Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]

Hundreds of Federally Contracted Low-Wage Workers to Stage Historic Strike in DC

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...giving local businesses a boost and sparking job growth. Following the worker actions, congressional leaders, including Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), wi

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Open Thread with C&L's Saturday Night Podcast Round Up

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...podcasts are also available on i-Tunes, and may not be safe for work. CNN / The Big Three (new podcast): Interview with Rep. Keith Ellison The LEFT Show : The GOP only serves you if you have your papers, your incorporation papers, that is. PBS Idea Chan

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Eric Hananoki: 8 Reasons Allen West Is The Perfect Fox News Contributor

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...religion. It has not been a religion since 622 AD, and we need to have individuals stand up and say that." He attacked Rep. Keith Ellison, who is Muslim, as representing "the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established." West ha

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Programming notes

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and military sex assault survivor BriGette McCoy on the growing crisis rocking the Pentagon. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) joins to discuss how the President is handling the IRS and AP Phone Records scandal. And Today’s Agenda Pa

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Weiner Hires Campaign Manager After Receiving Some Declines, Politico Says

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...pursue a job interview. However, Weiner hasÂ already began receivingÂ endorsements beforeÂ formally announcing his run. Â Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn) told Current TV in mid-April that he would like to see Weiner as the mator of New York. Â âNobody

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Anthony Weiner Hires Danny Kedem As Campaign Manager For Possible Mayoral Bid

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...as well. While no formal announcement has been made, Weiner already has the support of one former colleague in Congress. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told Current TV in mid-April that "nobody here is perfect," stressing that Weiner deserved a second cha

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IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal is Secret Money Influencing US Elections

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...lesson – that our patchwork regulatory system is far from equipped to deal with the new Gilded Age unleashed by Citizens United . As Rep. Keith Ellison told Hayes last night: “We need to redouble our efforts to bring real campaign-finance reform for

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Mark Pocan drafts constitutional amendment to establish the right to vote

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.” Pocan, who is sponsoring the bill with fellow Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., says the legislation will provide additional protections against “the plague of greater voting

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Minnesota delegation begins weighing in on IRS scandal

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...to believe this was a 'low-level' decision.” She’ll hold a press conference with Tea Party groups on Thursday. Finally, Rep. Keith Ellison went on MSNBC twice Monday and Tuesday to say that the scandal means Congress should move quickly to enact new

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Political Blotter: Twitter lawyer to get White House job

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...a youth representative in Yemen's National Dialogue and Reprieve Project. Caucus co-chairs Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn., recently wrote a letter to President Barack Obama asking the administration to explain the legal basis for dr

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How Young People Can Bail Themselves Out

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...people have to make politicians listen to them. "Politicians don't see the light until they feel the heat," said Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "We bailed out the big banks. When are we going to bail out

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Obama urged to fix jobs, stagnant wages

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...in America as opposed to cutting every federal program and having this austerity-based deficit-reduction thrust," said Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus. The economy has created 6.8 million private-

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Congress: Still Corporate. Still Criminal. Still Captured.

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...sixty-one. The only six who dared to not roll over for Wall Street are: Rep. Maxine Waters ( @MaxineWaters ) (D-CA), Rep. Keith Ellison ( @keithellison ) (D-MN), Rep. Steven Lynch ( @RepStephenLynch ) (D-MA), Rep. Velazquez ( @NydiaVelazquez ) (D-NY), R

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St. Paul: First annual Hmong American Day planned for Sunday

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...Southeast Asia. The speaker's list includes MayKao Y. Hang, president and CEO of the Amherst Wilder Foundation; U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; former Col. Tub Fwm Vaj, a veteran of the Hmong Special Guerrilla Unit; and officials from the Lao Family C

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Obama pressed to do more on jobs, stagnant wages

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...in America as opposed to cutting every federal program and having this austerity-based deficit-reduction thrust," said Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus. On Thursday, Obama is traveling to Austin, T

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House Banking Panel Passes Broad Package of Derivatives Bills

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...be no bailouts. To me that's kind of like saying ‘there will be no more murder' and expecting there won't be any," said Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., warning that the bill could be creating the conditions that would make such a bailout necessary regard

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Your daily armchair activism on the boss' dime

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...(I-VT) -Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) -Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) -Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) -Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) -Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) -Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) -Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) -Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) -Ed Coyle, Executive Direct

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Wall Street Bills Clear Hurdle With Democrats Backing Deregulation

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...28 Democrats opposed the bill, which garnered unanimous GOP support. The "no" votes came from Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Al Green (D-Texas), Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.),

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Rep. Keith Ellison autobiography set for September release

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...– With an autobiography set for release in September, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., may be angling to develop a broader national profile. Billed as deeply patriotic, Ellison’s 304-page memoir, “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” will take a “provocati

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Focus on jobs, not the deficit: Opposing view

2013-05-05T01:00:00Z

...the jobs crisis is a flawed argument, with devastating consequences for American families and our economic future. Fixing the jobs crisis is the best way to tackle the deficit. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., is co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus.

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