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    The Sequester Blame Game Comes to A Head

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 2:04PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: politics, spending cuts, sequestration, senate, republicans, house of representatives, fact check, economy, congress, blame game, americans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3768 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    John Boehner Operating on Borrowed Time?

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:39PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: election of 2012, flylooper, senate, house, obama, democrats, gop, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1681 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    A Political Education

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 10:27AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: freshman orientation, politics, potus, magnuson, bayh, reagan, young love, teen pregnancy, senate, republicans, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 2794 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    My afternoon at the French Senate

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 8:15AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: france, paris, senate, politics, french political system, jardin du luxembourg, palais du luxembourg, journees europeenes du patrimoine, history, visits, photography, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2996 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief

    AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3039 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    On the Shutdown: Sometimes, Courage Means Looking Foolish

    APRIL 8, 2011 5:38PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: budget showdown, government shutdown, current events, george orwell, rep. farenthold, elephants, shooting an elephant, congress, government, politics, budget, obama, senate

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 6270 Views
    • 97 Comments
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    Was the recent Wisconsin Senate action really Illegal?

    MARCH 10, 2011 9:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: process, confrontation, manipulated, manipulation, power grab, act, union rights, unions, rights, collective bargaining, politics, wisconsin, illegal, compliance, open meetings law, illegal act, legislature, state legislature, due process, process denied, justice denied, inappropriate, overstepped, overreach, overreached, explanation, analysis, review, objection, objected, rule, law, legislation, republican, democrat, coup, rush, notice, lack of notice, 2 hours, 24 hours, procedure, senate, wi

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 5700 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Nazis, muckrakers, and yellow journalism

    MARCH 1, 2011 4:47PM

    By Felisa Rogers


    Topics: history, journalism, senate, congress, cpb, npr, media, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 882 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Gay jubilation on DADT, straight 'approving shrug'—Perfect

    DECEMBER 19, 2010 2:25PM

    By Dave Cullen


    Topics: gay/lesbian, military, senate, gays in the military, dadt, gay

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1266 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Obama Is Being Obama: A Reevaluation.

    DECEMBER 16, 2010 11:07AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: washigton, dc, the house of representatives, senate, congress, republicans, democrats, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1535 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Election 2010: It’s 1994 all over again – and that's OK

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 9:24AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, contract with america, newt gingrich, discussion, republican revolution, democratic, republican, ben ginsberg, obama, senate, house, bill clinton, republicans, election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1269 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    What Flavor is Your Politics?

    JULY 9, 2010 10:49AM

    By liza Donnelly


    Topics: ice cream, senate, progressive, hearings, supreme court, elena kaga

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2042 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Derivatives Reform, Explained With Crudely Drawn Figures

    JUNE 15, 2010 7:55PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: senate, congress, politics, senator lincoln, senator blanche lincoln, banking reform, finreg, bank regulation, commercial banks, retail banks, bank holding companies, derivatives trading operations, derivatives reform, blanche lincoln derivatives reform, blanche lincoln

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1375 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Senate Republicans Balk at Larceny Reform Bill

    APRIL 27, 2010 11:38PM

    By Jeff Brawer


    Topics: senate, larceny, republicans, democrats, car thieves, chop shops, slim jims, osha, taxation, satire, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3685 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Lamar Alexander: Reconciliation will ruin the Senate

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 4:54PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: lamar alexander, senate, budget reconciliation, health care reform, hcr, the end of the united states senate, politics, congress is like mtv's the real world only with more crazy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4836 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Filibusters, Cloture, and Lazy Senators

    FEBRUARY 5, 2010 10:41AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: filibuster, cloture, history, senate

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 4421 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Dodd's retirement proves Democratic strength

    JANUARY 6, 2010 2:01PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: nd senate, ct senate, election 2010: game on!, connecticut senate, politics, byron dorgan, congress is like mtv's the real world only with more crazy, senate, dodd retirement, chris dodd, christopher dodd

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2511 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Why Hopenhagen Turned into Nopenhagen.

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 2:43PM

    By Morton Winston


    Topics: open call, news, politics, environment, senate, canada, china, us, cop15, climate change

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 658 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Cartoons, acid mix #6 ...Grip on the Senate

    OCTOBER 16, 2009 10:50AM

    By Richard Fox


    Topics: grip, trapeze, humor, satire, cartoon, slim majority, senate, democrats, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2500 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Death and The Senate

    AUGUST 20, 2009 7:18PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: governors, succession, feingold amendement, senate policies, senate politics, senate, massachusetts politics, massachusetts, health care, senator kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy

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