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Will Zoe Loefgrin Vote $108 Billion For European Banks While California Goes Bankrupt?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry McNerney, Sam Farr, San Jose, Boondoggle, Meltdown, Campaign, Mike Thompson, Rahm Emanueal, Election, Zoe Lofgren, Cervical Cancer, 2010, California Bankrupt, Doris Matsui, Monterey, Waste, Supplemental, European Toxic Assets, Pork, Mike Honda, Sacramento, European Bankers, Napa, Breaast Cancer, Pleasanton, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?

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Six Reasons to Love the Supplemental and Celebrate Progressives in Government

Heather Hurlburt | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supplemental, Imf, Congress, Progressives, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, IMF Funding, Obama Administration, Abu Graib, Politics News
Heather Hurlburt

There's a decent chance that, in future, members of Congress from all sides will lose the ability to push unpopular projects through by tying them to money for the troops on the ground.

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Ryan Grim

Lieberman-Graham Amendment Removed From Supplemental

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supplemental, Detainee Photo Amendment, Lieberman-Graham Dropped, Politics News

Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake.com is reporting that the Lieberman-Graham amendment to suppress detainee photos "is out of the conference report of the s...

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Cost of War in Afghanistan: Over $172 Billion and Counting

ZP Heller | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Brave New Foundation, Pakistan, Supplemental, Lynn Woolsey, Cost of Afghanistan War, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, World News
ZP Heller

When you factor in the projected costs of long-term military occupation, interest, and veterans' benefits, we're talking about a war that will cost close to $1 trillion.

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Sam Stein

Dems Pessimistic About Iraq Funding Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supplemental, Iraq War, Congress, Democrats, Politics News

Aides and advisers to congressional Democrats are pessimistic about their efforts to tie the approval of supplemental Iraq war spending to U.S. troop ...

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