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February 2008
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Byrd Hospitalized After Fall at His Home
From Top Stories from CQ | February 27, 2008Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that Sen. Robert C. Byrd was doing well after the Appropriations Committee chairman and president... more
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Why Hasn't the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Passed...
From Daily Kos | February 27, 2008The short answer is: It's Harry Reid's fault. But let me back up a bit. The New York Times published an important article February 24 on... more
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Senate To Vote On Iraq Withdrawal Bill
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 26, 2008Republicans abandoned their long-time tactic of thwarting Democratic attempts to hold up or down votes on withdrawing combat troops from Iraq... more
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A Pro-Life Vote
From The Corner | February 26, 2008The Senate just voted 52-42 to pass the Vitter amendment to the Indian Health bill. The amendment explicitly preserves the Hyde amendment... more
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McCain vs. Dean
From TIME: Real Clear Politics | February 25, 2008Reid Wilson has the details of the brewing battle between DNC Chair Howard Dean and the McCain campaign: Until the FEC reestablishes a quorum... more
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Speaker-less House for a Week?
From The Corner | February 15, 2008From Congressional Quarterly on Tuesday: 'It's my understanding that the Speaker has one of her children being married this weekend, so... more
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In Case You Had Any Doubt
From The Corner | February 15, 2008Rush to the IHT: 'What I can tell you I'm sure of is: I'm not going to be endorsing Obama or Hillary - unless it's a joke to make a point... more
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Matt Taibbi: Dems Betrayed Peace Movement For Own Political Ends
From The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | February 9, 2008Quietly, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been inspiring Democrats everywhere with their rolling bitchfest, congressional superduo... more
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Reid Files 15-Day Extension of Surveillance Law
From Top Stories from CQ | February 8, 2008To guard against the expiration of a temporary surveillance law Feb. 16, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has filed a bill that... more
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White House, Senate clash over frozen nominees
From The Swamp | February 6, 2008by James Oliphant Sens. Harry Reid and Dick Durbin took to the Senate floor Wednesday to complain about a breakfast President Bush is holding... more
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FISA Fight: A time to lead
From Daily Kos | February 2, 2008Last week, Harry Reid talked about the stimulus package and the presidential candidates. "All last year, I had four Democratic senators... more
