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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Watch: Van Hollen: Boehner 'Captured By Tea Party'
Rep. Chris Van Hollen D-MD., says, Obama has not "overstepped his authority."
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=51dc5c39ea8e06a7a406caff6c57bfd5
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Liberal groups to push Obama on jobs plan
A coalition of liberal groups Thursday will call for the Obama administration to put out a detailed plan to create jobs and urge both parties to stop focusing so much on the federal budget deficit.
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Thiessen: Al-Qaeda's American-bred leadership
In recent days, critics in this section have pounded Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) for holding hearings to examine radicalization in the American Muslim community. They've accused him of "providing fuel for bigots" and "stoking irrational fears." Really? It is hardly irrational for the chairman House ...
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Budget deal close with $33B in cuts
But Dems worry Obama could be nibbled to death.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52267.html
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wisconsin judge reiterates that budget repair bill is not in effect
A judge in Wisconsin has reiterated that the budget repair bill stripping collective bargaining rights for state workers is not currently law. Wisconsin reporter Jessica Arp on Twitter:
New order adds in any further implementation, to issue declaration that act has not been published, says act is not in effect.
Even though the same judge had already issued a temporary retraining order preventing the law from going into effect on March 18th, this reiteration of the restraining order was necessary because last Friday Wisconsin Republicans believed they had found a loophole and, as such, were acting as though the law was in effect.
Despite controversy over the budget repair bill's legal status, the Department of Administration began instituting the law Monday by withholding contributions for pensions and health care from wages and restoring money previously taken for union dues.DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said he believes the law has legally taken effect.
This time around, the judge not only made it clear that the law was not in effect, but that continuing to act as though it was in effect would carry serious consequences for members of Scott Walker's administration.:
"Now that I've made my earlier order as clear as it possibly can be, I must state that those who act in open and willful defiance of the court order place not only themselves at peril of sanctions, they also jeopardize the financial and the governmental stability of the state of Wisconsin," [Judge] Sumi said.
Hopefully this is clear enough for Wisconsin Republicans.
On our end, we need to remember that this is just a temporary restraining order. The judge wants more testimony before ruling on whether the way the bill was passed violated Wisconsin's open meeting law.
Further, the judge has noted that Republicans could solve this problem simply by re-passing the bill after giving 24 hours notice. As near as I can tell, the only reason they have not already done that, and thus allowed the budget repair bill to take effect, is because it would require them to admit they did something wrong. These days, Republicans in Wisconsin seem to consider such admissions of error, even small ones, to be the worst crimes they could possibly commit.
For more discussion of the unfolding judicial action in Wisconsin, check out the rec list diary by KingofSpades.
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Obama Prays 'a Lot' Amid Crises
President Obama says he's been doing "a lot of praying" amid the foreign and domestic crises his administration has weathered in recent weeks and during the first two years of his term.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=2cae17b1dbf98848855133621cdb496a
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