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Striker 1909: Jeff Bridges With the Final Speech From The Contender

  Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Great speech from The Contender by Jeff Bridges who played the President in this movie. Not a very realistic scene as far as how they put the U.S. House chamber … Continue reading

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Paramount Movies: The Contender 2000- A Movie About the Right of Privacy For Public Officials

Source: This piece was originally posted at FRS Daily Press The Contender movie from 2000 came about almost three years after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke and two years after President Clinton was impeached in the House on a party-line vote. … Continue reading

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U.S. Senate Democrats: Video: Senator John Tester: Taking Care of Veterans is a Cost of Going to War

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator John Tester with the lines of the veterans affairs debate. Senator Bernie Sanders, “that if you can afford to send your soldiers to war, … Continue reading

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VOA News: Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat At some point Congressional Republicans are going to have to decide if they want to solve the Texas border crisis, or keep it going to use it against President Obama and … Continue reading

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AP: Raw Video: U.S. Senate Block President Obama’s Pick For Civil Rights Post

Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Wow, President Obama losing a vote on one of his executive nominations in a Democratic … Continue reading

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▶ U.S. Senate Democrats: Video: Leader Harry Reid To Republicans: It’s Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing

FRS FreeState on Facebook ▶ Leader Harry Reid to Republicans: It’s Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing – YouTube. Looks like Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have a compromise in the Senate. That would not … Continue reading

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ABC News: This Week’s Powerhouse Roundtable Takes on the Government Shutdown Showdown

If the Democratic Senate comes up with a bipartisan agreement led by Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. And it passes with around seventy votes or more with only Tea Party Republicans voting against it for the most … Continue reading

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Democratic Rapid Response: Video: Speaker John Boehner’s Government Shutdown Rhetoric

Speaker John Boehner’s Government Shutdown Rhetoric YouTube. See even Speaker John Boehner the top Republican in the United States believes that attaching so-called ObamaCare language. To a government funding bill and risking a government shutdown is a bad idea at … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Raw Video- President Obama- Not at All Resigned to a Shutdown

Source: Associated Press: Raw Video- President Obama Not At All Resigned to a Shutdown President Obama and Congressional Democrats have the high ground here holding the Senate and White House. Reelected last year with the Affordable Care Act as a big … Continue reading

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AP: Video: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’ Profile Raised After All-night Talkathon

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s Profile Raised After All-Night Talkathon – YouTube. Senator Ted Cruz is one of the biggest waste of times that Congress has ever seen. Which is seriously saying something to spend all of that time and to … Continue reading

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