tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
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This isn't terribly surprising, but it's still worth a quick note: Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office is confirming that she'll support Congressional efforts to get Hillary past the legal hurdle that the wingnuts have thrown down between her and the Secretary of State gig.
As I noted below , the ...
thehill.com - 12/3/2008
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thehill.com —
Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) moves since the November
elections have shaken up some of her colleagues, with...
some looking over their shoulders and others worried about how the Speaker will lead her expanded majority in 2009. Next year is regarded as ...
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Anxiety among Democrats as Pelosi tightens her grip
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Is Hillary really Constitutionally ineligible to be Obama's
Secretary of State, as some right-wingers are claiming? It's...
hard to believe, but the Senate leadership is actually being pressed into service to enable Hillary to be confirmed as ...
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Senate Leadership Working To Get Hillary Past Wingnut ...
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Constitutional Obscurity
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I thought the rumblings about Hillary being barred from serving as Secretary of State by the Constitution's Emoluments Clause was some half-baked right-wing theory on par with Obama's supposedly fake U.S. birth certificate. But apparently Congress is taking the matter seriously enough to reduce the Secretary of State's salary to get around the problem, and Nancy Pelosi supports the move.
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