Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 38 filibuster 35 GOP filibuster 34 cramdown 34 invoke cloture 34 procedural hurdles 34 Egyptian brokered truce 34 deadlock 33 pacify 33 Egyptian mediated 33 normalize ties 33 veto override 33 detente 33 soothe tensions 33 mend ties 32 stalemate 32 quell sectarian 32 filibusters 32 cloture 32 normalize relations 32 liberalization 31 shuttle diplomacy 31 rapprochement 31 cloture vote 31 Handset makers 31 impasse 31 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 31 frenzied 31 former paratroop commander 31 procedural hurdle 30 Majority Leader Harry Reid 30 tortuous negotiations 30 blockade 30 chaotic scenes 30 ease tensions 30 bitterly partisan 30 troop surge 30 reunify 30 quell unrest 30 procedural maneuver 30 AMT fix 30 Easter recess 30 stalling tactics 29 disarm 29 ANWR drilling 29 democratic reforms 29 revive flagging 29 legislation 29 delaying tactics 29 quell 29 repeal 29 Waxman Markey bill 29 Joe Lieberman I-Conn. 29 placate 29 partisan sniping 29 détente 29 Realpolitik 29 lawmakers 29 bloodshed 29 Mukasey confirmation 29 partisan rancor 29 partisan gridlock 29 speculative inflows 29 overcome procedural hurdles 29 A#.# trillion [002] 28 AMT patch 28 slanging match 28 catchall spending 28 Mitch McConnell R-Ky. 28 defuse tensions 28 Majority Leader Bill Frist 28 increasingly acrimonious 28 informal truce 28 warrantless spying 28 postelection session 28 retroactive immunity 28 partisan wrangling 28 conciliation 28 reconciliatory 28 DADT repeal 28 resurgent Taliban 28 mutual recriminations 28 rebellion 28 overthrow 28 mend fences 28 Mideast peace 28 saber rattling 28 resistence 28 horsetrading 27 crisis 27 reconciliation 27 Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement 27 brinkmanship 27 reconcile 27 prod 27 bipartisanship 27 troop pullback 27 Seoul Dongguk University 27 overturn Roe 27 frantic 27 DISCLOSE Act 27 lame duck session