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  • First thoughts: GOP govs take the stage 19 Nov 2009 16:00 GMT
    ... Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits." "Fresh"? Fresh implies that other ... said that "If the Republicans want to filibuster HCR then they should actually have to ...

  • Cornyn chooses principle in giving judicial nominee a vote 21 Nov 2009 02:51 GMT
    ... when Republicans controlled the Senate as well as the White House, they threatened a "nuclear option," which would blow up the filibuster rules to keep that stalling technique from being used on judicial nominees. The chamber ...

  • America's House of Lords Debates Health Care 21 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
    ... malapportioned and unrepresentative Senate wielding its anti-majoritarian filibuster, it is hardly surprising that minority rule ... 51-vote tactic the GOP frames as a "nuclear option," Democrats should remind the public: There's ...

  • Steele talks Palin 23 Nov 2009 23:47 GMT
    ... next month. Read more: ...' Remember the 'Nuclear Option' ? That was an option to ... 200 Bush judicial nominations, they used the filibuster process to block 10 appointments to the ...

  • Senate filibusters aren't what they used to be 23 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
    ... announcement that he might join Republicans to filibuster a vote on the Senate health care ... Now we have the Dems threatening the 'nuclear option' ...

  • Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs 19 Nov 2009 22:53 GMT
    ... the North a "grand bargain" involving its nuclear weapons program. President Barack Obama says the ... will stick together to block a Republican filibuster of the massive health care bill. No ...

  • Obama court nominee David Hamilton clears Senate hurdle 18 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
    ... in June, Republicans have been threatening a filibuster. The tactic is familiar. Threats of filibusters ... a Republican threat to use the so-called “nuclear option” by rewriting Senate rules, thus ending ...

  • (Following Advance for Use Wednesday, Dec. 2) 22 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
    ... midnight. In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first ... a Georgia runoff, denying Democrats a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate (until Al Franken's ...

  • A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer 24 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
    ... have to push legislation through a recalcitrant, filibuster-ridden. Quite apart from the international talks, China ... doubling its hydroelectric capacity, and increasing its nuclear power generating capacity more than fourfold. China ...

  • China on Reducing Its Carbon Footprint: Why Should We Have to? 25 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
    ... have to push legislation through a recalcitrant, filibuster-ridden. Quite apart from the international talks, China ... doubling its hydroelectric capacity, and increasing its nuclear power generating capacity more than fourfold. China ...


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