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British PM Brown: Pakistan Must Get Tougher on Al Qaeda

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:44:34 +0000

Britisih Prime Minister Gordon Brown has a message for Pakistan : you’ve taken some measures against Al Qaeda but you need to get tougher on it and Osama bin Laden: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on Pakistan to take tougher action against al Qaeda and step up its efforts ...

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The time lock Jerry Brown put on governors' papers -

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Jerry Brown is in the running for governor again and talking plenty about his first two-term go-round in the office, from 1975 to 1983. "The last time there was real creativity in state government was when I was governor," he said earlier this year. Fair enough. Let's say you're a researcher or ...

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GMA Cancels Lambert, Books Brown

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:29:22 +0000

You might remember that when ABC’s Good Morning America canceled Adam Lambert’s planned performance appearance for his racy American Music Awards routine last Sunday, the CBS “Early Show” hastily arranged an interview . The taped intro to that appearance then caused its own brou ha ha ...

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Jerry Brown vs. ACORN

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:34:25 +0000

It might sound little clich , but ACORN is the gift of controversy that keeps on giving. This time the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is putting Jerry Brown, California's attorney general and likely gubernatorial candidate, in an awkward political position. Can you say ...

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Progressives Push Reid On The Public Option

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:18 +0000

A group of progressives met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last night to make sure he hasn't forgotten that they're still counting on a public option.

Talking Points Memo found this 13 days ago on tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

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Prefiled bills ‘09: Legislative potpourri

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:20:46 +0000

Here we give you the best of the rest, the bills that were noteworthy, but didn’t have other bills that were interesting enough to pair up with. There’s a little bit of everything in here. Including snakes. And alligators. And God-knows-what-all that Rep. Herb Kirsh is ...

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Brown: Senate GOP can't get even a majority for abortion provision

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:16 +0000

Republicans won't even have a majority in the Senate to add abortion provisions to the health bill, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) suggested Monday night. Brown said that the Senate bill faces no threat from Republicans and pro-life Democrats looking to add language to the bill that would impose ...

The Huffington Post | Full News Feed found this 12 days ago on thehill.com

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ECONOMY-US: "Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too - IPS ipsnews.net

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:45 +0000

"Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a "green" economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to a new ...

The Republic of T. found this 13 days ago on ipsnews.net

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Jerry Brown thinks clothing is “toys” … How convenient. [Darleen Click]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:09:34 +0000

To understand the sheer idiocy and harm to be done by the CPSIA (best coverage at Overlawyered and I’ve covered it here and here ) is to see CA AG Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown hold a press conference in order to rattle his saber at … [ visit site to read more ]

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Google Scholar - Brown v. Board of Education 347 US 483 - US Supreme Court 1954

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000

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Brown: Finishing health bill by SOTU 'absolutely our commitment'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:50 +0000

Democrats are absolutely committed to finishing health reform by the State of the Union address, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Monday night. Brown said that Democrats would work overtime to finish a healthcare bill in the Senate by the end of the year and would work to finish the bill before ...

The Atlantic Politics Channel found this 6 days ago on thehill.com

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Brown: Not Even 50 Votes for Abortion Amendment « The Washington Independent

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:55:29 +0000

With abortion now topic-of-the-moment amid the health reform debate, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) weighed in last night with a prediction certain to please women’s rights groups: Republicans, the Ohio Democrat said, won’t be able to rally even 50 votes — let alone the 60 they’ll need — to pass an ...

Political Animal found this 12 days ago on washingtonindependent.com

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It doesn’t feel like it, but We Are Winning the Fight Against ObamaCare

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000

It does not feel like it, but we are winning the war against ObamaCare. You may feel like the political system is broken and the Democrats are not listening to the voters. You feel that way because it is true, the Democrats are not listening. But that does not mean the bill will not die ...

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Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:34:25 +0000

Despite carving out a niche for himself as a leading progressive voice in Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) rarely goes in for headline-grabbing proclamations or sharp political rhetoric. So on Sunday, when Brown stated his concern that some of the president's economic consultants ...

The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely found this 7 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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Senator Vitter doesn’t know if Loving was correctly decided.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:44:32 +0000

Vitter graduated Tulane Law School in 1988. Loving v. Virginia, decided in 1967, was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is one of the bedrock civil rights cases, right up there with Brown. It is simply not ...

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Why does the Washington Post keep running fluffy profiles of anti-gay activists?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:00 +0000

In late August, the Washington Post 's Style section featured a friendly profile of National Organization for Marriage executive director Brian Brown. The profile, by Post writer Monica Hesse, portrayed Brown and NOM as a "rational" "sane" "mainstream" organization, and their critics as shrill ...

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Should We Laugh? Cry? Both?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:25:42 +0000

The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before ...

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WATCH: Saturday Showdown in the Senate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:56 +0000

Sen. Sherrod Brown talks advantages and disadvantages of Sen. Reid's bill. Sherrod Brown - Harry Reid - Barack Obama - United States - Democratic

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Wells Fargo to Pay $1.4 Billion in Auction-Rate Securities Settlement

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:09 +0000

Wells Fargo & Co. will buy back an estimated $700 million in troubled auction-rate securities from California investors under terms of a settlement announced by Attorney General Jerry Brown on Wednesday. The banking giant will also pay the AG's office $600,000 to cover investigation expenses and ...

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Will PhRMA’s Fax Machines in the Senate Continue Eshoo’s Work?

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:46 +0000

Ask Sherrod Brown to save us from PhRMA and the Eshoo/Hagan/ lobbyist-written biologics legislation HERE. Well, we now know that 42 bipartisan members of the House were willing to act act as PhRMA’s fax machines. I guess it shouldn’t have been a surprise — 80 House Dems ...

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