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10
Jul
2009
Breaking the news: Reid to force vote on Obama’s Census nominee  

2 hours ago by Pete Martin

I spent parts of the last two weeks researching the census and looking into the stalled nomination of Robert Groves to lead the Census Bureau through the 2010 count. President Obama had nominated Groves on April 2, and, though he sailed through his confirmation hearings in May, anonymous Republican ...

Pete Martin - peterfmartin.com · 1 reference

09
Jul
2009
Where the Problem Lays  

5 hours ago by Dana King

I haven't pounded on Harry Reid lately, so here's a brief snippet of today's Public Affairs chat in the Washington Post. Seattle: Ezra, What tools does Reid have at his disposal to really force the "centrist" Democrats in line? Ezra Klein: If the Senate leadership doesn't like you and the president ...

From The Home Office - fromthehomeoffice.blogspot.com · 1 reference

Proposed U.S. legislation would provide tax breaks for natural gas vehicles  

6 hours ago by Jeremy Korzeniewski

2007 Honda Civic GX - Click above for high-res image gallery Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) has introduced new legislation to promote natural gas for use in our automobiles. The NAT GAS Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R - UT), would ext ...

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US investors load up on natural gas future.  

7 hours ago by hornriver

US investors snapped up the last new shares offered in the United States Natural Gas Fund as the fund waits government approval to issue more units. The fund has asked the Securities Exchange Commission for permission to issue 1 billion new shares. This demand is an early indicator that natural gas ...

Horn River News - hornriver.wordpress.com · 2 references

Coleman deserves ‘easy, humdrum’ race someday, former GOP colleague says  

9 hours ago by Chris Steller

Norm Coleman Photo: WDCpix Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman “ deserves an easy, humdrum, conventional political race some day,” said his former colleague, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. The remark was part of a bipartisan, tag-team series of testaments to Coleman that consumed an hour on ...

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Sanders: I Believe There Are 60 Votes To End A Republican Health Care Filibuster  

12 hours ago by Brian Beutler

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For more than a week now, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been publicly calling on his colleagues in the Democratic Caucus to vote their conscience on issues--but to vote with the party if and when Republicans filibuster agenda items like health care. And, as I reported yesterday, with Senate leaders ...

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Why Nixing The Employer Deduction Is A Shame  

13 hours ago by dday

Am I the only one who finds it weird for media types and Congress to be freaking out over the timing of the health care bill? If lawmakers don't get their August recess or have to work a weekend, I think the Republic can survive. The point is not to get it soon, but get it right. That said, Jon Cohn ...

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Blood Sausage  

15 hours ago by dday

It's probably easier just to not parse every statement coming out of the Congress on health care. This is the sausage-making period, and it's rarely pretty. But everyone is reporting that, a day after Harry Reid asked his caucus to support the majority's goals by not supporting a filibuster and told ...

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TPMDC Morning Roundup  

16 hours ago by Eric Kleefeld

Obama Calls For Climate Deal This Year At the G8 Summit, President Obama called for the member countries to make continued progress on climate change, before a new round of U.N. treaty talks this December. Press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that Obama said "there was still time in which the ...

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Congress Shutout  

18 hours ago by cowgirl

If you watch the video below this post you will realize that the group of men elected to serve the people are unable to do so when it comes to healthcare and the issue of what should be in the bill. Think about it, we are not talking about a group of three years old taking all their toys home. We ar ...

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