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Despite Some Victories, Tea Party Efforts Remain Largely Fruitless

Posted 05.31.2012

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By DAVID ESPO, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Anti-incumbent fever is scarcely in evidence in the 2012 congressional primaries, despite costly effo...

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Support For Pot Legalization Boosts House Candidates' Campaigns

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional candidates nationwide are emphasizing their support for marijuana legalization this campaign season, and if recent House p...

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Longtime Democratic Congressman At Risk In Texas Primary

The Huffington Post | Erin Mershon | Posted 05.29.2012

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Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) may soon join Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Reps. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) and Tim Holden (D-Pa.) on an expanding list o...

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Texas Primary Race Heats Up With Mudslinging From Both Sides

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.16.2012

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With a new TV ad, an independent anti-incumbent super PAC is lobbing allegations of corruption into the congressional primary race heating up in El Pa...

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Two Democrats Square Off Over Drug War In Fierce Texas Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.19.2012

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As Rep. Silvestre Reyes finishes up his eighth term representing El Paso, he is facing an unusual challenge: an experienced, credible primary opponent...

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Eric Cantor's Donation To Anti-Incumbent Super PAC Stirs Texas Democratic Feud

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.11.2012

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Rep. Eric Cantor probably didn't see this coming. The House GOP majority leader's attempt to intervene in a Republican primary in Illinois has become ...

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The War No One Wants

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The war in Afghanistan is increasingly becoming the war no one wants. Opposition to the conflict is now mainstream, with the vast ma...

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Gang of Eight Members Want a Bigger Gang

Michelle Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is threatening to veto a bill that would check the president's authority to single-only inform a small coterie of Congressmen about important intelligence activities.

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House Intel Chair Wants To Re-Criminalize Torture

Spencer Ackerman | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), the chairman of the House intelligence committee, introduced an amendment to the 2010 intelligence authorization bill ...

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Schakowsky: CIA Investigation Will Go Deeper Than Cheney's Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, told the Huffington Post that the 9/11 secret counterte...

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Dem Rep: CIA Officials Could Be Charged For Lying To Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chair of a key intelligence subcommittee, called for an investigation Friday to determine if the CIA lied to the Congres...

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GOP Rep. Says He Would Support An Investigation Of Secret CIA Program

The Plumline | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm a bit surprised this isn't getting more attention: Last night, A Republican member of Congress -- Rep Mac Thornberry -- said he would support an i...

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Intel Chair Reyes: CIA "Affirmatively Lied" To Us

CQ Politics | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes has suggested Republicans would be well advised to avoid politicizing the intelligence authorizaton bill l...

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Drug War is Not Just a Metaphor; So How Do We Stop the Shooting?

Sito Negron | Posted 05.25.2011

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As seen in El Paso, from its inception, the Drug War has been about fear and a rushed response to a missed diagnosis.

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Bush Calls Lawmakers 'Irresponsible'

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Bush said Saturday that lawmakers' failure to renew an eavesdropping law will make it more difficult to track terrorists ...

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CIA Director To Testify About Destroyed Videotapes

Associated Press | Pamela Hess | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden faces two days of testimony behind closed doors at the Senate and House intelligence committees to answer questions a...

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