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	<title>The Reality-Based Community &#187; The Dysfunctional Senate</title>
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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>
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		<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>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>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>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>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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>13</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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The powerful and the powerless in hard fiscal times</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/crime-control/the-powerful-and-the-powerless-in-hard-fiscal-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/07/crime-control/the-powerful-and-the-powerless-in-hard-fiscal-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Pollack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surprise: People with AIDS and disadvantaged youth fare worse than large banks, Medicare recipients, and physicians in squabbling over the federal budget.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paul Ryan is Right About the Democratic Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/democrats-in-congress/paul-ryan-is-right-about-the-democratic-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/democrats-in-congress/paul-ryan-is-right-about-the-democratic-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats need a budget resolution.  Now.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wanted: A New Blogosphere Epithet</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/language-and-usage/wanted-a-new-blogosphere-epithet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/language-and-usage/wanted-a-new-blogosphere-epithet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language and usage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=12088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you call a progressive who undermines his/her own party from the left, under circumstances where there is no chance his or her policy can be enacted?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/language-and-usage/wanted-a-new-blogosphere-epithet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>In Defense of GOP Sabotage</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/watching-conservatives/in-defense-of-gop-sabotage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/watching-conservatives/in-defense-of-gop-sabotage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:16:18 +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=11984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republicans have a lot to apologize for, but trying to sabotage the economy over the next few months isn't one of them.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/06/watching-conservatives/in-defense-of-gop-sabotage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>DADT: Crunch Time for James Webb</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/05/gay-rights/dont-ask-dont-tell/dadt-crunch-time-for-james-webb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/05/gay-rights/dont-ask-dont-tell/dadt-crunch-time-for-james-webb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 23:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't ask, don't tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=11688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether the Senate repeals the Don't Ask, Don't Tell statute might be up to Jim Webb. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/05/gay-rights/dont-ask-dont-tell/dadt-crunch-time-for-james-webb/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Legacy of Evan Bayh</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/the-legacy-of-evan-bayh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/the-legacy-of-evan-bayh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=10524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here: Pretty much says it all, which is why it&#8217;s not necessarily safe for work..]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/the-legacy-of-evan-bayh/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kent Conrad is a Piece of Crap</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/kent-conrad-is-a-piece-of-crap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/the-dysfunctional-senate/kent-conrad-is-a-piece-of-crap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=10521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not much else to say, really.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hang Up the Empty Suit: Evan Bayh Retiring</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/hang-up-the-empty-suit-evan-bayh-retiring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/democrats-in-congress/hang-up-the-empty-suit-evan-bayh-retiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=10429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Evan Bayh, empty suit.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asleep at the Wheel at 1600</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/politics-and-leadership/asleep-at-the-wheel-at-1600/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/politics-and-leadership/asleep-at-the-wheel-at-1600/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=10422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the White House wants its nominees confirmed, it might be useful for it to know what in the world is going on.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/politics-and-leadership/asleep-at-the-wheel-at-1600/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wimp in the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/politics-and-leadership/wimp-in-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.samefacts.com/2010/02/politics-and-leadership/wimp-in-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Zasloff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watching Conservatives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.samefacts.com/?p=10420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama steps up his campaign for a GOP Congress in 2011.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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