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Filibuster Defined
When Senators delay a bill by giving marathon speeches; only stopped with a cloture vote.
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Dems circle wagons around Holder
Published January 7, 2009, 9:55 am, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Senate Democrats have launched an all-out effort to defend the attorney general nominee.
Archives
Published January 7, 2009, 8:43 am, Jewish World Review
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State legislators open 95th General Assembly
Published January 7, 2009, 6:41 am, Park Hills Daily Journal
State legislators will start the first regular session of the 95th General Assembly at noon on Wednesday, beginning with the swearing in of legislators.
House rule changes squander good will
Published January 7, 2009, 2:59 am, The Washington Times
The spirit of bipartisan cooperation didn't survive the first day of the 111th Congress as House Democrats pushed through a package of rule changes Tuesday that the furious Republican minority said trampled their traditional rights to affect legislation.
Man vying to fill Obama Senate seat turned away
Published January 6, 2009, 1:42 pm, Gulf Times
WASHINGTON: US officials yesterday refused to allow the man chosen by Illinois’s scandal-tainted governor to replace president-elect Barack Obama to be sworn in at the start of a new Senate session.
Democrat vying to replace Obama turned away from Senate
Published January 6, 2009, 1:24 pm, AFP via Yahoo! Canada News
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top Democrats symbolically barred the Senate door Tuesday to the man chosen by Illinois's scandal-tainted governor to take president-elect Barack Obama's seat, in the latest twist of a bizarre political sideshow.
Democrat vying to replace Obama turned away from Senate
Published January 6, 2009, 1:06 pm, Channel NewsAsia
WASHINGTON: US officials on Tuesday refused to allow the man chosen by Illinois's scandal-tainted governor to replace president-elect Barack Obama to be sworn in at the start of a new Senate session.
Facing Rough Week, Obama Keeps Economy Focus
Published January 6, 2009, 4:12 am, NPR
It's been a rough start for President-elect Barack Obama in his first week back at work in Washington, from violence flaring in Gaza to showdowns brewing in the U.S. Senate. But Obama is staying focused on his economic stimulus plan, even if key Republicans remain skeptical.
Senate Democrats to Delay Seating Franken
Published January 5, 2009, 6:56 pm, CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News
A leadership aide said Senate Democrats will not try to seat Al Franken on Tuesday even though the Minnesota canvassing board has certified election results that show him to be the winner over GOP Sen. Norm Coleman.
Lanny Davis: Advice to Obama: Revive 'Gang of 14'... Or More
Published January 5, 2009, 4:07 pm, HuffingtonPost
Some of the "Gang of 14" were liberals, some were moderates, some were conservatives. All thought that the hyperpartisan and double standards that led to this stalemate needed to end.
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- ***** Stop Senator No - The Nation: "At a minimum, the larger Democratic majority should rattle its saber quite visibly and demand explicit new terms from McConnell' ;s minority. Given the country's adversities, it is intolerable to let the remnant right wing hold up Congress for the next two years. If McConnell will not accept a reasonable compromise, then Democrats should jam it down his throat. "
- The Real Story of the 110th Congress: The Right-Wing Block-And-Blam e Game | OurFuture.org
- The Real Story of the 110th Congress: The Right-Wing Block-And-Blam e Game - pdf
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: "The Democrats"
- ***** FiveThirtyEigh t.com: Politics Done Right: On Making Mitch McConnell Wet His Pants: The Senate voted on 112 cloture motions in the 110th, exactly double the number (56) of cloture votes in the 109th Congress, and two-and-a-half times as many as the average number of cloture votes (44) over the previous nine Congresses. Of these cloture motions, 51 were rejected (meaning that opponents of a bill succeeded in blocking an up-or-down vote) and 61 were passed.
- The Washington Monthly - FILIBUSTERS... .
- 2009: Year of the Filibuster | AfterDowningSt reet.org: "If you take 41 senators from the 21 smallest states, you can block any legislation with a group of multi-milliona ires elected by 11.2 percent of the American public". MIM: Too damn polemic, and he doesn't even give us the numbers of filibusters for the 110th Congress (112). Pfui.
Thu Dec 25
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