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...such political polarization, the filibuster is more necessary than ever. Though Republicans control the White House and the Capitol, our country is strikingly torn on the most glaring political issues currently confronting legislators. The filibuster is what keeps the voices of half the country in the political limelight. Sen. John W. Warner, R-Va. put it best when he told the New York Times “I just look at this institution as really the last bastion of protecting the rights of the minority, and we should be very careful before we try and make any changes...
...both parties now have a litmus test for their judicial nominees on the key issues. This sorry state of politics today, which must change for the good of our country, is preventing any form of compromise. Though Republicans claim benevolent intentions, their motives are transparent; in the words of Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del. and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who wrote a letter to the Republicans, they are “trying to erase the ‘checks and balances’ that exist in our representative democracy, turning the Senate into a rubber stamp for the president...
Last year, Shaheen served as the national chairwoman of Sen. John F. Kerry’s presidential campaign...
...When he got off of Air Force One back in Washington after traveling to his home state of South Carolina last week, Sen. Lindsay Graham told TIME that he had talked to the president about the importance of moving the national conversation about Social Security to specifics. "We need to start talking about a bill," Bush said as he walked to his waiting car. For the White House, that time can't come soon enough...
...Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., addressed an audience of hundreds at the HLS Society for Law, Life, and Religion spring symposium, which this year is focusing on the ethics of cloning and stem cell research...