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Last November, America said a resounding NO to Republican ideas and a full-throated YES to change, including a new and sensible health care system. By what tortured logic, then, is the committee drafting new health legislation composed of an EQUAL number of Democrats and Republicans? What kind of dysfunctional democracy do we have [...] President Bush and the Treasury Department signaled on Friday that they would consider dipping into the $700 billion bailout program for financial institutions to aid the Big Three car companies, after Republican senators refused to support a compromise proposal to rescue the automakers. “Under normal economic conditions we would prefer that markets determine the ultimate fate [...] Electoral College: Barack Obama – 346 United States Senate: Democrats – 57 House of Representatives: Democrats – 267 Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican senator in United States history and a figure of great influence in Washington as well as in his home state, has been indicted in connection with a federal corruption investigation. Mr. Stevens, 84, was indicted on seven counts of failing to report income. The charges are related to [...] July 11, 2008: “I don’t see anything unfair about it, and I didn’t even know it was a deal.” July 15, 2008: Representative Charles B. Rangel has decided to move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Harlem, his spokesman said. Mr. Rangel’s spokesman said the congressman would not discuss details of [...] |
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