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Larkspur

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October 8, 2013

This is why dumping Lieberman was critical--Senate Dems united in raising debt ceiling

from Joan McCarter, Daily Kos

Senate Democrats united in raising debt ceiling

Sen. Dick Durbin, (D-IL), second-in-command in Senate leadership, says that Senate Democrats are united in passing a clean debt ceiling hike this week.
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Remarkable things happen when Democrats are united. Like making it easier for six Republicans who aren't complete nihilists (or completely full of shit like Sen. John Cornyn) to stop the nonsense and raise the debt ceiling.
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And a bonus -- we don't have to listen to Sanctimonious Joe moan on about the need for bipartisanship and watching him work hard to stab Democrats in the front and back. Hell, even Faux News hasn't drag him in from oblivion to chastise Democrats for behaving like Democrats.

Now we need to keep working on getting more Progressive Dems elected to help put in practice FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights.

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