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Congressman Waxman: What Americans Need to Know About Health Care

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Last week, Rep. Waxman paneled a discussion at UCLA on climate change. Later, he was gracious enough to sit down with me for an interview.

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Obama Needs to Show Less Paucity of Audacity

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

So far the only people Obama seems willing to make mad are the activist base of the Democratic party who helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

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Obama Faces First National Security Failure as Sotomayor and Health Care Hang in the Balance

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Kimberly Krautter

Last week's sustained cyber-attacks on some of our country's most sensitive government networks exposed how a country that lives by the technology can also perish by the technology.

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Sam Stein

Obama Plugs Staff Into Hill Health Care Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

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One of the key measures the Obama White House has employed in crafting a comprehensive health care reform package is to ensure that the avenues of com...

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Sam Stein

Bobby Jindal Response Panned By Pundits, Republicans And Democrats Alike

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Bobby Jindal's task tonight, to rebut President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress, was a thankless one. But it still constitut...

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Sam Stein

McCain Confronts Obama On Marine One (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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At the closing session of the president's fiscal responsibility summit on Monday, high-ranking members of Congress were asked to put on their reportor...

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Obama Strategy: Keep Lawmakers Close

wsj.com | JONATHAN WEISMAN and NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's scheduled signing Tuesday of a $787 billion economic stimulus law culminates three rapid-fire legislative weeks when a new pr...

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Sam Stein

Bobby Jindal Giving Rebuttal To Obama's First Address To Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who some conservatives adamantly believe will become president one day, is slated to give the Republican response to Bara...

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Sam Stein

State Of The Union: Obama To Address Congress In February

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama will give a State of the Union style address to Congress sometime in February, spokesman Robert Gibbs said during Friday's pres...

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Obama To GOP: "I Won"

Politico | JONATHAN MARTIN & CAROL E. LEE | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left...

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Sam Stein

Obama And Congress Learn To Dance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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As he prepares to take the oath of office, Barack Obama's biggest political roadblock may end up being institutional hurdles rather than a united Repu...

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Obama Heading To The Hill Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama will head to the Hill tomorrow for perhaps the final time before he takes the oath of office. The president-elect will be attending the ...

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Democrats' Factions Could Stall Grand Plans

wsj.com | NAFTALI BENDAVID and GREG HITT | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The new Congress sweeps into town Tuesday with many members comparing themselves to the 1933 Congress that enacted much of President Fra...

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Sam Stein

Biden: Transition Prep Happening On Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Speaking to a crowd in Ohio today, Sen. Joseph Biden briefly turned his focus to what happens after the election and, in the process, provided a peek ...

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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Obama's Congressional Backers Wary Of "Dream Ticket"

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) allies in Congress do not want Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his running mate, even though many Clinton support...

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Sam Stein

Rep. Tom Allen: Obama Needs Bigger Dem Majorities In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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One of Barack Obama's recent high profile endorsers has two pieces of advice for the Illinois Democrat: don't nudge Hillary Clinton out of the primary...

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