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Daily Archives: March 9th, 2009

Thorny issue

Monday, March 9, 2009

Charlie Savage of the Times, who has earned his stripes on this issue, examines Obama’s instructions to the Justice Department that it consult with the Justice Department before relying on any signing statement issued by any of his predecessors. Apparently, Obama felt it was impolitic to pick on Bush alone, so he has required his […]

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John Larson on cramdowns

Monday, March 9, 2009

A while back I mentioned that, according to Firedoglake, John Larson had lined up behind a “New Democrat” push to water down Obama’s bankruptcy cramdown proposal. I got an email from one his staff people, and we had a brief email exchange. According to the staffer: I wanted to inform you that Congressman Larson is […]

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