Open Congress : News Articles for Rahm Emanuel

Geoffrey Wheatcroft: How Israel gets away with murder

2009-01-09T19:00:00Z

Then late on Thursday the American representative shocked other council members by abstaining. This volte face came on direct orders from the White House, ...

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Democratic leaders can't agree who to back for Emanuel seat

2009-01-09T19:00:00Z

Update: None of the five candidates seeking to succeed former Congressman Rahm Emanuel could muster a majority of support at a Democratic slating meeting ...

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The last picture show?

2009-01-09T19:00:00Z

Obama appointed Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff. Emanuel, an ardent Zionist, served as a volunteer in the Israeli Defense Force, and is a duel citizen of ...

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Slating session to fill Emanuel's seat moved up, with no clear taker

2009-01-09T19:00:00Z

... a successor to former US Rep. Rahm Emanuel to this morning, and as of Friday night, no candidate was claiming to have locked up a majority of the vote. ...

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Blagojevich pledges not to resign after impeachment

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

...best to associate himself with the president-elect one more time, citing a measure the governor had worked on with former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the incoming White House chief of staff. Blagojevich said he had worked with Emanuel on reimportation of prescri

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Conservative Bloggers Up In Arms Over GOP Cooperation With Obama

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

(Erickson says he thinks that the trap was most likely being set by chief of staff Rahm Emanuel rather than Obama himself. "I don't think Obama's smart ...

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Obama presses Congress to move on economic relief

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

Hoekstra had lengthy discussions on the appointment in December with Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, and he praised the incoming administration for ...

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Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

First up was Representative Bobby Rush. Now, Bobby Rush is a former Black Panther leader who is now in the House of Representatives from a Chicago district. ...

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Blagojevich pledges not to resign after impeachment

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

... the president-elect one more time, citing a measure the governor had worked on with former Rep. Rahm Emanuel, the incoming White House chief of staff. ...

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Republican Appointees Reject Chambers Appeal

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

...the Chief Chambers Case: http://www.peer.org/campaigns/whistleblower/chiefchambers/index.php View a press release form then Rep. Emanuel: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/il05_emanuel/administration_whistleblowers.html Visit the "Honest Chief" webs

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Rifts Show As Obama Urges Quick Action On Stimulus

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

...transition team and congressional leaders. Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, and incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, heard plenty of ideas and criticisms during Capitol Hill meetings Thursday. "There was what one would expect, which

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Rifts emerge in Congress as Obama urges quick action on $800 billion economic recovery plan

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

On The Agenda

2009-01-08T19:00:00Z

Supports of the concept cheered Obama's appointment of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) as his White House chief of staff this past year because he has been a ...

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Mayor Daley is Preaching Chicago's Gospel

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

We are informed by WBBM that North Side Alderman Patrick O'Connor may enter the race for Rahm Emanuel's Congressional seat. ...

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Can Labor Revive the American Dream?

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

At a November gathering of CEOs, Rahm Emanuel refused to answer a question about the bill, and that same month economic adviser Jennifer Granholm called it ...

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Scandals show need for limited government

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

Blagojevich's ties to Obama's designated White House chief of staff, former Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel, have threatened to cast a shadow over Obama's ...

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Democrats taking long road back to fiscal waste

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

Long before Rahm Emanuel was admonishing liberal Democrats to "never allow a crisis to go to waste," Mr. Oberstar was standing on the banks of the ...

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Our Rep. Brown-Waite's New Capitol Hill Role Is Right On The Money

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

Here's rooting for a growl on behalf of restraint from the honorable Rep. Brown-Waite, and that it resonates in bipartisan fashion.

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ANALYSIS-US Democrats make clear they will guard turf

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

Given that Obama is a former member of the US Senate and his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was a member of the House of Representatives, the experts said it ...

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(AMM) Labor attorney with steel ties vies for House seat in Illinois

2009-01-07T19:00:00Z

... Mine Workers of America, has tossed his hat into the ring in the race for former Rep. Rahm Emanuel's seat in the House of Representatives in Illinois. ...

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