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Flamm commends Senate for reining in filibuster abuse

Flamm commends Senate for reining in filibuster abuse

Matt Flamm, Candidate for Palatine Township Democratic Committeeman, wrote this letter to the Daily Herald: Cokie and Steve Roberts are half right (“Fallout from the ‘nuclear option’ in the Senate,” 12/3/13). They correctly say that “Republicans were totally unjustified in using the filibuster to block three of President Obama’s eminently qualified nominees to t... »

South Carolina memories

what is this? Watching the South Carolina Republican primary results tonight brought back warm memories of the 2008 South Carolina Democratic primary. I was a voter protection lawyer for the Obama campaign assigned to a majority-black rural area southeast of Columbia. The voters were proud of their role in helping to elect America’s first black President. After the polls closed, we returned ... »