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	<title>The Reality-Based Community &#187; 2009 Democratic Agenda</title>
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		<title>Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/12/2009-democratic-agenda/snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/12/2009-democratic-agenda/snatching-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Move-On wants progressives to try to kill the health care reform bill.  ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;in which I consider cheating on my wife</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/10/democrats-in-congress/in-which-i-consider-cheating-on-my-wife/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/10/democrats-in-congress/in-which-i-consider-cheating-on-my-wife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My cheatin' heart has eyes for the Speaker of the House.]]></description>
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		<title>Reid gets tough</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/09/2009-democratic-agenda/reid-gets-tough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/09/2009-democratic-agenda/reid-gets-tough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The price of obstruction just went up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>American Politics Pop Quiz: Health Care Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/06/health-care/american-politics-pop-quiz-health-care-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/06/health-care/american-politics-pop-quiz-health-care-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[$1.9 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy pass easily; $1.6 trillion for health care leads to panic.  Discuss.
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		<title>Barack Obama as Dirty Harry</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/05/law-notes/barack-obama-as-dirty-harry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/05/law-notes/barack-obama-as-dirty-harry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sotomayor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filibuster her.  Go ahead: make my day.
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		<title>What Senator Specter Owes Democrats and Majority Rule</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/2009-democratic-agenda/what-senator-specter-owes-democrats-and-majority-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/2009-democratic-agenda/what-senator-specter-owes-democrats-and-majority-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Quincy Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Specter should vote for cloture on Democratic measures even he opposes them and proceeds to vote No.
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		<title>Filibustering Franken</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/democrats-in-congress/filibustering-franken/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/democrats-in-congress/filibustering-franken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Minnesota Supreme Court rules that Franken won the election, any GOP attempt to filibuster his swearing in is unconstitutional.
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		<title>Specter switches</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/2009-democratic-agenda/specter-switches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/04/2009-democratic-agenda/specter-switches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About time.  But he still won't support EFCA or be a reliable vote for cloture.  Primary him.
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		<title>Whatever works</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/whatever-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/whatever-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using budget reconciliation as a vehicle for health care reform would be clumsy.  So the Democrats should do it only if the Republicans make it necessary.  But they should make it clear that it takes 50 Senators plus the Vice-President to pass legislation, not 60.
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		<title>Taking the pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/taking-the-pledge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/taking-the-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Organizing for America - the post-campaign phase of the Obama campaign - looks to be ready to roll out.  You can sign up on line.
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		<title>Benedict Arlen?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/benedict-arlen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/benedict-arlen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AFL-CIO offers to support him for re-election if he votes for EFCA.  Since that endorsement would be the kiss of death in a Republican primary ...
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		<title>Getting to 60</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/getting-to-60/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/getting-to-60/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could Bunning quit?  Kentucky has a Democratic governor.
Could Arlen Specter cross the aisle?  If he doesn't, he's probably toast in 2010.
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		<title>No more earmarks?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/no-more-earmarks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/03/2009-democratic-agenda/no-more-earmarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Schmitt makes a good case for it, on purely partisan grounds.
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		<title>Winning beats losing</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/02/2009-democratic-agenda/winning-beats-losing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/02/2009-democratic-agenda/winning-beats-losing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And Obama's been winning.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The central economic policy issue concerning stimulus negotiations</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/02/watching-conservatives/the-central-economic-policy-issue-concerning-stimulus-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/02/watching-conservatives/the-central-economic-policy-issue-concerning-stimulus-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How much can the economy stand 7 more months of GOP destructiveness?
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		<title>A Democrat for the Senate in New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/a-democrat-for-the-senate-in-new-hampshire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/a-democrat-for-the-senate-in-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Gov. Lynch to appoint another Republican (i.e., another obstructionist) to replace Judd Greg would be disloyal to the Democratic Party and damaging to the national interest.  He should be encouraged to appoint a Democrat instead.
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		<title>House Republicans vote unanimously for depression</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/house-republicans-vote-unanimously-for-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/house-republicans-vote-unanimously-for-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fine.  Let's undo all those "compromises" in conference, and pass a Democratic bill with Democratic votes.
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		<title>Can the Highway Lobby Be Beaten?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/energy-and-environment/can-the-highway-lobby-be-beaten/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/energy-and-environment/can-the-highway-lobby-be-beaten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urbanism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the transportation lobbying gorilla in the stimulus.
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		<title>More on Transit in the Stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/energy-and-environment/more-on-transit-in-the-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/energy-and-environment/more-on-transit-in-the-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guest-blogged by Will Schroeer, state policy director, Smart Growth America
1. I suggested in my previous post that various stories were circulating about what happened to transit in the stimulus. The story is getting much clearer now. This post, linking to a great Rachael Maddow clip with Rep. DeFazio, is a must read &#038; watch.
2. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crime and drug policy in the new Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/crime-and-drug-policy-in-the-new-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/crime-and-drug-policy-in-the-new-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The material on the Whitehouse.gov website doesn't suggest that drugs and crime will be on the front burner.   But there's scope here for an Administration dedicated to helping the dispossessed and committed to making policy based on science and common sense rather than ideology.
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		<title>Ledbetter bill clears Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/ledbetter-bill-clears-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/ledbetter-bill-clears-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With every Democrat, every female Republican, and Arlen Specter voting for it.
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		<title>What Happened to Transit in the Stimulus?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/climate-change/what-happened-to-transit-in-the-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/climate-change/what-happened-to-transit-in-the-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Obama Presidency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart Growth America's state policy director offers an explanation.
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		<title>$500k worth of ugly china for the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/500k-worth-of-ugly-china-for-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/500k-worth-of-ugly-china-for-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Obama should get rid of it and buy artisan stoneware instead.
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		<title>Krugman&#8217;s letter to Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/krugmans-letter-to-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/krugmans-letter-to-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sensible, constructive, respectful, and convincing.
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		<title>Post-partisan amity:  a one-way street?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/post-partisan-amity-a-one-way-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2009/01/2009-democratic-agenda/post-partisan-amity-a-one-way-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The talking heads seem to think that Obama, Reid, and Pelosi need to make nice to the Republicans lest they sulk and obstruct.  But there seems to be no equivalent pressure on the Republicans not to sulk and obstruct.
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		<title>Progressives and Trade Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/democrats-in-congress/progressives-and-trade-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/democrats-in-congress/progressives-and-trade-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commerce and its discontents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We still don&#8217;t know whom Obama will choose for US Trade Representative, although most people have identified Representative Xavier Becerra as the prime candidate.  (For the bean-counters among you, Ken Salazar&#8217;s appointment to Interior might indicate that it won&#8217;t be Becerra, because Obama is putting other Latinos in the Cabinet.).
Predictably, some right-wingers are upset.

&#8220;It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judicial filibusters and the Gang of Fourteen</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/2009-democratic-agenda/judicial-filibusters-and-the-gang-of-fourteen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/2009-democratic-agenda/judicial-filibusters-and-the-gang-of-fourteen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will Snowe, Collins, Graham, and McCain stick to their asserted principles, or toe the party line?
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		<title>The rise of partisan judging</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/2009-democratic-agenda/the-rise-of-partisan-judging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/2009-democratic-agenda/the-rise-of-partisan-judging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Bush has stacked the federal appellate bench with frank partisans, time for a little bit of stacking the other way.
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		<title>Card Check and Union Coercion</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/law-notes/card-check-and-union-coercion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/12/law-notes/card-check-and-union-coercion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy briefs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[50 years of experience in Ontario.  Zero cases.
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		<title>Exhale</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/11/2009-democratic-agenda/exhale-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2008/11/2009-democratic-agenda/exhale-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Democratic Agenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No need for panic.  All those BushCo "midnight regulations" can be repealed by statute, and should be.
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