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Purcell said that the IOP has worked to create an offering of internships that represents a diverse array of political opportunities—including new placements at the Republican National Committee and the offices of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg...
...weeks ago, when Reid yanked a bipartisan jobs bill that was hammered out by Democrat Max Baucus and Republican Chuck Grassley, it looked like he was on course to do the same thing he did with health care reform: pull a bipartisan deal and replace it with a partisan bill. But that barely worked when the Democrats had 60 votes - so how could Reid hope to ram something through now, when he's one vote short of stopping a Republican filibuster? (See pictures of Republican memorabilia...
...Given last year's experience, it seems likely that Reid will again move to limit amendments. But doing so is a controversial move that angers Republicans, who have used it as Exhibit A of how Democrats in Congress aren't extending the bipartisan olive branch pushed by President Barack Obama. "Standard Harry Reid," says Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican. "No bipartisanship. Just ram it through. Just pick off a few Republicans. That's been their strategy from the beginning." (Watch a video about why Harry Reid encouraged Barack Obama to run for President...
...Reid's office says that limiting amendments is hardly a new practice and that Republican leaders indulged in it repeatedly when they were in power. In the wake of the jobs bill success, he is dusting off a long list of popular bills, like the tourism legislation, that will be hard for Republicans to vote against, including a package that extends unemployment insurance, health care benefits for the unemployed and tax breaks for companies; a bill to help ease credit for small businesses; the Federal Aviation Administration's reauthorization, a bipartisan measure that has been kicking around Congress for three...
...diners. Not to be outdone, members of the ruling conservative Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) have also fretted over Quick's menu change. UMP secretary general Xavier Bertrand says it is undermining France's secular, integrationist social model, while UMP parliamentarian Richard Mallié salutes Vandierendonck's "republican combat...