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Jim DeMint Battling Senate GOP Leadership In Next Election

If you're an underdog conservative running for Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) should be on your speed dial these days. A favorite of the tea party crowd and a longtime scourge for Democrats and some Republicans alike inside the Senate chamber, DeMint has emerged as the leading benefactor for any Republican who wants to challenge the establishment candidates backed by the National...

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Politico: Public Option died in the Senate last night

Won the battle and lost the war? Senate Democrats pushed ahead with President Barack Obama’s vision of health reform Saturday night – after a day that exposed significant divides in the party that could make it all but impossible to complete work on a plan by year’s end, or even sink the bill altogether. . . . One key provision – for a government-run insurance plan that...

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Liveblog: Senate Vote on Cloture for Health Care Reform Bill

Liveblog of the U.S. Senate's vote on cloture on the Health Care Reform bill. A vote for cloture will permit debate of the bill to proceed after the coming holiday break.

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Senate Dems get ready for Thanksgiving health care debate

The Senate's version of health care reform cleared its first procedural vote Saturday night after holdout Democrats agreed to back the required motion to proceed with debate on the legislation.

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Senate Dems get ready for Thanksgiving health care debate

The Senate's version of health care reform cleared its first procedural vote Saturday night after holdout Democrats agreed to back the required motion to proceed with debate on the legislation.

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Dems Have 60 Votes in Senate for Cloture on Health Insurance Reform Bill

... itself if the opt-in public option stays in the bill. When the bill is voted on by the entire Senate, we'll need only 51 votes to win, but it will take another cloture vote on the legislation -- with that same 60-vote requirement -- before that can happen. The official cloture vote is expected to take place around 6:00 PM MST tonight. Debate on the bill -- meaning individual floor speeches...

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"Calm the violence and rage of party"

On Tuesday February 5, 1850 – one week after he had introduced his resolutions – Henry Clay again took the Senate floor to present a more extended defense of his proposed “amicable arrangement of all questions in controversy between the Free and the Slave States, growing out of the subject of Slavery." The Senate chamber was packed. As I described some time...

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Skelos And Sampson, Albany's New BFFs

Talk about a political odd couple. Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who will battling it out for control of the chamber next fall, agree on just about everything these days. They're so close, they even finish each other's sentences. The Brooklyn Democrat and Nassau County Republican have put politics aside to form a partnership...

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Backgrounder: Basic facts about Brazil

... power of Brazil is exercised by the bicameral National Congress, comprising the Federal Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Executive power is exercised by the president, elected for a four-year term by direct ballot. The president is the constitutional head of state and commander-in-chief of the army. He also appoints and leads the cabinet. Brazil is a member of the Rio Group, the South...

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The Distinguished Clash of Honourable Egos

The dispute between the Senate and House of Representatives over the venue for a joint session to receive President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's 2010 budget estimate is yet another of Nigeria's throwbacks to an unsettled rivalry among legislators of the two chambers that began to manifest since after the sudden change of leadership in the Lower Chamber.

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Under the Dome: Lame Duck kicks off

... of marriage equality demonstrating for a lobby day today. On to the legislative agenda: Six Senate committees meet. Included on the agendas are bills that let judges waive the mandatory minimums now required for drug-free school zone violations; expand prevailing wage rules to cafeteria contracts; require chain restaurants to put nutrition information on their menus; and boost penalties...

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Dear Evan Bayh

... year you are suddenly a moderate. Perhaps you remembered that your father was booted out of his Senate seat when he forgot to represent the people. Good old Birch thought he was a Senator-for-life until Danny-boy Quayle, of all people, defeated him. Senator Bayh, do not be so sure the same fate does not await you next fall. It is pretty convenient that your local office and Washington office...

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Moving forward

“The motion is agreed to!” – Sen. Chris Dodd, Senate Chamber, November 21, 2009More on the implications of this vote later. For now, enjoy this small victory in the larger effort to provide comprehensive health care reform for all.

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Obamacare Passes First Vote, but the Patient is Still Critical

Debate on Obamacare will open in the Senate November 30th, but a key provision is already in trouble : Senate Democrats pushed ahead with President Barack Obama’s vision of health reform Saturday night – after a day that exposed significant divides in the party that could make it all but impossible to complete work on a plan by year’s end, or even sink the bill altogether....

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Democrats hold line, but cracks show (Politico)

Senate Democrats pushed ahead with President Barack Obama’s vision of health reform Saturday night – after a day that exposed significant divides in the party that could make it all but impossible to complete work on a plan by year’s end, or even sink the bill altogether. In a 60-39 vote on strictly partisan lines, the [...]