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Amanda Terkel

GOP Senator: U.S. Military 'Frustrated' With Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) believes that the discovery and killing of Osama bin Laden in Abottabad, Pakistan has provided the United Stat...

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Sony Data Breach: Another Case for Interchange Delay

Bill Cheney | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Banks, Interchange Fees, Merchants, Jon Tester, Sen. Bob Corker, Credit-Union-National-Association, Sony, Credit Unions, Sony Data Breach, Sony Playstation Network Hacked, Credit Union Interchange Fees, Sony Playstation, Business News
Bill Cheney

When all is said and done, credit unions and banks will have spent millions on what appears to be a major security failure caused by Sony's inability to protect its consumer data.

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Ryan Grim

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Opponents Taking Revenge On Russian Arms Treaty

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy over the weekend was a major victory for the White House, but it is now imperi...

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GOP Senators Swing Back to Military, Boost New START Prospects

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Cirincione

Forced to choose between the recommendations of the US military and the extreme views of Senators Jon Kyl and Jim DeMint, enough Republican senators are going military to win Senate approval of the New START treaty this week.

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Lucia Graves

Biden's 'Republican Tea Party' Remarks Prompt Negative Reactions On Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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After Vice President Joe Biden said the alternative to a Democratically controlled Congress is the "Republican Tea Party," lawmakers on both sides of ...

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Update: Payday Lobby Turns to the Senate

Keith Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Epstein

Fresh signs surfaced today of the influential payday loan industry's muscle in Washington, where lenders' attempts to stay out of the reach of federal...

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Jeff Muskus

Ensign Apologizes For Affair, Gets Round Of Applause From GOP Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) apologized to his Republican colleagues at Tuesday's weekly conference lunch, his first meeting with them since the sex scan...

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Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Review, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, $700 Billion Bailout, Honda, Diet, Big Three, Toyota Republicans, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Aig, Auto Bailout, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Sen. Thad Cochran, Nissan, President Bush, Great Depression, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Germany, Washington Mutual, Gm, Sen. Richard Shelby, United Autoworkers, Ford, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Sen. Bob Corker, House of Councillors, Japan, Economic Policy Institute, Chrysler, Bmw, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, South Korea, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Johnny Isakson, New York Times, Bear Stearns, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Uaw, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

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Do It For Me, Matchbox Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

From the fireworks in DC this week, you might think the auto crisis is out of your hands, but we're all complicit: government, CEOs, autoworkers, the public.

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