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Grijalva: "Our Rules Aren’t Effective, Our Rigs Aren’t Necessarily Safe, and We Can’t Keep Ignoring the Problem”

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Published May 20, 2010 at 6:51 p.m.
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Congressman Raul Grijalva talks about the gulf spill in today's Roll Call: ... Energy companies, including BP, promised the Congress, the Minerals Management Service and the public that this terrible accident could not happen. Proponents of expanded drilling eagerly swallowed these company promises and used them to justify expanded drilling. Opponents — those who warned that a spill could destroy beaches, wildlife, tourism and even lives — were mocked as extremists, out of touch when it

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Grijalva: Shut Down BP's Other Rig in the Gulf

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Published May 20, 2010 at 12:18 p.m.

Reuters reports that Congressman Raul Grijalva is calling for BP to shut down another rig in the Gulf until it can be inspected: ... A group of U.S. lawmakers will recommend BP (BP.L) be ordered to idle its Atlantis oil and gas platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico until federal regulators can prove the region's second biggest rig is operating safely ... At least 17 Democratic lawmakers will urge the Minerals Management Service to shut down Atlantis, which pumps up to 200,000 barrels per day of

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Grijalva V. U.S. Supreme Court

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 3:10 p.m.

Congressman Raul Grijalva has responded to today's split decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to lift limits on corporate political spending: ... In today’s case of Citizens United V. FEC, the Supreme Court went far beyond precedent, far beyond the original intent of the Constitution, and far beyond anything the Founders meant when they protected freedom of speech for individuals. James Madison never intended for the First Amendment to apply to corporations; he meant free speech to be for the

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Nate Silvers vs. Raul Grijalva

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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 9:43 p.m.

Political analyst Nate Silvers says Democrats like Congressman Raul Grijalva shouldn't get too worked up about the Senate health-care package. Among his reasons: ... 1) The energy by progressive activists on behalf of the public option has done more good than harm, and by a wide margin ... 2a) Nevertheless, the public option is/was a relatively minor part of the health care bill, at least once it became clear that it (i) wouldn't be pegged to Medicare rates, and (ii) would only be available to a

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More Pushback From Grijalva on Health Care

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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 8:15 p.m.

We mentioned yesterday that Congressman Raul Grijalva was starting to complain that that Senate health-care package was getting too watered-down ... Grijalva pushed even harder today. Talking Points Memo reports: ... An influential progressive in the House of Representatives says that the public option compromise taking shape in the Senate might not survive the lower chamber—particularly if the Senate tries to jam its health care bill through the House ... In an interview this afternoon, Rep.

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