Town Hall Meeting

New Stop Bullying: Speak Up Campaign Can Change Lives

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 11.21.2011

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Rosalind Wiseman

As someone who has been critical of anti-bullying campaigns in the past, I have gotten behind this campaign and I want to tell you why.

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Jason Linkins

New Town Hall Innovation Gives Lawmakers The Freedom To Avoid Questions From Poor People

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.16.2011

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One way ordinary Americans can take part in the democratic process is to go to a town hall meeting to meet with their elected representatives when they are in recess. But, as it turns out, lawmakers are going to start charging at the door!

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: GOP Lawmaker Faces Tough Town Hall Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When Congress returns from its two-week recess, one of its top priorities will be voting on whether to raise the federal government's de...

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Doug Lamborn Town Hall In Springs Turns Heated

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Dean Toda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Civility took a beating Monday when Rep. Doug Lamborn held another town hall meeting on the nation's hottest political topic: health care. A vocal mi...

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Senator Mark Begich's Town Hall on Health Care: Tales from a Survivor

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Alaska Health Care, Alaska, Mark Begich, Town Hall Meeting, Senator Begich, Health Care Reform, Baucus Bill, Alaska Politics, Alaska Town Hall, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

We know that people that go to health care town halls really aren't interested in what anyone has to say. But to see it so clearly and so close at a meeting in Anchorage this weekend was quite something.

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The Bush Legacy: Normalizing the Outrageous

Leslie Weise | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Weise

When I attended a 2008 hearing for the free speech lawsuit in which I'm involved, I was struck by the defendants' arguments, being made on behalf of government officials, as eerily un-American.

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