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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Leaders Reached a Deal Monday to End the Economic Standoff, and More
Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated a deal to end the economic standoff.
The National Labor Relations Board Has Five Senate Confirmed Members
Today, for the first time since August 21, 2003, the National Labor Relations Board has a full complement of five Senate confirmed members.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Had a Closed-Door Meeting With the Entire Senate Last Night, and More
In today's On the News segment: After weeks of threatening filibuster reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had a closed-door meeting with the entire Senate last night.
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A Culture of Abuse: Why Some Immigrant Rights Advocates Oppose the Senate’s Reform Package
Immigration reform faces a tough road ahead as Republicans seize the chance to bolster border security.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democratic Congressman from CA Attempts to Put an End to Perpetual War; and More
Republicans in Senate push a hopeless anti-abortion bill and more. Thom Hartmann Reports.
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Senate Begins Debate on Immigration Reform Bill
A comprehensive immigration reform package passed its first hurdle on Tuesday as the Senate voted 82-15 to begin debate on legislation. A key division is over the civil liberties …
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The Right Wing Assault on America Is Working
“Rather than the terrible failure of government as portrayed in the media...sequestration is a major victory for right wing forces in their long war to destroy social democracy,” writes …
US Rep. Peter Welch on Amgen’s Sweet Senate Deal
Bill talks to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) about the Senateu2019s costly giveaway to the worldu2019s largest biotechnology firm.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Filibuster Reform Debate Begins in the Senate Today
Everyone is watching Majority Leader Harry Reid to see just how bold he is when it comes to ending obstructionism in the upper chamber.
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In Immodest Proposal
We are saved—so our politicians tell us—from a plunge off the fiscal cliff. In all reports, however, it is mentioned that President Obama settled for a slice of what …