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Politico zings Norm with free suit offer.

 Ben Smith calls JoS. A. Bank’s free-suit-if-you-lose-your-job program a "sign of the times" and pokes some fun at former Senator Norm Coleman, whose shopping donor-funded shopping sprees at Niemen Marcus potentially violated …
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McConnell Confirms: Party of No Won’t Offer Federal Budget Alternatives.

On This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that the “Party of No” will not be offering any alternatives to President Obama’s budget, instead choosing to …
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Bachman’s Earmark Phib.

On Fox Business yesterday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined the long parade of members of Congress who rail against earmarks while requesting their own. But Bachmann took her hypocrisy a …
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“We all remember Bush v. Gore”.

Franken holds a 225-vote lead after a hand recount of ballots cast in November. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Friday that Coleman’s fight to hold on to …
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Sesame Street Layoffs.

  New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms that the recession has lead to higher unemployment in every state.  Nationally, about 4.4 million workers have been laid off …
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Coleman Camp Breaks Law, Plays Politics.

Norm Coleman’s legal drama took an interesting turn yesterday, when Wikileaks.org posted spreadsheets of campaign databases, which contained redacted credit card numbers, confidential security codes, and personal contact information of …
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Updated: Citigroup Doesn’t Support Workers, Despite Workers Supporting Its Survival.

Update: Via Feministe…Credo Action has a petition you can sign to stop banks from using their bailout funds to lobby for Wal-Mart. Head on over and add your name.    …
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March Badness Update: Norm Loses to Boehner.

The Norm Coleman legal soap opera seems more like a 15-round boxing match, but it’s March and we can only use so many sports metaphors at one time. Our friends …