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By Steve Kornacki 7/02/09 12:31pm

Lieberman Shows the Filibuster-Proof Majority to Be Nothing of the Sort

Senate Democrats responded to their potentially momentous acquisition of a 60th member on Tuesday by asking what the big deal is.

“It’s not a real 60,” Majority Leader Harry Reid said just after Al Franken finally emerged as the winner in Minnesota’s drawn-out Senate race.

In a matter of Read More

By Joe Conason 6/23/09 11:36pm

Lucre-Addicted Senate Democrats Are Blowing It on Health Care

If Congress fails to enact health care reform this year – or if it enacts a sham reform designed to bail out corporate medicine while excluding the “public option” – then the public will rightly blame Democrats, who have no excuse for failure except their own cowardice and corruption. The punishment inflicted by angry Read More

By Steve Kornacki 8/28/07 7:03pm

The Return of Tim Johnson

When Tim Johnson was rushed to the hospital last December with a cerebral hemorrhage, the future of the freshly-won Democratic Senate majority was immediately called into doubt: Had he left the seat for any reason, South Dakota’s Republican Governor would have appointed his successor, presumably swinging the Senate to the G.O.P. Now, though, Read More

By Staff 4/06/06 4:49pm

Events for April 7, 2006

In the morning, the New School holds a conference on “Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk” with Michael Brown, Mary Landrieu, Kathleen Blanco, Chuck Schumer and Bob Kerrey.

Then, John Kerry speaks at the National Action Network annual convention breakfast at the Sheraton.

In Queens, John Liu will be the guest ringmaster at Read More

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Lieberman Shows the Filibuster-Proof Majority to Be Nothing of the Sort

Lucre-Addicted Senate Democrats Are Blowing It on Health Care

The Return of Tim Johnson

Events for April 7, 2006

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