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Business Groups Oppose Emergency H1N1 Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jeff Muskus   |   November 17, 2009


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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...
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