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mydd.com - 11/14/2008
: Sen. Leahy: Take Joe's Gavel
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Re: Sen. Leahy: Take Joe's Gavel ( none / 0 ) Perhaps the easiest way to fix the Lieberman problemn is to amend the caucus rules ---- No Senator who leaves the party and runs as an independent will retain his original seniority but instead his seniority will run from the date he rejoins the ...
thehill.com - 11/17/2008
Sen. Carper: Lieberman should pay consequences
— thehill.com — Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a close ally of Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the Connecticut Independent should pay... a price for his campaign attacks against President-elect Barack Obama. "There need to be consequences, and they cannot be insignificant," Carper ... (more) Sen. Carper: Lieberman should pay consequences

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Bernie Sanders Joins Leahy In Demanding Ouster Of Lieberman From Chairmanship
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/14/2008
Bernie Sanders Joins Leahy In Demanding Ouster Of Lieberman From Chairmanship
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Okay, we now have a second Senator who's stepped up and joined Senator Patrick Leahy in calling... on Democrats to boot Joe Lieberman from his plum slot atop the Homeland Security committee. Bernie Sanders, also of Vermont, sent us a hard-hitting ... (more) Bernie Sanders Joins Leahy In Demanding Ouster Of ...

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Leahy Becomes First Senator To Demand Lieberman's Ouster From Homeland Security Committee
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/14/2008
Leahy Becomes First Senator To Demand Lieberman's Ouster From Homeland Security Committee
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — We now have our first Dem Senator who has come on the record and called for Joe... Lieberman to be booted from his plum spot on the Homeland Security committee. In an interview with Vermont Public Radio today, Senator Patrick Leahy left no doubt ... (more) Leahy Becomes First Senator To Demand Lieberman's Ouster ...

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News:  DAY'S END ROUNDUP

The Reaction:  What to do about Joe Lieberman? (update 3)

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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... writes. In any other situation, Lieberman’s dismissal as chairman would not even be a difficult decision, and he would be stripped of his position, MyDD’s Josh Orton says. FROM THE BLOGS: ...

What to do about Joe Lieberman? (update 3)
The Reaction — ... For more, see MyDD's Josh Orton: "Leahy nails it: in any normal world, it makes perfect sense for Lieberman to lose his chairmanship of such a powerful committee. But this is Lieberworld, where ...

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