Business Groups Oppose Emergency H1N1 Paid Sick Leave
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...
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Big Ag Takes Aim at Cuban Embargo
Barth Anderson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
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You have to give Big Ag its due: Big Soy and friends are pushing hard to end the ridiculous US embargo of Cuba.
Lieberman's Conn. Colleagues: He's Out Of Touch With Constituents On Public Plan
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
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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
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Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.
Rosa DeLauro: Swine Flu "Looming Large" Behind Sick Leave Bill
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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.
Bush Running Out Of Time For Iraq-U.S. Security Deal, House Dems Say
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
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Two House Democrats are expressing "uncertainty" that President Bush will have enough time to finalize the planned Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) w...
Female Obama Surrogates Go On Attack As One Dem Defects
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
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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
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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.
Obama And McCain Seeking Solace With Clinton Voters
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
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Going into the general election, three components of Sen. Hillary Clinton's political coalition were believed to be up for grabs: Hispanics, blue coll...
DeLauro To Endorse Obama On Saturday
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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Rep Rosa DeLauro, a veteran high-ranking Democrat from Connecticut, is set to endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, the Huffington Post has learned. ...
Bush Veto Could Threaten Food Safety For Millions
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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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...
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