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The use of heavy weaponry on civilian neighborhoods in Homs, is “ shredding President Assad’s claims to speak for the Syrian people” UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Wednesday, stopping short of calling on the embattled Syrian leader to step down. Ban said he feared reports of worsening violence…

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tells reporters that House Republicans have weakened the STOCK Act, a bill designed to ban congressional insider trading.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) says that the debate surrounding an HHS regulation that requires employers, including religious entities, to provide contraceptive coverage for employees is “not about religious freedom, it is about women’s access to healthcare and contraceptive coverage.” [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

By Lily Benitez De Luna Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday that she will endorse the House version of the STOCK Act, despite concerns that her Republican colleagues had diluted it. “The thing we greatly feared has come upon us. [The STOCK Act] has been weakened,” Slaughter said, pointing…

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) says that Republicans voicing opposition to the HHS requirement that employers provide contraceptive coverage to their employees is off base. She adds that there is no mandate requiring people to use contraception, nor is there a mandate that requires people to dispense contraception. [Audio clip: view…

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) says that she favors an exemption of non-profit religious entities from an HHS regulation requiring employers to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D- N.Y.) defends House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- Calif.) against recent accusations that she used her political knowledge to leverage her family’s investments. Slaughter describes Pelosi as one of the most honest people she knows. (:41) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D- N.Y.) charged Wednesday that the STOCK Act has been weakened by Congressional Republicans. (:52) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

The head of the United Nations’ Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) told reporters today that his committee is upping the ante when it comes to prosecuting UN peacekeeping forces who are found guilty of sexual abuse and exploitation.

Following the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to require employers to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) says that the Obama administration is “trampling” the protections provided by the First Amendment and is “systematically dismantling” Americans’ religious liberties. [Audio clip: view full…