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19 minutes ago ago from THE MILLSTONE DIARIES
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21 hours ago ago from Austro-Athenian Empire
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21 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
With tensions running high in the Senate amid a grueling schedule, Democrats are trying to make political hay out of Republicans' failed effort to filibuster the defense spending bill. The Senate voted at 1 a.m. Friday to invoke cloture on the $626 billion measure funding the Pentagon, a key procedural step that will allow the chamber to vote on final passage Saturday morning. The motion passed, 63-33, with just three Republicans joining ...
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AP -- Minority Republicans in the Maine House have lost a member. Rep. Jim Campbell of Newfield said Thursday he's withdrawn from the Republican Party and will become the only legislator with no party affiliation. That leaves the House with 95 Democrats, 55 Republicans and one unenrolled or independent member. The Senate also is controlled by Democrats. "I have been very frustrated with the Republican Party in Maine, and nationally, for ...
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