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		<title>Franken: It used to be that the filibuster was reserved for matters of great principle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Al Franken was one of a number of Senate Democrats that went on the offensive yesterday, criticizing Republicans for their constant use of the filibuster in even the most routine situations. Franken highlighted one judicial nominee who was filibustered despite an eventual unanimous vote&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;99 to 0&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;to confirm her. He noted that the filibuster has become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/franken-it-used-to-be-that-the-filibuster-was-reserved-for-matters-of-great-principle/</link>
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		<title>Have you been counted?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put my census in the mail today. If you haven&#8217;t already done so, please fill out yours today. The form took me maybe five minutes to fill out for my&#160;household.
This isn&#8217;t a political issue, or at least it shouldn&#8217;t be. This is about complying with our constitution and making sure our government has the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/have-you-been-counted/</link>
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		<title>Definition: Ramming it through</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ramming it through: To pass a policy that you campaigned on with a majority&#160;vote.
You may be a bit confused because the definition has changed. Under Republican rule, it was known as&#160;Democracy.
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		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/definition-ramming-it-through/</link>
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		<title>When winning is everything</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) admitted yesterday that Senate Republicans will opt to win political points instead of trying to improve the health reform bill. Once the House passes the Senate&#8217;s health reform bill, health reform will become law with or without reconciliation. Reconciliation will simply make a number of small changes, most of which can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/when-winning-is-everything/</link>
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		<title>How many jobs will Pawlenty&#8217;s vetos cost?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote that they would cost around 5,000 jobs, but I also said I&#8217;d go into a bit more&#160;detail.
Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have access to any raw data to determine how many jobs the bonding bill will create. What I do have is access to a number of estimates by people who do have the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/how-many-jobs-will-pawlentys-vetos-cost/</link>
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		<title>Yet another failure of negotiation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the session, Tim Pawlenty proposed a $685 million bonding bill. In what appeared at the time to be an effort to negotiate in good faith, he said that he wouldn&#8217;t sign anything over $725 million. Then, after the Legislature passed a much larger bill, he appeared briefly to be willing to&#160;negotiate:
[Budget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/yet-another-failure-of-negotiation/</link>
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		<title>GOP: Everything is on the table, except liberal ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama proposed a deficit commission to develop a long-range plan for balancing the budget, for some bizarre reason Republicans were against it. I think they simply opposed it because their knee-jerk reaction is to oppose every single thing Obama says. Heck, when the Obama girls got their puppy, I was surprised not to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/gop-everything-is-on-the-table-except-liberal-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Supreme Court skeptical about Pawlenty administration&#8217;s unallotment claims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope those of you who had a chance to listen to the Supreme Court unallotment hearing will chime in with your reactions. I thought the justices sounded very suspicious of the Pawlenty administration&#8217;s arguments, although you can never be sure how much of that is simply them playing devil&#8217;s&#160;advocate.
More importantly, listening to Pawlenty&#8217;s lawyers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/supreme-court-skeptical-about-pawlenty-administrations-unallotment-claims/</link>
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		<title>BREAKING: Pawlenty slashes 5,000 jobs from bonding bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I predicted, Tim Pawlenty did not compromise with DFL legislators. In fact, he slashed the bonding / jobs bill to even less than his original request&#8201;&#8212;&#8201;down to $680 million. Estimating the number of jobs that this money would have produced is tricky, but based on estimates made by a variety analysts earlier in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/breaking-pawlenty-slashes-5000-jobs-from-bonding-bill/</link>
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		<title>Live coverage of unallotment arguments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Pawlenty administration&#8217;s appeal of the ruling against his illegal unallotment actions. The district court ruled that Pawlenty needs to honor the separation of powers found in our constitution, and that he does not get to unilaterally make law. Pawlenty appealed, bringing an enormously important case to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mnpublius.com/2010/03/live-coverage-of-unallotment-arguments/</link>
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