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onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 10 hours ago
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Progressives and ardent supporters of a healthcare public
option are cheering the Senate version of health reform
legislation to emerge Thursday. Social conservatives, meanwhile, are attacking the bill for lack of an anti-abortion amendment that had been included in the House version.
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thinkprogress.org - 7 days ago
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Last month, 30 Republican senators voted against Sen.
Al Franken’s (D-MN) amendment that would punish defense contractors
“if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to ...
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Republicans Are Shocked The Public Is Mad At Them For ...
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politico.com - 8 days ago
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Politico - Dems now have a brazen argument
for 2010 campaign: that Republicans are insensitive to rape
victims.
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Dems jam GOP with Franken vote
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dailykos.com - 6 days ago
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Last month, when 30 Republican senators signed on
as corporate sponsors of rape, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee (DSCC) was handed an extremely potent line of attack to use during next year's elections. And what's the response from the ...
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Rape Enablers Failed To Anticipate The Consequences
mydd.com - 30 days ago
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A word to the moronic, otherwise known as
conservatives, if you're going to come to a Congressional
hearing that is graced by the presence of Senator Al Franken, come armed with facts or don't bother opening your mouths. Yesterday at a hearing ...
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"Yeah, That Number is Zero"
huffingtonpost.com - 29 days ago
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An amendment that would prevent the government from
working with contractors who denied victims of assault the
right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill. ...
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Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior ...
huffingtonpost.com - 29 days ago
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In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by
her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked
in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The rape occurred outside of U.S. criminal jurisdiction, but ...
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Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against ...
dailykos.com - 29 days ago
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Perhaps you've noticed in the past few weeks
the tough talk coming out of the progressive Democratic
base, the media, and even parts of the Democratic establishment blasting the 30 Republican Senators who opposed the amendment offered by Al Franken ...
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Franken's anti-rape amendment in trouble?
redstate.com - 22 days ago
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From the diaries by Erick. Lindsey Graham is
listed as on official member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee , according to the Committee’s website, but when the Committee does business on Thursday mornings, Graham is conspicuously absent. Insiders ...
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Lindsey Graham: South Carolina’s Missing Senator
kstp.com - 21 days ago
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A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation has found that
mistakes made with absentee ballots in the 2008 U.S.
Senate recount are leading to changes...
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INVESTIGATION: Election Mistakes Lead to Changes in Vote ...
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huffingtonpost.com - 18 days ago
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Senator David Vitter (R-LA) doggedly opposed a congressional
measure last month to prohibit the government from working
with contractors who deny victims of rape or assault the right to bring their cases to court. Vitter, who was one of only 30 ...
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Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote
redstate.com - 17 days ago
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Election Night 2004 saw Republican Dino Rossi emerge
victorious in the Washington State gubernatorial election against Democrat
Christine Gregoire. Yet when the time came to take the oath of office, Christine Gregoire stood at the podium with her ...
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To The Christie Campaign: Remember Norm Coleman And ...
