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Business Groups Oppose Emergency H1N1 Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 17, 2009

Read More: Chris Dodd, George Miller, h1n1, Rosa DeLauro, Swine Flu

Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a...

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Dave Obey Chides Obama Administration For 'Stupid Mistakes' On Stimulus Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 17, 2009

Read More: American Recovery And Reinvestment Act, Dave Obey, Fraud, Recovery.Gov, Stimulus

A powerful House Democrat used unusually harsh terms to blast the Obama administration's manipulation of stimulus data Monday night, and demanded an honest accounting of...

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Issa Threatens To Strip Federal Money From Fannie And Freddie

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 11, 2009

Read More: Darrell Issa, Fannie Freddie, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ig Fired, Oversight

Taxpayer money shouldn't be used to back some $6 trillion in home mortgages if there is no inspector general keeping watch over those funds, the...

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Hoyer: House Stays Until Health Care Vote Happens

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 6, 2009

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, House Democrats, House Health Care Vote, Steny Hoyer

Anyone trying to delay the House floor vote on health reform should know they're not leaving until it's done, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Friday....

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Kerry, Graham, Lieberman Working On Weaker Climate Compromise

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 4, 2009

While Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) works to pass the Kerry-Boxer climate-change bill out of committee, her cosponsor is working on a compromise plan that he...

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Inhofe Shows Up To Climate Hearing, Refuses To Discuss GOP Position, Walks Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 4, 2009

Read More: Arlen Specter, Barbara Boxer, Boxer-Kerry, Climate Change, Epw Committee, James Inhofe, Senate Climate Change

Just like the day before, only one Republican showed up for the Senate's climate change hearing Wednesday morning -- but not to debate. Republicans are...

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GOP Boycotts Senate Climate Change Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | November 3, 2009

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Chamber Of Commerce, Climate Change, George Voinovich, James Inhofe, John Kerry, Kerry-Boxer Bill, Lindsey Graham, Senate Climate Change

Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the...

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Senate Dems Divided On Climate-Change Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 27, 2009

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Boxer-Kerry, Climate Change, John Kerry, Max Baucus, Senate Climate-Change

If Tuesday was any indication, the Senate's climate-change bill has a ways to go before it gets weak enough to garner the 60 votes it...

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Grayson Shreds Republican On Constitutional Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 22, 2009

Read More: Alan Grayson, Bill Of Attainder Constitution, Grayson Bill Of Attainder, Grayson Broun, Grayson Constitution, Paul Broun

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) dispensed with the typical Congressional niceties Wednesday at a House science and technology markup, when he dismantled a Republican provision targeting...

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35 GOP Senators Vote Against Defense Bill With Hate-Crimes Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 22, 2009

Read More: Hate Crimes, Hate Crimes Provision, Matthew Shepard, Shepard Bill

It's not easy to get 35 Republican senators to vote against defense spending -- unless hate crimes legislation is involved. The Senate narrowly invoked cloture...

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Snowe Warns Reid On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 22, 2009

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Olympia Snowe, Public Option, Senate Health Bill

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to break...

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Consumer Financial Protection Act Passed By House Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 22, 2009

Read More: Barney Frank, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Act, House Financial Services Committee, Regulatory Reform, Video

The proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency took another step forward Thursday in the House, moving out of the Financial Services Committee -- albeit a bit...

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Hoyer: Senate Keeping House Empty

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 20, 2009

Read More: Delay, House, Senate, Steny Hoyer, Steny Hoyer House

Count Steny Hoyer among those grumbling that the House isn't working enough, the Majority Leader told reporters Tuesday -- but blame the Senate. "I want...

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CNN Scuttles Anti-Dobbs Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 15, 2009

Read More: Anti-Dobbs, Anti-Dobbs Ad, Cnn, CNN Refuses To Air Ad, Lou Dobbs, Lou Dobbs Ad, Media Matters Lou Dobbs

With Additional Reporting By Sam Stein CNN is declining to carry a national advertisement, purchased by two progressive groups, which attacks its host Lou Dobbs...

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Grayson, Progressives Push Reid To Strong-Arm Lieberman, Conservative Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | October 14, 2009

Read More: Alan Grayson, Harry Reid, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Lieberman, Pccc, Senate Democrats

UPDATE: Reid pushed back Wednesday afternoon against the consensus that health reform is on him -- after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), laid the fate of...