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Wisconsin Recalls -- The Final Results
The recall process is finally over with, but the fight for middle class families continues.This all started when Wisconsin's governor Walker and the Republican legislature tried to ram through...
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Rick Perry: Uniting the Really Far Right and the Really, Really Far Right
Cross-posted from the Huffington PostTexas Gov. Rick Perry formally launched his presidential campaign last weekend, apparently hoping to upstage those competitors who were slugging it out in the Iowa...
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ACLU DNA, Lead Paint, and the Judges who Made it Through GOP Obstruction
As we like to remind anyone who will listen, the current GOP senate has been shameless in its enthusiasm for obstructing judicial nominees just for the sake of obstruction. For instance, a PFAW memo on...
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Darrell Issa's Two Hats
Rep. Darrell Issa’s ties to big business run deep, and as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, Issa has functioned quite efficiently as an arm of a Wall Street lobbying...
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Ongoing Focus on GOP Obstruction of Judicial Nominations
Since President Obama took office, Republican obstruction of his judicial nominees has been multifaceted, unstinting, highly partisan, hypocritical, and unprecedented in scope. When the Senate left...
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DHS Announcement on Deportations Marks Significant Step Toward Comprehensive...
On August 18, the Department of Homeland Security announced a major shift in its deportation priorities, monumental news and a very encouraging first step toward comprehensive immigration reform in...
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No New Taxes! (Except for the Poor and Middle Class)
You might remember, if you haven’t forced it from your memory, that a few weeks ago Congress participated in some nerve-wracking brinksmanship over a routine but necessary raising of the debt ceiling,...
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The Play Rick Perry Didn’t Want Performed
The Austin Chronicle has set up a new Twitter account devoted exclusively to digging up old stories on the shenanigans of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. They’ve pulled up some good stuff, including this story...
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GOP Planning to Use Disaster Aid as a Bargaining Chip
Steve Benen points out that in the wake of Tuesday’s East Coast earthquake and in anticipation of the hurricane expected to hit the eastern states this weekend, House Republicans are getting ready to...
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Mitt Romney Brings Back Bush’s Economics and Bork’s Jurisprudence
When Mitt Romney announced last month that his campaign’s legal team would be led by rejected Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, we were somewhat aghast. Bork’s legal record was so extreme – he opposed...
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Senate Republicans Only Delayed Four of Five New Nominees Today!
This morning, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee did something they have done only a handful of times: They exercised their discretion NOT to obstruct one of President Obama's judicial...
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Republican-Appointed Former Judge: Speed Up Judicial Confirmations
Timothy K. Lewis, a George H.W. Bush nominee who served on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 1992 through 1999, offers some perspective on how judicial confirmations were handled before they...
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To Defeat Obama, A Simple, Dishonest Plan
We’ve been covering a number of attempts by state GOP lawmakers to prevent traditionally Democratic voters from casting votes that count – including a flood of new laws requiring photo ID to vote.But...
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Oh, You Mean That "Random Person" Sitting Right Next To Me?
Cross-posted on Right Wing WatchJust yesterday, the Washington Post noted the bizarre stranglehold that Grover Norquist and his anti-tax zealotry has over Republicans in Congress.Today, during his...
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American Apartheid? The Republican "Dream" Scheme
After years spent bashing Latinos, polls show the GOP brand suffering among that demographic, so Republicans are now trying to bamboozle Latino voters with a new dream-free version of the DREAM Act....
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