http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/patty-murray Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/elections-2012_n_1522797.html 2012-05-16T19:11:17Z 2012-05-16T19:11:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add u... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/deb-fischer">Deb Fischer</a>, <a href="/tag/scott-brown">Scott Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/heidi-heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/ben-nelson">Ben Nelson</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/kent-conrad">Kent Conrad</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe-retiring">Olympia Snowe Retiring</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-tester">Joe Tester</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/angus-king">Angus King</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling-fight_n_1519561.html 2012-05-15T19:48:00Z 2012-05-15T19:49:23Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Despite the risk of economic and political fallout, Senate Republicans Tuesday said they're standing with House Speaker John Boehner (R-... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling-fight">Debt Ceiling Fight</a>, <a href="/tag/jay-carney">Jay Carney</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-ceiling">Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-default">Debt Default</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-republicans">Senate Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/debt-fight">Debt Fight</a>, <a href="/tag/john-thune">John Thune</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-collins">Susan Collins</a>, <a href="/tag/john-cornyn">John Cornyn</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/dick-lugar">Dick Lugar</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/tag/sequester">Sequester</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/violence-against-women-act-female-lawmakers_n_1453890.html 2012-04-25T19:04:16Z 2012-04-25T19:04:25Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The so-called "war on women" raged on in Congress Wednesday as female lawmakers in opposing parties clashed with each other in defense o... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/nan-hayworth">Nan Hayworth</a>, <a href="/tag/violence-against-women-act">Violence Against Women Act</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/war-on-women">War on Women</a>, <a href="/tag/vawa">Vawa</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/kristi-noem">Kristi Noem</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/sandy-adams">Sandy Adams</a>, <a href="/tag/amy-klobuchar">Amy Klobuchar</a>, <a href="/tag/eric-cantor">Eric Cantor</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/26-vets-vs-12000-lobbyist_b_1384659.html 2012-03-28T07:42:53Z 2012-03-28T07:45:01Z Paul Rieckhoff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/ For over a decade, our vets have been leading the way overseas. It's about time we welcome them back with jobs so they can lead the way at home. Because really, if we can't support the folks we ask to fight and die for our country, then it's about time for a national gut-check.<br /> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/capitol-hill">Capitol Hill</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/department-of-veterans-affairs">Department of Veterans Affairs</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/gi-bill">GI Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/storm-the-hill">Storm the Hill</a>, <a href="/tag/veterans">Veterans</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/veteran-unemployment">Veteran Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs">Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment-rate">Unemployment Rate</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/blunt-amendment-john-boehner-house_n_1333167.html 2012-03-08T17:32:21Z 2012-03-08T17:32:26Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ In a "hail mary" pass on International Women's Day, all 12 Democratic women in the Senate sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) asking ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/jeff-fortenberry">Jeff Fortenberry</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/house-blunt-amendment">House Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/boehner-blunt-amendment">Boehner Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner-birth-control">John-Boehner-Birth-Control</a>, <a href="/tag/contraception">Contraception</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner-blunt-amendment">John Boehner Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/blunt-amendment">Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/international-womens-day-congress-abortion_n_1332143.html 2012-03-08T13:27:43Z 2012-03-08T13:27:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Thursday, March 8 is International Women's Day, and Republicans in Congress are celebrating by debating a new bill that would restrict a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/roy-blunt">Roy Blunt</a>, <a href="/tag/trent-franks">Trent Franks</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-g-komen">Susan G. Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/planned-parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>, <a href="/tag/international-womens-day">International Women&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/mike-quigley">Mike Quigley</a>, <a href="/tag/komen-planned-parenthood">Komen Planned Parenthood</a>, <a href="/tag/gop-war-on-women">GOP War on Women</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/war-on-women">War on Women</a>, <a href="/tag/ileana-ros-lehtinen">Ileana Ros-Lehtinen</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-election">2012 Election</a>, <a href="/tag/komen">Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/blunt-amendment">Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/harry-reid-hits-the-trifecta_b_1318606.html 2012-03-05T14:28:26Z 2012-03-05T14:29:53Z Brent Budowsky http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/ Things are falling into shape for Democrats to keep control of the Senate and regain control of the House. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/womens-issues">Women&#039;s Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/majority-pac">Majority PAC</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/gop-war-against-women">Gop War Against Women</a>, <a href="/tag/charles-schumer">Charles Schumer</a>, <a href="/tag/nebraska">Nebraska</a>, <a href="/tag/democratic-control-of-congress">Democratic Control of Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/bob-kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, <a href="/tag/harry-reid">Harry Reid</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/roy-blunt-amendment_n_1300187.html 2012-02-24T17:30:13Z 2012-02-24T17:30:42Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ After President Obama offered a compromise to his birth control coverage rule, which would allow faith-based organizations to opt out of covering the ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-birth-control">Obama Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/scott-brown">Scott Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/scott-brown-blunt-amendment">Scott Brown Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/roy-blunt">Roy Blunt</a>, <a href="/tag/contraception">Contraception</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control">Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-contraception">Obama Contraception</a>, <a href="/tag/blunt-amendment">Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-birth-control-mandate">Obama Birth Control Mandate</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/20/birth-control-republicans-democrats_n_1289166.html 2012-02-20T13:38:08Z 2012-02-20T16:34:52Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Where are the women?<br /> <br /> The question, posed by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to an all-male panel at Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing on a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-birth-control">Obama Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control-democrats">Birth Control Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/bayer-asprin">Bayer Asprin</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/emilys-list">Emilys List</a>, <a href="/tag/darrell-issa">Darrell Issa</a>, <a href="/tag/roy-blunt">Roy Blunt</a>, <a href="/tag/foster-friess">Foster Friess</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-g-komen">Susan G. Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control-republicans">Birth Control Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/gop-birth-control">Gop Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/carolyn-maloney">Carolyn Maloney</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/foster-friess-birth-control">Foster Friess Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/house-oversight-committee">House Oversight Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/rosa-delauro">Rosa DeLauro</a>, <a href="/tag/contraception">Contraception</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans-birth-control">Republicans-Birth-Control</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control">Birth Control</a>, <a href="/tag/blunt-amendment">Blunt Amendment</a>, <a href="/tag/birth-control-hearing">Birth Control Hearing</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/susan-g-komen-planned-parenthood-reactions_n_1252952.html 2012-02-03T13:53:43Z 2012-02-03T13:53:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ After facing enormous backlash to its controversial plan to stop funding Planned Parenthood breast cancer screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/susan-g-komen-for-the-cure">Susan G Komen for the Cure</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-g-komen">Susan G Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/barbara-boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/komen">Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/slideshow">Slideshow</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-brinker">Nancy Brinker</a>, <a href="/tag/planned-parenthood-komen">Planned Parenthood Komen</a>, <a href="/tag/frank-lautenberg">Frank Lautenberg</a>, <a href="/tag/kirsten-gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, <a href="/tag/susan-g-komen-foundation">Susan G Komen Foundation</a>, <a href="/tag/komen-planned-parenthood">Komen Planned Parenthood</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/plan-b-kathleen-sebelius-morning-after-pill_n_1146217.html 2011-12-13T13:45:51Z 2011-12-13T14:57:36Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- Fourteen Democratic senators, led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), sent the Obama administration a letter on Tuesday asking for the scien... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/womens-rights">Women&#039;s Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/kathleen-sebelius">Kathleen Sebelius</a>, <a href="/tag/morning-after-pill">Morning After Pill</a>, <a href="/tag/kathleen-sebelius-plan-b">Kathleen Sebelius Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/plan-b">Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/fda-plan-b">Fda Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/hhs-plan-b">Hhs Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray-plan-b">Patty Murray Plan B</a>, <a href="/tag/kathleen-sebelius-morning-after-pill">Kathleen Sebelius Morning After Pill</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-women">Obama Women</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/election-2012-paul-ryan-endorsement-picturegate-patty-murray_n_1134141.html 2011-12-07T15:42:00Z 2011-12-07T15:43:02Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ As the 2012 presidential election heats up, both parties are pushing hard in congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. While Republica... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/2012-elections">2012 Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/sherrod-brown">Sherrod Brown</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan-endorses-hoekstra">Paul Ryan Endorses Hoekstra</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-senate-races">2012 Senate Races</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-house-races">2012 House Races</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-senate-elections">2012 Senate Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-congressional-elections">2012 Congressional Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/pete-hoekstra">Pete Hoekstra</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/barbara-boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>, <a href="/tag/election-2012">Election 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-congressional-races">2012 Congressional Races</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/super-committee-deadline-deficit-reduction_n_1104952.html 2011-11-21T08:52:05Z 2011-11-21T08:53:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-deadline">Super Committee Deadline</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/payroll-tax-cut">Payroll Tax Cut</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-commission">Deficit Commission</a>, <a href="/tag/payroll-tax">Payroll Tax</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare-cuts">Medicare Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee-deadline">Supercommittee Deadline</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-fails">Super Committee Fails</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/2011/11/20/super-committee-fail-_n_1104477.html 2011-11-20T22:32:32Z 2011-11-21T00:05:55Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- An ill-conceived scheme to make an end run around public opposition to major spending cuts to entitlement and social programs has founde... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-triggers">Super Committee Triggers</a>, <a href="/tag/112th-congress">112th Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee-deal">Supercommittee Deal</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-fail">Super Committee Fail</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee-fail">Supercommittee Fail</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-deal">Super Committee Deal</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/supercommittee-fail_n_1103722.html 2011-11-20T08:53:39Z 2011-11-20T10:05:29Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The leaders of a special deficit reduction panel signaled Sunday that they will fail to strike a deal to reduce the deficit before their Wednesday dea... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/social-security">Social Security</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/automatic-triggers">Automatic Triggers</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray-super-committee">Patty Murray Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/xavier-becerra">Xavier Becerra</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/bush-tax-cuts">Bush Tax Cuts</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/super-committee-deficit-reduction-taxes-medicare_n_1099096.html 2011-11-17T08:20:55Z 2011-11-17T08:21:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Republicans and Democrats exchanged barbs but little else Thursday as Congress' super-committee limped toward a Nov. 23 deadline wi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-deadline">Super Committee Deadline</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/chris-van-hollen">Chris Van Hollen</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-medicare">Super Committee Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/bush-tax-cuts">Bush Tax Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-taxes">Super Committee Taxes</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/2011/11/16/super-committee-democrats-republicans-deficit-deadline_n_1096805.html 2011-11-16T07:51:15Z 2011-11-16T07:52:31Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; As the nation's debt soared past $15 trillion, congressional Republicans and Democrats approached stalemate Wednesday in a yearlong... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/boehner">Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/murray">Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit-reduction">Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/hensarling">Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee-negotiations">Supercommittee Negotiations</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-negotiations">Super Committee Negotiations</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</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/2011/11/11/obama-super-committee-triggers_n_1088969.html 2011-11-11T16:14:24Z 2011-11-11T16:33:40Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- With the deadline fast approaching for the congressional super committee to make its deficit reduction recommendations, President Barack... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-deficit-reduction">Obama Deficit Reduction</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-triggers">Super Committee Triggers</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-super-committee">Obama Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-triggers">Obama Triggers</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/jeb-hensarling">Jeb Hensarling</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-co-chairs">Obama Co-Chairs</a>, <a href="/tag/defense-cuts">Defense Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-debt-ceiling">Obama Debt Ceiling</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/supercommittee-democrats-gop-offer_n_1083754.html 2011-11-09T10:03:29Z 2011-11-09T10:03:09Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Democrats on Congress' supercommittee secretly presented Republicans with a revised deficit-cutting proposal earlier this week that... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/112th-congress">112th Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/supercommittee">Supercommittee</a>, <a href="/tag/democrats">Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/02/senate-women-female-senators-2012_n_1035222.html 2011-11-02T09:45:53Z 2011-11-02T09:48:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- While a majority of people who live in the United States are women, there are only 17 of them in the U.S. Senate. And if Americans turn ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/off-the-sidelines">Off the Sidelines</a>, <a href="/tag/womens-rights">Women&#039;s Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/how-many-female-senators">How Many Female Senators</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-elections">2012 Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/womens-issues">Women&#039;s Issues</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-women">Senate Women</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/women-senators">Women Senators</a>, <a href="/tag/tammy-baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a>, <a href="/tag/olympia-snowe">Olympia Snowe</a>, <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-races">Senate Races</a>, <a href="/tag/debbie-stabenow">Debbie Stabenow</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-2012">Senate 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/female-senators">Female Senators</a>, <a href="/tag/linda-lingle">Linda Lingle</a>, <a href="/tag/mazie-hirono">Mazie Hirono</a>, <a href="/tag/claire-mccaskill">Claire McCaskill</a>, <a href="/tag/kirsten-gillibrand">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</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/2011/10/19/super-committee-deficit-reduction_n_1020500.html 2011-10-19T15:47:00Z 2011-10-19T18:18:36Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ The congressional super committee tasked with reshaping the social contract between the government and the American people has not had a public meetin... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/congress-deficit-reduction">Congress Deficit Reduction</a>, <a 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Inside room... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/john-kerry-super-committee">John Kerry Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee-secret-meetings">Super Committee Secret Meetings</a>, <a href="/tag/deficit">Deficit</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress">Super Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/debt">Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/super-congress-cuts">Super Congress Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/super-committee">Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/patty-murray">Patty Murray</a>, <a href="/tag/john-kerry">John Kerry</a>, <a href="/tag/congress-super-committee">Congress Super Committee</a>, <a href="/tag/automatic-cuts">Automatic Cuts</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-kyl">Jon Kyl</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p>