meryl streep, never don't compromise

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is everyone caught up?

congressional leaders managed to strike a deal on a bill, which passed in the house yesterday, and will be voted on by the senate today. nobody is happy, which is the hallmark of a good compromise. and by "a good compromise", i mean "things are worse than ever."

did you guys hear who showed up to cast a vote last minute?

Scores of Democrats initially held back from voting, to force Republicans to register their positions first. Then, as the time for voting wound down, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, returned to the floor for the first time since being shot in January and voted for the bill to jubilant applause and embraces from her colleagues. It provided an unexpected, unifying ending to a fierce standoff in the House. (via)

jon stewart's two cents:

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come on, republicans.

maybe you've been hearing about this debt ceiling crisis that's been gummin' up the works in DC. i don't really feel like explaining it (read a newspaper), but basically we've got to pass a bill to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, an occurrence that most economists agree would have catastrophic effects on the american and world economies.

as happens with pretty much every issue in washington these days, this bill is being held up by a reluctance of both parties to compromise. on friday, before heading off to camp david for the weekend, obama sat down with boehner and they hammered out a deal where both sides gave a little. the republicans would relent on their refusal to allow any tax increases whatsoever, and the democrats would let them put their filthy pawz all over our social security and medicare.

now, both constituencies were p'd-o when they heard what their leaders had offered up, but only one party leader reneged on the deal within 24 hours when his party threw a temper tantrum. i'll let you guess which.

obama's giving a p-conf aaannnny minute:

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