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Fired is the New Retired
The idiocy of axing older employees.
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The Politics of Being First
From Marshall to Sotomayor: how the high-court nominations game has (and hasn't) changed.
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Sotomayor Hearings: Winners and Losers? Our Experts Weigh In.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week will be remembered as a civilized affair. The fiery exchanges and dramatic grandstanding that have characterized past confirmations were all but absent. Yet, tame as these were, Supreme Court confirmation hearings are always a critical
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07/14/2009BlogsLeahy's Other Role: Batman Aficionado
For the past two days, we’ve been watching Patrick Leahy run the show at Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing. He’s the gruff-talking Democratic chairman of the Judiciary Committee …
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07/13/2009BlogsLong Throat-Clearing from Committee Before Sotomayor Speaks
…Committee would get to exclaim her virtues or air their concerns before she even said a word. First it was committee chairman Patrick Leahy , who exalted the sheer fact that Sotomayor was sitting in front of him as "historic." Then ranking GOP member Jim Sessions …
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07/07/2009BlogsFranken Hugs It Out On First Day
…we never knew this side of you!). Franken, on arrival, gave a few awkward-looking hellos before the cool kids -- Patrick Leahy , Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and a few others -- surrounded him for several large belly laughs. It's customary when …
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07/06/2009BlogsWhich Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?
…with three quarters of them voting with the president 95 percent of the time or more. Sens. Carl Levin (Michigan), Patrick Leahy (Vermont), John Rockerfeller (West Virginia), Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse (both Rhode Island) all have a perfect …
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04/28/2009BlogsMore From the Dems: Leahy Says Specter will be Happier
Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is one of Specter's closest pals on the Hill. The two men have known each …
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