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Bill Clinton says he never had a filibuster-proof Senate

April 18, 2010

"I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."

In veto message, Crist compares passage of SB 6 to health care bill

April 16, 2010

The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.

Sen. Richard Shelby overlooks safeguards in financial regulation bill

April 16, 2010

"The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any…

Cohen claims there are more tax cuts this year than almost any other in history

April 16, 2010

"The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."

Rick Green says more than half of past justices on Texas Supreme Court lacked prior time on bench

April 16, 2010

"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had…

Palin says Americans spend 100 days paying off their tax burden

April 16, 2010

"Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves."

Bill White objects to what he calls “Soviet-style” budget management by Republican leaders

April 15, 2010

Says Republican state leaders are using "Soviet-style" budget management.

Florida Republican says Charlie Crist wasn’t always against GOP led teacher tenure bill

April 15, 2010

Crist sent his "top policy staffer to the House Committee to testify in support of the proposal," then vetoed the bill.

Gingrich says that only millionaires paid first U.S. income tax

April 15, 2010

When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."

Toobin says a Supreme Court nominee has never been filibustered successfully

April 14, 2010

"A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange tells Colbert permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used

April 14, 2010

"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."

Colbert claims Justice John Paul Stevens is the last Protestant on the Supreme Court

April 14, 2010

John Paul Stevens is the only Protestant on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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