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Paterson issues proclamation for Tuesday session, DRP, same sex marriage, tax cap and more
Paterson just issued his proclamation calling lawmakers back on Tuesday, still no word about whether he’ll give a joint address to the Legislature on Monday though (AP is reporting that’s not going to happen). Here’s the release: Governor David A. Paterson today signed a ...
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Remainders: Maine
Ben Smith's Blog — ... in Wisconsin. TNR blasts Gration. Kerik pleads out. Tea Partiers take DC.   The left finds extremely bad taste. Gibbs is sure there's a Jon Voight joke there somewhere. Hillary bundler Reshma Saujani challenges Maloney. Clinton's inevitability strategy worked...for Bloomberg. Dinkins takes Obama to task. Mixner rallies the gay troops. Paterson appears to be forcing a marriage vote. And Mainers don't want a boycott. ...

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