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weeklystandard.com - 3 days ago
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Sen. Chuck Grassley asked Attorney General Eric Holder
in a hearing Wednesday for a list of the
employees at Dept. of Justice who might have to recuse themselves due to conflicts of interest over detainees. Some DOJ employees and their former ...
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WashTimes: DOJ has Conflicts of Interest on Detainees
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iowaindependent.com - 6 days ago
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Stephanie Rose A social justice organization that has
primarily been active in Louisiana and Texas has taken
a stand against the woman nominated to be the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa . Friends of Justice , a nonprofit ...
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Southern justice organization slams Rose’s U.S. attorney ...
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Putting a Cork in It
8 hours ago at The New Republic blogs
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tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 5 days ago
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made an interesting point
about civilian trials for terrorists in today's hearing with
Attorney General Eric Holder. Chuck Grassley - Eric Holder - United States - Senate - Government
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Grassley: What If KSM Gets Off Like O.J.?
huffingtonpost.com - 4 days ago
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) offered a stern warning
for Eric Holder on Wednesday when addressing the attorney
general's confidence that he would get a conviction in civilian court for 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Remember O.J. Simpson. ...
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Grassley To Holder: Remember O.J. Simpson Before Trying KSM
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10 days ago
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Pressure vs Purge bluedog 1 Ruth Marcus critiques
a straw man version of the idea that there
ought to be tighter party discipline: One difficult test of who’s right here involves the role of the conservative House Democrats, Blue Dogs and others. ...
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Matthew Yglesias
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10 days ago
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Chuck Grassley: occasional defender of the Constitution, and
of the individual mandate. In a conference call, Chuck
Grassley raised the idea that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. He didn't endorse it, or embrace it. Just raised the ...
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Is the individual mandate constitutional?
desmoinesregister.com - 7 days ago
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Sen. Charles Grassley's approval among Iowans has so
far endured this fall's turbulent environment for elected officials,
the new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows. The five-term Republican's approval held steady at 57 percent since September, while ...
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Sen. Charles Grassley still popular despite political ...
thehill.com - 11 days ago
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today he still
has questions about the constitutionality of an individual health
insurance mandate. "Whether it's constitutional or not ought to have the most debate," he said in a conference call with reporters. ...
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Grassley unsure about healthcare's constitutionality
themoderatevoice.com - 29 days ago
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The public option is dead. Long live the
public option. That’s the situation now prevailing on a
key sticking point in health care reform. GOPers hate the public option because they say it would symbolize the Obama administration’s encroachment into the private sector and be a ...
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Democrats Increasing Optimistic About Public Option In ...
blogs.desmoinesregister.com - 28 days ago
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Below is the statement of former Iowa first
lady Christie Vilsack, who told The Des Moines Register
via e-mail press release today she will not seek the 2010 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Vilsack had been mentioned as a potential challenger ...
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Register exclusive: Christie Vilsack says no to 2010 ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has released this statement,
on Harry Reid's announcement of a public option proposal
that includes an opt-out mechanism for states: "Leader Reid has always been a strong supporter of a public option that could help keep ...
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Schumer: Opt-Out Is 'The Best Compromise' That Can ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
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After a meeting between Senate leaders and the
White House last week, a number of sources spoke
to both myself and other reporters, reporting that the White House was pushing back on Majority Leader Harry Reid's inclination to do what he did today : ...
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Schumer: We Prevailed On The White House That Public ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 27 days ago
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ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: If an immediately
available -- no trigger -- public option makes it
to President Obama's desk, the member of Congress who may deserve the most credit for making it happen is Sen. Chuck Schumer. The New York ...
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From Opt In to Opt Out: Chuck Schumer's 'Great Day'
americablog.com - 27 days ago
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Marco Rubio is the conservative Florida Republican running
against Governor Charlie Crist in the GOP Senate primary.
The D.C. crowd has already had a coronation for Crist, but, in Florida, Rubio has momentum and is closing the gap. Crist is too ...
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Is Missouri GOPer Chuck Purgason the next Marco Rubio?
dailykos.com - 26 days ago
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In my interview with Sen. Schumer today, I
also asked him if reconciliation was still on the
table for healthcare reform. He talked about how it wasn't the preferred way to go because of the complications and limitations, but didn't say it wasn't the ...
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Reconciliation, Here We Come
mediamatters.org - 22 days ago
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Andrea Mitchell to Sen. Bernie Sanders, moments ago:
"Why is this so important? Is it better to
have nothing than to have a plan that does not include the public option?" It seems to me that framing -- a choice between nothing and what liberals want ...
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Will Andrea Mitchell question Joe Lieberman the way she ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 21 days ago
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Harry Reid, continuing to surprise Dems who were
accustomed to his cautious posture, has fired off a
surprisingly harsh letter to Republican Senators, caustically questioning their claims that Dems hatched a health care bill in secret by asking ...
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Harry Reid Calls GOP’s Transparency Bluff: Is Your ...
thehill.com - 20 days ago
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The Senate's movement on climate change legislation is
faster than Republicans had expected, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
said Tuesday. "Yes, it is moving faster than we expected," Grassley said in a conference call with Iowa reporters this morning. ...
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Grassley: Climate bill moving more quickly than GOP expected
copssaylegalize.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee could vote as
soon as this Thursday, November 5 on an amendment
that will legally prevent some of the government's top advisers from even discussing the idea of legalizing or decriminalizing drugs as a solution to ...
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Don't Let Congress Censor Legalization Discussion
highclearing.com - 18 days ago
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By Mona Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) proposes a
Blue Ribbon panel to study (scroll down just a
bit) whether the drug war makes sense or serves justice. Well now, we can't have that, now can we? (All emphasis mine.) Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Press Release: ...
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Those Free-Speech Lovin’ Drug Warrior Repubs Like Chuck ...
