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cold hard cash

 Ex-Rep. Jefferson 
 Sentenced to 
 13 Years  

Pol busted with $90K in freezer betrays little emotion

Nov 13, 09 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge sentenced former Congressman William Jefferson to 13 years in prison today, less than the 27-plus years prosecutors called for but more than the 10-year term the Louisiana Democrat's lawyer wanted. Jefferson, who was convicted in August of 11 of the 16 counts relating to the public corruption... More »

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Nigeria • federal courts • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • House of Representatives • Democrat • money laundering • racketeering • House Democrats • public corruption • William Jefferson sentenced

WEATHER FORECAST

Any Random Conservative Would Crush Snowe in 2010

Generic Republican wins 59%-31% in poll

Nov 10, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Olympia Snowe could be in trouble in 2012: a new poll found that a generic conservative challenger would trounce the Maine moderate in a primary. The hypothetical conservative got 59% of the vote, while Snowe received just 31%. While it can be argued that results for hypothetical candidate have little... More »

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primary • Democrat • Maine • Olympia Snowe • moderate • senator

 Bloomberg Squeaker  
 Embarrasses Obama, Dems   

Many bemoan tepid support of Thompson

Nov 4, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - No one thought Bill Thompson had a prayer against Michael Bloomberg—no one, that is, except voters. Bloomberg did indeed win yesterday, but it was a moral defeat for the mayor, who spent $90 million and won by just 5%. And it’s an even bigger embarrassment for Democrats, who... More »

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Barack Obama • New York City • Michael Bloomberg • Democrat • Bill Thompson • mayoral race • Election 09

ANALYSIS

 Obama Can't Save Democrats 

NJ, Va. votes show that president's popularity isn't catching

Nov 4, 09 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The message to Democratic candidates from yesterday's GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia should be loud and clear: they're on their own, writes Dan McLaughlin . Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds tied themselves as closely to possible to President Obama and lost, demonstrating that the president's continued personal popularity isn't... More »

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Jon Corzine • Democrat • Democratic Party • Democratic candidates • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Election 2010 • Creigh Deeds • Election 09 • election day November 2009

 New Trouble for Rangel: 
 Ethics Panel Widens Probe 

Investigation will cover amended financial reports

Oct 8, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development... More »

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ethics • taxes • House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel

Dems Block Move to Oust Rangel From
Tax Post

GOP keeps his ethics trouble in spotlight

Oct 7, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(AP) - House Republicans failed today for a third time to oust Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee—but they kept the spotlight on his ethical problems. Instead of removing him, the House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer the GOP resolution to the House ethics... More »

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House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • House Ethics Committee

Congressman Defiant Over
'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort:... More »

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Congress • Democrat • health care reform • Harvard • congressional Democrats • rhetoric • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

ANALYSIS

Obvious Guy to Fix Calif.: Guy Who Broke It?

Despite one ruinous turn as governor, Jerry
Brown is front-runner

Sep 26, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - California is a financial mess, hamstrung by some late-1970s leftovers: some ill-considered “low-impact liberalism” and a ballot measure that makes raising taxes nearly impossible. Both came during the governorship of Democrat Jerry Brown, he of the motto “Maybe by avoiding doing things you accomplish quite a lot”—... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Democrat • Jerry Brown • budget deficit • attorney general • gubernatorial races

opinion


 Hey, Dems: 
 Stop Whining 
 About Civility 
 and Fight Back! 

Dems could easily win this debate and should fight back instead of complaining

Sep 23, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats should be trying to land a few blows in the health care debate instead of meekly complaining about a lack of civility from the opposition, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal. The right wing has made the issue into a crusade for its vision of liberty,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Democrat • health care reform • President Obama • civility

Historian Sheds Gossipy Light on Clinton Years

In new book, ex-prez discusses Lewinsky, Yeltsin's drunken caper

Sep 21, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Between 1993 and 2001, historian Taylor Branch met regularly with then-President Clinton for a series of taped interviews. The transcripts form the basis of a new book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, to be released next week. USA Today got a look and singles out some highlights:... More »

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John McCain • Al Gore • Boris Yeltsin • White House • Bill Clinton • president • Democrat • Clinton administration • Monica Lewinsky • George W. Bush • interview • Taylor Branch • Blair House • The Clinton Tapes

OPINION


 Dems Must 
 Reconnect to 
 Populist Soul 

Democrats are afraid to say that government can do good: Frank

Aug 26, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - To save health care reform, Democrats need to remember what the real issue is: making the government work for average people, writes Thomas Frank for the Wall Street Journal. Health care is the Democrats' signature issue because it is quintessentially populist—a leveling of the playing field in the name... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • New Deal • health care reform • populism • conservatives • bipartisan

Racist Media Gunning for Me: Paterson

NY gov says Obama, Deval Patrick also
face white hostility

Aug 21, 09 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York's governor says they're all out to get him, and President Obama, and other black politicians, the Daily News reports. Calling for more "black" media outlets to balance things out, David Paterson blamed his 30% popularity rating on white reporters and commentators. "We have a media... More »

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media • New York • Democrat • racism • journalist • governor • David Paterson

Obama, House Dems Dig In, Push Back on Health Care

Website, 'war room' target misinformation

Aug 10, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are lurching into action to fight for health care reform, Politico reports. The Obama administration today launched a new viral “Reality Check” website to combat health care myths, modeled on the “Fight the Smears” site it used to get elected. Among other claims, the videos debunk rumors... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • website • health care reform • viral video • women's issues • Organizing for America

politics on trial

My Client's Corrupt, But
Who Isn't?

All pols have bribes in the freezer, Jefferson's lawyer contends

Jul 30, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Rep. William Jefferson’s lawyer tried a novel defense tactic in his closing arguments yesterday: putting all of the political class on trial. Sure, his client had stashed bribe money in his freezer—but hasn’t everyone, metaphorically speaking? “We all occupy the gray area,” said attorney... More »

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William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • Democrat • attorney • corruption trial • Dana Milbank • William Jefferson sentenced

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs are threatening to sink health care reform in the House for reasons that don't seem to add up, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times. The coalition of conservative Democrats—whose support President Obama needs—is crying loudly about fiscal responsibility, Krugman writes, while at the... More »

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health care • House of Representatives • health care industry • Democrat • health care reform • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama

CBO: Dems' Health Plans
Will Raise Costs

'Maybe what he should do is run for Congress,' snaps Reid

Jul 16, 09 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The health care reform bills being pushed by House Democrats and the Senate health panel would not cut costs as advertised, says the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. In fact, Douglas Elmendorf believes they would raise costs, the Washington Post reports. “We do not see the sort... More »

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Harry Reid • Democrat • employers • health care reform • Max Baucus • tax breaks • senator • Obama administration

White House Gets Tough on Congress' Critics, Skeptics 

Obama defends stimulus, pushes health reform

Jul 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is cracking down on its critics—and on laggards within the Democratic Party, too. Republican naysayers on the economic stimulus and health care are getting the roughest treatment, Politico reports. After Kentucky Sen. Jon Kyl railed against the efficacy of stimulus spending, four Cabinet secretaries wrote to... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • Senate • White House • Jon Kyl • Democrat • health care reform • economic stimulus package • economy • Obama administration • television advertising • Organizing for America

'Moderate' Tag Poses Dilemma for Democrats

It generally means
'conservative,' making everyone else a 'liberal'

Jul 11, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The label “moderate Democrat” has been thrown around a lot lately, but it’s usually affixed to the party’s most conservative members, Politico reports. That’s a linguistic dilemma for the rest of the party, since anyone left-of-center is suddenly a “liberal” by comparison—a term still... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • congressional Democrats • Evan Bayh • moderate • Blue Dog Democrats

 Rep. Waxman Hospitalized 

But House Democrat reportedly 'feeling much better now'

Jul 1, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(AP) - A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Obama's global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized. Democrat Henry Waxman was not feeling well yesterday and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in his native Los Angeles for "routine testing," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • health care • global warming • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Democrat • hospital • House Energy and Commerce Committee • President Obama • Waxman-Markey


 Franken: 
 I Can't
 Wait to
 Start Work 

Senator-elect stresses loyalty to state, downplays Dem. supermajority

Jun 30, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Franken said he was “thrilled and honored by the faith Minnesotans placed in me” after the state Supreme Court declared him the winner of the Senate recount, CNN reports. "I'm so excited to finally be able to get to work " said Franken, who added that he... More »

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Democrat • Norm Coleman • filibuster • Minnesota • Al Franken • senator • recount • US Senate • Minnesota recount

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