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	<title>Comments on: Opening The Floor Debate</title>
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		<title>By: dsws</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/02/17/opening-the-floor-debate/#comment-13153</link>
		<dc:creator>dsws</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;... budget reconciliation. It hasn&#039;t happened yet, but that&#039;s due to the calendar -- such maneuvers happen much later in the budgeting process&quot;

That&#039;s what I thought.  So you can hardly blame Democrats for not passing a budget, unless you go back to before Ted Kennedy died.  The haven&#039;t had the votes, even if they could get unanimity within their caucus.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"... budget reconciliation. It hasn't happened yet, but that's due to the calendar -- such maneuvers happen much later in the budgeting process"</p>
<p>That's what I thought.  So you can hardly blame Democrats for not passing a budget, unless you go back to before Ted Kennedy died.  The haven't had the votes, even if they could get unanimity within their caucus.</p>
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		<title>By: Michale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are so many things that Republicans are doing now that Democrats did in their time, it&#039;s impossible to list them all...

Just goes to prove what I have always said..

Democrats and Republicans are simply two sides of the same corrupt and pathetic coin..


Michale.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many things that Republicans are doing now that Democrats did in their time, it's impossible to list them all...</p>
<p>Just goes to prove what I have always said..</p>
<p>Democrats and Republicans are simply two sides of the same corrupt and pathetic coin..</p>
<p>Michale.....</p>
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