fivethirtyeight.com - 1/25/2009
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The House today held an entirely symbolic vote on whether to extend to the Obama administration the second half of the $700 billion authorized for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), better known as the financial sector bailout. By a 270-155 majority, the House voted to block the second ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/28/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Gallup is in the midst of releasing a
series of data from the more than 350,000 interviews
that it conducted over the course of its daily tracking in 2008. The first data they've released, on partisan affiliation, contains some sobering news for ...
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Just Five Red States Left?
nypost.com - 1/28/2009
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 2:03 pm January 28, 2009 Posted:
2:02 pm January 28, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack
Obama has invited Republican and Democratic lawmakers for drinks at the White House as they consider his economic recovery bill that still faces ...
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OBAMA TO HOST COCKTAIL PARTY FOR LAWMAKERS - New York Post
brusselsjournal.com - 1/26/2009
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brusselsjournal.com —
The House of Lords is a venerable British
institution, but what does one get if one accepts
Muslims in? This: A member of the Lords intended to invite her colleagues to a private meeting in a conference room in the House of Lords to meet the Dutch ...
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Muslims in the Lords
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A More Complete Look At House Bailout Voting
Open Left - Front Page —
Arguing against David Sirota, Nate Silver argues that voting in favor of the bailout was progressive, and opposing it was conservative: ...
Meet Your New Blue Dog Overlords
Firedoglake —
... /Nate Silver discussion about whether supporting the bank bailout bill was the progressive position or not, Chris brought up the fact that there was a distinction between the members of the conservative New Democrat Coalition and the Blue Dogs and how they voted. Kagro made a very ...
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