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Democrats Back Bush, Reject Human Rights Groups, in Support for Israeli Assault on Gaza

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Congressional Democrats, Human Rights, Gaza Strip, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Congress, Israel, Democrats, World News

The hard-line militaristic position of the Democratic Party does not bode well for a more enlightened Middle East policy after eight disastrous years under President George W. Bush.

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Happy Health Care Reform New Year

Linda Bergthold | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 111th Congress, President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats, Congressional Republicans, Clinton Health Care Plan, Health, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Progressive Movement, John McCain Health Care Plan, Politics News

Why will 2009 be different from 1993? Obama is not making the same mistakes the Clintons did, and that is good news for all of us.

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Dingell to the Junk Yard: Henry Waxman Deposes John Dingell on House Energy Committee

Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Congressional Democrats, John Dingell, Auto Industry Bailout, Henry Waxman, Obama Agenda, Climate Change, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Politics News

Bye bye MIchigan, hello California: The House Democrats have finally cleared some old spare parts out of the way in anticipation of President Obama's agenda.

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Why I'm Running for Congress in South Carolina

Rob Miller | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Democrats, Democratic Congress, Congress, Miller Wilson Race South Carolina, South Caroline Congressional Races, Rep. Joe Wilson, Rob Miller, South Carolina, House Races, Politics News

I never thought I would run for Congress -- or feel like I had to. People ask me why I run and the truth is, once I got home from Iraq, I never even thought to it as a choice.

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Senate Predictions Part One: The Races Already Over

Bob Geiger | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, Senate, Congressional Democrats, Democratic Congress, Congress, Senate Democrats, 2008 Election, Politics News

Emboldened by the fact that I somehow managed to call every Senate race and the Democratic takeover of the Senate correctly in 2006, I'm just foolish enough to try forecasting this year's outcome.

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Jack Murtha Targeted by Right-Wing

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Swiftboating, Congressional Democrats, 2008 Election, Republicans, Veterans, Politics News

John Murtha is in a political dogfight, with wingnuts pouring in money and resources to support a candidate who doesn't even know the district Murtha has represented for 34 years.

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What's The Word: Tinklenberg

Paul Hipp | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 House Races, Congressional Democrats, Democratic Congress, Congress, Michele Bachmann, Katherine Harris, El Tinklenberg, Paul Hipp, Elwyn Tinklenberg, 2008 Election, House Races, Politics News

Let's do all we can for the man whose name sounds like peeing in the snow! It is time to take our country out of Romper Room and back into the position of leadership among nations. Calling for witch hunts ain't gonna do it.

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Democrats and Republicans Made The Mortgage Crisis -- Quit The Blame Game

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Congressional Democrats, John McCain, Fannie, Bailout, Senate Republicans, Bill Clinton, Freddie, Sanford Weill, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Bob Rubin, Barack Obama, Financial Meltdown, Glass-Steagall, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News

By Stephen C. Rose There are two key pieces of evidence in the maelstrom we are now calling a meltdown -- but which began with a mortgage crisis. The...

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Open Letter to Congressman Ed Towns

Kevin Powell | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ed Towns, Congressional Democrats, Congress, Congressional Elections, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn, Politics News

Congressman Towns, I challenge you to come with something more than tired phrases; you need to come to the community, with some ideas, programs or bills to seriously address the problems in Brooklyn.

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My Kingdom for a Backbone

Mary Lyon | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Congressional Democrats, Karl Rove, Fisa, Congress, Iraq, Senate Democrats, Democrats, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News

I've been watching a parade of slapstick worthy of the Keystone Kops lately, but it's not on Vintage Movie Night - it's in Washington DC. Hapless does...

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When Doctors Revolt

Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: American Medical Association Medicare Cuts, Congressional Democrats, Doctors, Health, Universal Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Given the amount of debt most doctors accumulate in medical school and the price of housing in many places in the U.S., doctors' declining pay could be the issue that tips the scales toward healthcare reform.

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FISA and Beltway Dems Strictly by the Numbers

Bennet Kelley | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, 4th Amendment, Congressional Democrats, Howard Shanker, Constitution, Dccc, Politics News

The current disconnect between the Democratic Congressional leadership and the party base over amendments to FISA can be best summarized numerically since,like pictures, numbers too can speak a thousand words.

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Are Congressional Democrats Leading Us to War with Iran?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Abolition, Congressional Democrats, Iran, Democrats, Israel, War With Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Shultz, YES! Magazine, Politics News

Until recently, the power struggle within the Bush administration over whether to attack Iran seemed to be going badly for the hawks. Their disastrous...

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Clinton Going Back To Work

AFP | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Democrats, Hillary Clinton 2008, Clinton Returns to Senate, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, US Senate, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator Hillary Clinton will return to congressional politics this week before staging her first joint appearances with White Ho...

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Nancy Pelosi Hearts George Bush And His War In Iraq

James Boyce | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq, Nancy Pelosi, Congress Iraq, Reid Bush Iraq, Congressional Democrats, Congress, Democratic Congress, Harry Reid, Pelosi Iraq, Politics News

Not only has Pelosi not done anything about the war, Majority Leader Reid has done nothing about it. They have failed to take Iraq as concrete blocks and tie them around McCain.

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Letter from Miami: Florida Just Can't Seem to Shake Off Its Banana Republicanism -- Even The Democrats

David Paul Appell | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Foley, Congressional Democrats, Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, John McCain Florida, Kendrick Meek, Jeb Bush, Florida Democratic Party, Democrats, Arthur Teele, Bill Nelson, Katharine Harris, Charlie Crist, Florida Budget, Florida Legislature and Slavery, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, John McCain Florida Governor Endorsement, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Democrats, Florida Primary, Everglades, Politics News

The scheme to move up the Florida primary is just the latest episode in the ongoing saga of this state's hapless Dems since they lost both executive and legislative branches back in the 1990s.

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House Dems Near Surrender on Bush Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Congressional Democrats, Democratic Congress, Congress, Warrantless Surveillance, Congressional Oversight, Warrantless Spying, Retroactive Immunity, Spying, Democratic Party, Telecom Immunity, Domestic Spying, Politics News

Tuesday's Washington Post reports that House Democrats are close to granting all of President Bush's demands for more domestic spying powers and telecommunications amnesty, in exchange for, well, nothing.

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30-Something Democrats: Vlogging The Union

30-Something Democrats | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sotu, State of the Union Response, State of the Union, 30 Somethings, Congressional Democrats, Politics News

Sit back and enjoy: Reps. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) of the Democrats' "30 Something" working group discuss the State of the Union in ad...

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When Nashua Met Harry and Nancy

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi, New Hampshire Primary, Clinton, Congressional Democrats, New Hampshire, Obama, Congress, Media, Election, Reid, Nashua, Politics News

Granite-staters are fed up with anything that constitutes politics-as-normal inside the Beltway and that includes anyone who is perceived -- rightly or wrongly -- associated with it.

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Democrats' Quandary: All The Candidates Look Good

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Congressional Democrats, Edwards, Obama, Clinton, Huffiowa, Undecided Caucusers Iowa, Undecided Voters Iowa, Home News

Her motivation for coming was as much to see Obama as to give the exchange student she's hosting an opportunity to see the American political process.

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Congressional Dems Have Five Times The Cash of GOP

Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Low GOP Fundraising, Congressional Democrats, Congress, Democratic Congress, Dems GOP Fundraising, Fundraising, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

The Democratic Congressional campaign committees ended November with nearly five times as much cash-on-hand as their Republican counterparts. This mea...

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The Case for Impeachment Hearings

Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Congressional Democrats, Articles of Impeachment, Democrats Impeachment, Impeachment, Bill Clinton Impeachment, Cheney Impeachment, Newt Gingrich, Impeach Cheney, Politics News

The idea that we are somehow inhibiting Congress from passing our agenda by holding impeachment hearings -- unfortunately -- is a false argument.

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Two Years after I Called for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces from Iraq, Bush Refuses to Provide the American People with a Responsible Exit Strategy

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, John Murtha, Congressional Democrats, Illegal Torture, Turkey, Iraqi Security Forces, Attacks Against Nato Troops, Afghanistan, Senate Republicans, Army Field Manual, Pakistan, Murtha, Middle East, Iran, Musharaff and Pakistan State of Emergency, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Redeployment, Turkey Invasion, Counterterrorism, Iraq, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Torture, Withdrawal Timetable, Politics News

Two years ago, I was convinced that the president's lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation.

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Love Your Congressional Democrats

Donnie Fowler | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Legislative Agenda, Veto, George Bush, Congressional Democrats, Presidential Campaign, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

In less than a year, the Democratic Congress has accomplished quite a bit thanks largely to the leadership of Pelosi and Reid. These successes would have certainly not happened without them.

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