Obama Filibuster

Amanda Terkel

White House: DREAM Act Passage Will Come From The 'Bottom Up'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is preparing a major grassroots push to pass the DREAM Act next year, which President Obama said Wednesday was one of hi...

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: Obama Wants Filibuster Reformed Even If GOP Takes Over Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama's commitment to reforming the rules of the filibuster will endure even if Republicans end up taking control of Congress,...

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Sam Stein

Nelson Complicates Obama's Plans To Demonize GOP As Obstructionists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Ben Nelson's pledge to filibuster the nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board does not help the Obama administration's ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Hasn't Talked With Lieberman Since Filibuster Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama has not reached out to Sen. Joseph Lieberman in the week since the Connecticut Independent announced that he would potentially ...

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Sam Stein

GOP's Filibuster Use Casts Them Against Federalist Society

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Senate Republicans prepare to filibuster one of President Obama's first judicial nominees, it's important to note how the debate has reversed over ...

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Sam Stein

Nelson Open To Filibustering Obama Court Nominee (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama said on Saturday that a Supreme Court nominee is coming soon, but Republicans in the Senate have spent weeks working to frame the type...

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Sessions: SCOTUS Filibuster Should Be Rare, Obama Not Nominating "Bomb Thrower"

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he's inclined against trying to use a filibuster to block President Barac...

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