nytimes.com - 11/18/2008
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Senator Joseph I. Lieberman will retain the chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. >
firedoglake.com - 11/18/2008
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Cillizza : Asked what it would mean if
Lieberman kept his chairmanship, one Senate Democratic aide said...
bluntly: "The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their ...
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Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals!
washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/18/2008
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Senator Harry Reid just spoke to reporters after
the private caucus meeting with Dems over Joe Lieberman's...
fate, and he confirmed it: Lieberman will not be stripped of his Homeland Security chairmanship, because the "vast majority" of the Democratic ...
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It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security ...
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Stevens Expulsion Vote Postponed
Democrats Let Lieberman Keep Senate Chairmanship
It’s the world’s most exclusive kleptocracy. There is nothing a United States Senator can do, apparently, that will cause his fellow senators to hold him accountable. A regular person sneezes wrong at work they might get fired. A United States Senator gets convicted seven times over, or actively helps the competition try to ruin his own side’s chances, and oh well.
Get the figurative pitchforks. As if our country doesn’t face enough ...
Lieberman Confesses
The Stump —
... There's an interesting nugget in this Times piece on today's developments in the Senate: ...
The Early Word: How to Pick a Cabinet
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... Obama’s interest but said she was agonizing over the decision. Mrs. Clinton likes being her own boss and is reluctant to give up the independence that comes with that, said the adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process was at a delicate stage. Downballot The Democrats added one more to their ranks in Senate late Tuesday when an updated vote count in Alaska solidified the lead of Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich over incumbent Republican Senator Ted Stevens, writes The Time’s Carl Hulse: With an estimated 2,500 votes still outstanding and other ...
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dailykos.com 11/22/2008 — Before there was The Lieberman Vote, there was The Peterson Vote. Don't remember The Peterson Vote? The link to the original article in The Hill no longer works, but here's a link to a key blockquote from Daily Kos coverage: Rep. Collin Peterson ...
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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroDemocrats in Congress have allowed Joe Lieberman to hold onto his powerful chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee in a secret ballot vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid, however, asked the Connecticut senator to step ...
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