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	<title>The Reality-Based Community &#187; Democrats in Congress</title>
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	<description>Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.</description>
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		<title>The billionaire vs. free-riding multimillionaires</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/01/watching-conservatives/the-billionaire-vs-free-riding-multimillionaires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2012/01/watching-conservatives/the-billionaire-vs-free-riding-multimillionaires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lying in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microeconomics and policy analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NonProfits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Love this account of a pissing match between Warren Buffett and Mitch McConnell.  The Senator from Kentucky has been urging the Sage of Omaha to make voluntary contributions to the Treasury if he felt he was undertaxed.  Buffett has now responded that he’ll match any such contributions made by Republican Senators. This dialogue makes in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Give Your Dollars to Nancy &#8212; and Let Her Figure It Out</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/politics-and-leadership/give-your-dollars-to-nancy-and-let-her-figure-it-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/11/politics-and-leadership/give-your-dollars-to-nancy-and-let-her-figure-it-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just love this woman: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) mocked Rick Perry’s suggestion that she debate him about his idea for a part-time Congress. “He did ask if I could debate here in Washington on Monday — it is my understanding that such a letter has come in. Monday, I’m going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can President Romney Repeal Health Care Reform Via Reconciliation?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/10/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/can-president-romney-repeal-health-care-reform-via-reconciliation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/10/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/can-president-romney-repeal-health-care-reform-via-reconciliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=23920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He certainly claims that he can.  In the GOP President debate last night, Mitt Romney said that because the Affordable Care Act was enacted via budget reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered, it can be repealed that way. Now, in typical Romney fashion, this is out-and-out false, because of course the Affordable Care Act was not [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Infrastructure: The Play&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/09/democrats-in-congress/infrastructure-the-play/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/09/democrats-in-congress/infrastructure-the-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=23079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post, I noted with approval the comments of Jonathan Chait, Keith Humphreys, and others who have been critical of Drew Westen&#8217;s claim that if President Obama had been more forceful in his use of narrative, he could have enacted a much greater proportion of the progressive agenda.  But I went on to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senator McCaskill opposes UI benefit extension</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/economics/senator-mccaskill-opposes-ui-benefit-extension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/economics/senator-mccaskill-opposes-ui-benefit-extension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Pollack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri's economically-stressed African-American voters put Claire McCaskill over the top in a close 2006 race. She repays her most loyal constituents and her party by opposing UI extension.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Debt ceiling hostage crises forever?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/democrats-in-congress/21841/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/08/democrats-in-congress/21841/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Wimberley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010 and 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=21841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator McConnell gloats over the new template &#8211; debt ceiling hostage crises forever, every time there&#8217;s a GOP majority in the House or 40 senators for a filibuster, until every Republican dream is fulfilled. (via Ezra Klein): This is just the first step. This, we anticipate, will take us into 2013. Whoever the new president [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>What a Victory!</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/democrats-in-congress/what-a-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/07/democrats-in-congress/what-a-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=21238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Mark is right, and I was too anxious.  After all, now that Republican hostage-taking demands have begun to cave, Obama has doubled down, calling again for entitlement cuts and higher taxes: For all its talk of the importance of averting a debt default, the White House is signaling that major deficit reduction has become [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shut Up or Put Up, Chuck</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/06/democrats-in-congress/shut-up-or-put-up-chuck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/06/democrats-in-congress/shut-up-or-put-up-chuck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commerce and its discontents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption in Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=20875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Schumer says about the deficit negotiations that &#8220;there needs to be revenues in any deal.&#8221;  Very true. What revenues might those be?  Well, the Democrats are talking about a lot of loopholes for the very wealthy.  Let me suggest one: treating the investment gains of hedge fund managers &#8212; mnay of whom make millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some Gullible Skepticism on the Debt Ceiling</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/politics-and-leadership/some-gullible-skepticism-on-the-debt-ceiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/politics-and-leadership/some-gullible-skepticism-on-the-debt-ceiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=20175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some analysis from Greg Sargent that&#8217;s enough to make one nauseous: There’s no way around it: Republicans have won the political war over the debt ceiling. The House is set to vote today on a proposal for a debt ceiling hike without any spending cuts attached. It will be rejected — the GOP is unified [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judicial Filibusters: Who Started It?  And Why Does It Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/judicial-filibusters-who-started-it-and-why-does-it-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/watching-conservatives/judicial-filibusters-who-started-it-and-why-does-it-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 17:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=19982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Democrats did.  And it doesn&#8217;t matter: they were right to do so.  Here&#8217;s why. The GOP filibuster of Goodwin Liu (who has since withdrawn his candidacy) has led to all sort of recriminations.  &#8220;You violated the &#8220;Gang of 14&#8243; agreement!&#8221;  &#8220;Oh yeah?  You filibustered Miguel Estrada.&#8221;  And on and on.  Dahlia Lithwick suggests that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judicial Filibusters: What Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/judicial-filibusters-what-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/law-notes/judicial-filibusters-what-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=19918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have filibustered Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination, and it&#8217;s silly to think that this won&#8217;t happen with virtually every Obama nominee, especially with a McConnell-led caucus.  For example, Caitlin Halligan, Obama&#8217;s first nominee to the DC Circuit, was opposed by every single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and if you think that doesn&#8217;t mean that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two New Options for Goodwin Liu</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/california-politics/two-new-options-for-goodwin-liu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2011/05/california-politics/two-new-options-for-goodwin-liu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=19823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To the surprise of exactly no one, Senate Republicans will filibuster Goodwin Liu&#8217;s nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.  As I argued yesterday, this really shouldn&#8217;t matter if the administration&#8217;s eventual goal is to appoint Liu to the United States Supreme Court: many of the greatest justices had no or virtually no judicial [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recess Appointments and Filibuster Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/recess-appointments-and-filibuster-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/recess-appointments-and-filibuster-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=16099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ending filibusters of executive branch appointments is such an obviously a good idea that no one is pushing it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Filibuster reform? OMFG!</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/filibuster-reform-omfg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/filibuster-reform-omfg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=15973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All the returning Democratic Senators sign a letter calling for filibuster reform.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>9/11 First Responders&#8217; Health Care: Did Coburn Win?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/watching-conservatives/911-first-responders-health-care-did-coburn-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/watching-conservatives/911-first-responders-health-care-did-coburn-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feeling Safer Yet?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=15925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Coburn took 9/11 first responders hostage -- and might have won.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Huge Freudian Slip That Tells All</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-huge-freudian-slip-that-tells-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-huge-freudian-slip-that-tells-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=15579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stockholm Syndrome comes to Talking Points Memo.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Evan Bayh: Empty Suit to the End</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/11/uncategorized/evan-bayh-empty-suit-to-the-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/11/uncategorized/evan-bayh-empty-suit-to-the-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corruption in Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=14881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is truly a sign of American decline that Evan Bayh could ever get elected to anything.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The First Order of Business: Filibuster Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/11/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-first-order-of-business-filibuster-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/11/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-first-order-of-business-filibuster-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Democratic Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=14859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dems still have one House.  They need to clean it up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tin Cup Time: Michael Bennet and Colleen Hanabusa</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/democrats-in-congress/tin-cup-time-michael-bennet-and-colleen-hanabusa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/democrats-in-congress/tin-cup-time-michael-bennet-and-colleen-hanabusa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=14238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new polls out of Colorado and Hawai'i show us where some campaign money can be smartly invested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/democrats-in-congress/tin-cup-time-michael-bennet-and-colleen-hanabusa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The New Yorker on Climate Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/politics-and-leadership/the-new-yorker-on-climate-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/politics-and-leadership/the-new-yorker-on-climate-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=14186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama and the Senate "missed a chance" to get comprehensive climate legislation.  You cannot be serious.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/10/politics-and-leadership/the-new-yorker-on-climate-legislation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jim DeMint is an Extremely Important Person</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/jim-demint-is-an-extremely-important-person/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/jim-demint-is-an-extremely-important-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wretched excess]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=14058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim DeMint thinks it's so critical that you know how important he is that he doesn't mind if a few thousand folks in Africa die over it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/jim-demint-is-an-extremely-important-person/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Self-fulfilling Prophecy Department: The Democratic &#8220;Punt&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/politics-and-leadership/self-fulfilling-prophecy-department-the-democratic-punt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/politics-and-leadership/self-fulfilling-prophecy-department-the-democratic-punt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=13911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the tax cuts, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid made the best of bad situation; blaming them for caving risks creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/politics-and-leadership/self-fulfilling-prophecy-department-the-democratic-punt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wanker of the Day: Jon Stewart</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/wanker-of-the-day-jon-stewart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/wanker-of-the-day-jon-stewart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayward press]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=13741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Stewart's 10/30 "Rally to Restore Sanity" has turned him into something he despises: a mainstream media creator of false equivalences.  American politics hasn't gone crazy: the Republican Party has.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/watching-conservatives/wanker-of-the-day-jon-stewart/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s Future</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/democrats-in-congress/nancy-pelosis-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/democrats-in-congress/nancy-pelosis-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=13522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Democrats lose control of the House, keeping Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic Leader is a top priority.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/09/democrats-in-congress/nancy-pelosis-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Steaming Piece of Senator</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/steaming-piece-of-senator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/steaming-piece-of-senator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kent Conrad makes clear his relationship to excrement.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/steaming-piece-of-senator/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Easy Way to Extend Unemployment Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/watching-conservatives/the-easy-way-to-extend-unemployment-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/watching-conservatives/the-easy-way-to-extend-unemployment-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a relatively painless way to pay for the extension of unemployment benefits.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/watching-conservatives/the-easy-way-to-extend-unemployment-benefits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The cost of showboating</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-cost-of-showboating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-cost-of-showboating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kleiman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much better a deal could Harry Reid have gotten on financial reform if Russ Feingold had voted "No" on final passage but "Aye" on cloture?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/the-cost-of-showboating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Many Times Can One Say &#8220;Reconciliation&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/politics-and-leadership/how-many-times-can-one-say-reconciliation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/politics-and-leadership/how-many-times-can-one-say-reconciliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the Democrats decide that playing hardball just wouldn't be NICE.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/politics-and-leadership/how-many-times-can-one-say-reconciliation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Republican Vote for Cloture?</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/a-republican-vote-for-cloture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/a-republican-vote-for-cloture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Bob Bennett has been rudely evicted by his own state party, could he actually vote for cloture once in a while?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/a-republican-vote-for-cloture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Federal Bailout We Need: Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/health-care/the-federal-bailout-we-need-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/health-care/the-federal-bailout-we-need-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's an easy way to improve health care, improve the national economy, help out the states, and tell Mitch McConnell to stuff it.  What could be bad?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/health-care/the-federal-bailout-we-need-medicaid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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