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6 hours ago ago from Crooks and Liars
Republicans win, even when they lose. That appears to be the conventional wisdom after the Democrats' crucial victory in the Senate health care vote this weekend. In its wake, media outlets gave credence to John McCain's assertion that thanks to President Obama, Washington is "more partisan" and "more bitterly divided than it's been." That followed the pronouncement of CNN's supposedly moderate Republican analyst David Gergen, who proclaimed ...
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1 day ago ago from No More Mister Nice Blog
RIGHTIER THAN THOU I wanted to talk about the Tim Pawlenty interview in Newsweek that was flagged by Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs: Where are you personally? Well, you know I'm an evangelical Christian. I believe that God created everything and that he is who he says he was. The Bible says that he created man and woman; it doesn't say that he created an amoeba and then they evolved into man and woman. But there are a lot of ...
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7 hours ago ago from Seeing Red AZ
Democrat Congressman Parker Griffith , (AL) an outspoken opponent of the nationalized health care overhaul has announced he is switching his political affiliation and reregistering as a Republican, dealing another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. U.S. Rep. Griffith, a retired physician, said,” I believe our nation is at a crossroads and I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that ...
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(ChattahBox) The 2010 Defense Appropriations bill, which passed Saturday night after a Republican filibuster has been signed into law by President Obama. The bill kept intact Senator Al Franken’s amendment, which prohibits the Defense Department during this appropriations year, from contracting with companies that restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court. The most shocking thing ...
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23 hours ago ago from Delusional Spin
A member of the House of Representatives for the Democrats, Parker Griffith (D-Ala), will switch to the Republican Party. The switch, confirmed by Griffith as well as Republican and Democrat Party sources, comes as a result of what Griffith calls those in the Democratic leadership who continue to push an agenda focused on massive new spending, tax increases, bailouts and a health care bill that is bad for our healthcare system. Griffith, who ...
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Last Hurdle Cleared in Senate
1 hour, 32 minutes 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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1 hour, 8 minutes ago ago from Politics Daily
Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama announced yesterday that he has switched from Democrat to Republican. House Democrats announced today that Parker is as good as gone. On the floor of the House of Representatives, a clerk read from letters between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairmen of the House Transportation Committee, the House Small Business Committee, and the House Science and Technology Committee. Pelosi told the chairmen that ...
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39 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON Exultant Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting up a Christmas Eve vote to pass the legislation extending coverage to 30 million Americans. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final vote Thursday. All 58 Democrats and two independents hung together against unanimous Republican opposition. It was the 24th day of ...
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22 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON The Senate voted 60 to 39 early Tuesday on three steps leading up to a final vote Thursday morning on sweeping health care legislation. Related Roll Call Democrats, who remained united in favor of the bill, began celebrating their imminent victory with a raucous news conference attended by a number of advocacy groups whose cheers made the event seem like a high school pep rally. Republicans, who remained united ...
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