Senator Jon Kyl

PHOTO: Lean Pockets Taking A Cue From Jon Kyl

Posted 07.31.2011

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When Senator Jon Kyl famously said that his Planned Parenthood comments were "not intended to be a factual statement," it opened the flood gates for a...

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CHART: How Planned Parenthood Spending Breakdown According To Jon Kyl

Posted 06.13.2011

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Comedians Zach Broussard and Zachary Sims, collectively known as Zach and Zach, spend a lot of their free time making graphs. Recently, they created t...

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Arizona Conservatives Criticize Sheriff For Post-Shooting Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Some of the most pointed comments in the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Arizona regarding the dangers of vitriolic political disc...

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During the Holidays We Celebrate Progressive Values

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Progressive values that have always defined human progress are about hope, not fear. We must nurture them, fight for them, and celebrate them now during the holidays, and in all the battles we face in the coming year.

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Senate Majority Whip Warms To Obama's Tax Compromise, Thursday Deal Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a close ally of President Obama, hinted Congress may be close to a deal on extending Bush-era...

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Security, Sin And Nuclear Weapons: A Christian Plea For The New START Treaty

Dr. David P. Gushee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nuclear weapons present one of the gravest threats to the human future that has ever existed. Treaties like New START represent an agonizingly slow human crawl-back from the ledge of our own destruction.

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The New Start Treaty: A Question of Conscience for the GOP

Barbara Leaming | Posted 05.25.2011

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The G.O.P. has pledged to make Obama a one-term President and it seems ready to do anything, no matter how damaging to the nation, to accomplish that end. Where will this kind of unabashedly cynical behavior take us in the course of the next two years?

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Conservatives Blocking Reagan's Security Strategy

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

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October 1 marks 18 years since the U.S. Senate approved Reagan's Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It also marks the 300th day since that treaty expired, cutting off U.S. weapons inspectors' access to Russian nuclear sites.

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GOP Senators Rebuke Mike Castle Over Talk Of Write-In Bid For Delaware Senate Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top GOP senators rebuked Delaware Congressman Mike Castle Thursday for considering a write-in campaign after his surprise loss to Christine O'Donnell ...

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GOP Uses Creative Stats To Push Bush Tax Cuts (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican leaders are finding increasingly creative ways to justify their support for extending the Bush tax cuts for Americans making over $250,000 ...

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Kagan Kabuki Theater Delivers More than Drama and Comedy

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

OPINION - The senatorial process of vetting Supreme Court candidates is about as close to Kabuki theater as we get in America. Elena Kagan did the ri...

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Arizona Mothers Storm Kyl's Senate Office, Denounce GOP as Sexist

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dozens of local mothers descended on the office of Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona Wednesday to denounce what they say are sexist attitudes held by Kyl and the Republican Party in general.

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Kyl Blocks Vote on Unemployment Benefits, Says Republicans Need Ideas

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arizona Democratic Party spokesperson Jennifer Johnson said Thursday, "It's disappointing but not surprising that Kyl single-handedly blocked this vote.

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Constituents Demand Sen. Kyl Acknowledge Loved Ones' Suffering, Deaths

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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I received email after email from HuffPost readers... furious that Senator Kyl doesn't understand the consequences for ordinary Americans who can't afford insurance or medical treatment.

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Sen. Kyl Not Sure People Die From Lack of Health Insurance

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Kyl: "I'm not sure that it's a fact that more and more people die because they don't have health insurance."

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Not Greeting Geert Nicely

Kelly van der Kwast | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hatemonger, demagogue or defender of free speech; the verdict is still out. Either way, banning Geert will not silence him. He will speak, and he will be free, and there is little we can do about it.

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Sen. Kyl to Host Controversial Anti-Islamic Dutch Politician

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) will play host this week to a controversial Dutch politician accused of being anti-Islamic. According to multi...

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GOP Senator Kyl Won't Back Geithner

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. Jon Kyl said on Thursday that he would not support Timothy Geithner for Treasury secretary because he was disappointed with his explan...

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