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The wind to their backs and caution in their steps

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Paul Krugman (on his blog) notes that the majority of people in this country believe we are already in a recession and that they may be right. In any event, he says predictions of a mild recession next year may be overly optimistic. So lets fast forward to this November when we will have: 1. […]

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Sheldon Whitehouse speaks out on Bush criminality

Friday, December 7, 2007

Rhode Island traded a mediocrity for a first rate Senator when it threw out Lincoln Chafee last year. Senator Whitehouse scores the Bush criminal enterprise in a Senate speech. (Full story here). Let’s start with number one. Bear in mind that the so-called Protect America Act that was stampeded through this great body in August […]

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Iraq on the campaign trail

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Shade, once again, of Vietnam. The New York Times reports that the Democratic candidates are shifting their tone on Iraq in response to alleged security gains in that country. (As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts) This is not the first time that we have been told that things are looking up in […]

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What a difference a few days makes

Friday, November 16, 2007

On the 13th, Harry Reid said that Democrats won’t approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home. Today, they took a vote, and the bill lost, 53 in favor and 47 against, because of course Harry Reid would never think of forcing the Republicans to […]

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No telecom immunity for the moment

Friday, November 16, 2007

The Democrats in the Judiciary Committee have sent a FISA bill to the floor without telecom immunity. Details are a little unclear. It looks like after a series of machinations, which included a vote in which the Democrats failed to strip the provision from the bill, it somehow got sent to the floor without the […]

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One more reason why Congress is held in contempt

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Time to confess to error. A while back I reported that the Congress had filed contempt charges against Harriet Meiers and Joshua Bolton. I erred. In fact, the Judiciary Committee had merely filed the charge with the full House. I was wrong about something else: A criminal contempt charge must be enforced by a U.S. […]

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Heard this before

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won’t approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home. By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote on a $50 billion measure for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would […]

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Remind me again. Who won the election?

Monday, November 12, 2007

Just think. A year ago a new day was dawning. Who would have thought then that we had elected a Congress that would give us two more years of Republican governance? Last Thursday, Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid said that they would jettison the renewable energy provisions in both the House and Senate […]

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Test: Cite one post election example of successful Democratic resistance to Bush

Friday, November 9, 2007

A commenter at TPM makes a good point: The issue on Mukasey in regards to the Dems is not (should not) just be about which disheartening AG runs our even more disheartening DOJ. It’s that once again the Dems got boxed in by something as simple as a questionable nomination with nothing to show for […]

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Kucinich impeachment resolution

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

I just watched the House of Representatives refer Dennis Kucinich’s Cheney impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee. You can peruse the resolution and various supporting documents here. The names of the intrepid co-sponsors can be found here. Each of them deserves our gratitude. I will note for the record that there is nary a Connecticut […]

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