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Posted at March 28, 2007 at 2:48 pm

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Currently, the Government Services Administration (specifically their administrator) is under investigation by Congress for alleged acts of pure partisanship in an agency of the federal government that is supposed to be entirely nonpartisan — basically violations of the Hatch Act. TPM Muckraker and Speaker Pelosi’s blog “The Gavel” have more on the investigations, but […]

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Posted at March 23, 2007 at 2:05 pm

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This morning, on a vote of 218-212, the US House passed the Iraq Accountability Act, which sits a pullout date for troops in Iraq by August of 2008 at the latest. It also approves more funding for the war, which has been a major point of contention among those members of the Progressive and […]

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Posted at March 21, 2007 at 6:27 pm

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Yesterday, Republican Tom Latham and all of the other Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee voted AGAINST a portion of the Democratic Iraq supplemental funding bill. The portion they voted against? Making sure our troops were fully armored, protected, trained, and rested before they were sent back to Iraq to serve. […]

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Posted at January 31, 2007 at 5:34 pm

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The National Journal has a good story available online today called “The Value of a Vote” that discussed the importance of money in politics, particularly in the 2006 midterm elections and how expenditures impacted the electorate. It doesn’t necessarily reach any conclusions about self-funded candidates or the viability of candidates who spend more money […]

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Democrat
Posted at January 10, 2007 at 12:36 pm

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This post is probably going to be a bit jumbled, so forgive me, but there is so much to write about in terms of escalation right now that I’m going to try and put it all together.
First of all, Vilsack gets the fantastic title from Atrios of being “shrill” about escalating the war in Iraq […]

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Democrat
Posted at January 7, 2007 at 3:19 pm

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This is the text of an email I received earlier this morning:
“Dear Christopher:
More than 5 long years into President Bush’s short-sighted, cruel policy restricting stem cell research, America once again has the chance to reverse it — and strike a blow for hope.
On January 11, 2007, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 3, […]

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Posted at January 3, 2007 at 10:15 pm

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It looks entirely possible that by the end of the year, President Bush might be having to use the veto pen/stamp for the second time while in office unless he finds a way to write a creative presidential signing statement that essentially negates every part of the bill, which I’m sure might actually piss off […]

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