Rosa Delauro

Jeff Muskus

Business Groups Oppose Emergency H1N1 Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a represe...

Big Ag Takes Aim at Cuban Embargo

Barth Anderson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Barth Anderson

You have to give Big Ag its due: Big Soy and friends are pushing hard to end the ridiculous US embargo of Cuba.

Sam Stein

Lieberman's Conn. Colleagues: He's Out Of Touch With Constituents On Public Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


Two of Connecticut's five members of the House of Representatives accused the state's junior senator, Joseph Lieberman, of turning his back on the int...

How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.

Arthur Delaney

Rosa DeLauro: Swine Flu "Looming Large" Behind Sick Leave Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced a bill this week that would allow American workers to earn up to seven paid sick days a year. A study released ...

MEAL Act: Dems Push To Get Calorie Counts On Menus

The Washington Post | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Sen.Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro(D-Conn.) are reintroducing the aptly-named MEAL Act. "MEAL" stands -- somewhat awkwardly -- for Menu Edu...

Probe the Past To Protect the Future

Andrew Kreig | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


Andrew Kreig

Congress is taking well-publicized steps for increased oversight. Yet vigorous public pressure is required to ensure that their "investigations" are not merely for show.

Fixing Our Food Safety System

Rep. Rosa DeLauro | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Rep. Rosa DeLauro

We have a responsibility to people to truly fix systemic problems in our food safety system, starting with a fundamental restructuring of the food safety bureaucracy at the FDA.

President Obama and the Future of Women's Health

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

With a president who understands and accepts a woman's right to reproductive justice, the focus will now entail a reexamination of the multitude of factors that are part of the larger picture.

'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics


Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

Seth Colter Walls

Bush Running Out Of Time For Iraq-U.S. Security Deal, House Dems Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Two House Democrats are expressing "uncertainty" that President Bush will have enough time to finalize the planned Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) w...

Sam Stein

Female Obama Surrogates Go On Attack As One Dem Defects

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


The war over women voters continued in the heart of Washington D.C. today. As Barack Obama surrogates lambasted the opposition on pay equity, health c...

The Paycheck Fairness Act: A Victory in Closing the Wage Gap

Rep. Rosa DeLauro | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


Rep. Rosa DeLauro

To this day women are still just earning 77 cents per dollar earned by a man. This wage disparity between men and women costs women anywhere from $400,000 to $2 million over a lifetime.

Sam Stein

Obama And McCain Seeking Solace With Clinton Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


Going into the general election, three components of Sen. Hillary Clinton's political coalition were believed to be up for grabs: Hispanics, blue coll...

Sam Stein

DeLauro To Endorse Obama On Saturday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Rep Rosa DeLauro, a veteran high-ranking Democrat from Connecticut, is set to endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, the Huffington Post has learned. ...

Sam Stein

Bush Veto Could Threaten Food Safety For Millions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In the wake of a scathing report detailing the dangerously poor state of the Food and Drug Administration, one lawmaker is calling on President Bush t...