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Medicare Bill Fails Because of Nervous Democrats
Yesterday afternoon, the Senate rejected a cloture motion that would have brought Sen. Debbie Stabenow's Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 to the floor. Here at the Gaggle we don't normally write about the daily dramas on the Senate floor. So why is this vote worth analyzing? Because it shows how deeply nervous Senate Democrats are about spending increases.
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Why It's No Surprise Lindsey Graham Supports Climate-Change Legislation
Lindsey Graham's actions on climate change in the last few days have set the greenosphere abuzz. First, he penned an op-ed , with John Kerry, where he committed to work with Democrats to pass a comprehensive climate-change bill. Then he got called a wussypants for his trouble (along with a lot of unwarranted and nasty things) , and was yelled at by foamy-mouthed loons at a town-hall event in South Carolina. Environmentalists have heralded Graham's oped as a game changer on the environment. They're probably right. Graham's advocacy of climate change legislation is a huge boost for the Boxer-Kerry bill (although he hasn't officially endorsed it). But it's not unexpected.
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Obama Gets Gun-Shy
Despite a recent spate of killings, the president and fellow Democrats choose not to wage war on assault weapons.
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03/25/2009NationA Self-Inflicted Gun Wound
…Democrats signed a letter saying they would oppose any new ban—as did Montana's two Democratic senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester . "Senators to Attorney General Holder: Stay Away From Our Guns," read a press release sent out by Baucus's office …
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10/29/2008BlogsAn Obama Landslide? Watch These States.
…suddenly have a dead heat. That's a dangerous position for McCain in a place where the GOP is in disarray and Democrats Jon Tester , Brian Schweitzer and Max Baucus have a monopoly on statewide office. Which is probably why the RNC just decided to start …
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10/29/2007Politics‘I Caution Some in Our Party’
…to win. And my fight is not with them. To anybody who thinks we're irrelevant, the only point that I'd make is that Jon Tester , Claire McCaskill and Jim Webb certainly are not campaigning in [Montana, Missouri and Virginia, respectively] as liberal …
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02/19/2007PoliticsI'm Real. Really.
…by seeming to always speak from his heart. And the success of blunt-spoken Democratic Senate candidates like Montana's Jon Tester and Virginia's Jim Webb has left Washington consultants advising their clients to act like, well, they don't listen …
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12/04/2006Letters to the EditorLetters to the Magazine
…second, the Democratic Party--at least the candidates offered to the public--has moved significantly to the right. Jon Tester , Heath Shuler, Jim Webb and Bob Casey are basically moderate Republicans in Democratic clothing. The election was a vote …
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