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Arthur Delaney

Audit The Fed Effort Wins Support From An Unusual Coalition

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

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An unusual coalition of progressive economists, labor leaders, and bloggers has decided to fight back against a congressional amendment that would all...

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Ryan Grim

Audit The Fed Effort Under Threat In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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A bipartisan effort to force transparency on the Federal Reserve is suddenly in jeopardy after a House Financial Services Committee member introduced ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

New Bill Would Keep Public In The Dark About Threats To Financial System

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

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Members of Congress and the general public may not be told of "potential emerging threats to the stability of the financial system," thanks to a Thurs...

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US Lawmakers In Cuba For Talks With Top Officials

Reuters | Esteban Israel | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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U.S. lawmakers met with Cuba's foreign minister and laid flowers at a Havana memorial to slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Saturday...

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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