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House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and prevent...

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Bush Would Veto Climate Security Act

Reuters | Deborah Zabarenko | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Veto, Climate Security Act, Senate, George W. Bush, Home News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before debate began on Monday on the first comprehensive climate change bill to reach the U.S. Senate floor, the White Hou...

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Friday Talking Points [34] -- General Election Preview

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home

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Chris Weigant

As the primary election season sinks slowly in the West (South Dakota and Montana, to be exact), we turn our eyes (finally!) to the general election c...

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Friday Talking Points [33] -- If It Quacks Like A Lame Duck...

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home

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Chris Weigant

President George W. Bush, asked in a press conference why Republicans in the House and Senate are increasingly defying him, proven by the fact that do...

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A Farm Bill for All Americans

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Farm Workers, Usda, Farm Bill, Veto, Agriculture, Nutrition Farmers, President Bush, Congressman Joe Baca, Override, Home News
Rep. Joe Baca

Today's vote by Congress to override Bush's Farm Bill veto was a loud message to the president, in support of all Americans who need the support the bill provides.

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House Republicans Overwhelmingly Desert Bush On Medicaid Rules

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Chris Weigant

For an election-year issue, this is hard to beat. Which is obviously why two-thirds of House Republicans jumped ship from Bush's position.

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Sebelius Plays Chicken with Kansas State Legislature Over Coal

David Roberts | Posted 03.21.2008 | Home

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David Roberts

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has vetoed a Senate Bill and green-lit two new coal plants -- 11 million tons of CO2.

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The Torturous Logic of The New York Times

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.09.2008 | Home

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Marc Cooper

With President Bush's veto this weekend of a bill to outlaw the CIA's use of waterboarding, torture now becomes officially codified U.S. policy. But you'd never know it from the reading the Times.

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St. Veto's Day?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Nsa, Civil Liberties, Warrantless Wiretapping, Veto, Fisa, Protect America Act, Warrantless Surveillance, Home News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

This president's concept of the veto is not unlike Reagan's notion of detente, i.e. the threat is more potent than the thing itself.

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White House Opposes Mine Safety Bill

Associated Press | Jesse Holland | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home

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The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a mine safety bill, saying the new regulations proposed by Democrats would interfere with legislation Pr...

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Bush's Incredible Invisible Veto: Veterans Caught in the Middle Again

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 01.11.2008 | Home

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Paul Rieckhoff

Vital new programs for returning troops are going to be put on hold while Congress and the president play games.

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Sam Stein

Republican Obstructionism Breaks Congressional Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.20.2007 | Home

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As this year's congressional session closes out, obstructionism by the Republican minority reached a fever pitch and effectively stymied much of the D...

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Democrats Cave On SCHIP

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2007 | Home

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Chris Weigant

The news just broke that Dems have completely and utterly caved on the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill.

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No Budget? No Paycheck.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2007 | Home

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Chris Weigant

President Bush has been proven wrong in some big and spectacular ways this week. But while he continues to channel his foreign policy advice from Plu...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 9]

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.09.2007 | Home

Read More: Judiciary Committee, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein, Veto, Override, Charles Schumer, Senate, Home News
Chris Weigant

It's been a week of ups and downs for Democrats. Mostly downs. While congressional Democrats still have yet to pass a single budget bill, they did fi...

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Congress Hands Bush First Veto Override

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.08.2007 | Home

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President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill de...

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Congressional Negotiators Near Veto-Proof Kids' Health Bill

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.07.2007 | Home

Read More: Children's Healthcare, Congress, President Bush, Veto, Schip, Home News

Congressional negotiators said Tuesday they were nearing agreement on a revised children's health bill that they believed would withstand President Bu...

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A Needless Winter Disaster Quietly Approaches

Dan Brown | Posted 11.02.2007 | Home

Read More: Energy, Child Health Insurance, Bush Administration, John Kerry, Schip, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Hurricane Katrina, Veto, Liheap, President Bush, Home News
Dan Brown

The Bush Administration has proposed $379 million in funding cuts for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides subsidize...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 7]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Home

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Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...

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Surprise! Dems Blindside Republicans With New Vote On Children's Health Care

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 10.25.2007 | Home

Read More: Congress, Veto, Bush, Schip, Home News

Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Chil...

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Love Your Congressional Democrats

Donnie Fowler | Posted 10.24.2007 | Home

Read More: Legislative Agenda, Veto, George Bush, Congressional Democrats, Presidential Campaign, Nancy Pelosi, Home News
Donnie Fowler

In less than a year, the Democratic Congress has accomplished quite a bit thanks largely to the leadership of Pelosi and Reid. These successes would have certainly not happened without them.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 6]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.19.2007 | Home

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Judiciary Committee, Pat Leahy, Attorney General, Susan Orr, Emergency Room, Chris Dodd, Lame Duck, World War III, Womens Health, Culture of Death, Charles Schumer, Bush, Mukasey, Playing Politics, Wiretapping, Schip, Harry Reid, Veto, Hold, Contraceptive, Health Care, Override, Senate, Home News
Chris Weigant

Welcome to the sixth installment of the weekly suggestions for Democrats who are likely to appear on this weekend's chat shows. Previous installments...

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GOP smears: Graeme Frost and the $83,000 SCHIP family

Art Levine | Posted 10.16.2007 | Home

Read More: Congress, Veto, Children's Health, Bush, Schip, Graeme Frost, Home News
Art Levine

The primary talking points from the GOP on the SCHIP bill scheduled for a veto override vote this week are that many well-to-do middle-cla...

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Out Of Line: Nobel Prize

Mort Gerberg | Posted 10.16.2007 | Home

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Mort Gerberg

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