Rep Carolyn Maloney

Meryl Streep-Backed Museum Project In Jeopardy

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, Video, Meryl Streep, Sen. Susan Collins, National Mall, Washington DC, National Women's History Museum, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Support from donors and elected officials for a National Women's History Museum appears to have evaporated after a recent Huffington Pos...

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Uniting on the War Against Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Colia Clark, Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Leighann Lord, Mona Eltahawy, Reproductive Rights, Rev. Matthew Westfox, Barbara Grufferman, Martha Plimpton, Unite Against the War on Women, Desiree Jordan, Rep. Darrell Issa, unitewomen.org, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Equal Rights Amendment, Gerit Quealy, Raising Women's Voices, Jasmine Burnett, Activism, Women's Health, Anne Klaeysen, Shelby Knox, Sister Song NYC, Karen Teegarden, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, New York News

Karen Teegarden and Desiree Jordan were alarmed by the rapid erosion of women's rights. They created a Facebook page called United Against the War Against Women, with the theory if they built it women would come.

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney Seeks To Deny Tax Breaks To Men-Only Businesses

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Augusta National Golf Club, Carolyn Maloney Augusta, Augusta National Women, Augusta National, Video, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

If businesses like the Augusta National Golf Club, home to the Masters tournament, can continue to deny women membership, then the government should w...

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Why I Will March in Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade

Tom Allon | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: St. Patrick's Day Parade, Frank Mccourt, St. Patrick's Day, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, NY Around Town, New York News

It is misguided, I believe, for the Ancient Order of Hibernians to exclude gay people from their St. Patrick's Day Parade. But we should not tarnish this great event because of politics.

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The Bad Old Days

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Carolyn B. Maloney, Republican Presidential Debate, Health Care, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Republican Presidential Candidates, Affordable Care Act, Affordable Care Act Repeal, Health Insurance, Politics News

All the GOP candidates have promised that one of their highest priorities if elected would be to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But none offered insights into the real effects that such a repeal would have on people's lives.

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Women's Equality Yet to Be Fully Realized

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Women's Equality Day, Women's Suffrage, 19th Amendment, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Women News

As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.

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Dear GOP: It's the Truth, Coming Home to Roost

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathy Hochul Election, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Ny-26, Paul Ryan Medicare, Medicare, Kathy Hochul, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

It is beyond ironic that after years of grossly misleading Republican TV ads about "death panels," "government takeovers" and other nonsense, the Republicans are now complaining about a Democratic candidate who simply tells the truth.

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Dear GOP: We Don't Negotiate With Hostage Takers

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Cfpb, President Obama, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Senate Republicans, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Barney Frank, Warren CFPB, Politics News

The attempt by the GOP to derail the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau weeks before it opens its doors is quite remarkable. If the GOP proposals are translated into plain English, you can get the real picture of what they want.

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GOP Blocks Bid To Make Elizabeth Warren Head Of Consumer Bureau

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Shelley Moore Capito, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Protection, Cfpd, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans don’t even want public advocate Elizabeth Warren to head a watered-down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. At least ...

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Three Lawmakers Spent Decade Defined By Death And Bin Laden

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Peter King, Rep. Jerry Nadler, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Rep. Peter King, Bin Laden Reaction, Jerry Nadler, Jerrold Nadler, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden Reaction, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The kill shots that took down Osama bin Laden had a special resonance for three New York lawmakers who have spent the past decade recove...

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The GOP 'Infomercial' Budget

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP's widely advertised, surefire method of deficit reduction is not unlike those late night TV infomercials: "You can shed those ugly pounds fast without dieting or exercise!"

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A Forced March for American Women: Back to the 19th Century

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti Choice, Abortion Rights, Politics News, Abortion, Women Matter, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Anti Abortion, Planned Parenthood Funding, Anti Abortion Legislation, Republicans Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Hr 358, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

Right now, in the halls of Congress and in states around the country, there is a calculated and cynical attempt underway to force the women of America to march in lockstep back to the 19th century.

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Pro-Choice Advocates: GOP's Revised Abortion Bill Remains 'Extremely Harmful' To Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After significant public controversy over H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, lawmakers quietly amended the legislation an...

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Dems Are Sharing The Wealth -- With Each Other

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Crowley, Rep Carolyn Maloney, 2010 Elections, Ny News, Democratic Election 2010, Democratic Party, New York Democratic Leaders, Louise Slaughter, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Elections 2010, New York News

With Democrats in grave danger of coughing up House seats this November, New York's elected Dems are shelling out cash to help their endangered brethr...

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Update on Those Republican "Census" Mailers

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Census, Democratic Party, Rep. Darell Issa, Republican Party, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

In the last few days, an increasing number of people have been complaining about those pesky "census" mailers that the Republican National Committee had been sending out.

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Why Tanning Beds Are the Cigarettes of Our Age

Kate White | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cosmopolitan, Tanning Beds, Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Cosmo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Jersey Shore, Healthy Living News

We owe it to everyone, particularly to young women, to make sure that the risks of tanning are clearly communicated and understood and that tanning beds are regulated as tightly as devices with their risk-profile merit.

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Hot Chocolate, Cold Cash: Members Of Congress Raise Money In The Holiday Spirit

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite recent recession trend stories suggesting that lobbyists are in less of a mood to party, the Sunlight Foundation has heard of three times more...

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NYC funeral for Husband of Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Millionare Banker, Avid Climber Died On World's Sixth-Highest Mountain In Himalayas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A funeral is being held in New York City for the husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Clifton Maloney died last month on a mountain...

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Another House Democrat Backs Away From Loophole In Investor Protection Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Fraud, Consumer Advocates, House Democrats, Enron, Investor Protection Bill, Iceland, Maloney Investor Protection Bill, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Business News

A leading House Democrat backed away Wednesday from a sweeping proposal that would have watered down a post-Enron reform, permanently exempting small ...

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Equality: Past, Present and Future

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Women's History Museum, Women, Elinor Ostrom, Women's History, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York News

Of the 211 statues in our nation's Capitol, only 11 are of female leaders. This is not because great women didn't exist. It is simply the case that we can do a great deal better in telling the whole story.

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Carolyn Maloney's Husband Dies Climbing In Tibet

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Sa...

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Newspapers for a New Age

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Congress, Newspapers, Joint Economic Committee, Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York News

Today, I am holding a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee to examine the treacherous economic landscape newspapers face. The role they play in our democracy is too important to allow them to recede further.

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Lingering Disgrace

Kelly Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, 9/11 First Responders, September 11th Victims Compensation Fund, Christie Todd Whitman, 9/11 Anniversary, Giuliani 9/11, World Trade Center, Congress, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York News

Everyone remembers the huge dust clouds. Almost immediately, people began streaming into the Disaster Assistance Center where I worked, asking for help with toxic-air related problems.

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Carolyn Maloney Bows Out Of Race Against Kirsten Gillibrand

Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand just released the following statement regarding the news that Rep. Carolyn Maloney will not be challenging her for the Demo...

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Bill Clinton To Fundraise For Gillibrand Challenger Carolyn Maloney

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carolyn Maloney, Charles Rangel, Bill Clinton, Carolyn Maloney Senate Run, Steve Israel, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challeng...

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