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Tag: Lame Duck Congress

Lame duck imperative: Violence Against Women Act set to expire at end of December

December 14, 2012 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, LGBT, Politics, Public safety, Senate, Violence, Women 3 comments

Time is running out on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  Set to expire at the end of December, VAWA might become the second

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Lame duck alert: Don’t give more tax breaks to the people who need them least

November 16, 2012 Susan Cunningham Budget, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Obama, Politics, Taxes Leave a comment

The dust barely settled after the victory party in Chicago when the number crunchers turned into worker bees with a mission.  As announced in a

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Lame duck to-do list: Extend unemployment benefits

November 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Good government Leave a comment

It’s not just the much-vaunted Bush tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of 2012. Federal emergency unemployment benefits are also

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2012 lame duck to-do list: Stop blocking, start confirming judges

November 14, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Courts Leave a comment

Congress’ 2012 lame-duck session offers an opportunity to do something positive for the America justice system: Unclog the logjam of President Obama’s judicial appointments

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Lame-duck history, Part 2: 1974 – 2012

November 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democrats, Government, History, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

As we approach the lame duck session of the 111th Congress, we can learn a lot from how previous Congresses dealt with this challenging

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Lame-duck history, Part 1: 1940-1970

November 13, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democrats, Government, History, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

With the presidential election over and quite satisfying results for most progressives, the next step in our political process is for the present (111th)

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A progressive “to-do” list for lame-duck Congress

November 12, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Obama Leave a comment

There’s still time to push the progressive agenda forward in Congress before the big Republican majority takes over in January 2011, and that’s what

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