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20 hours ago ago from Todays Political News
News for: United States President Jamaica Gleaner UNITED STATES Obama's health care plan closer to being passed Jamaica Gleaner Democrats remained united in their goal of passing the legislation by the holiday, while Republicans were steadfast in opposition. The United States is the
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12 hours ago ago from Bo Vastine
They just don't get it the Democrats in the New Jersey Legislature believe that they have complete authority over ALL branches of government. They obviously do not understand the concept of separation of powers and in the end do not understand that their willful obstruction will come back to bite them. Fact when you add up the total number of votes cast for Republicans versus Democrats in this year’s Assembly race Republicans out ...
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16 hours ago ago from Scaramouche!
What is it with the New York Times and its lacklustre support for the democratic process (at least while Democrats are in charge)? Back in September the paper's pundit di tutti punditi Thomas L. Friedman applauded "benevolent" authoritarianism (which is what he claims they have in China) because that type of government can push through its agenda easy-peasy. And today this anti-democratic palaver appears in a Times editorial (my bolds): The ...
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22 hours ago ago from The In Box
Assembly minority leader -- one might almost call him the "passingly small minority" leader -- Brian Kolb has been barnstorming New York state raising interest in a constitutional convention. The mantra: New York state is broken. Fair enough. There's plenty of evidence to support his argument. But physician, please. Heal thyself already! With news this week that Rudy Giuliani is out of the 2010 race (ANY race) and former governor George ...
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NYT: Recession cuts migration to Sun Belt
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8 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats pushed their health-care legislation past its final procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon, setting up a Christmas Eve vote on its passage. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final vote. All 58 Democrats and two independents hung together against unanimous Republican opposition. "The finish line is in sight, said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who ...
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3 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By now Majority Leader Harry Reid's explanation for how he is getting his health-care bill through the Senate has pinged its way across the country. "I don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them," he said this week. "And if they don't have something in it important to them, then it doesn't speak well of them." But take these comments two steps further and it becomes clear that how Mr. ...
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3 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON The vote on Monday, in the dead of night, was 60 to 40. The vote on Tuesday, just after daybreak, was 60 to 39. And the vote on Wednesday afternoon, at a civil hour but after less-than-civil debate, was 60 to 39 again an immutable tally that showed Democrats unwavering in the march to adopt a far-reaching overhaul of the health care system over united Republican opposition. Health Care Conversations Share your ...
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