Senate Democrats have passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system today with a 60 vote majority.  In the aftermath, Republicans charged that the bill is a tarnished product of backroom deals, with some going so far as to declare it illegal.   According to The Los Angeles Times, GOP senators questioned a deal struck...
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“Self-defense is not only a right, it’s an inherent right. If you don’t get that, you don’t deserve a spot on the Supreme Court,” warned Wayne LaPierre, Executive VP of the National Rifle Association. Although they put up a good fight in opposition to Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation as the newest Supreme Court Justice, it...
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Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial. For all the pointed questioning in a grueling, daylong hearing, there was little doubt that President Barack Obama’s first...
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