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  • Secret 'Holds' Elimination in the Senate
    June 28, 2010
    For years, members of the minority party in the Senate have log-jammed the appointment process by being able to place secret holds on candidates without ever having to justify their decisions.
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  • Saving Social Security
    June 13, 2010
    The Social Security program is facing a well-publicized cash flow issue in the coming years, and actually will be paying out more this year than it is taking in, well ahead of the 15-20 years most thought it would take for this to occur.
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  • Members and Their Money
    May 23, 2010
    As financial reform legislation is being debated in the Capitol, members of both parties, even those with said legislation before their committees, are reaping the benefits of Wall Street's coffers through an endless stream of fundraisers.
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  • Incumbent Losses
    May 19, 2010
    We would like to congratulate both primary winners Joe Sestak (PA) and Rand Paul (KY) on their victories in what we hope is only the beginning of a changing of the guard in Washington, DC.
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  • Loosening Restrictions on Questioning
    May 09, 2010
    In the aftermath of the attempted New York City car bombing, significant changes to the subsequent rights of the landmark 1966 Miranda court case are being considered.
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  • Greece a Snap-shot of U.S. Future?
    April 23, 2010
    With Greece teetering on the edge of defaulting on its loans, the U.S. needs to heed the warnings of this Mediterranean crisis as a potential signal of things to come in the U.S.
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