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- Senate gridlocks on Iraq war resolution
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  GOP wants to fight on in Iraq - let's tie the war to their ankle: In the Senate, Reid has told lawmakers he will turn anti-terrorism legislation into a forum for debate over the war. He has met privately in recent days with fellow Democrats as the leadership plans its next move.
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- House passes resolution disapproving of troop increase in Iraq: 246 to 182; 17 Republicans vote 'yea
  Posted by Jeff from Rawstory
  A total of 246 of the current 434 House members voted for the motion, which says "Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007" to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq.
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- Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist Limits
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Instead of picking up the lawmaker’s tab, lobbyists pay a political fund-raising committee set up by the lawmaker. In turn, the committee pays the legislator’s way. Lobbyists and fund-raisers say such trips are becoming increasingly popular, partly as a quirky consequence of the new ethics rules.
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- The new lobbyist toolkit
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  Much has been said about the impact the new ethics and lobbying rules will have on Congress. But what sort of impact would it have on business? How will it change the interaction between corporate honchos and lawmakers?
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- FBI: We Flubbed Foley E-mails
  Posted by Jeff from Blogs.abcnews
  If Mark Foley hadn't been exposed, would the Democrats control Congress? Kind of scary to think about.
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- House cuts student loan interest in half - Politics
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  It's a tax cut for students: "The House set aside objections from President Bush's administration as well as concerns by lenders and passed a bill to cut in half the interest rate on need-based federal student loans over five years to 3.4 percent."
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- Runaway American Brainwashing
  Posted by statusquobuster from OpEdNews
  We need to have what our Constitution gives us a right to have: a second constitutional convention.
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Jeff comments on:
Waxman Ousts Dingell From Energy Chair In Bruising Dem Fight

Dingell’s kowtowing to the auto industry lobbyists (and his wife who works at GM) has apparently passively led them to near bankruptcy. Not good for them – not good for the country. Time for change. Waxman has integrity – and will take on climate change.

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2:17 pm 11/20/08
okami comments on:
Jobless Rate Highest in 14 Years - NYTimes.com

though my memory may be faulty, i do believe that the last time it was so high, the Clinton Admisitration worked with Congress to get it all fixed.
. . .but the wheel turns around. . .deja vu all over again. . .

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2:48 am 11/08/08
venez1 comments on:
You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

I agree with Okami again: freedom of speech is the most important issue.
However, as they are free to say whatever bull**** they want, still we are free not to waste our time on them! As I said, I am not that optimistic about Obama, but let’s see whether he has got any idea behind his smile, especially as welfare and international politics are concerned…

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2:40 am 11/07/08
okami comments on:
You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

. . .gonna be a while. . .got a helluva lotta damage to undo. . .and if this is really gonna be a ‘free’ country, it’s gonna pop up again and again. . .it has to, otherwise, there’d be no freedoms.
i don’t like it. . .now one whit. . .but if this is truly ‘free’ country, we must expect that we will encounter thngs like this. otherwise it negates the very principle of freedom.

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12:42 am 11/06/08
Damianmann comments on:
You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

Good thing Obama won, huh? Now we can send this type of garbage to the trash heap where it belongs.

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9:20 pm 11/05/08
venez1 comments on:
You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

Hi okami,
I don’t know if USA are a racist nation, I don’t think so and I hope not. But I agree with you 100% on the other bits of your comments!

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1:15 am 11/02/08
okami comments on:
You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

this type of story is why i don’t and won’t belong to any church. Nietschze was 100% correct when he said that "Christianity died on the cross."
people fear change and the future and uncertainity.
this is also a racist nation; the 12 of September 2001 proved that. it will take about another 400 years to get rid of it. . .maybe.

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1:12 am 11/02/08

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