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Budowsky: We need more Mandelas

Brent Budowsky 12/06/13 11:25 AM EST

OPINION | I propose we mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela with challenges for bold action.

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  • Player of the Week: Immigration activists

    The Hill Staff - 12/02/13 07:27 PM EST

    Proponents of the Senate-passed immigration reform bill are attempting to put pressure on House Republican leaders to act.

    But it is not clear that the House will pass any immigration or border-security measures this Congress.

    Fast for Families, a...

  • Player of the Week: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

    The Hill Staff - 11/18/13 07:48 PM EST

    This is an important week for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and her legislative effort to reduce sexual assault in the military.

  • Player of the Week: John Kerry

    Anonymous - 11/11/13 06:51 PM EST

    Secretary of State John Kerry will be on Capitol Hill this week, huddling with lawmakers on a possible deal with Iran.

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  • Preferred pharmacy networks limit choices

    Jason Wallace - 12/02/13 07:24 PM EST

    From Jason Wallace, president of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency

    Mark Merritt’s praise for preferred pharmacy networks (“Regulators shouldn’t undermine preferred pharmacies,” Nov. 22) on The Hill’s Congress Blog, fails to address the systematic...

  • A bipartisan rallying cry

    Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) - 11/25/13 07:34 PM EST

    As the Affordable Care Act continues to flounder, I am continually struck by Capitol Hill’s inability to look in its own backyard for a solution. We should look at government successes, not failures, to learn how to move the ball forward on healthcare.

    ...

  • Fix the bureaucrats’ mess on healthcare: Ask nurses

    Andrew Pierson - 11/11/13 06:55 PM EST

    I am not a politician or partisan person, but I am a citizen and parent who is concerned about the future of our country. The leaders of this country (both Republican and Democratic) seem to have a vested interest in dividing “we the people” in any way they can, be it economical, racial or...

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Op-Ed

  • Fast food workers need a raise and a voice

    John Logan - 12/06/13 09:00 AM EST

    The protests have grown quickly because the message that poverty-level wages and poor working conditions are indefensible has resonated so strongly with the industry’s workers.

  • Let's not miss this opportunity for consensus-based patent reform

    David J. Kappos - 12/05/13 09:00 AM EST

    Our news is peppered these days with reports of “patent trolls” – dark, ugly creatures, shaking down innocent companies based on absurd claims of patent infringement.  Congress should quickly pass legislation to curtail this abusive behavior.  However, some are using the need to...

  • We need new ways to fund our national parks

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) - 12/03/13 05:47 PM EST

    When the federal government recently shut down, our national parks became headline news, as public access was temporarily and at times questionably restricted. While many advocates have since begun to tout public support for parks as a reason to create new units and increase funding...