#dontgo is the Twitter broadcast of the House Republicans action to pressure Pelosi and the Democrats to return to deal with an energy bill.

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The Democratic majority went into recess for five weeks today over the objections of the Republicans. Many Republican Congressmen are refusing to leave.

CSPAN has been shut off. The lights turned off. The sound system was down until they managed to discover the password to turn it back on.

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An indictment in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam’s regime. Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary.

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Navy Times
Retired Lt. Col. Allen West thinks the good people of Florida respect a leader who takes bold action to get results. He’s confident they’ll vote for him in November because of — and in spite of — an incident in which he took the law into his own hands in Iraq to protect his [...]

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50 amendments to cut pork. One passed. I’d like to express my appreciation to Kos and all the other nutroots for electing a Democratic Congress that has accomplished so much.
The Club for Growth has the scorecard. It ain’t pretty.

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Republicans, especially conservative Republicans, have turned into incestuous cannibals over the last few years. We eat our own. It’s time to stop.
Senator Vitter consorted with prostitutes about six years ago. He is, to all reports, a most satisfactory Senator and conservative Republican. I am not at all certain that his mistake deserves the political death [...]

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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, left, greets Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) at Baghdad International Airport, May 30, 2007. Lieberman was visiting Iraq to tour a Baghdad market and meet with American and Iraqi military leaders. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour

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If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement [...]

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How will Hillary Clinton be a Senator from New York and a candidate for President at the same time?

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John Murtha had plenty to say when it came to talking about retreating from Iraq. Nothing to say about John Kerry’s slander of American troops in harm’s way. Retire John Murtha.

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