1.0 link 218725 <![CDATA[The Senate Must Get Back To Work]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-t-schneiderman/the-senate-must-get-back_b_218725.html In the aftermath of a failed coup attempt, the New York State Senate has become a national punch line. But the consequences of this ill-conceived power grab are anything but funny.

As you have probably heard by now, on June 8 -- as the Senate began a historic end-of-session push to pass reform legislation on a wide variety of fundamental progressive issues -- the Republicans led by Dean Skelos and Pedro Espada, Jr. attempted an illegal and self-serving power grab...

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