Representative Keith Ellison

A Minnesota attorney is using virulent attacks on Islam in an attempt to unseat one of just two Muslims in Congress. Benjamin Sarlin talks to Rep. Keith Ellison and his challenger about a campaign that's raising eyebrows. As America's first Muslim congressman, Rep. Keith Ellison has been a target for anti-Islamic sentiment from the moment he took the oath of office. Scratch that--from before he took his oath of office, when Rep. Virgil Goode...  

Barb Davis White (R-MN) and Lynne Torgerson (D-MN) are challenging Keith Ellison’s U.S. House seat for the state’s 5th district in Minnesota. One of these women must remove him from Congress. Keith Ellison and Barack Obama Keith Ellison, who is also Keith Hakim, is the first Muslim to be sent to Congress from any state, and the [...]  

AFGE Member Benefits, Privatization at Federal Protective Service Also to be Addressed WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will highlight his public jobs bill this week on the American Federation of Government Employees' (AFGE) "Inside Government" radio program. The show will air on Friday, Dec. 18 atread more  

Keith Ellison, the Muslim congressman from Michigan’s 5th district, will have two challenger’s in the 2010 elections. Barb Davis White (R-MI) and Lynne Torgerson (D-MI) are challenging Keith Ellison’s U.S. House seat for the state’s 5th ...  

Keith Ellison represents Minnesota's Fifth District (Minneapolis and inner-ring suburbs). He achieved fame as the first Muslim to win a congressional seat when he was elected to office in 2006. I sought to document Ellison's unsavory beliefs and associations in "Louis Farrakhan's first congressman" and the companion post "Keith Ellison for dummies." Suffice it to say that Ellison holds one of the most reliably Democratic seats in Congress...  

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said Thursday on Twitter that the fight for the public option was still on. Ellison tweeted: "Don't Quit on #PO. Still very possible if we get loud now." From the Hill: Ellison's words match the sentiments of several ...  

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Klobuchar, Ellison raising questions about proposed Senate health-care deal By Derek Wallbank | Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama's endorsement of a compromise health-care reform framework is worrying some Democrats who have been strong health-care reform advocates — including Minnesota's Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Keith Ellison.  

Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcus Stroud has been ruled out of the game and linebacker Keith Ellison was placed on season-ending injured reserve, leaving the NFL's worst-run defense further depleted for Sunday's meeting with the Jacksonville Jaguars.  

Video: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first and now one of two Muslims in Congress, broke his silence over Republican calls for an investigation of alleged Muslim intern "spies" by reading the statement issued by the Congressional Tri-Caucus on the...  

With a shortage of cornerbacks for Sunday's game the Bills added a cornerback from their practice squad and placed LB Keith Ellison on injured reserve. Sixth-round pick Cary Harris was called up ...  

Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer and former NFL MVP running back Thurman Thomas hosts Bills linebacker Keith Ellison on this weekend’s edition of The Thurman Thomas Show presented by Northtown Automotiv...  

Congress must investigate ties between D.C. Muslim group and Hamas. If Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., spent as much time trying to keep this country safe as he does advocating for the Muslims who elected him, perhaps it wouldn’t be necessary for his Republican colleagues to call for an investigation into the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which has already been identified in at least one high-profile case as having ties to the well-known...  

St. Paul, Minn. — Rep. Keith Ellison questioned the American military commander in Afghanistan and the U.S. ambassador to the war-torn country in Washington today. Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry appeared before the House ...  

Bills linebacker Keith Ellison's season is over after he was placed on injured reserve with a quadriceps injury. The move was announced Friday as the Bills prepare to play Jacksonville on Sunday. Interim coach Perry Fewell was not available for comment, and had not mentioned the move was imminent when he issued the team's injury report following practice.