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Dems Say Don't Lock In Sequester

Dems Say Don't Lock In Sequester

Get back to funding government. Stop harming the economy. Budget cuts and the sequester are killing the economic recovery and jobs. Several key House and Senate Democrats have come out for cancelling the sequester as part of the current budget negotiations. The House...

Filibusters, Real And Imagined: Real Is Better

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz did a great thing this week. Cruz stood before the Senate and talked for 21-plus hours. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis did a great thing in June. Davis took to the Texas Senate floor and talked for more than 11 hours. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul...

Don’t Just Accept The Sequester

Senate Democrats: Never mind the Obamacare misdirection. Restore pre-sequester spending levels and save the economy. Send the restored budget to the House and use their own shutdown threat against them. Republicans will need Democratic votes to pass this in the House,...

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