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House Votes to End Mortgage Reduction Program

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday to terminate an underachieving Obama administration program designed to reduce mortgage payments for homeowners in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Most Democrats, while acknowledging that the Home Affordable Modification Program has fallen...

Emotions Dominate Congressional Panel's Muslim Hearing

WASHINGTON -- Do radicalized Muslims in America pose a unique threat to the country's security? This was the central question argued today at an emotionally charged hearing on the Hill. The hearing, headed by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has been at the center of a...

White House Praises Muslims Ahead of House Hearing

STERLING, Va. -- Muslim Americans are not part of the terrorism problem facing the U.S. - they are part of the solution, a top White House official said Sunday at a Washington-area mosque. Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough set the Obama administration's tone for discussions as tensions escalate before the...

Congress to Hold Hearing on American Muslims; Protest Planned

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says affiliates of al-Qaida are radicalizing some American Muslims and that he plans to hold hearings on the threat they pose to the U.S. Republican Rep. Peter King of New York tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he sees an international movement with...

Unemployment Benefit Extension Fails, Blame Game Rages On

(Nov. 19) -- Who you gonna blame? On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives failed to muster the votes of two-thirds of its members to pass a three-month extension of unemployment benefits for Americans who have been out of work for more than six months. Almost before all the votes had been tallied, House members...

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Bernie Sanders, Keith Ellison Unveil Bill To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation designed to stop subsidies to the oil, coal and natural gas industries, preserving an estimated $110 billion over the next ten years.

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05/23/12 Ellison, Fields duel over federal support for... Source: MinnPost - Minneapolis MN The one-year anniversary of the North Minneapolis tornado has turned political on the Star Tribune's opinion page, where U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and his Republican opponent, Chris Fields, have written dueling op-eds about the incumbent's focus on Minneapolis issues.
05/22/12 Congressman Keith Ellison: âWe've Been Held In... Source: Newsone.com From the day he was sworn into office in 2006 with his hand placed on the Quran, Representative Keith Ellison (pictured left) (D-MN), the first Muslim American elected to the U.S. Congress, has exemplified political bravery.
05/21/12 Rep. Keith Ellison: U.S. and NATO âdon't need' a... Source: The Raw Story Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) explained his continued preference for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to reduce the size of its defense preference in an interview from the progressive news site The Uptake.
05/16/12 Time for a new approach Source: Brattleboro Reformer - Brattleboro VT Reduce the federal deficit and help wean us off our over-dependence on fossil fuels.
05/15/12 Rep. Keith Ellison: U.S. Must Protect Syria's Innocent Source: U.S. News & World Report Despite international efforts to bring about a political transition in Syria, violence there has continued to rise.