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Boxer, Governors Urge Republicans to Vote for Funds for Medicaid, Teachers

By | 08.03.10 | 5:08 pm

On a call with reporters this afternoon, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) and Gov. Bill Ritter (D-Colo.) urged their Republican colleagues to vote for a $26.1 billion state-aid package.

GOP Sponsors of Spending Task Force Didn’t Know It Allowed for Tax Hikes? Not Likely

By | 01.28.10 | 12:30 pm

The official line coming from the six GOP senators who sponsored, then voted against, the failed proposal to create a deficit commission was that they didn’t realize it would allow the panel to suggest tax hikes as a step toward balancing the federal budget.

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Manny Miranda to Republicans: Dial Back on the Filibusters

By | 11.16.09 | 12:39 pm

Alexander Bolton has an important story in the The Hill about conservative division — polite so far — over whether the party’s stalwart Senate minority should be employing so many filibusters of Obama nominees. The main opposition is coming from Manny Miranda, who wants Republicans to use filibusters to More…

Congress, Heal Thyself

By | 11.11.09 | 1:34 pm

Congress this year is on a tear against bad behavior in the corporate world. Lawmakers have passed credit card reforms to protect Americans from the worst abuses of the big banks; they’re moving now on health reforms to protect Americans from the worst practices of the More…

Bring Boring Back

By | 12.12.08 | 3:03 pm

In the wake of the Senate’s failure to pass the bailout for the “Big Three” automakers due to a threatened Republican filibuster, I’d like to expand on an excellent point made by Josh Marshall over at TPM.

What I do think makes sense is for the majority

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