November 03, 2011 4:17 pm ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Chutzpah: AIPAC’s Newest Iran Sanctions Bill Will Prohibit Diplomacy
October 06, 2011 2:01 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The House GOP's Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
In September, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, initiated an investigation of Planned Parenthood's financial records looking for misappropriated federal funds and requesting paperwork going back over 13 years. This Republican vendetta against Planned Parenthood is part of a larger fight in which Republicans are trying to prevent women from being in control of their reproductive health. To that end, House Republicans introduced a multitude of bills and amendments since January that would chip away at women's reproductive rights by eliminating Title X funding, defunding Planned Parenthood, imposing harsh restrictions on funding for abortions, replacing sexual education programs with abstinence-only programs, redefining rape to limit abortion exceptions, reinstating the global gag rule, supporting crisis pregnancy centers and imposing harsher parental notification laws.
May 26, 2011 9:37 am ET filed under Fact Check
Slew Of House Republicans Falsely Claim President Obama Called For Israel To Return To "1967 Borders"
Since his speech on the Middle East last Thursday, President Obama's opponents have falsely attacked him for calling on Israel to return to its "1967 borders." In reality, Obama repeated the ordinary belief that an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace deal should result in two states with secure borders "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps," which will allow Israel to retain large settlements in the West Bank. Addressing the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the president explained very clearly that his original statement meant that the final border negotiated between the parties "will be different than the one that existed on June 4, 1967." However, that hasn't stopped many House Republicans from perpetuating a smear against Obama for something he never actually said.
January 19, 2011 10:56 am ET filed under Foreign Policy Matters
Will Ros-Lehtinen's Policy On Settlements Be Influenced By Moskowitz Money?
January 10, 2011 2:46 pm ET filed under Blog
House Republicans Change Committee Names To De-Emphasize Civil Rights, Civil Liberties And Labor
November 10, 2009 11:51 am ET filed under Blog
