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Government Shutdown
On the News With Thom Hartmann: For the First Time in 17 Years, Our Government Is Officially Shut Down, and More
For the first time in 17 years, our government is officially shut down.
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Government Shutdown … Brought to You by Citizens United
Republicans, instead of working with Democrats to find a bipartisan middle road for the country, as they have traditionally done, have to compromise with and do the bidding of …
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Republicans Win Standoff, Shoot Hostages Anyway
In the end, the Republicans won. A majority in Congress, made up of Republicans who understood they'd won and Democrats who feared a government shutdown, would have voted for …
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William Rivers Pitt | The Fundraising Message That Ate America
We are smack dab in the middle of the most irrational, damaging, stupid, reckless, feckless fundraising drive in the history of currency.
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No Fisticuffs, but Senate Divide Over Health Care, Budget Getting Personal
With Congress deadlocked over fiscal policy and a government shutdown looming, personal disputes have clouded the usually collegial Senate.
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Stop the Kabuki: It’s About “the Great Betrayal“
MSNBC continues on with its campaign to cast the Tea Party Republicans in the role of principal villains in the imminent Government budget/government shutdown crisis and the likely coming …
The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-and-Switch on the Budget
Republicans are playing a trick on people with the negotiations over the budget and threats to shut down the government.