Obamacare website progress garners muted reaction from Congress
December 1st, 2013
03:08 PM ET
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Obamacare website progress garners muted reaction from Congress

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Washington (CNN) - News that the Obama administration met critical repair goals for HealthCare.gov brought almost no applause from Capitol Hill Sunday, with just a few members of Congress responding to the website progress report at all.

Of those who responded, most either indicated that they expect more issues or that they saw the website as the beginning of Obamacare's problems.

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Filed under: Chris Van Hollen • Eric Cantor • Health care • Healthcare • John Boehner • John Cornyn • Keith Ellison • Obama administration • Obamacare
Congressman calls challenger 'lowlife scumbag'
October 19th, 2012
02:18 PM ET
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Congressman calls challenger 'lowlife scumbag'

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(CNN) – They didn’t actually throw sticks and stones, but a congressional debate in Minnesota Thursday was every bit as schoolyard.

It didn't take long for the showdown to turn ugly with accusations flying over who was the bigger liar and jabs escalating into a fight over the two candidates' respective divorces.
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Filed under: 2012 • Congress • Keith Ellison • Minnesota
Ellison reacts to Jerusalem reference in party platform
September 6th, 2012
05:41 PM ET
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Ellison reacts to Jerusalem reference in party platform

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Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) – Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, one of only two Muslim-Americans in Congress, reacted Thursday to the controversy over his party's newly-updated platform that references Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel.

"I do not want to see this issue used as a cudgel to beat on the president with," Ellison said. "They're trying to use the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a way to divide people."
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Filed under: 2012 • Democratic National Convention • Israel • Keith Ellison
Democrats say Romney is playing politics with student loans
April 24th, 2012
05:15 PM ET
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Democrats say Romney is playing politics with student loans

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(CNN) - Two Democratic lawmakers Tuesday called on Mitt Romney to back up his words with action regarding his position on extending the lowered student loan interest rates.

"Young Americans and students should be very suspicious of Romney's efforts to have it both ways," Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said on a conference call organized by the Democratic National Committee.
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Filed under: 2012 • Chris Van Hollen • DNC • Education • Keith Ellison • Mitt Romney
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Congressmen disagree over 'premise' of hearing on radicalization of Muslim America
March 6th, 2011
09:40 AM ET
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Congressmen disagree over 'premise' of hearing on radicalization of Muslim America

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Washington (CNN)– Republican Rep. Peter King of New York says "something from within" the Muslim community is a "threat" to America that needs to be explored.

The issue will be discussed in the upcoming week as King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, holds hearings on the radicalization of Muslim Americans. Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, openly disagreed with the premise of the hearings as King gave a preview Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley of what will be discussed Thursday on the Hill.
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Filed under: Content Partner • Homeland Security • Keith Ellison • Peter King • TV-State of the Union