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Graham Announces Opposition to START Treaty - CBS News


CBS News
Graham Announces Opposition to START Treaty
CBS News
Graham complained of other parts of the legislative agenda of the Senate Majority and outgoing House Majority: "The DREAM Act, we've had two votes on the ...

Sunday Show Guests Assail Republicans For Blocking The DREAM Act - Think Progress


Sunday Show Guests Assail Republicans For Blocking The DREAM Act
Think Progress
Yesterday, Senate Republicans blocked the DREAM Act from securing 60 votes to pass cloture, denying hundreds of thousands of ...

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BITTER SWEET: Don't Ask Don't Tell Is Repealed, But Dream Act Fails (PHOTOS) - Global Grind


BITTER SWEET: Don't Ask Don't Tell Is Repealed, But Dream Act Fails (PHOTOS)
Global Grind
The Senate has passed a major procedural vote on the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, making it extremely likely that the military's controversial ban on ...

Remember, Remember, the 5 Democrats of December.

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            "<b><u>Five Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the bill.</u></b> They were Senators Max Baucus of Montana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Jon Tester of Montana.<br />


And three Republicans joined the balance of Democrats in favor of it: Robert Bennett of Utah, Richard Lugar of Indiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska." - New York Times

START struggling to get to finish line - Politico


START struggling to get to finish line
Politico
With the tax cut and unemployment insurance extensions inked into law, "don't ask don't tell" repealed and the DREAM Act and omnibus spending bill dead, ...

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Joe Lieberman spearheads 'Don't Ask' repeal, DREAM act dies - The Jewish Week (blog)


Joe Lieberman spearheads 'Don't Ask' repeal, DREAM act dies
The Jewish Week (blog)
... Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. That measure would have provided a path to legal status for the children of illegal immigrants if ...

Get Chicago Alerts - Huffington Post


Get Chicago Alerts
Huffington Post
But today Illinois Senator Mark Kirk joined a Republican filibuster and, with a minority of 41 votes, also blocked the DREAM Act from coming to a vote in ...

What Saturday in the Senate Might Suggest About the Future - Blue Wave News (blog)


What Saturday in the Senate Might Suggest About the Future
Blue Wave News (blog)
A record 55 Senators voted for the DREAM Act in the Senate, though unfortunately due to the Senate's current filibuster rules, that wasn't enough. ...

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