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Walsh Gets Fundraising Help From GOP Leadership

Posted 04.12.2012

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Despite repeatedly criticizing the "mainstream" Republican party, U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh has accepted some financial help from GOP leaders hoping to keep...

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Veteran Group OUTRAGED Over GOP Rep's Comments

Posted 03.31.2012

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U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh was criticized by veterans groups this week after making a dismissive remark about his opponent -- Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckwort...

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House Dems Tout Cash, Poll Momentum

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats charged with fighting the battle for control of the House this election year were crowing Friday that the fundraising and poll...

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Steve Israel: Mitt's Puny Tax Rate Will Help Democrats Win

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- News of the relatively meager tax rate Mitt Romney pays will "create fury" and help hand the Democrats control of the House of Represent...

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Dems See Chance Of House Takeover With 75 Recruits

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Pundits don't think Democrats have much chance to take back the House of Representatives this year, but suddenly their party is finding ...

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Dems Find Silver Lining In GOP Opposition To Payroll Tax Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Many Democrats think House Republicans have given them an early political Christmas present by opposing the Senate deal to extend the mi...

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Why Does the Democratic Party Continue to Work Against the 99%?

Pearl Korn | Posted 01.28.2012

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Who are these people that we've sent to Washington to represent us? Do they live in this country? Do they see the same news reports, pass the same shuttered businesses, hear the same desperate stories from their friends and family? One has to wonder.

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Jan Brewer Tongue-Tied Over Redistricting Flap

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.04.2012

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer struggled to explain why she pressured state senators to remove Redistricting Chairman Colleen Coyle Mathis in an interview th...

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Democrats: The House Can Be Won In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The economy may be in the doldrums and his Democratic President's approval rating may be there as well, but Democratic Congressional Cam...

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Steve Israel: Impeach Jan Brewer For Tampering With Arizona Redistrciting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.04.2012

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer should be impeached for removing the independent leader of her state's redistricting commission, the head of the Democratic Co...

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Republicans' Vile Attack Is New Low

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 12.20.2011

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Republicans are desperate to discredit hardworking Americans who are protesting the Republican policies that breed more corporate greed than help for ...

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Steve Israel Slams GOP For 'Anti-Semitic' Charge

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats are furious about a Republican campaign video that accuses Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) of embracing anti-Semitism in the Occup...

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DCCC Chair Steve Israel Relays Fears Over Candidate Recruitment If Dems Buckle On Medicare

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Steve Israel warned lawmakers on Friday that he would have trouble recruiting candidat...

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The Final Straw For Weiner's Democratic Colleagues

Posted 08.17.2011

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After weathering the storm of controversy for days, Anthony Weiner announced his resignation from Congress on Thursday. What led to his decision? I...

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Nancy Pelosi Calls For Ethics Investigation Into Anthony Weiner

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2011

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UPDATE [7:19 p.m. ET]: AP reports: WASHINGTON — Scandalized congressman Anthony Weiner says he'll fully cooperate with a House ethics investigati...

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Dems To Target Lugar, Heller In 2012 Over Medicare Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bullish after a win in New York District 26 this week, top Democratic campaign chairwoman Patty Murray said Thursday Democrats are linin...

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Spinning Hochul's Special Election Win

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2011

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It's hard to deny that Democrats are feeling good about yesterday's election victory up in Buffalo. There's a certain wind-in-our-sails feeling about the whole strategy of hammering Republicans on the Ryan plan to voucherize Medicare.

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Steve Israel, DCCC Chair, Turns Sights To 97 Republicans And Unseating Paul Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the wake of Tuesday night's upset victory in upstate New York's special election, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign C...

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Dems Hold Fundraiser To Support Gabrielle Giffords

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Leading House Democrats held a fundraiser on Tuesday for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from brain injuries she sustained du...

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Former Koch Exec Supplying House's New Styrofoam Cups

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Koch Industries executive George Wurtz owns WinCup, which supplies the styrofoam cups now littering the building following the Ho...

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General Deployed Psy-Ops On U.S. Senators

Rolling Stone | Michael Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing ...

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GOP Blocks Congressional Health Care Disclosure

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a rules package on Wednesday, the first day of business for the 112th Congress, that will dic...

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New DCCC Chairman Predicts Voters Will Have GOP 'Buyer's Remorse'

Roll Call | Tricia Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Steve Israel, the new chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Sunday morning that he is optimistic about House Democrat...

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Some Doctors Question Medicare Program in Health Law

Todd Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The health care overhaul is being hit with a new set of arguments, this time by doctors who suggest that a lnew Medicare program creates a potential threat to their autonomy and to patient care.

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Steve Israel, New DCCC Chairman, Set To Go On 'Offense' For House Democrats

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Israel is doing everything he can to put last month's midterms behind him - and fast....

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