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Late afternoon/early evening open thread

on Sunday Kos …. Mark Sumner thinks that 2010 isn’t just another mid-term election, it’s the real “clash of civilizations” in Hannibal ad portas . While most of the attention on who will be in charge of Congress after November, Steve Singiser will

NFL Drops Objections to Legalizing Online Gambling…

been added to the bill keeping sports betting illegal. This could help the bill get passed in the House. I just wish Congress would quit stalling on it and pass the damn thing

Conservatives Admit Embarrassment [Dispatches from the…

“The GOP controlled Congress from 1994 to 2006: Combine neocon warfare spending with entitlements, farm subsidies, education, water projects and you end up with a GOP welfare/warfare state driving the federal spending machine.” Indeed, “when the GOP took

Rust Belt Offers GOP Chance to Regain Policy Shine

in Congress, the bulwark of their Republican party actually could be found elsewhere, far from Washington.The GOPs real strength in those days was in the states of the upper Midwest, where a group of smart, energetic governors not only held a crucial

Stimulus Money Wasted on a Real ‘Bridge to Nowhere’

Carol Shea-Porter “to come clean and explained to the American people how $1 Trillion dollars was spent on projects like this” in a new web video: Mahoney has urged Congress to stop payment on the balance of the stimulus and to use the remaining

Congress, In the Toilet

likely voters shows how low the Democratic Congress has fallen in the estimation of likely voters. The White House has advised Democrats running for re-election not to talk to voters about their “accomplishments.” No wonder!

Mortgage lenders must register in database

to a national database as part of an effort to crack down on shady operators who fed the real estate bubble. The new requirements were mandated by a bill passed by Congress two… Real estate – Mortgage – Real estate bubble – Business -

Tough Florida Senate fight gets even rougher

Florida. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s campaign announced Monday they’re releasing a new television commercial that slams billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene, who jumped into the race earlier this year. “Meet the real Jeff Greene: Ran for Congress

Tom Udall: Senate Leaders Wanted No Amendments to the…

the unemployment crisis, Udall said, “I don’t agree with that.” Neither does Tim Geithner or the White House, and Conrad should really get put on an island with this. He is the loudest deficit hawk in the United States Congress, except when it