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The Good, Bad, and Ugly: A Look Back at the Drama Over the EPW Bill

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy, Lindsey Graham, Frank Lautenberg, Coal, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Dirty Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Big Oil, Bob Menendez, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

In the past week, a drama unfolded around the Senate EPW Committee hearings for the new Senate bill on climate and clean energy jobs. Declarations! Boycott threats! Power plays!

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Sebelius, Whitehouse Hold White House Live Chat

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sebelius Live Chat, White House Live Chat, Health Care Debate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Questions, Whitehouse Live Chat, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics News

The White House has announced that it will hold a live chat with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today at 5:30 PM ET,...

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Whitehouse Calls For Wider Criminal Probe Of Torture

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Bush Administration, Waterboarding, Sheldon Whitehouse, Cia, Eric Holder, Politics News

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the former U.S. Attorney who's been pointing out for more than a year that waterboarding is and always has been tort...

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Jeff Muskus

Extremist Outbursts At Town Halls Put GOP In Tough Spot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedomworks, Birthers, Jay Rockefeller, Gene Green, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

National conservative groups organizing angry protests on health care reform at congressional town halls this week are drafting behind the "birther" m...

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Al Franken, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn, Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin Cardin, Sonia Sotomayor, Orrin Hatch, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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Sheldon Whitehouse: Second Stimulus "Probably Needed"

ABC News | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whitehouse, Unemployment, Senator-Whitehouse, Economic Crisis, Economy, Obama Administration, Obama, Rhode Island, Sheldon Whitehouse, Stimulus, Recession, Second Stimulus, Politics News

As job losses mount, Democrats are growing impatient about the impact of the massive stimulus package passed earlier this year, with talk beginning on...

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Health Reform That Works for Every American

Sen. Sherrod Brown | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Sheldon Whitehouse, Health Insurance, Sherrod Brown, Health Care, Politics News
Sen. Sherrod Brown

Private insurance rations care by ability to pay -- and puts insurance company bureaucrats between you and your doctor. Our plan rejects this failed system.

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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Condi Rice, Msnbc, Harpers, Television Torture, Philip Zelikow, Truth Commission, CIA Torture, 9/11 Commission, Jack Balkin, John Yoo, Sheldon Whitehouse, Moveon Special Prosecutor, John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Cenk Uyger, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Horton, Waterboarding, Pat Leahy, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Youtube Politics, Youtube Media, Media News
Ari Melber

Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

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Sam Stein

Feingold Sought Bybee's Torture Memo Back In '03, Suggests Impeachment Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whitehouse Torture, Feingold Floor Statement, Bybee Torture Memo, Feingold, Sheldon Whitehouse, Impeachment, Bybee Impeachment, Feingold Bybee, Politics News

Criticism of Judge Jay Bybee and calls for his impeachment continue to grow, with two leading progressives airing serious concerns about the infamous ...

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Sam Stein

Leahy Takes Bush Truth Commission To Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Truth and Reconciliation, Leahy Investigate, Judiciary Chairman, Leahy Truth Commission, Leahy Chairman, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patrick Leahy, Whitehouse Investigation, Leahy Truth and Reconciliation, Obama Investigate, Obama Chairman, Politics News

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to discuss the possible outlines of a truth and reconciliation commissio...

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Dem Senators Pressure Obama's DOJ To Release Torture Report

The Plum Line | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sheldon Whitehouse, Obama Justice Department, Greg Craig, Dick Durbin, Obama Doj, Obama Administration, John Yoo, Torture Memo, Eric Holder, Torture Memos, John Yoo Memo, Politics News

Yesterday I pointed you to this big scoop in Newsweek reporting that an internal Justice Department review conducted under the Bush administration had...

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Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret Justice Dept. Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Office of Legal Counsel, White House, Sheldon Whitehouse, Executive Order, Executive Authority, George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Constitution, Justice Department, Legal Memos, Executive Power, Politics News

This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a...

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