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Showed up to work at the state capital. democrats won so many seats in that election they could do anything they wanted without a single republican vote on anything. democrats not only had the majority in the senate they had super majorities they had the right to override a veto if they wanted to. they had enough to enact anything they wanted that was budget related or tax related for the state. even though those things require a two thirds vote in the state assembly and state senate. and then, of course, by the law of political complacency, you know that things had to start going horribly wro...

Functionally it no longer mattered if elected republicans showed up to work at the state capital. democrats won so many seats in that election they could do anything they wanted without a single republican vote on anything. democrats not only had the majority in the senate they had super majorities they had the right to override a veto if they wanted to. they had enough to enact anything they wanted that was budget related or tax related for the state. even though those things require a two thirds vote in the state assembly and state senate. and then, of course, by the law of political complac...

At 5:30 a.m. local time, fbi agents descended on his property and arrested him in a huge corruption gun running, racketeering drug trafficking sting, and at least one accusation of murder for hire. hundreds of police officers and fbi agents were involved in simultaneous raids in california today. another person arrested was a democratic senator from the great state of california leyland ye, he's a fixture of bay area politics. a leading candidate this will year for the office of serkt of state. that is not going to happen now not when the most rez nant images of you are of you in handcuffs. al...

Senator wright would not resign his senate seat. they put him on a leave of absence, but he's still being paid his state senator salary and still technically holds the seat. they debated kicking him out of the senate. this is the most amazing part. the state senate president explained after that vote the integrity of this institution cannot tolerate a convicted felon in its ranks, but at this time senator wright is not a convicted felon. actually, he totally was he was convicted of eight different felonies in january, and being convicted of a felony is usually what people think makes you a

John walsh was appointed to the senate seat. come november he's going to have to fight to keep it. karl rove's campaign started running ads against him the day he was appointed p.m. even though john walsh is the incumbent senator from montana the candidate running against him already has four times the money. john walsh doesn't have the luxury of just campaigning for what is going to be a hard fight to hold on to that seat. he's a brand spanking new serving senator, as such and as the first ever iraq war veteran to serve in the united states senate, he is introducing new major legislation tomo...