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Sam Stein

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee To Donors: 'Wake Up!'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat in charge of protecting his party's majority in the Senate thinks it can be done. But he's deeply concerned his organiz...

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Reid To Test Informal Agreement With GOP, Pushing Judicial Nominees This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The first effort to break through what White House counsel Bob Bauer called a cold war political standoff over judicial confirmations wi...

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Harkin: If Obama Caves On Taxes, He Better Pray For Palin In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The sense of frustration among Senate Democrats over the White House's handling of the tax cut debate has grown throughout the week, cul...

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Senate Dems May Open Up Medicare To Pacify Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats are discussing the idea of expanding Medicare by lowering the age limit for the government-run insurance program, Democratic sources ...

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The Stimulus Defenders Speak

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been called a Christmas tree of spending, a sop to liberal priorities, and a Democratic power-grab in the guise of an economic recovery package. ...

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Dems: We'll Call Police On Burris To Keep Him Out Of Senate

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, wil...

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Pelosi Announces New Majority Leadership Team

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pelosi Announces New Majority Leadership Team. Read the press release. ------ Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today the new Majority Leadership team...

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Schumer And Ensign Spar On Palin, Robocalls, Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The respective leaders of the Republican and Democrat Senatorial campaign committees clashed on a wide variety of topics Tuesday morning, but perhaps ...

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Schumer: A 60-Seat Majority Is Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Chuck Schumer whetted the palate of many Democrats today when he suggested, for the first time of the election cycle, that their dream of a 60...

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