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  • September 2008

    • Stop Bashing Washington Insiders; You'll Need Them

      Washington Post  |  Sep 15, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      Stop Bashing Washington Insiders; You'll Need Them

      (Newser) - Voters have loved to hate Washington insiders since Washington’s founding, and politicians have sought to capitalize on those feelings for just as long. So it makes sense that even the GOP ticket, fortified by Sarah Palin, is running as an outsider insurgency. But, Norman Ornstein points out in the Washington Post , no administration can accomplish change without "the deep deployment of people who know how to move the levers of power from the inside." More »

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      Congress  • Sarah Palin  • Washington  • presidential candidates  • president  • filibuster  • change

  • March 2008

    • Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90

      Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Mar 13, 08 3:20 AM CDT

      Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90

      (Newser) - Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at home at the age of 90, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . The Democrat, his views shaped by the Great Depression and FDR's policies, fought hard for the rights of workers during a political career that began in 1943. Colleagues nicknamed the self-made millionaire "Senator No" after he used his mastery of Senate rules to block special interest bills and save taxpayers billions. More »

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      Senate  • Democrat  • senator  • pork barrel spending  • filibuster  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • December 2007

    • Energy Bill Blocked by 1 Vote

      New York Times  |  Dec 13, 07 12:42 PM CST

      Energy Bill Blocked by 1 Vote

      (Newser) - Senate Democrats today failed by one vote to advance a broad energy bill that would have increased mileage standards to 35mpg by 2020. The sticking point for Republicans was  $21 billion in new taxes, mostly on oil companies, the New York Times reports. The vote to invoke cloture scored 59 votes in favor, one short of the 60 needed to block a Republican filibuster. More »

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      Senate  • Harry Reid  • clean energy  • filibuster

  • September 2007

    • Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly Like Gore 2000

      New York Times  |  Sep 30, 07 10:29 AM CDT

      Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly Like Gore 2000

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high in the polls now, but so was Al Gore around this time in 2000, Frank Rich warns. Worse, the New York Times columnist says, Clinton displays an alarming number of the ex-VP’s worst qualities as a campaigner. During TV appearances, she provides “rambling and often tedious Gore-like filibuster,” coming off as a “pontificator and an automaton.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Republicans  • Democrats  • Bill Clinton  • presidential election  • Al Gore  • filibuster  • Frank Rich

    • Troop Withdrawal Timetable Fails in Senate

      Washington Post  |  Sep 21, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      Troop Withdrawal Timetable Fails in Senate

      (Newser) - Antiwar Democrats continued their losing streak today as a Senate measure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq didn't get enough support to keep it alive. The vote on the amendment to a defense authorization bill, which would have mandated a drawdown to begin in 120 days, was split 47 to 47. Sixty votes were needed to block a Republican filibuster. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Harry Reid  • Carl Levin  • filibuster  • Jack Reed

    • Senator Blocks Presidential Papers Bill

      Dallas Morning News  |  Sep 20, 07 12:03 PM CDT

      Senator Blocks Presidential Papers Bill

      (Newser) - An unidentified Republican senator is blocking a bill that would overturn President Bush's 2001 executive order allowing presidents to keep their papers permanently classified . The bill, approved by the House 333-93 in March, would easily survive a presidential veto if it passed the Senate. A hold is essentially a promise to filibuster, and may be filed anonymously. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Senate  • Ted Stevens  • filibuster  • Tom Coburn

  • July 2007

    • Democrats Lose Withdrawal Vote

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 07 1:04 PM CDT

      Democrats Lose Withdrawal Vote

      (Newser) - Senate Democrats failed to collect enough votes this morning to pass a bill that would force President Bush to begin pulling troops out of Iraq within 120 days. After a spirited all-night debate, 52 voted in favor of the measure and 47 against, but rules require 60 "yes" votes to avert a Republican filibuster. More »

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      Iraq  • Congress  • Republicans  • Democrats  • Senate  • GOP  • troop withdrawal  • Harry Reid  • law  • legislation  • vote  • filibuster  • Norm Coleman

    • Senate to Pull Iraq All-Nighter

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 07 9:26 AM CDT

      Senate to Pull Iraq All-Nighter

      (Newser) - Democrats will plunge the Senate into a rare overnight debate tonight, hoping to pressure Republicans uneasy about the president’s Iraq war strategy by forcing a simple majority vote. The session will conclude in a vote on troop withdrawal tomorrow morning. Republicans responded to yesterday's announcement by accusing Democrats of playing politics and suggesting they’ll filibuster, the Times reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • filibuster

    • House OKs Withdrawal Timetable

      Associated Press  |  Jul 12, 07 5:20 PM CDT

      House OKs Withdrawal Timetable

      (Newser) - The House voted late today to require the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq to begin within 120 days as part of legislation that sets an April 1 deadline for complete redeployment. The 223-201 vote, a largely symbolic move given that Senate support isn't sufficient to override a filibuster, went largely along party lines. More »

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      Iraq war  • House of Representatives  • Iraq pullout  • filibuster

  • June 2007

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