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Checking through Joe Biden's Wikipedia page for obvious reasons I found a table that seems to say that he switches between the Republican and Democratic party after each senate term. 1) Am I reading this right? 2) Is that normal for US politicians ? 3) Does this not impact their credibility?

By James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Sens. Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, the closest Senate allies of Sen. John McCain, flew Tuesday to Georgia to "stand in solidarity" with its leaders in the face of the Russian invasion. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, and Graham, a South Carolina Republican, have both been cited as possible Cabinet advisers to ...

A U.S. Senate committee hearing organized to address the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate over ethanol offered confidence to its organizers but More...

Advertisements [ ? ] http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid /4959... WASHINGTON - Democratic senators called on Tuesday for the resignation of Stephen Johnson, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, saying he sided with polluters instead of fighting global warming and other ecological problems. The three senators, all active in the ...

  Recs: 2 I Just Sent a Message to Both of My US Senators Senate Medicare/TRICARE Vote Wednesday A little more than a week ago, Congress failed to pass a Medicare fix (H.R. 6331) by a single vote (59 to 39, when 60 votes were required). This was particularly frustrating since the House previously passed the fix by an overwhelming margin. As a result, a 10.6% cut in ...

Advertisements [ ? ] US senators pledge China currency bill push 07.02.08, 5:40 PM ET By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of four senior U.S. senators vowed on Wednesday to work together on a bill to pressure China and other American trading partners to maintain fair exchange rate policies, after a year of inaction in Congress on once red-...

Some More Equal than Others "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." That is probably the most famous line from George Orwell's Animal Farm, which offered up a thinly veiled critique of Soviet totalitarianism. In the 1945 novel, the phrase is a sardonic reference to political leaders who, contrary to reality, claim they have no more privileges than ordinary ...

Also worth noting that politicians are much less tied to parties in the US than in the UK. Switching allegiances outright is rare, but it's not rare at all to vote with the other party. It happens in virtually every vote in the states, but virtually never in many parliamentary states.

More than one reporter today described Biden as one of the few US senators who's not a millionaire. Is a McCain ad waiting in the wings to prove them wrong?

RESUME John Sidney McCain III Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.   OVERVIEW: Im a much older (72 in August), grumpier, meaner, and crankier George W. Bush. Think of me as a Cheney whos actually served in the military. Still dont get the picture?  Then think of me as the crotchety old man in the Cowardly Dog cartoons.   My solution to most problems?   Bomb, bomb, bomb them. I ...

RESUME John Sidney McCain III Senate Office Building Washington, D.C.   OVERVIEW: Im a much older (72 in August), grumpier, meaner, and crankier George W. Bush. Think of me as a Cheney whos actually served in the military. Still dont get the picture?  Then think of me as the crotchety old man in the Cowardly Dog cartoons.   My solution to most problems?   Bomb, bomb, bomb them. I ...

  Recs: 1 While I don't agree with him on a lot of Political Issues, Joe Biden is a very Respectable and Honorable Man ... I think he Makes a good #2 and probably a better #1 Joe Biden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Biden" redirects here. For other uses, see Biden (disambiguation). Joe Biden ...

The Bubble Boy by georgia10 Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 08:34:40 AM PDT McCain's "Housing Crisis" is about much more than a pampered candidate losing track of how many cribs he and his heiress wife own. McCain's wealth, while certainly on the upper edge of the spectrum, is not an anomaly among candidates. Indeed, both Clinton and Kerry, like McCain, rank among the top ten richest ...