on K Street are warning their corporate clients: Give to Republican challengers in the 2012 election, and you'll regret it come tax reform t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-corporate-donations">Senate Corporate Donations</a>, <a 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Grassley</a>, <a href="/tag/drug-industry">Drug Industry</a>, <a href="/tag/lobbying">Lobbying</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare-part-d">Medicare Part D</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/debbie-stabenow">Debbie Stabenow</a>, <a href="/tag/canada-drugs">Canada Drugs</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/campaign-finance">Campaign Finance</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/pharmaceutical-industry">Pharmaceutical Industry</a>, <a href="/tag/prescription-drugs">Prescription Drugs</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-care-act">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/byron-dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a>, <a href="/tag/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/debt-limit-senate-hike_n_1234120.html 2012-01-26T12:54:49Z 2012-01-26T12:55:28Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Thursday to let the president raise the nation's debt limit by about $1.2 trillion, voting down a measure that would ha... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/congress-debt-limit">Congress Debt Limit</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-coburn">Tom Coburn</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-debt-ceiling">Senate Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-debt">Senate Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-limit">Debt Limit</a>, <a href="/tag/dick-durbin">Dick Durbin</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-debt-ceiling">Obama Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling-deal">Debt Ceiling Deal</a>, <a href="/tag/congress-debt-ceiling">Congress Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/shawmut-montana-wind-farm-max-baucus-goldwind_n_1216628.html 2012-01-19T14:00:51Z 2012-01-19T14:00:36Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ BILLINGS, Mont. -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a global wind energy company headquartered in China plans to build a 20-megawatt wind farm in central Mon... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="/tag/senator-max-baucus">Senator Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/musselshell-river">Musselshell River</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/montana-wind-farm">Montana Wind Farm</a>, <a href="/tag/shawmut-wind-farm">Shawmut Wind Farm</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/senator-baucus">Senator Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/goldwind-usa">Goldwind USA</a>, <a href="/tag/shawmut-montana-wind-farm">Shawmut Montana Wind Farm</a>, <a href="/tag/clean-economy">Clean Economy</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/obama-smaller-government-plan-republicans_n_1205332.html 2012-01-13T18:46:00Z 2012-01-13T18:46:21Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cautiously embracing President Barack Obama's proposal for shrinking the size of the federal government, a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/dave-camp">Dave Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans-smaller-government">Republicans Smaller Government</a>, <a href="/tag/government-consolidation">Government Consolidation</a>, <a href="/tag/government-spending">Government Spending</a>, <a href="/tag/commerce-department">Commerce Department</a>, <a href="/tag/orrin-hatch">Orrin Hatch</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/small-government">Small Government</a>, <a href="/tag/us-trade-representative">US Trade Representative</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/eric-cantor">Eric Cantor</a>, <a href="/tag/smaller-government">Smaller Government</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-smaller-government">Obama Smaller Government</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/27/montana-recall-ndaa-indefinite-detention_n_1171044.html 2011-12-27T12:05:51Z 2011-12-27T12:08:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A group of Montanans has launched an effort to recall the state's U.S. congressional delegation over recent votes on a controversial defense bill that... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jon-tester-montana">Jon Tester Montana</a>, <a href="/tag/indefinite-detention-montana">Indefinite Detention Montana</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/montana-recall-indefinite-detention">Montana Recall Indefinite Detention</a>, <a href="/tag/indefinite-detention-bill">Indefinite Detention Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/national-defense-authorization-act">National Defense Authorization Act</a>, <a href="/tag/ndaa-indefinite-detention">Ndaa Indefinite Detention</a>, <a href="/tag/montana-recall">Montana Recall</a>, <a href="/tag/ndaa">Ndaa</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-montana">Max Baucus Montana</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/montana-recall-effort">Montana Recall Effort</a>, <a href="/tag/john-tester">John Tester</a>, <a href="/tag/indefinite-detention">Indefinite Detention</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/senate-secret-santa-historian_n_1143544.html 2011-12-12T11:37:59Z 2011-12-12T11:38:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Senate Historian Donald Ritchie last week regaled the Senate Democrats' lunch with the heartwarming history of the chamber's Secret Santa exchanges.... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/donald-ritchie">Donald Ritchie</a>, <a href="/tag/al-franken">Al Franken</a>, <a href="/tag/christmas">Christmas</a>, <a href="/tag/secret-santa">Secret Santa</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-secret-santa">Senate Secret Santa</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/christmas-2011">Christmas 2011</a>, <a href="/tag/franken">Franken</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pearl-korn/they-say-cut-back-we-say-_b_1070240.html 2011-11-02T08:55:25Z 2011-11-02T09:02:49Z Pearl Korn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pearl-korn/ It will take a whole different crop of leaders and real public servants, who can work unencumbered by special interest influence, to truly cure what ails our nation. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a>, <a href="/tag/super-pac">Super Pac</a>, <a href="/tag/dnc">Dnc</a>, <a href="/tag/karl-rove">Karl Rove</a>, <a href="/tag/dscc">Dscc</a>, <a href="/tag/fair-elections-now-act">Fair Elections Now Act</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/first-amendment">First Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/we-are-the-99-percent">We Are the 99 Percent</a>, <a href="/tag/wellcare-health-plans-inc">WellCare Health Plans Inc.</a>, <a href="/tag/debbie-wasserman-schultz">Debbie Wasserman Schultz</a>, <a href="/tag/zuccotti-park">Zuccotti Park</a>, <a href="/tag/health-insurance">Health Insurance</a>, <a href="/tag/citizens-united">Citizens United</a>, <a href="/tag/blue-cross-blue-shield">Blue Cross Blue Shield</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/wall-street">Wall Street</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/tag/dccc">Dccc</a>, <a href="/tag/occupy-wall-street">Occupy Wall Street</a>, <a href="/tag/affordable-care-act">Affordable Care Act</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/constitution">Constitution</a>, <a href="/tag/american-crossroads">American Crossroads</a>, <a href="/tag/tea-party">Tea Party</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-altman/super-committee-social-security-cuts_b_1065105.html 2011-10-29T13:11:02Z 2011-10-29T13:11:41Z Nancy Altman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-altman/ The secretive and unaccountable Super Committee is meeting behind closed doors and proposing devastating cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that would be shouldered by the 99%. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hands-off-the-99%2525">Hands Off the 99%</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/we-are-the-99-percent">We Are the 99 Percent</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/the-1-percent">The 1 Percent</a>, <a href="/tag/we-are-the-99%2525">We Are the 99%</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/medicaid">Medicaid</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security-works">Social Security Works</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-supercommittee">Deficit Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/26/medicare-eligibility-age-_n_1033097.html 2011-10-26T14:06:21Z 2011-10-26T14:06:19Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the congressional super committee have produced a "presentation" that would include a roughly equal mix of spending cuts an... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/medicare-eligibility">Medicare Eligibility</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-negotiations-boehner">Obama Negotiations Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-medicare">Obama Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare-eligibility-age">Medicare Eligibility Age</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-retirement-age">Obama Retirement Age</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-debt-ceiling-entitlements">Obama Debt Ceiling Entitlements</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-medicare-eligibility">Obama Medicare Eligibility</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-sacred-cows">Obama Sacred Cows</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/congressional-democrats-super-committee">Congressional Democrats Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling-obama">Debt Ceiling Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling-negotiations">Debt Ceiling Negotiations</a>, <a href="/tag/baucus-super-committee">Baucus Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare-obama">Medicare Obama</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/super-committee-meetings_n_996481.html 2011-10-05T14:30:40Z 2011-10-05T14:28:15Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The six Democratic members of a 12-member super committee with extraordinary powers to shape spending over the next decade held another ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-upton">Fred Upton</a>, <a href="/tag/chris-van-hollen">Chris Van Hollen</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/xavier-becerra">Xavier Becerra</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-kyl">Jon Kyl</a>, <a href="/tag/dave-camp">Dave Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/transparency">Transparency</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/rob-portman">Rob Portman</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/open-government">Open Government</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-toomey">Pat Toomey</a>, <a href="/tag/jim-clyburn">Jim Clyburn</a>, <a href="/tag/joint-select-committee-on-deficit-reduction">Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/a-president-standing-in-q_b_964351.html 2011-09-15T12:41:22Z 2011-09-15T12:41:49Z Joseph A. Palermo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/ The political wizards around Obama do not understand how demoralizing the Obama presidency has been for his most enthusiastic supporters. Their candidate turned out to be a Chicago pol with a veneer of populism. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/%253Ffree-market%253F-lula-da-silva">?€œFree Market? Lula Da Silva</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/ben-nelson">Ben Nelson</a>, <a href="/tag/%253Fgeorgia-works%253F-imf">?€œGeorgia Works? IMF</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/chile">Chile</a>, <a href="/tag/eric-cantor">Eric Cantor</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snow">Olympia Snow</a>, <a href="/tag/foreclosures">Foreclosures</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs-bill">Jobs Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/rick-perry">Rick Perry</a>, <a href="/tag/american-jobs-act">American Jobs Act</a>, <a href="/tag/poverty">Poverty</a>, <a href="/tag/republican-house-of-representatives">Republican House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/07/super-congress-super-committee-members_n_952606.html 2011-09-07T15:03:02Z 2011-09-07T15:44:59Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Super Congress will insist that the body's mandate be expanded to include job creation measures, setting up the first ma... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/john-kerry-super-committee">John Kerry Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-super-congress">Max Baucus Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry-super-congress">John Kerry Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/john-larson">John Larson</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-super-committee">Max Baucus Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/112th-congress">112th Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/dc-and-deficits-a-little_b_930455.html 2011-08-18T12:05:37Z 2011-08-18T12:16:25Z Richard (RJ) Eskow http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/ In a week that marked the 34th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, it's once again time to sing his old hit: "We need a little less conversation, a lot more action." <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/michele-bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, <a href="/tag/shock-doctrine">Shock Doctrine</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/financial-crisis">Financial Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/rick-perry">Rick Perry</a>, <a href="/tag/stock-market">Stock Market</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/elvis-presley">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="/tag/eliot-spitzer">Eliot Spitzer</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/col-tom-parker">Col. Tom Parker</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/friday-talking-points-177_b_925986.html 2011-08-12T22:07:56Z 2011-08-12T22:07:41Z Chris Weigant http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/ I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Iowa straw poll is meaningless. The Republican debate last night in Iowa wasn't as meaningless, but will also soon be forgotten. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sesame-street">Sesame Street</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/debate">Debate</a>, <a href="/tag/tea-party-downgrade">Tea Party Downgrade</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/mccaskill">Mccaskill</a>, <a href="/tag/drew-westen">Drew Westen</a>, <a href="/tag/romney">Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/downgrade">Downgrade</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs">Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/straw-poll">Straw Poll</a>, <a href="/tag/republican">Republican</a>, <a href="/tag/baucus">Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/midotw">Midotw</a>, <a href="/tag/most-disappointing-democrat-of-the-week">Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week</a>, <a href="/tag/hhs">Hhs</a>, <a href="/tag/heckler">Heckler</a>, <a href="/tag/rick-perry">Rick Perry</a>, <a href="/tag/most-impressive-democrat-of-the-week">Most Impressive Democrat of the Week</a>, <a href="/tag/sebelius">Sebelius</a>, <a href="/tag/reid">Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/obamacare">Obamacare</a>, <a href="/tag/bachmann">Bachmann</a>, <a href="/tag/the-pill">The Pill</a>, <a href="/tag/uncertainty">Uncertainty</a>, <a href="/tag/house">House</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs-bill">Jobs Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/free">Free</a>, <a href="/tag/kathleen-sebelius">Kathleen Sebelius</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control">Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/michele-bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, <a href="/tag/mddotw">Mddotw</a>, <a href="/tag/corporations-are-people">Corporations Are People</a>, <a href="/tag/corporations">Corporations</a>, <a href="/tag/jan-schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a>, <a href="/tag/health-insurance">Health Insurance</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/friday-talking-points">Friday Talking Points</a>, <a href="/tag/bert-and-ernie">Bert and Ernie</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/deficit-committee-members-lobbyist-staffers_n_924763.html 2011-08-11T16:28:00Z 2011-08-11T16:28:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- With congressional leaders having finalized their selection of the 12-member, bicameral panel designed to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in defi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-upton">Fred Upton</a>, <a href="/tag/chris-van-hollen">Chris Van Hollen</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/lobbying">Lobbying</a>, <a href="/tag/revolving-door">Revolving Door</a>, <a href="/tag/xavier-becerra">Xavier Becerra</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-kyl">Jon Kyl</a>, <a href="/tag/lobbyist">Lobbyist</a>, <a href="/tag/transparency">Transparency</a>, <a href="/tag/dave-camp">Dave Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/disclosure">Disclosure</a>, <a href="/tag/rob-portman">Rob Portman</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/112th-congress">112th Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-toomey">Pat Toomey</a>, <a href="/tag/jim-clyburn">Jim Clyburn</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/the-perils-for-obama-of-n_b_923649.html 2011-08-10T15:48:09Z 2011-08-10T15:48:20Z Joseph A. Palermo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/ It's strange that President Obama doesn't show any indignation about our long slide into economic oblivion. He's certainly not "fighting mad" about it. He draws a line in the sand, the Republicans cross it, then he steps back and draws another line in the sand. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/john-f-kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/tag/the-poor">The Poor</a>, <a href="/tag/edward-murrow">Edward Murrow</a>, <a href="/tag/heritage-foundation">Heritage Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/poverty">Poverty</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/ronald-reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, <a href="/tag/representative-paul-ryan">Representative Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/tag/economic-crisis">Economic Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/poor-people%253Fs-campaign">Poor People?S Campaign</a>, <a href="/tag/welfare-queens">Welfare Queens</a>, <a href="/tag/wisconsin-recall-elections">Wisconsin Recall Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/harvest-of-shame">Harvest of Shame</a>, <a href="/tag/people%253Fs-budget">People?S Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/mayor-richard-daley">Mayor Richard Daley</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/robert-f-kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a>, <a href="/tag/progressive-caucus">Progressive Caucus</a>, <a href="/tag/martin-luther-king">Martin Luther King</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/poverty-in-america">Poverty in America</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/great-society">Great Society</a>, <a href="/tag/the-other-america">The Other America</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-harrington">Michael Harrington</a>, <a href="/tag/republican-party">Republican Party</a>, <a href="/tag/robert-rector">Robert Rector</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/10/mcconnell-boehner-deficit-committee-appointments_n_923312.html 2011-08-10T11:58:00Z 2011-08-10T11:58:19Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders of the House and Senate announced their picks Wednesday for the "super Congress" deficit committee slated with findin... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/fred-upton">Fred Upton</a>, <a href="/tag/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/corrections">Corrections</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-kyl">Jon Kyl</a>, <a href="/tag/super-commission">Super Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/dave-camp">Dave Camp</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/rob-portman">Rob Portman</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-limit">Debt Limit</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-deal">Debt Deal</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-toomey">Pat Toomey</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/harry-reid-super-congress-murray-baucus-kerry_n_922761.html 2011-08-09T18:33:01Z 2011-08-09T18:33:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will appoint Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) to t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-super-committee">Max Baucus Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray-super-committee">Patty Murray Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry-super-committee">John Kerry Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid-super-committee">Harry Reid Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/tag/112th-congress">112th Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling-deal">Debt Ceiling Deal</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/democrats-super-committee-members_n_921370.html 2011-08-08T16:22:46Z 2011-08-08T16:23:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The much-discussed "super committee," created as part of a bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling and tasked with finding $1.5 trillion... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-reduction">Debt Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/kent-conrad">Kent Conrad</a>, <a href="/tag/reid-baucus">Reid Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-leadership">Senate Leadership</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress-reid">Super Congress Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/democratic-leadership">Democratic Leadership</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-democrats">Senate Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress-debt">Super Congress Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/conrad-super-congress">Conrad Super Congress</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/03/max-baucus-marries-melodee-hanes-married_n_889373.html 2011-07-03T01:44:38Z 2011-07-03T01:45:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HELENA, Mont. -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has married the former state director he once recommended for Montana's top attorney job.<br /> <br /> Spokeswoman Kate Down... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/max-baucus">Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-melodee-hanes-married">Max Baucus Melodee Hanes Married</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-melodee-hanes">Max Baucus Melodee Hanes</a>, <a href="/tag/melodee-hanes-max-baucus">Melodee Hanes Max Baucus</a>, <a href="/tag/max-baucus-married">Max Baucus Married</a>, <a href="/tag/melodee-hanes">Melodee Hanes</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p>