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发帖数: 4174 | 1 WASHINGTON -- Next month, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be voting on
legislation to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, an important step
forward in the fight for equality for same-sex couples.
"Next month, I will call up the Respect for Marriage Act for debate and a
vote in the Judiciary Committee," said committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-
Vt.) in a statement on Friday. "The Respect for Marriage Act would repeal
the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents thousands of American fa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Posted on Advocate.com November 18, 2011 08:58:30 PM ET
Bill to Give Federal Workers DP Benefits Introduced
By Trudy Ring
Legislation was introduced today in the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives to provide for domestic-partner benefits for federal
government employees.
Independent senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Republican Susan
Collins of Maine introduced the bill in the Senate, as they have in previous
sessions. Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, who is one of the four
openl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 3 Just one (more) dark page of American history that still haunts today. It
makes one almost shiver knowing these sorts of stuff.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jJ6AloB4tUje4
NC panel: Sterilization victims should get $50K
By MARTHA WAGGONER, Associated Press – 5 hours ago
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People sterilized against their will under a
discredited North Carolina state program should each be paid $50,000, a task
force voted Tuesday, marking the first time a state has moved to c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 4 Substantial LGBT Support for Pro-Equality GOP Lawmakers in New York
By Andrew Harmon
NEW YORK EMPIRE STATE BUILDING RAINBOW X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
A group of Republican state senators in New York who stepped out in support
of marriage equality last summer continues to reap significant campaign
contributions from the LGBT community.
The New York Timesreports on the lawmakers, Senators Stephen Saland, Roy
McDonald, Mark Grisanti, and James Alesi:
The support for the four senators, whose votes ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 5 A number of large-city mayors in the US have formed a coalition with the
hope to achieve same-sex marriage equality.
The group have joined together with a view to increasing the pressure on
President Barack Obama and to achieve full support of equal marriage rights
nationwide.
The combined effort has been organised by Freedom to Marry, a group
campaigning for country-wide acceptance of gay marriage, and an end to ‘
federal marriage discrimination.’
Freedom to Marry are planning to hold a press c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 By Julie Bolcer
MARTIN OMALLEY X390
Maryland governor Martin O’Malley introduced marriage equality legislation
Monday with clarification on protections for religious institutions and
leaders.
A survey commissioned in October by the Human Rights Campaign and conducted
by the Garin Hart Yang polling firm showed that 51 percent would support
same-sex marriage in Maryland if the issue went to referendum.
Another poll, conducted by Gonzales Research and Marketing Strategies, that
surveyed voters abou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 7 Washington Gay Marriage Bill Clears Senate Committee
By Julie Bolcer
OLYMPIA CAPITOL BUILDING WASHINGTON X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
The marriage equality bill in Washington state moved one step closer to
becoming law on Thursday when a senate committee advanced the measure to the
floor for a vote.
According to the Associated Press, “The Government Operations, Tribal
Relations & Elections Committee approved the measure with a 4-3 voice vote
split on party lines. The bill is expected to head to a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 8 http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2012/02/02/1623173.html
...其次，面对过去二十多年来中共政权不仅没有崩溃，而且充满恢复和适应能力的历
史事实，这些西方学者一方面没有改变基本的价值和信念判断，即制约与平衡是一个政
治体制生存和发展的前提，这是一个普世价值，不能也不应修正；但另一方面，他们的
观点中开始出现一个新的学术假设：中共内部也许存在一些具有中国和中共特色的制约
和平衡机制。
最后，为了实证研究中共内部是否存在制约与平衡的机制，其中一个切入点就是研究中
共九位常委产生的过程，旨在观察最高中共领导人的产生，是否经过长期的博弈和妥协
？尤其是九位常委在担任常委前和担任常委后所表现的执政偏好和政策优先，是否代表
不同的社会经济利益集团和特定的区域利益？
对此，Richard Baum认为，“关于列宁主义（国家）转型的成功例子，是史无前例的。
所以，就不存在第二手的研究文献（可供参考）。这样，中国和中国政治研究的领域就
进入了独一无二（sui generis）的领地。以前集权制度转型的例子，已经不足以解释
或预测中国进化的问题。”23
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 New Jersey Assembly Panel Advances Gay Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer
NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSE (SCOTT MCPHERSON) | ADVOCATE.COM
The New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee approved the marriage equality
bill in a vote Thursday afternoon, promising to escalate the standoff
between Democratic lawmakers and Republican governor Chris Christie, who has
vowed to veto the legislation.
In its first-ever hearing in the Assembly, the Marriage Equality and
Religious Exemption Act bill passed the panel Thursda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 10 Posted on Advocate.com February 16, 2012 10:40:00 AM ET
Maryland House Close to Passing Gay Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer and Andrew Harmon
MDDelegateWadeKachx390 (Screengrab) | Advocate.com
Wade Kach
The Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to begin debate on a marriage
equality bill Thursday as advocates move closer to securing the number of
votes needed to pass the legislation. A final vote could come as soon as
Friday.
On Thursday morning, Delegate Wade Kach from Baltimore County become ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 Maryland Senate to Debate Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer
MARYLAND MARRIAGE WATCH X390 (SCOTT MCPHERSON/PHOTOS.COM) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Maryland Senate is expected to begin debate on the marriage equality
bill Thursday as opponents plan amendments intended to derail the
proposal
that narrowly passed the House of Delegates last week.
The Associated Press reports that Senate President Thomas V. Mike
Miller,
who postponed the debate from Wednesday upon request of Republican
leaders,
said that discussi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 12 REPEAL REJECTED: New Hampshire Sticks With Marriage Equality
By Lucas Grindley and Andrew Harmon
JOHN LYNCH DAVID BATES X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
John Lynch, David Bates
A Republican-led effort to repeal marriage equality in New Hampshire
decisively failed today. Lawmakers voted against the repeal, against
replacing marriage with civil unions, and against putting it up to a voter
referendum.
Just to ensure the message was clear, Republican Rep. Seth Cohn, who
supports marriage equality, propose... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 13 最后面说道，marriage equality已经成为了一个bipartisan value
共和党支持同性婚姻的也越来越多了。 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 14 By Andrew Harmon
Ryan Truman 390x | Advocate.com
Lucy Truman (left) and Kelli Ryan, who along with four other binational
couples filed suit against DOMA on Monday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of married, same-sex binational couples has sued
the federal government, claiming that the Defense of Marriage Act, which
has long barred equal immigration sponsorship privileges, is
unconstitutional.
Five couples — one of whom first met more than 30 years ago, another who
had shuffled between the United Stat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 15 Posted on Advocate.com April 25, 2012 07:27:10 PM ET
Civil Union Bill Approved in Colorado Senate
The Colorado state senate approved a civil unions bill on its second reading
Wednesday. A third and final senate vote will take place before the
legislation heads to the Republican-majority House.
By Michelle Garcia
The Colorado state senate approved a civil unions bill on its second reading
Wednesday. A third and final senate vote will take place before the
legislation heads to the Republican-major... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Mark Gerardy · Top Commenter · Elizabeth, Colorado
Civil Unions actually have some strong and significant bipartisan support in
the Colorado legislature. Coloradans for Freedom, a group of prominent
Republicans, created quite a stir when they came out in favor of Civil Union
legislation. Republicans in Colorado, in many cases (especially in Denver)
are much more moderate than Washington D.C. counterparts. |
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发帖数: 4174 | 17 May 10th, 2012 at 12:46 pm by Ted Nesi under Nesi's Notes, On the Main Site
It’s been clear for a long time that a majority of Rhode Island House
Democrats (and likely a Republican or two) support legalizing same-sex
marriage, and Governor Chafee has always said he’d sign such a bill into
law.
That’s kept all eyes on the Rhode Island Senate – particularly Senate
President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, D-Newport, a devout Catholic who opposes gay
marriage, and the conservative Senate Judiciary Committee ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 One-hundred thirty members of Congress filed a joint amicus brief supportive
of a lesbian couple challenging the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in
court.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all four openly gay members of the House,
representatives Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, David Cicilline, and Jared
Polis signed the brief released Tuesday for Golinski v. Office of Personnel
Management. Karen Golinski, a federal court employee, sued the government
after being denied equal spousal benefits for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 Edith Windsor, an 83-year-old New York widow forced to pay more than $363,
000 in estate taxes because the federal government did not recognize her
marriage to her late spouse Thea Spyer, filed a petition Monday asking the
Supreme Court to hear her challenge against the Defense of Marriage Act.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the petition, known as a writ of
certiorari, on behalf of Windsor with Roberta Kaplan and others attorneys
from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine
Quinn filed a brief Wednesday joining their constituent, Edith Windsor, in
asking the Supreme Court to hear her challenge against the Defense of
Marriage Act.
Windsor, 83, is suing the federal government over $363,000 in estate taxes
she was forced to pay after her spouse, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. The couple
was together for more than 40 years and had married in Canada in 2007, but
because of section 3 of DOMA, the federal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 21 OBAMA：ROMNEY昨天的CNN／OPINION RESEARCH ５２：４５， FOX NEWS ４９：４０，
今天虽然是GALLOP ４６：４６，RASMUSSEN ４３：４７，但不影响我的看法。越看越
觉得ROMNEY没戏，同意老散。就是共和党里我也从来没见过这么矬的候选人，性格不讨
喜，不会说话，走到哪儿人得罪到哪儿；政策方面老调重谈没具体内容；还一PG屎，成
功经商的优势变劣势，要求他公开税表的呼声可是BIPARTISAN的，他只有两种选择：不
公开税表、败选；公开税表、败选；更别提FLIP－FLOP，不能自圆其说。据说共和党在
逼ROMNEY选PAUL RYAN做VP，那就更妙了，FLORIDA不想要了。
再看OBAMA和人互动，自然亲切，和他的政策做的事一致，是个好人。而且性格稳重，
没什么丑闻、GAFFE。当然我看OBAMA是BIASED。
１１／６我只关心国会选举和几个同性婚姻公投，然后安心等明年最高法院废除DOMA
SECTION ３，准备结婚。 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 NEW YORK — A divided federal appeals court in Manhattan struck down the
Defense of Marriage Act Thursday as unconstitutional, joining an appeals
court in Boston in rejecting the law that defines marriage as between a man
and a woman. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the case in the next
year.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its 2-to-1 ruling only weeks
after hearing arguments on a lower court judge's findings that the 1996 law
was unconstitutional.
The majority opinion writt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_c
On April 28, 1996, a gunman opened fire on tourists in a seaside resort in
Port Arthur, Tasmania. By the time he was finished, he had killed 35 people
and wounded 23 more. It was the worst mass murder in Australia’s history.
Twelve days later, Australia’s government did something remarkable. Led by
newly elected conservative Prime Minister John Howard, it announced a
bipartisan deal with state and local governments to enact sweeping... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 真是个无能的总统，只能选ROMNEY或是他，悲哀！
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/obama-social-security-
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, with his latest fiscal cliff offer,
proposes extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone earning less than $400,000
a year, and paying for it by increasing taxes on the middle class and
cutting Social Security and Medicare.
Obama's offer would allow the payroll tax holiday to expire, meaning middle
class workers will see smaller paychecks in 2013. Economists have warned
th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 25 Will Same-Sex Couples Be Protected In Immigration Reform?
President Obama's immigration reform proposals may include gay couples, but
will Congress take heed?
BY MICHELLE GARCIA JANUARY 29 2013 12:10 PM ET
President Barack Obama is expected to propose that same-sex binational
couples should be able to receive the same citizenship rights that
heterosexual binational couples have.
As Congress ramps up debate on comprehensive immigration reform, Obama's
speech in Las Vegas Tuesday will outline all ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 A coalition supporting the freedom to marry has launched a $1 million
campaign highlighting endorsements from leaders across the political
spectrum, including President Obama and several high-profile former
Republican leaders.
The Respect for Marriage Coalition, comprised of more than 80 LGBT civil
rights and business organizations, today launched its first television ad,
featuring supportive statements on marriage equality from Obama, former Vice
President Dick Cheney, former First Lady Laura B... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 27 The drive to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota has received a boost,
as a Republican state senator prepares to cross party lines and join the
effort.
"At this point, I am concerned about doing the right thing," state Sen.
Branden Petersen (R) told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "I have a certain
amount of peace about that, and I will let the chips fall where they may."
If Petersen signs on to the same-sex marriage bill expected to be introduced
this week, he would be the first Republican la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 28 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/23/172767887/obama-
by Shula Neuman
February 23, 201312:24 PM
The Obama administration is following through on its relatively newfound
support of gay marriage. On Friday, the administration filed a legal brief
with the Justice Department that urges the Supreme Court to strike down a
key part of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The brief formally asks the court to declare unconstitutional a specific
part of DOMA called Section 3. That's the part that bars r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 312 | 29 阿拉斯加参议员Lisa Murkowski支持同性婚姻, 她是第三位支持同性婚姻的GOP联邦参
议员, 看来同性婚姻合法化真的挡不住了.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/19/lisa-mur
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has endorsed gay marriage, becoming the third
Republican to do so.
In a statement on her website, Murkowski said supporting same-sex marriage
is consistent with her values as a "lifelong Republican" who believes in "
promoting freedom and limiting the reach of government."
"I support the right of all Americans to marry the person they ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 30 http://nyti.ms/LKYVce
Mark R. Herring, the Virginia attorney general, center, said that Virginia
had been on the wrong side of other civil rights fights, including
segregation. Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch, via Associated Press
Asserting that Virginia had too often been on the “wrong side” of justice
on civil rights matters, the state attorney general asked a federal court on
Thursday to invalidate the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, calling the
law unconstitutional and oppressive.
The mo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 31 http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/21/obama_signs_histo
Obama Signs Historic LGBT Non-Discrimination Order
By Mark Joseph Stern
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Well done, Mr. President.
Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images
On Monday morning, President Obama signed an executive LGBT non-
discrimination order, barring discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity among federal contractors. The order also
protects all federal employees from discrimination on the bas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6242 | 32 Dear friends --
Our immigration system is broken. It has been for some time.
Right now, there are 11 million people living in a shadow economy. There are
Americans waiting in long lines to reunite with their families. There are
employers who are exploiting the system by hiring undocumented workers, and
that threatens the wages and working conditions of American workers. None of
this is good for the economy, and it isn’t fair for the middle class.
So President Obama is determined to fix this brok... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3205 | 33 $20K for Drumsticks? GSA Blasted for One-Day Quarter-Million Dollar Awards
Conference
By John Parkinson | ABC OTUS News
The General Services Administration is back in Congress's crosshairs today
after the GSA's inspector general reported to Congress on another
installment of "egregious waste of taxpayer dollars" at the beleaguered
government agency.
Just months after the agency was rocked when a lavish 2010 Las Vegas
conference was exposed by the agency's inspector general, GSA is now facing
scr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17544 | 34 http://news.yahoo.com/americanised-world-needed-us-shutdown-chi
Beijing (AFP) - While US politicians grapple with how to reopen their
shuttered government and avoid a potentially disastrous default on their
debt, the world should consider 'de-Americanising', a commentary on China's
official news agency said Sunday.
"As US politicians of both political parties (fail to find a) viable deal to
bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good
time for the befuddled world to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 445 | 35 ICYMI: "Okla. Dem Calls Obama Liberal, Declines To Endorse"
"Boren, the lone Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegate, said that
while Obama has talked about working with Republicans, 'unfortunately, his
record does not reflect working in a bipartisan fashion.' Boren, a self-
described centrist, is seeking a third term this year in a mostly rural
district that stretches across eastern Oklahoma. 'We're much more
conservative,' Boren said of district. 'I've got to reflect my district. No
one |
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发帖数: 2249 | 36 Romney's plan on government budgeting:
Bring Fiscal Discipline And Strong Management To Washington
Establish Strict Spending Limits. Veto domestic nondefense discretionary
appropriations that increase spending by more than inflation minus one
percent.
Conduct Stem-To-Stern Review. Re-examine and evaluate all federal spending
programs to identify waste, duplication, and inefficiencies that can be
eliminated.
Reform Entitlements. In a forthright and bipartisan manner, as President,
Governor Romney |
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发帖数: 29576 | 37 2000年Bush和Gore辩论完了都没觉得谁胜谁负，媒体揪出Gore听着Bush语焉不详而不耐
烦呼吸像是在叹气，咬定Gore没风度，第二天的主流报道就是Gore输了。
那一年媒体有点像现在喜欢Obama一样喜欢Bush，老是设问“whom do you want to
drink a beer with?"做调查。Gore被认为stiff并是serial exaggerator, Bush是down
to earth 和 likable。Karl Rove 给Bush 造的 compassionate conservatism，
bipartisan spirit 和 humble diplomacy 都被媒体惊艳，现在看来没有比这更可笑的
了，有点像现在Obama的bipartisanship&post racial politics.
选了Bush就是这帮主流媒体造的孽,现在又生造出Obama这一尊神， 全是自作自受。 |
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发帖数: 50 | 38 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/mccains_remarks_on_the_economi.html
McCain's Remarks on the Economic Crisis
John McCain
Des Moines, IA
We are in the greatest financial crisis of our lifetimes. Congressional
inaction has put every American and the entire economy at the gravest risk.
Yesterday the country and the world looked to Washington for leadership, and
Congress once again came up empty-handed.
I am disappointed at the lack of resolve and bipartisan good will among
members |
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发帖数: 110 | 39 CROWN POINT, Indiana (CNN) -- More than 2,000 voter registration forms filed
in northern Indiana's Lake County by a liberal activist group this week
have turned out to be bogus, election officials said Thursday.
The group -- the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or
ACORN -- already faces allegations of filing fraudulent voter registrations
in Nevada and faces investigations in other states.
And in Lake County, home to the long-depressed steel town of Gary, the
bipartisan Ele |
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发帖数: 2007 | 40 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by
trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief
investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The
politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John
McCain's Republican ticket.
ADVERTISEMENT
Investigator Stephen Branchflower, in a report to a bipartisan panel that
looked into the matter, f |
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发帖数: 195 | 41 还有一个人barkley签了大约10-15次，是ACORN在公共场所劝说他们让他们签的
ACORN的人说他们在工作，工作就是找人签名，然后被要求者Barkley说我是个善良的人，不想让他们失去工作，所以签了一份又一份
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Election officials in Ohio's most populous county have
called on the prosecuting attorney to investigate alleged voter registration
fraud by the community organizing group ACORN.
The bipartisan Cuyahoga County Board of Elections voted unanimously Monday
to ask prosecutor Bill Mason to investigate four incidents of people signing
multiple voter registration forms at the |
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发帖数: 9 | 42 从今往后，不叫大零蛋了。一切从零开始做起。
原来对他的advisors关注不多，
不知道背后有哪些高人。
任命希姐当国务卿，有些不伦不类的感觉。
一个熟悉国内事务的人，跑去弄外交事务。
不过这也无所谓了，
希望希姐确实是因为为了国家，
不是为了个人的政治权利欲接受这个Offer的。
不过如果巴马真的能走bipartisan的道路，还是很不错的。
除了robert gates，还有哪些共和党的人物有可能入阁的？
知道的，说说了。感恩节后答案就揭晓了，这几天可以讨论讨论。 |
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发帖数: 8363 | 43 In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit
the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance
Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday
afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed officials and
the surprise opposition of Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who had
previously been a supporter. |
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发帖数: 61690 | 44 john stewart和这些人可不一样。John的搞笑节目至少是bipartisan.而且john本人也
不会像olbermann这种直接走下三路的。
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio
address on Saturday to assail a Supreme Court ruling this week clearing the
way for corporations to spend freely on political advertisements, calling it
a big victory for special interests and "devastating to the public interest
." He added that his administration is working with Congress to develop a
bipartisan legislative solution to override the ruling.
"The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyis |
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发帖数: 61690 | 46 他要搞 bank regulation, health care, carbon trade, job bill, tax cut,blame
bush, tax increase above $200,000, equal pay, education reform, don't ask
don't tell, freeze the spending. Bipartisan, immigration reform。
现实是除了job bill,education,其他都是口号，今年根本不可能通过的。 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 47 A Time Magazine-Abt SRBI poll in late July 2009 found that a large majority
of Americans (80%) favored a requirement that insurance companies insure
people even if they suffer from pre-existing conditions.[1]
In September 2009, the monthly Kaiser Health Tracking Poll report said:
The public’s most unanimous and bipartisan support is saved for a
proposal to have the federal government require that health insurance
companies cover anyone who applies, even if they have a pre-existing
condition. |
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发帖数: 3299 | 48 Hardball means simple majority. Do NOT include any idea from Repubic in any bill. Just pass it as is. If republics are against anything, no bipartisan committee to negotiate before the draft of a bill. Democrats just draft it and pass it as simple as that if there is no cooperation from Republics. |
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发帖数: 10233 | 49 Whatever, what is this any good for you after all?
You either dont pay any tax living on welfare, or you are true useful idiot.
any bill. Just pass it as is. If republics are against anything, no
bipartisan committee to negotiate before the draft of a bill. Democrats just
draft it and pass it as simple as that if there is no cooperation from
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发帖数: 3299 | 50 Senate Banking Panel Approves Dodd’s Financial Overhaul Bill
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By Alison Vekshin
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate Banking Committee passed Senator
Christopher Dodd’s plan for overhauling U.S. financial- industry rules
without considering amendments, setting the stage for a floor fight on the
measure after bipartisan talks failed.
The committee voted by 13-10 to approve legislation offered last week by
Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who leads the panel. Oppo |
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