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The Creatures' Caucus

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Animals, Elton Gallegly, Chris Shays, Tom Lantos, Jim Moran, Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, Green News
Michael Markarian

Jim Moran and Elton Gallegly announced today that they will co-chair the newly formed Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, working with The HSUS and HSLF to take lawmaking for animals to the next level.

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Israel May Retaliate Against Turkey by Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

Harut Sassounian | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Capitol Hill, Gaza Israel, Jerusalem, Washington, Kurdistan, Olmert, Tzipi Livni, Majalli Whbee, Tom Lantos, Ankara, Congress, Local Elections, Knesset, Hamas, Armenian Genocide, Jerusalem Post, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, Pkk, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Genocide Resolution, Debkafile, Hurriyet, World News
Harut Sassounian

Enraged by the abrasive tone of Turkey's condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza, Israeli officials and Turkish analysts are now raising the possibility that Tel Aviv may retaliate.

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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Sheltering Animals from the Storm

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pets, The Humane Society, Emergency, Ted Stevens, Louisiana, Gustav, Humane Society, Hanna, Texas, Tom Lantos, Christopher Shays, Animals, Frank Lautenberg, Disasters, Humane Society of the United States, Ike, Katrina, Hurricane, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Led by Senators Ted Stevens and Frank Lautenberg, and Reps. Tom Lantos and Chris Shays, the PETS Act set national policy on how to deal with animals in disasters in a post-Katrina environment.

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Congress Bows To Big Oil In Burma

The Washington Independent | Mike Lillies | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Tom Lantos, Congress, Chevron, Burma, Big Oil, Business News

Caving to big oil demands, the Senate on Tuesday approved a plan that intensifies trade sanctions against Burma's military regime but abandons an earl...

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If Life Gives You Lemons, Don't Drink the Kool-Aid

Tom Gregory | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guyana, Tom Lantos, Video, Rep. Tom Lantos, People's Temple, Jim Jones, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Tom Gregory

Congressman Jackie Speier's the Barack Obama of moms with a lot of Bette Davis school-of-hard-knocks thrown in. She is expected to be a leader for change in America starting today.

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Nico Pitney

House In Chaos After Republicans Force Vote During Lantos Memorial

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Miers Bolten Contempt, Tom Lantos Dies, Tom Lantos, Rep. Tom Lantos, Lantos Funeral, Tom Lantos Memorial Service, Lantos Memorial Service, Politics News

"During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired in cha...

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Radio Host Savage: Rep. Lantos Used Holocaust "As A Weapon"

Think Progress | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tom Lantos Dies, Michael Savage, Tom Lantos, Rep. Tom Lantos, Tom Lantos and Holocaust, Michael Savage Holocaust, Michael Savage Tom Lantos, Politics News

Discussing the death of Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) on his radio show yesterday, conservative talker Michael Savage said he "detested" Lantos. Savage calle...

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Uniting the Two Americas, and a Remembrance of Tom Lantos

Harold Pollack | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Tom Lantos, Chicago, Two Americas, Inequality, Barack Obama, Lantos, John Edwards Endorsement, Politics News
Harold Pollack

Given John Edwards' slashing attacks on Sen. Clinton, one would expect him to endorse Obama or no one. Politics being what it is, one would be foolish to predict.

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Tom Lantos Dies

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israel, Humanity in Action, Tom Lantos, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Tom Lantos Dies, Rep. Tom Lantos, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I had recently met with him a few times and saw him moving increasingly in support of a serious US role in Israel-Palestine negotiations.

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US Announces Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia

Associated Press | MATTHEW LEE and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saudi Arabia Al-Qaida, Warwire, War on Terror, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, Bush Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Arms Sale, Tom Lantos, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Politics News

The Democratic-led Congress is unlikely to block U.S. plans to sell $123 million worth of sophisticated precision-guided bomb technology to Saudi Arab...

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Representative Tom Lantos: "True Blue and White"

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, Netanyahu, Robert Keeley, Lobbyists, Israel Lobby, Stephen Walt, David Wurmser, Tom Lantos, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Annapolis Peace Conference, Aipac, American Enterprise Institute, Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, Serge Halimi, John Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Jewish Lobby, Ha’aretz, Colette Avital, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

The domestic lobbies' influence on policy process is rarely investigated by the media because of the media's own lack of impartiality. So it takes us citizens to do the job of looking at raw data and following the money.

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Rep. Lantos Blasts Yahoo Execs: "Morally, You Are Pgymies"

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Tom Lantos, Shi Tao, Michael Callahan, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Inc, Yahoo Lawsuit, Business News

Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering criticism from law...

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Yahoo In Legal Hot Seat For Cooperating With Chinese Gov't

Forbes | Brian Wingfield | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Tom Lantos, Yahoo China, Michael Callahan, Jerry Yang, Yahoo Lawsuit, Business News

Somebody at Yahoo! has got some explaining to do. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., wants to know why...

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Top Dem Rips Yahoo Over Dissident Arrest In China

AP | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Tom Lantos, Yahoo, Politics News

A House committee chairman Monday angrily rejected Yahoo Inc.'s explanation for why it provided incomplete information to Congress about its role in t...

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Deciding to Be Human

John Brady Kiesling | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Tom Lantos, Chimpanzees, Double Standard, Greece, United Nations, Greek, Politics News
John Brady Kiesling

Most of us applaud the efforts of the UN to impose a universal code of behavior. But international law is not always compatible with our more Homeric instincts.

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