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Dubya: The Surreal Afterlife of an Ex-President
20 hours ago ago from Pulling Back the Wizards' Curtains
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19 hours ago ago from Thoughts from the Bish
American Thinker: Senate's Solution: Consumer Choice Is Dead on Arrival This is the nightmare that the Senate, the House and the President want to present to the American people as "a good thing." It is a monstrosity. Follow the link for an excellent article then contact your Senator today and tell him to vote "NAY!"
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8 hours ago ago from Foreign Policy
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16 hours ago ago from The Everyday Republican
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6 hours ago ago from President Barack Obama
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Robert Creamer: Lieberman Betrayal Illustrates Why Senate Filibuster Rules Must Change
16 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Senator Joe Lieberman's successful maneuver to eliminate any form of public option from the Senate health reform bill makes one thing perfectly clear: to pass the most important elements of the progressive agenda, the Senate must change its filibuster rules . The current 60-vote requirement to cut off debate empowers a tiny minority of Senators to prevent up or down votes on measures that clearly have majority support in the Senate, and ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Enjoy the health care debate? Wait until the Senate takes on the big banks. It already looks like déjà vu all over again. Democrats, bloodied from self-inflicted wounds in the health care debate, may well commit seppuku over financial reform. The script is in place for a failed sequel. The administration, via Treasury, cobbled together a reform plan that was weaker than it should be. The banks signed up every ambulatory lobbyist in town to ...
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12 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
We wrote this song and made this video in the run-up to the 2008 election. We wanted to to sound a note of caution that the fix was in, and Karl Rove would call in his chit for fundraising for Lieberman's last reelection, sending the Senate back into Republican hands for the remainder of George Bush's term, where they could have wreaked untold havoc. Now, in the face of Mr. Joe-Mentum's daily antics to derail Healthcare Reform, people are ...
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3 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business
The House pushed through a last-minute flurry of legislation Wednesday, including a $636 billion Pentagon funding bill, a short-term rise in the nation's debt limit, and an extension of unemployment and health benefits for millions of jobless Americans. This Story But Democrats put off until next year some of the thorniest political issues facing the chamber. While the House passed on party lines a largely symbolic ...
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