Has Elizabeth Warren put the 'Cherokee issue' behind her?
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Charlie Pierce waded into the political quagmire that is the controversy over Elizabeth Warren and her Cherokee heritage. Warren released a statement, and here are the pertinent parts: When I was a little girl, I learned about I can really empathize with Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic Massachusetts Senate candidate who may owe her connection with [...]
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords resigns from the House in emotional farewell
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Prepare to shed a tear or two. It´s a moving and bittersweet moment, so don´t feel any shame about it. It was a very emotional morning on the House floor today as Arizona Democratic Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona's Sixth District, today praised the House passage of HR 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling [...]
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords resigns from the House in emotional farewell
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Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) declared she would "step down this week." To the top of the dais, where she personally handed John Boehner her letter of resignation in one of her final acts as a Member of Congress. Giffords made her first step toward A number of Gabrielle Giffords's House colleagues take to the floor to [...]
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords sees her last bill pass, says farewell
Los Angeles
Prepare to shed a tear or two. It´s a moving and bittersweet moment, so don´t feel any shame about it. It was a very emotional morning on the House floor today as Arizona Democratic Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., assisted by her chief of staff, Pia Carusone, on Wednesday leaves her office on Capitol Hill for the [...]
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords sees her last bill pass, says farewell
Los Angeles
WASHINGTON — In an extremely moving moment on the House floor, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) submitted her resignation to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Wednesday morning after making the announcement "I am so proud of my friend," she said, placing on her hand on Giffords' back and wiping back tears. "It will always be one [...]
Read MoreRep. Gabrielle Giffords sees her last bill pass, says farewell
Los Angeles
As so much of her story has been, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' last day in Congress was an emotional one, The L.A. Times reports. Everyone from her closest friend in the chamber, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, On Gabrielle Giffords' emotional last day in Congress, her colleagues unanimously approve her border security bill, and her resignation [...]
Read MoreJohn Boehner Crying With Gabrielle Giffords
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With President Obama delivering his third State of the Union address on Tuesday night, House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office wants to remind everyone that it's also 1000 days since the Senate approved its last House Speaker John Boehner, by all early reports, wanted to avoid another damaging fight over the payroll tax cut extension. [...]
Read MoreNancy Pelosi on Newt Gingrich: There is no way he will become President, I …
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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sat down with CNN's John King, to whom she hinted about knowing something about former House Speaker Newt Gingrich that makes her certain he'll never be president. by Alex Alvarez | 1:32 pm, January 25th, 2012 Former Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on NBC's Today show this morning, where he told Ann [...]
Read MoreJohn Kerry sports black eyes, broken nose
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We'll talk today about Facebook's Timeline feature coming to a profile near you (whether you like it or not), last night's tech-heavy State of the Union Address, and who's responsible for the state of John Kerry's face. Obama's made lots of promises in Senator John Kerry surprised a few people at the Boston Bruins Stanley [...]
Read MoreExclusive: Cantor Sees Common Ground, If Obama Is "Serious"
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Of course as much as the President's speech clearly upset Cantor, his discomfort was nothing compared to what nine Somali pirates were experiencing while Obama was telling Americans that a brighter day lay ahead for this House of Representatives Majority Leader and Virginia Representative Eric Cantor will address Washington and Lee University's Mock Convention on [...]
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