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• Stupak Amendment is a Victory, nothing else

  
  SuzyB.org — Authority: 416
  Today, The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack hit the nail on the head in a response to conservatives who argue that the Stupak-Pitts amendment is to blame for the passage of the entire health care bill.  For those of us outside the beltway, excluded from the closed-door strategy meetings, the story went a ...
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• Committee unveils changes to same-sex bill

  
  D.C. Wire — Authority: 133
  A D.C. Council committee will probably approve major changes Tuesday to the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, including a provision that will make it easier for churches to avoid having to participate in gay weddings and receptions. In preparation for the "mark up" hearing before the Committee of ...
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• International Amnesties

  
  President-obama.org — Authority: 439
  There can be few people who have not, in extremis, reached into the recesses of a sofa or rifled through their wardrobe in search of forgotten cash. And so it is with governments. When strapped for revenue and unable to tap their usual sources, they turn instead to “black money.” The global financial crisis has ...
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• Amended ‘rail trail’ bill flawed

  
  newcastleonhunter.com — Authority: 148
  TRANSPORT CORRIDORS STILL AT RISK: RHIANNONGreens MP Lee Rhiannon says the government’s amendments to its Transport Administration Amendment (Rail Trails) Bill are deficient, enabling the long-term alienation of rail infrastructure for purposes other than a rail trail. The amended bill is better than the original ...
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• Bylaw amendments result in lawsuit

  
  The National Law Journal's L.A. Legal Pad — Authority: 131
  The Desert Chapter of the Building Industry Association is suing BIA Southern California to try to stop it from passing a series of bylaw changes that wouldshift all decision-making authority, assets and cash reserves toDiamond Bar. The Desert Chapter contends that if the amendments are passed, local decision-making ...
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• U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal

  
  President-obama.org — Authority: 439
  VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N. draft deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday. The proposal for Iran to part with stocks of potential nuclear explosive ...
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• How Health Care Reform Screws Over Women (and All of Us)

  
  Kay Steiger — Authority: 116
  Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed a (somewhat final) version of the health care reform bill. There are a lot of good things about this bill. Itll provide coverage to a lot of people that didnt previously have coverage, make health care more affordable, and increase options for health insurance. ...
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• So I Guess Pro-Life Republicans Are Really Pro-Life (Health Care Bill)

  
  Opinionated Catholic — Authority: 149
  Though I still oppose the Health cre bill I am very glad that many of my fellow conservative Catholics are seeing the forest for the trees here. From NRO which I agree with Second-Guessing Stupak [Ramesh Ponnuru] As John McCormack reports , a few conservatives have complained that Republicans shouldnt ...
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• Bart Stupak’s C-Street Sepsis

  
  themcglynn.com/theliberal.net — Authority: 142
  Viewed through the lens of Stupak’s C Street membership, this victory lap (and all the others he has been doing) comes off as what it is: a naked grab for power through hypocritical moralizing. By: emptywheel Sunday November 8, 2009 4:43 am As you read Bart Stupak boasting of taking reproductive choice ...
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• Unemployment extension bill called ‘corporate giveaway’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 667
  WASHINGTON – Last week, as House Democrats took to the floor with near-unanimous praise for legislation to help the unemployed and stimulate the fragile economy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered a wildly different message. “This bill,” he said, “represents a textbook example of how not to deal with the ...
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• News With Nezua | The Potential for Progress

  
  The Unapologetic Mexican — Authority: 514
  Also available in a dark viewing room at The XOLAGRAFIK Theater , and (at 10 am MST this week) at La Frontera Times . Videos are usually uploaded to YouTube, too, so don’t be afraid to drop some estrellas on that badboy! NOTA : Mid Deciembre, La Frontera Times will have a two day exclusive window on ...
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• Tori Amos: Midwinter Graces

  
  D210 TV | Dallas Texas | Entertainment | Celebrity News and Events — Authority: 151
  After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation’s most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic Records. A follow up to Tori’s critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter ...
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• Lieberman’s Hunt for a Lone Wolf?

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 710
  Jim White has two important diaries on Joe Lieberman’s promise to hold hearings on the attack on Fort Hood. In the first , Jim notes that such a hearing will whip up anti-Muslim hysteria. In the second, Jim raises concerns about Nidal Hasan’s interrogation. I think both of Jim’s diaries raise important ...
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• McCaskill: Senate Could Live With Stupak Amendment

  
  The Huffington Post — Authority: 966
  Sen. Claire McCaskill, a pro-choice Democrat from Missouri, said on Monday that she didnt think a provision greatly restricting the ability of woman to access or pay for abortions would be enough to kill a Senate health care bill Appearing on MSNBCs "Morning Joe", McCaskill was asked whether an amendment added by ...
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• Turning the ‘cultural corner’ on the abortion debate

  
  Star City Harbinger — Authority: 472
  Last minute House health care bill amendments signal common ground on contentious issue Last Friday, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops petitioned Congress at the 11th hour to cure what it called a "money-laundering scheme" for using public funds to pay for abortions. Pelosis House reacted swiftly and ...
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• clearing the way for expanding conflicts

  
  The Good Guys Will Win Ha — Authority: 443
  1. Medvedev okays widened possible use of military force abroad MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian president on Monday signed into law a bill expanding the use of the Russian Armed Forces abroad in certain situations. The bill was passed by both houses of the Russian parliament in October. Dmitry ...
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• Iran welcomes nuclear talks, but ignores Wests offers

  
  Radiojurnal.ro (tentative contre la censure) — Authority: 437
             A senior Iranian official has said that Tehran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to its nuclear reactor - despite the countrys apparent rejection of a United Nations plan to curb Irans enriched uranium stockpile. The New York Times reported on Monday that the administration of ...
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• This Week in Congress

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Clerk: 11:33 P.M. -    The House adjourned. Accordingly, pursuant to the previous order of the House of today, the House stands adjourned until 6 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2009, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its adoption ...
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• One More Thing About Bachmann

  
  Dispatches from the Culture Wars — Authority: 682
  I forgot to mention this in my post about meeting Michelle Bachmann. While I was standing there waiting to get a picture with her, she was bragging to her followers around her that the House Republicans had kept bringing up pointless amendments. "We brought up an amendment to delete page one of the bill, then another ...
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• The Weakly Standard, The Gateway Xenophobe, Matt Sludge, Big Gov’Mint and the Chorus of Health Reform Lies

  
  The Long Goodbye — Authority: 121
  Day Break Rocky Coast wallpaper There was super secret contest this weekend among conservative pundits to see who could spin the lie about Speaker Pelosi not posting the House’s version of the health care reform bill 72 hours in advance. Among the contestants were The Weakly Standard, The Gateway Xenophobe, Matt ...
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