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washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
2 Democrats to Submit Compromise on Lieberman
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The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Sen. Joe Lieberman, who faces a secret ballot vote from the Democratic caucus today, may get to... keep his chairmanship -- a prospect many thought impossible just a week ago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) This morning the Senate Democratic caucus... (more) The Lieberman Vote: What It Means and Why

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/17/2008
Lieberman to stay put?
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Ken StricklandTomorrow, Senate Democrats gather to decide if Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-D) should keep his... position as chairman of Homeland Security Committee, and it looks like he just may. Several Democrats and Democratic-leaning groups were ... (more) Lieberman to stay put?

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Democrats Let Lieberman Keep Committee Chair
washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
Democrats Let Lieberman Keep Committee Chair
— washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 18, 2008; 1:11 PM... (more) Democrats Let Lieberman Keep Committee Chair

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The Reaction:  What to do about Joe Lieberman? (update 4)

Daily Kos:  Couldn't design this worse if you tried.

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Judgment Day for Lieberman

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What to do about Joe Lieberman? (update 4)
The Reaction — ... Senate Democrats will vote this morning to determine the fate of Republicrat Joe Lieberman. WaPo is reporting that two senators, Dodd and Salazar, will present a compromise to caucus that would "strip Lieberman of a low-profile subcommittee chairmanship, possibly one on global warming. But Lieberman would retain the gavel of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee." ...

Couldn't design this worse if you tried.
Daily Kos — Word is that it's looking like Lieberman keeps the Homeland Security gavel, but -- get this -- loses the Environment & Public Works subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection. (Blink, blink.) Gee. I'm not making that up, either. It was actually in a newspaper: A pair of Senate Democrats will offer a compromise plan today to sanction Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) for his support of the Republican presidential ticket but allow him to keep a key committee chairmanship and ...

Judgment Day for Lieberman
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Ken Salazar (D-CO) "will offer a compromise plan today to sanction Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-CT) for his support of the Republican presidential ticket but allow him to keep a key committee chairmanship and remain in the party caucus," according to the Washington Post. ...

Judgement Day for Lieberman
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Ken Salazar (D-CO) "will offer a compromise plan today to sanction Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-CT) for his support of the Republican presidential ticket but allow him to keep a key committee chairmanship and remain in the party caucus," according to the Washington Post. ...

Liberal Blog Declares 'Laugh at Lieberman Day'
News — ... With Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) poised to keep his Senate committee chairmanship, some of his foes online are trying to make the best of it. ...

Big Winner In The Lieberman Charade: Me and Holy Joe
DownWithTyranny! — ... Instead Chris Dodd and Ken Salazar offered an insulting-- not insulting to Lieberman, insulting to progressives-- proposal that Lieberman be relieved of the chairmanship of a global warming subcomittee on the Environment and Public Works Committee, a joke and ...

King Joe I
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... Instead Chris Dodd and Ken Salazar offered an insulting-- not insulting to Lieberman, insulting to progressives-- proposal that Lieberman be relieved of the chairmanship of a global warming subcomittee on the Environment and Public Works Committee, a joke and ...

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