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GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy Is Snarling Senate

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2009 9:43 AM CST

(Newser) – Senate Democrats are starting to turn on each other like angry drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic thanks to Republican obstructionism, writes EJ Dionne. Republican senators are eating every word they once said against filibusterism and are stalling even legislation that they support in a Machiavellian...   Read full story »

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