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	<title><![CDATA[New York Senate Debacle: The Powerbrokers of 1965 and Pissants of 2009]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-bohrer/new-york-senate-debacle-t_b_223217.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last week, Alan Hevesi was <a href="http://"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/nyregion/23gridlock.html">in the <em>Times</em></a></a> comparing the 2009 New York state Senate fracas with a similar mess that left both chambers leaderless in 1965. Hevesi said '65 appears worse because the stalemate dragged on for six weeks, whereas the 2009 crisis is still only half that old.... But even when considering its length or that this time it's confined to just half of the legislature, I argue 2009 is much, much worse. It's the difference...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[New York]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-01T13:06:00-04:00</date_published>
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