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Leading GOP Senator Calls Filibuster Reform A Democratic 'Power Grab'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATED BELOW*** WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders launched a coordinated attack against Democratic proposals to reform Senate rules Tuesday, makin...

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Republican Crybabies Meet Their Waterloo

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

Yes, I'd really love to see the GOP run on a repeal platform. Because I wonder exactly which parts of the bill Americans will want to give up next year.

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Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

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