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    The Ultimate Hypocrisy of Sarah Palin

    JANUARY 12, 2011 11:43AM

    By Shelly Wymer


    Topics: majority, strength, ammo, guns, tea party, gop, republicans, republican, democrats, democrat, obama, christina taylor green, games, words, gabrielle giffords, arizona, sarah palin, politics

    • 3 Ratings
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    Reconciliation, shmeckonciliation

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 6:50PM

    By Charles in OH


    Topics: reconciliation, budget, deficit, republican, democrats, majority, super majority, pass the bill, congress, house, senate

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1002 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Fragile Nature of Privacy Rights

    JANUARY 17, 2010 10:49PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: wording, nuance, construed, construe, interpretation, modification, drift, shift, change, challenge, unconstitutional, constitutional, constitution, supermajority, majority, fragility, fragile, rights, privacy, politics

    • 10 Ratings
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    Busting up the Filibuster

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 6:56AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: ordinary legislation, ordinary law, law, legislation, constitutional amendment, amendment, interpreting the constitution, interpret the constitution, constitution, interpret, loophole, confirmation, supreme court, procedural obstacle, procedural block, block voting, blocked vote, block vote, veto, procedural, procedure, voting, simple majority, majority, senate, filibuster, supermajority, super-majority, politics

    • 9 Ratings
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    • 9 Comments
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    No fair! Democrats are behaving like meanie Republicans!

    JULY 17, 2009 7:16PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: objection, out of order, ruled, ruling, tabled, table, appealed, appeal, minority point of view, majority, minority, policy, golden rule, what goes around comes around, just desserts, hypocrisy, fussing, whining, suppression, suppressed, not voted upon, voted upon, light of day, come to a vote, up for vote, up for a vote, vote, spending, appropriations, fairness, walden, greg walden (r), rep greg walden, representative greg walden, congress, protest, privilege, procedural, rule nine, rule 9, house of representatives, politics

    • 4 Ratings
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    • 11 Comments
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    58 (or 59?) Senators and the importance of the filibuster

    JANUARY 14, 2009 9:08AM

    By Chris K


    Topics: politics, senate, filibuster, obstructionism, republicans, majority

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    Check out my new blog. "Keep Joe Lieberman"

    NOVEMBER 8, 2008 9:50AM

    By MATHPOL


    Topics: lieberman, democrats, homeland security, politics, senate, bush, iraq war, mccain, bi-partisan, weicker, connecticut, hawk, dove, caucus, buckley, majority, filibusters, obama, cabinet

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    Open Letter to Joe Lieberman

    NOVEMBER 7, 2008 1:14PM

    By Jonathan Powers


    Topics: dems, caucus, senate, majority

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