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...Reid is in a particularly tough spot, and he knows the chances of his bill passing are slim to none. Though the Dems will hold at least 57 seats in the next Congress (Alaska, Minnesota and Georgia are still undecided), the Nevada Senator currently doesn't enjoy much of an edge at all. In fact, since Obama resigned his seat on Sunday and Delaware Senator Joe Biden, the Vice President-elect, is unlikely to come to the Hill for votes, reaching the filibuster-proof 60-vote barrier is tougher than ever...
...assistance. On Thursday, though, the firm said it had applied to receive TARP funds. The company's shares rallied on the news to a recent $1.98. Colonial, based in Montgomery, Ala., is one of the nation's largest regional banks, with more than 340 branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Texas, and $16.8 billion in customers' deposits...
...game that teaches something to our fellow Mexicans." Poncho and other ski-masked comrades play polleros, or chicken herders - the human smugglers who guide wannabe migrants over the deserts and rivers into the U.S. Having made the real journey dozens of times to work as a gardener in Nevada, Poncho is well versed in mimicking the polleros' tactics closely. He moves swiftly over the side of the mountain, commanding participants with authority and ordering them to hold tight in the brambles for long periods and then suddenly sprint for miles...
Republicans over the past weeks have made it clear they'd welcome Lieberman if he chooses to defect. "Joe Lieberman is certainly going to be a wild card," Senator John Ensign, a Nevada Republican, told MSNBC last week. "And it depends - you know, we welcome Joe. I think Joe's a terrific guy with a lot of integrity and does what he believes...
...succeeded in delivering the Republicans two consecutive presidential elections couldn’t be counted on for a third. Many may have believed that Barack Obama was too smart, too black, or even too “Muslim” to be accepted by voters from New Hampshire to Nevada, but the American voters have proven them wrong. As Barack Obama frequently says, his is a uniquely American story. That this self-described “skinny kid with a funny name” can rise to the highest office in the nation is a testament to the power...