voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/15/2009
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid circulated a letter last night announcing his selection for Democratic seats on key committees in the 111th Congress, although he's carefully calling his list merely an "anticipated" rundown. Reid says three more Democrats than Republicans will be seated per ...
congressmatters.com - 1/14/2009
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congressmatters.com —
As you know, the organizing resolution impasse appears
to have been cleared, so Senate Dems have seen...
fit to circulate a list of committee assignments, listed here, courtesy of the Washington Post. The list is unofficial, inasmuch as the organizing ...
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Congress Matters: Senate Dem Committee assignments
gaypatriot.net - 1/8/2009
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gaypatriot.net —
The last time I remember reading something on
the left-wing blog firedoglake, I found it so offensive...
I didn’t think I’d ever return to the website. Well, just a few moments ago, while scanning Instapundit, I followed Glenn’s link ...
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Harry Reid Losing Control?
huffingtonpost.com - 1/19/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
In an interview with The Hill , Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not roll...
over for the new president the way Republicans did for Bush. Reid stated, "I don't believe in the executive power trumping everything... I believe in our ...
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Harry Reid: 'I Don't Work For Obama'
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In Congress, It's All About The Committees
DownWithTyranny! —
... that Al Franken beat Republican slug Norm Coleman in Minnesota, fixing the ratio of Senate committees with a 3-seat advantage for Democrats, the bulk of the new Senate Committee assignments have been announced. There are some of the newsworthy assignments. Little will change on the committee that is the fount of all corruption, Appropriations, as the disgraced Ted Stevens' best friend, Daniel Inouye, takes over. Jon Tester was added to the committee. ...
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