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- House passes sham lobbying reform bill thanks to Dem defections
  Posted by Billbar from Dailykos
  House conservatives just passed their lobbying reform bill by a narrow 217-214 vote. The Washington Post called the legislation a "sham," "diluted snake oil" and "an insult to voters."
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- Democrats Maintain Wide Lead in Congressional Poll
  Posted by Billbar from Gallup
  For the first time since 1992, a majority of registered voters say that most members of Congress do not deserve re-election. Democrats lead Republicans 54% to 39% among registered voters in Gallup's generic congressional ballot.
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- Incumbents often have safest seats in the House
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  402 U.S. representatives sought re-election in 2004; only seven lost (Source: Cato Institute). It's not a very promising picture for our democracy.
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- DeLay Is Quitting Race and House, Officials Report
  Posted by Jon from New York Times
  Ding dong, the witch is dead. I mean, uh, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Um, I mean, I'm looking forward to seeing your smiling mugshot in every Democratic campaign commercial this fall.
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- Congress Vs. the Law on Yahoo! News
  Posted by Damianmann from Yahoo News!
  Congress needs to remember the lyrics from that old Clash song: "I fought the law and the law won." A series of remarkable events last week proves why. Jack Abramoff was sentenced in Florida, a prelude to his trial in Washington. Days later Tony Rudy, a former top aide to Abramoff and Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges--the third figure implicated thus far in L'Affair Abramoff. More indictments are coming down the pike. The Justice Department did its job. But Congress didn't do theirs. The Senate passed an incredibly weak lobbying reform bill. The House voted, on party lines, against initiating a congressional investigation into Abramoff's influence over members of Congress. The House Ethics Committee, the body charged with policing fellow members, did finally meet for the first time in a year, but refused to take up any new investigations. Nothing new there. How many more indictments will it take before members of Congress see the light?
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- Democrats favored to control Congress
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  "Americans are leaning sharply toward giving Democrats control of Congress, an AP-Ipsos poll finds. Democrats are favored 49 percent to 36 percent." Oh yeah! The country is coming to its senses.
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- The Fast Rise and Steep Fall of Jack Abramoff
  Posted by Jeff from Washington Post
  January will be interesting in Congress after Abramoff's plea deal
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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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