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Boehner Has Collected $742,000 For DOMA Defense, Top House Official Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Ever since House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) signed on last year to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, it's been a my...

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Attorney General Eric Holder Reviewing NYPD Spying Complaints

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and PETE YOST | Posted 04.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — Months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the ...

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Asians and Latinos Question Scott Brown's Irish Immigration Bill

Erwin de Leon | Posted 04.25.2012

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Erwin de Leon

The measure, dubbed the Irish immigration bill, would qualify Ireland for the E-3 visa program increasing the number of work visas allocated to the Irish by 10,500 per year. But why should the Irish get a special bill?

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Stopping America's Silent Killer: Viral Hepatitis

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 01.07.2012

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Rep. Mike Honda

By Congressman Michael Honda (D-Calif.) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) There's a silent killer loose in America. It is viral hepatitis, and it con...

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Amanda Terkel

Did John Boehner Break The Law?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has signed a contract to pay a law firm up to $500,000 (and possibly more) to defend the Defense of Marriag...

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Friday Talking Points [163] -- The Ads Just Write Themselves

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.15.2011

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Chris Weigant

Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.

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Elise Foley

Former Koch Exec Supplying House's New Styrofoam Cups

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Koch Industries executive George Wurtz owns WinCup, which supplies the styrofoam cups now littering the building following the Ho...

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Fed Up Americans Run First-Ever Anti-Afghanistan-War TV Ad

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Greenwald

Our communities here in the U.S. are suffering in a terrible economic vise. When do we stop wasting money on this futile war and start getting serious about getting American back on its feet?

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Sarah Palin Plays With Fire

Lesleyann Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lesleyann Coker

Sarah Palin is a master of self-immolation. In the month since the horrific shooting in Tucson, Palin squandered an opportunity to help mend the coun...

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Divided by Law: An American Takes On Immigration to Reunite with the Person He Loves

Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Ralls

Roi Whaley probably never imagined the United States government would play a role in ripping his family apart. The Gulfport, Mississippi resident h...

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Energy for the People, By the People: Schools Lead the Way

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Honda

Through education, innovation, and entrepreneurship, we need to put the energy supply not in the hands of a few utilities, but in the hands of individual households and institutions.

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Afghanistan: Rethinking the Primacy of the Military Solution

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Honda

Afghans remain convinced that the conflict cannot be solved through military means, which is why we are losing the goodwill of the Afghan people with continued night raids, dog attacks and detentions.

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Educational Crisis Faces Minority Males

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Honda

If the current trajectory continues, especially among men of color, the overall education level of the overall American workforce will slowly but steadily decline.

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Growing Calls for Immigration Reform That Leaves No Family Behind

Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Ralls

Millions of families remain separated because of bureaucratic paper trails and discriminatory policies that do not recognize gay families for the purposes of equal immigration rights.

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Comprehensive, Inclusive Immigration Reform: The Most Important Gift of All

Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Ralls

Steve and Joe, despite the life they have built together, face separation before year's end because of the country's blatantly discriminatory LGBT immigration policies.

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Will Zoe Loefgrin Vote $108 Billion For European Banks While California Goes Bankrupt?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Hamsher

How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?

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US Lawmakers In Cuba For Talks With Top Officials

Reuters | Esteban Israel | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Keep Him Honest

Gautam Dutta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gautam Dutta

If it wants to maintain control, the Democratic Party simply cannot afford to take any community for granted, whether Asian American, Latino, or African American.

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