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• Clinton Appoints NIAC Advisory Board Member to Senior Iran Post

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 577
  Amb. John Limbert Speaking at the NIAC Conference Cross posted from www.niacouncil.org . Washington, D.C. — The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) applauds the appointment of Ambassador John Limbert as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US Department of ...
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• Dodd: new gov’t powers could prevent economy crash (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 164
  AP – Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions. Here is the original post: (AP)"> (AP)">Dodd: new gov’t powers could prevent economy crash ...
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• Democrat Ethics: Rep. Lynch Got Federal Grants for Agencies Linked To His Wife

  
  Hub Politics — Authority: 118
  Not that anyone ever truly believed that the Democratic Party was ever capable or willing to lead the most open, honest, and ethical Congress in history, but come on… US Representative Stephen F. Lynch has engineered four federal grants for a community health center and another three grants for a nearby substance ...
  17 hours ago

• Ha, Ha, Ha, Its All a Big Joke on Capitol Hill

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Senator Jim Inhofe may be anti-climate legislation, but I really dont think he gets it. The interventionists are in Congress to ruin the country. Ron Paul tried to play straight with Barney Frank on the Audit the Fed Bill, we all know what happened there. Get a load of this: Environment and Public Works Committee ...
  18 hours ago

• LOC 11/9/2009: Junkfood Or Jihad?

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 136
  It’s Monday. Say, did anything important happen over the weekend? We cover health care, and the big mistake the GOP made this weekend that isn’t getting much play. and unnamed Muslim calls in to complain that he can’t blow us all up, and Nine goes off on Nancy Graceless vis a vis the Anthony Sowell case in ...
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• Picking Up The Pieces - For The Next Round

  
  Hard Starboard — Authority: 443
    Good News on the Healthcare Fight Thank you for all your hard work over the past few weeks. This is an important battle with much to discuss, so please take the time to read all of this essential email. If you are like me, you are deeply disappointed that we lost, by an inch, the vote to stop Nancy ...
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• Did anything FUNDAMENTALLY change to have caused this rally?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  1. Unemployment still soaring through the stratosphere. (check) 2. Dollar still dropping like a bad habit. (check) 3. Oil still rising without justification. (check) 4. FDIC Fridays still occurring on a consistent level. (check) 5. First time unemployment claims still consistently above 1/2 million each week. ...
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• 800+ STUDENTS MARCH ON CAPITOL HILL AND MAKE HISTORY

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 495
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• Roll Back The Bailouts

  
  Hard Starboard — Authority: 443
  Help me stop the bailouts and end government ownership of GM, Chrysler, AIG, and more than 500 other private companies. Recently I introduced the Government Ownership Exit Plan Act of 2009 , legislation to end government ownership of private entities acquired under the Troubled Asset Relief Program ...
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• Rep. Markey Votes for Health Care Reform Bill

  
  insidemedford.com — Authority: 137
  The following is an announcement from US Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden): Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) , a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee–one of three committees with jurisdiction over health care policy–issued the following statement after the House of Representatives ...
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• Arm Afghan Tribes, Experts Say

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  A number of experts think the U.S. should abandon its “top down” strategy of building an Afghan national army and should switch to arming and paying local tribes to fight the Taliban. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, appearing Thursday at a Capitol Hill conference sponsored by RAND, said he ...
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• Myth: Streetcar overheard wires and trees cant comfortably coexist

  
  the Triangle, not just parking lots anymore... — Authority: 517
  Members of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society have launched an all out blitz against DDOTs new streetcar plan ( PDF ). Their fearmongering campaign, as communicated in the Capitol Hill Community News by Monte Edwards, is centered on the notion that overheard wires will irrecovably damage priceless viewsheds. ...
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• Cuba Travel opposed by more Democrats

  
  Cuba Companioni — Authority: 118
  Via Mauricio Carone of Capitol Hill Cubans Slice from the story by the Miami Herald / "53 Democrats in the House have told Pelosi that they oppose lifting the ban, blunting the momentum that proponents of lifting the travel ban have had under a Democratic president and Democratic-led Congress. ``Any legislation ...
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• Tea partiers descend on Capitol Hill

  
  Romanian National Vanguard News Agency — Authority: 137
  The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul. A plan first hatched and heralded on FOX by iconic conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) grew over the weekend as she e-mailed ...
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• Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  The House passage of healthcare legislation means different things to different folks. For President Barack Obama it was a “courageous vote” by members of Congress. Originally posted here:  Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess
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• Cokie Calls Jon Voight "Cringemaking"

  
  George's Bottom Line — Authority: 730
  Cokie Roberts didnt hold back on those health care protests headlined by actor Jon Voight, who in a speech Thursday during a health care rally on Capitol Hill said Obama “has had 20 years of subconscious programming by Rev. Wright to damn America.”
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• Capitol Hill Art Walk - November 12th

  
  Emerson Salon - Seattle Hair Salon on Capitol Hill (Haircuts & Color) — Authority: 129
  The monthly Capitol Hill Art Walk (now called Blitz) is returning to grace the many shops in our neighborhood with local art work on Thursday Nov 12th from 5pm to 8pm! This is a great opportunity to get out and explore the neighborhood and learn a little about what makes Capitol Hill such a great place to live, work ...
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• Health Care Bill Passes House, Moves On To Senate

  
  The North Texas Conservative — Authority: 415
  Late last night the U.S. House passed a comprehensive health care reform bill that was so broad and complex that it was 1,500+ pages long. The amount of bureaucracy involved in this bill is so massive that it is no wonder why the bill is so large, but the size of the bill is just a symbol of the massive expansion in ...
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• Health Care: House Vote Brings Us One Step Closer To Success

  
  Let Us Talk — Authority: 110
    This morning, we are one step closer to achieving health care reform in the United States of America.  Can I get a “hip, hip!” Nancy Pelosi and The House voted 220-215 on Saturday night on health care legislation that would provide way past due relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health ...
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• House passes Health Bill with Hygeia rising

  
  Stars Over Washington — Authority: 130
  Last evening at 11:07 pm est when the required 218 votes clocked in on the House as shown on C-SPAN, I was watching an animated chart of the scene. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the 15-minute vote had passed the bill, it was 11:15 pm. At 11:15 pm est in the Capitol Building, 15Leo21 - the Heart of the Lion - ...
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