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Filibuster Day Of Action Thursday – Call Senators
Help join the Fix the Senate and Fix the Filibuster movements and demand justice in the Senate today!

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An Ugly Deal
A final deal has been reached between Senate and President Obama in regards to the fiscal cliff, and while it is victory in some ways, it is failure …

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Senators to Return With Five Days Left and No Clear Fiscal Path
Despite an urgent warning from the Treasury Department, the Senate returns today with no clear path toward's our nation's fiscal future.

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Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz Tapped to Succeed Sen. Daniel Inouye
Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace Daniel K. Inouye in the U.S. Senate, opting against Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, whom the late senator had wanted …

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The Terrible Cost of Not Fixing the Filibuster Sooner
Senate Democrats didnu2019t take on the filibuster head-on, so now obstruction is the expected norm.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Movement in the US Senate Aims to Abolish Indefinite Detention, and More
As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans will likely hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage.

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Curbing Filibuster Abuse
A new report shows empirical evidence of how rampant filibuster abuse continues to cause an unprecedented lack of legislative productivity.

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Millions Go Hungry as Congress Considers Food Stamp Cuts and Drought Threatens Crops
A Gallup poll released this week shows that 18.2 percent of Americans did not have enough money to buy the food they or their families needed at least once …

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Republicans Poised to Hold House, Maybe Win Senate
The outlook is driven by local factors rather any kind of wave for or against either major political party

BREAKING: Senate GOP Blocks Pay Equity Bill
Republicans in the Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act by filibustering the bill.