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| People Who Will Never Ever Resign Dept.: Uppity Dems Demand More People Be Brought In to Yell At Gonzales |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 3:53 pm |
| Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Democrats, Lies, People Who Will Never Ever Resign Dept, Senate |
| Now the Senate wants to go after Gonzo! While the House is trying to find him in Contempt of Congress, Senators are asking the Solicitor General to appoint an independent counsel to figure out if Al... |
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| Dept. Of If Nixon Had Only Thought Of All This ...: Karl Rove To Ignore Senate Supoena |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 12:57 pm |
| Tags: Bush Administration, Dept Of If Nixon Had Only Thought Of All This, Impeachment, Karl Rove, Patrick Leahy, Senate |
| Patrick Leahy has subpoenaed Karl Rove, which means Rove must testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee — but not really, although the Senate and House continue to sort of act like they... |
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| In Brief: Inexplicably un-disgraced whoremaster Senator ... |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 6:55 pm |
| Tags: David Vitter, Senate, This Senate Really Is Based On Trust, Whores |
| Inexplicably un-disgraced whoremaster Senator “Diaperman” David Vitter returns to the Senate, tells the GOP they have to “rebrand” (the Pervert Party!), lies to Reid and Patty... |
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| OR-Sen: Top Oregon Dem to enter race |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Or Sen, Oregon, Senate, 2008 Elections, Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley |
| On the web: Steve Novick for Senate Jeff Merkley for State Rep (this should rapidly convert to a Senate site once he announces) |
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| Do something Congress |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 12:06 pm |
| Tags: House, Senate, 110th Congress, Republicans, Democrats |
| GOP message discipline is really slipping. "[Congressional Democrats have] had a pretty strong quarter," said Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), who praised [the legislation expanding SCHIP] as "creative" and suggested the homeland security bill would pass overwhelmingly. "The first quarter was not so good, and that's why they're not looking so good in |
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| TX-Sen: Noriega seeks to avoid primary |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 10:52 am |
| Tags: Rick Noriega, Tx Sen, Texas, Senate, 2008 Elections, Mikal Watts |
| contested primaries won Senate seats last year in Montana, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. As I've argued many times, contested primaries keep candidates in the news, help them hone their ground operation, and give them a "bandwagon effect" boost after their victories are splashed all over newspapers and newscasts. But candidates still would |
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| A Do-Something Congress |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 8:01 pm |
| Tags: Democratic Party, The Senate, The House |
| filibusters in the Senate, a Congress which had high expectations in January is ending July on a disappointing note. Now is probably a good time to push back against this meme. There have been setbacks, and were it not for GOP games we would have seen even more successes, but Dems are proving to be quite capable of running an effective |
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| This Week's Senate Committee Schedule |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 10:11 am |
| Tags: Bob Geiger, The Senate |
| Bob Geiger: Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) last week issued subpoenas to George W. Bush’s brain, Karl Rove, and White House Deputy Political Affairs Director J. Scott Jennings and the two are due to testify on Thursday. What are the chances that the slippery Rove will actually show — slim or none? Also important in |
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| KY-Sen: And McConnell continues to fall |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 4:03 pm |
| Tags: Mitch Mcconnell, Ky Sen, Kentucky, Senate, 2008 |
| obscurity to knocking off a Senate minority leader. Jim Webb only needed 10 months to go from obscurity to knocking off the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. In this highly charged political environment, the only thing voters will need to know is which candidate is Bush's chief ally in the Iraq War, and which would |
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| Sen. Rockefeller's Memo To Cheney Preceded TIA Defunding By One Day |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 6:15 pm |
| Tags: The Senate, Nsa Wiretapping, Dick Cheney |
| Bush signed reconciled House Senate version of above law with provision that terminates funding to TIA in 90 days and requires a Congressional update.(Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, No.108 7, Division M, 111(b) [signed Feb. 20, 2003]) 5/20/03 - 90 days later, Pentagon changes name of TIA from Total Information Awareness to |
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| Series Of Rubes Dept.: Ted Stevens' Seussian House Raided by FBI, IRS |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 10:29 am |
| Tags: Alaska, Bribery, Corruption, Crime, Fbi, Irs, Raids, Senate, Series Of Rubes Dept, Ted Stevens |
| As the longest-serving Republican Senator ever, Ted Stevens has obviously committed enough crime to make Dutch Schultz blush. He’s less ostentatious than your Duke Cunninghams and less... |
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| MN-Sen: Coleman already fading |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 12:43 pm |
| Tags: Mn Sen, Minnesota, Senate, 2008, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Mike Ciresi |
| SurveyUSA. 7/26-29. Registered voters. (2/12-13 results) Coleman (R) 49 (57) Franken (DFL) 42 (35) Coleman (R) 48 (57) Ciresi (DFL) 42 (34) That's a dramatic shift in support in just five months, and we've still got well over a year to go. Same goes for incumbent Republicans in Maine, Oregon, and elsewhere -- early GOP leads will continue |
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| AK-Sen: "Unprecedented in Alaskan politics" |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 12:37 pm |
| Tags: Ak Sen, Alaska, Senate, 2008, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich |
| opportunity for a Democratic Senate pickup in the state. |
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| Dept. Of Alternative Lifestyles: Diaperman David Vitter's Fave Local Hooker Says DC Madam Ran Whore Ring |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 2:08 pm |
| Tags: David Vitter, Dc Madam, Dept Of Alternative Lifestyles, Diaperman, Endless Cummer, Gop, Hookers, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani, Senate, Wtop |
| Is there anybody who actually believes DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey didn’t run a high-priced prostitution service? Of course not, but Palfrey’s lawyers have been using the pretty clever... |
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| Letter Never Sent Dept.: White House, Like Nation, Not Listening to Arlen Specter |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 3:10 pm |
| Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Arlen Specter, Letter Never Sent Dept, Letters, Lies, Senate |
| Yesterday Arlen Specter told everyone that he wouldn’t comment on Alberto Gonzales until Tuesday afternoon, when the White House would send him a very special letter explaining that Gonzo... |
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