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Hours from debt deadline, US pins hope on Senate exit strategy
The United States Wednesday stood hours from a fateful fiscal deadline, with a chaotic political standoff threatening to trigger a debt default and rock the global economy
Read MoreRicin found in letter to US senator's office
US authorities intercepted a letter that contained the deadly poison ricin and was bound for Senator Roger Wicker’s office
Read MoreUS Senate approves budget, its first since 2009
The plan, shepherded through by Senate Budget Committee chair Patty Murray, seeks nearly $1 trillion in new revenue over the next decade, mostly through the closure of tax loopholes that favor the wealthy, and an equal amount in reductions to government spending.
Read MoreIn Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat
Over the summer, the Concerned Women for America’s legislative committee, Crossroads GPS and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce all weighed in. The TV spots were overwhelmingly negative, and many of them were cookie-cutter ads, similar to those that ran in other states against Democrats.
Read MoreThe Daily Show – Senator John McCain may never return to TDS
How to be a bad sport. John McCain demonstrates the truth of Cliff Schechter’s claim the senator is spiteful.
Read MoreMaddow – Jeff Merkley (D-OR) spearheading filibuster reform in the Senate
Minority party filibuster has required little more effort than a senator lodging an objection and then going home to dinner. New rules, if passed, would require any filibuster to more along the lines of ‘Mr Smith Goes to Washington”.
Read MoreOlbermann – 9/11 responders bill still being held up by GOP
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) tells TJ Gilmartin, a first responder suffering from debilitating lung disease, “sorry, there is nothing I can do”.
Read MoreHouse passes tax cuts to the middle class
The House voted 234 to 188 to extend tax cuts on all earnings up to $250,000 and John Boehner calls it ‘chicken crap’. The bill is not expected to survive in the Senate.
Read MoreMaddow – Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR) talking about sacrifice and filibuster
Merkley suggests a rule change to make filibustering require more than just a simple objection.
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