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- 993 Views
- 18 Comments
The Sequester Blame Game Comes to A Head
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 2:04PM
Topics: politics, spending cuts, sequestration, senate, republicans, house of representatives, fact check, economy, congress, blame game, americans
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- 3766 Views
- 17 Comments
John Boehner Operating on Borrowed Time?
DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:39PM
Topics: election of 2012, flylooper, senate, house, obama, democrats, gop, politics
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- 1681 Views
- 39 Comments
A Political Education
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 10:27AM
Topics: freshman orientation, politics, potus, magnuson, bayh, reagan, young love, teen pregnancy, senate, republicans, democrats
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- 2785 Views
- 33 Comments
My afternoon at the French Senate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 8:15AM
Topics: france, paris, senate, politics, french political system, jardin du luxembourg, palais du luxembourg, journees europeenes du patrimoine, history, visits, photography, travel
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- 2992 Views
- 77 Comments
An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief
AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM
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
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- 3038 Views
- 27 Comments
On the Shutdown: Sometimes, Courage Means Looking Foolish
APRIL 8, 2011 5:38PM
Topics: budget showdown, government shutdown, current events, george orwell, rep. farenthold, elephants, shooting an elephant, congress, government, politics, budget, obama, senate
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- 6259 Views
- 97 Comments
Was the recent Wisconsin Senate action really Illegal?
MARCH 10, 2011 9:37AM
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
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- 5664 Views
- 29 Comments
Nazis, muckrakers, and yellow journalism
MARCH 1, 2011 4:47PM
Topics: history, journalism, senate, congress, cpb, npr, media, news, politics
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- 882 Views
- 25 Comments
Gay jubilation on DADT, straight 'approving shrug'—Perfect
DECEMBER 19, 2010 2:25PM
Topics: gay/lesbian, military, senate, gays in the military, dadt, gay
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- 1263 Views
- 33 Comments
Obama Is Being Obama: A Reevaluation.
DECEMBER 16, 2010 11:07AM
Topics: washigton, dc, the house of representatives, senate, congress, republicans, democrats, obama
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- 1534 Views
- 52 Comments
Election 2010: It’s 1994 all over again – and that's OK
NOVEMBER 3, 2010 9:24AM
Topics: jimmy zuma, contract with america, newt gingrich, discussion, republican revolution, democratic, republican, ben ginsberg, obama, senate, house, bill clinton, republicans, election
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- 1269 Views
- 17 Comments
What Flavor is Your Politics?
JULY 9, 2010 10:49AM
Topics: ice cream, senate, progressive, hearings, supreme court, elena kaga
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- 2037 Views
- 19 Comments
Derivatives Reform, Explained With Crudely Drawn Figures
JUNE 15, 2010 7:55PM
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
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- 1375 Views
- 28 Comments
Senate Republicans Balk at Larceny Reform Bill
APRIL 27, 2010 11:38PM
Topics: senate, larceny, republicans, democrats, car thieves, chop shops, slim jims, osha, taxation, satire, humor
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- 3684 Views
- 33 Comments
Lamar Alexander: Reconciliation will ruin the Senate
FEBRUARY 28, 2010 4:54PM
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
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- 4831 Views
- 25 Comments
Filibusters, Cloture, and Lazy Senators
FEBRUARY 5, 2010 10:41AM
Topics: filibuster, cloture, history, senate
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- 4421 Views
- 38 Comments
Dodd's retirement proves Democratic strength
JANUARY 6, 2010 2:01PM
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
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- 2510 Views
- 10 Comments
Why Hopenhagen Turned into Nopenhagen.
DECEMBER 17, 2009 2:43PM
Topics: open call, news, politics, environment, senate, canada, china, us, cop15, climate change
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- 657 Views
- 0 Comments
Cartoons, acid mix #6 ...Grip on the Senate
OCTOBER 16, 2009 10:50AM
Topics: grip, trapeze, humor, satire, cartoon, slim majority, senate, democrats, open call
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- 2500 Views
- 27 Comments
Death and The Senate
AUGUST 20, 2009 7:18PM
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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