Greg Sargent: Harry Reid eyeing July for the `nuclear option'
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called "nuclear option" and revisit ...
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The hard lessons of the post-partisan unity schtick
Ezra Klein recently wrote a piece imagining President Obama going Bulworth, including this pretend exchange: Q: Sir, you've been criticized in recent ...
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Kennedy Tries New Strategy for Ala. Democrats
Nearly a month has passed since the chairman and staff of the Alabama Democratic Party quit and started the new Alabama Democratic ...
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House Democrats: Budget Deal Still Not in Place
Update, 1:25 p.m.: Half a day after Senate budget leaders said the contours of a budget deal were in place, confusion and uncertainty reigned in the ...
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Session meets mixed reviews from Republicans, Democrats
The legislative session ended at 6 p.m. Friday, meeting mixed reviews among republicans and democrats.
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North Dakota Isn’t Governed By Conservatives
There’s a common misconception about North Dakota, which is that this is a conservative state. And it is a conservative state, in a lot of ways, ...
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Budget Maneuvering Begins Between Brown and Democrats
Republicans complimented the restraint exercised by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in the revised budget he presented May 14. ...
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Wolfson, Kilmer, Habib to speak at Democrats' June 8 dinner
Liberal radio commentator Carl Wolfson, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer of Gig Harbor and state Rep. Cyrus Habib of Kirkland, the first Iranian-American ever ...
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Candidates face competition, apathetic voters
Candidates in Tuesday's municipal primary must compete against one or more competitors, but there's another number they're up against -- ...
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Democrats Restore $3.9 Billion to Public Education In Budget Negotiations
Today was a huge win for the Democratic members of our Texas Legislature: they held firm in budget negotiations and restored $3.9 billion in funding ...
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