The two top officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee left niceties at the door when they held a joint appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) accused the Republican Party of playing “racial politics…
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Retired Judge Don Lowery Challenging Kirk For GOP Senate Nomination
July 18th, 2009 |
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MARION, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois judge says he wants to be a U.S. senator.
Sixty-two-year-old Don Lowery of Dixon Springs in Pope County says he’ll be running as a Republican for the Senate seat now held by Roland Burris.
He …
Michelle Schweiger Schecter: Empathy For The Devil
July 17th, 2009 |
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Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 was the venue for a skirmish that at times got awfully mean. Judge Sonia came in earnest, her cards laid out on the table.
GOP Scoffed At CBO Score For Iraq That Was Twice The Cost Of Health Care
July 17th, 2009 |
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Testimony from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf that preliminary versions of health care legislation lack effective cost-containing mechanisms has roiled the nation’s capital.
Democrats have had trouble swallowing the…
Former GOP Congressman Demands Bush Investigations
July 17th, 2009 |
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A former Republican member of House of Representatives demanded on Thursday that Congress launch an investigation into possible crimes committed under Bush administration.
Former Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-Okla.) argued, in a brief interview with…
GOP Rep Tiahrt Asks Whether Obama’s Mother Would Have Had An Abortion (VIDEO)
July 17th, 2009 |
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Arguing to restrict the public funding of abortions within the District of Columbia, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kans., suggested on Thursday afternoon that if such “financial incentives” were available some 47 years ago, …
GOP Lawmaker Admits Congress Will Pass Democratic Health Care Bill
July 16th, 2009 |
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A Democratic-endorsed health care bill will pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate this month, one of the White House’s main Republican critics in Congress acknowledged on Thursday morning.
In an appearance on MSNBC lamenting …
Obama Campaign Arm Targets Critical Dems And GOP In Late Health Care Push
July 15th, 2009 |
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Barack Obama’s campaign arm is going after Republican and Democratic Senators alike in a major new health care reform advertising campaign that could last for the remainder of the month.
Organizing for America’s 30-second spot, titled “It’s T…
GOP Senate Candidates Won’t Disclose How They’d Vote On Sotomayor
July 15th, 2009 |
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Republicans running for the Senate next year, including those scrounging for votes to win difficult primaries, aren’t saying how they’d vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Interviews with a dozen Republicans running for…
Tom Gilroy: Sessions’ Hate Speech
July 14th, 2009 |
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The point of putting a ‘racially insensitive’ white man up to question a Latina has nothing to do with bad GOP planning and everything to do with intimidation.
Sandy Maisel: The Republicans, Sotomayor, and Cheney
July 14th, 2009 |
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Sessions’ repetition seemed like piling on. What was the point? Was he trying to catch Sotomayor in a contradiction? To gain an admission? To score points back home?
Eric Deggans: For this wise African American, Sotomayor hearings reveal the heart of race conflict in America
July 14th, 2009 |
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Never have I wanted more to throw a brick through the screen of my television. Watching Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sit stoically through a…
Illinois GOP Clearing Senate Field: McKenna Won’t Run If Mark Kirk Does
July 13th, 2009 |
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The head of the Illinois Republican Party says he won’t run for the U.S. Senate if Rep. Mark Kirk decides to run.
The announcement Monday from Andrew McKenna reduces the chances of a major Republican primary battle. …
G.O.P. Senators Planning To Question Sotomayor’s Impartiality
July 13th, 2009 |
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The day before Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings were to begin, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled on Sunday that they would question her ability to be impartial, based on previous statements she has made about her ba…
Frank Dwyer: Political Haiku: David Brooks Molested (Like the Rest of Us) by GOP Senator
July 13th, 2009 |
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Real Republicans know Nancy’s rule guards inner thighs, Dave: just say no….
Bruce Wilson: BREAKING: Palin Says She’ll Stump For Democrats, Hints at Third Party
July 12th, 2009 |
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In a new, exclusive interview with the Washington Times that just hit the press today, Sarah Palin indicates she’s likely to go fully rogue. The…
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
July 12th, 2009 |
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Hello, everyone. My name is Jason and welcome to your Sunday Morning liveblog of the flickering images that befuddle and bemuse the political class this weekend morning. Today, announcement! We have started up a special blog post on these p…