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GOP Filibuster Record: Republicans Using Obstruction Tool With Astonishing Frequency

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The filibuster – tool of obstruction in the U.S. Senate – is alternately blamed and praised for wilting President Barac...

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Sam Stein

GOP Needs Six Weeks To Debate Health Care Bill That All Republicans Will Oppose

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued last Sunday that Republicans deserve at least six additional weeks to consider health care reform...

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"Herbert Hoover Time"

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert L. Borosage

There are defining moments in politics. By blocking the auto bailout, Republicans defined themselves. They are class warriors, willing to risk an economic calamity in order to break a union.

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Reactionary Republicanism Reaches New Low

Marco Trbovich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marco Trbovich

The mendacity of the Republican Senate's decision to scuttle a bail out of Big Three automakers is only surpassed by their venality in trying to finger the UAW as the culprit in the piece.

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Bring Joe-Mentum To The G.O.P.

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clifford J. Tasner

Now that the political tide has turned, it seems like there's no downside to Joe Lieberman taking his Joe-mentum to the G.O.P.!

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