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Amanda Terkel

Progressives Aim To Combat Conservatives At Local Level

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Last year, the Texas State Board of Education became embroiled in national controversy when its efforts to adjust the state's social stu...

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Dick Durbin: Sacrificing Social Security, Recovery?

Curtis Black | Posted 10.09.2011

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Curtis Black

Now that the debt ceiling crisis is behind us, it's time to take a look at Senator Durbin's role in shifting the debate away from the jobs crisis and legitimizing attacks on Social Security.

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Arthur Delaney

300 Economists Warn Congress: Don't Kill Growth And Jobs In The Name Of Deficit Reduction

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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A small army of economists warned Congress on Thursday not to focus on deficit reduction instead of job creation or else risk a 1937-style double-dip ...

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Obama Administration Uses Lobbyist Memo to Say Outsourcing Creates Jobs

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Just before Commerce Secretary Gary Locke went on a high-profile trip to China with 24 business executives to advocate for making it easier to send ...

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Diversionary Dangers of Amending the Constitution

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Abelson

Post Citizens United vs. FEC, Americans should be less concerned with who spends money on campaigns and more concerned by ill-informed citizens who enable that spending to have a profound effect.

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Sam Stein

Progressives Launch Campaign Targeting Centrist Senate Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A coalition of progressive groups and officials announced the launch of a media and grassroots campaign Tuesday to target conservative Democrats they ...

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