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Television Archive - The September 11 Attacks

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The Television Archive, an online group that records television news stations for archival purposes, has posted September 11 - 13, 2001 video online available to all.  If you want to rewatch that footage, or do research into that period of time this would be a valuable resource.
This collection contains television news programs recorded live from around September 11, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history.
The September 11th Collection

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Changing Senate Rules

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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

It used to take 51 votes to pass a bill in the Senate. With filibusters becoming more common it's been taking 60 votes to get anything done. Now Republicans think 80-votes should be needed to pass Health-care Reform.

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A Look At The So-Called "Grassroots" Movements

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The Republican Party and Fox News have recently been talking about the so called  "Grassroots movements", similar to the "Tea Parties", recently sweeping the country.  These "movements" claim to be ordinary people, fed up with the government, spontaneously rising up and confronting their representatives.  What's recently been shown and proven however is that just like the "Tea Parties" before them, this has all been orchestrated by powerful right-wing lobbying groups and corporations.  These people have been instructed not only to show their anger, but how to STOP the civil discourse and debate required by a healthy democracy.

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Legistalker - Stalk Your Lawmakers

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Legistalker Legistalker Stalk Your Lawmakers
Legistalker combs a variety of news, social networking, and government sites to pool information about members of the U.S. Congress. Searching for a Senator or Representative will return mentions of that individual in the media, Twitter updates, YouTube videos, Capitol Words—a nifty weighted cloud of the words they've used in interviews and floor speeches—and their voting record which includes what they've introduced and votes yes or no on. If you're tracking multiple people, say all the Senators and Representatives from your state, you can add them to your Watch List and from there in you'll be able to keep an eye on all the updates from all the people on your Watch List in one location. Currently you need to visit the site itself to access your Watch List, hopefully a future feature will be a personalized RSS feed. Legistalker is free and requires no signup.
Legistalker

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