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(Click for frequent words.) 64 partisan bickering 62 partisan squabbling 60 partisan rancor 60 Partisan bickering 56 partisan acrimony 55 partisan sniping 54 partisan gridlock 53 partisan squabbles 53 judicial confirmations 52 partisan finger pointing 52 bitter partisanship 50 bitterly partisan 50 partisanship 50 rancorous debate 50 partisan divide 49 hyper partisanship 49 Partisan wrangling 49 intraparty squabble 48 intraparty battle 48 obstructionism 48 partisan politics 48 intraparty feud 47 intraparty bickering 47 intraparty contests 47 rancor 47 lame duck session 47 Republicans 47 Reid D Nev 46 ideological brinksmanship 46 procedural maneuvers 46 judicial nominations 46 unyielding partisanship 45 Partisan politics 45 procedural wrangling 45 Mukasey confirmation hearings 45 partisan polarization 45 successfully filibustered 45 Democrats 45 mindless partisanship 45 congressional recess 45 procedural roadblocks 45 Easter recess 45 partisan posturing 45 Partisan gridlock 45 Senate 45 partisan divides 45 gridlock 45 partisan recriminations 44 wrangling 44 hyperpartisanship 44 Lame Duck session 44 reauthorize NCLB 44 partisan gamesmanship 44 legislative logjams 44 filibuster delaying tactic 44 congressional bargainers 44 Partisan sniping 43 Republican delaying tactics 43 Democratically controlled Congress 43 Senate conferees 43 partisan obstructionism 43 avert shutdown 43 lamented partisan bickering 43 internecine squabbling 43 procedural maneuvering 43 bipartisan 43 Partisan rancor 43 SCHIP reauthorization 43 fillibuster 43 bickering 43 filibuster 43 Recess appointments 42 Lame duck sessions 42 ideological polarization 42 Majority Leader Harry Reid 42 This mindless paralyzing 42 Senate Majority Leader Harry 42 Castle DeGette 42 bipartisanship 42 Democratically controlled Legislature 42 legislatively 42 GOP stalling tactics 42 musters bipartisan 42 obstructionist tactics 42 Lawmakers haggled 42 monthlong recess 42 dipping crosscourt forehand 42 partisan 42 factional bickering 42 rancorous partisanship 42 Senate Majority Leader Mitch 42 filibuster proof majorities 42 Demo crats 41 dealmaking 41 squabbling 41 ANWR drilling 41 bi partisanship 41 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 41 Partisanship 41 Democratically controlled 41 rancorous 41 shrill rhetoric 41 filibustered nominees 41 cloture votes 41 offered angry denouncements 41 Aderholt Y 41 appropriations bills 41 legislative 41 petty partisanship 41 cloture vote 41 Banning earmarks 41 lameduck session 41 bipartisan comity 40 obstructionists 40 omnibus spending 40 intraparty battles 40 Jeffords defection gave 40 intraparty 40 weeklong recess 40 Bilbray Y 40 procedural morass 40 partyline vote 40 petty bickering 40 partisan skirmishing 40 FHA Modernization Act 40 Biggert N 40 legal wrangling 40 Daschle Thune 40 senate democrats 40 hyperpartisan 40 swift enactment 40 Plame cause celebre 40 hyper partisan 40 banning judicial filibusters 40 Jon Corzine DN.J. 40 Lingle vetoes 40 MacGuineas 40 judicial nominees 40 Hobbled Dems eager 40 liberals seethed 40 childish bickering 40 DeGette Y 40 intraparty squabbling 40 WELNA 40 bitterly divisive 40 reauthorizing SCHIP 40 struggled inconclusively 40 repealing ObamaCare 40 procedural hurdle hindering 39 horsetrading 39 nationalist passions 39 Kabuki dance 39 Bork nomination 39 fiercely partisan 39 Majority Leader Frist 39 Partisan disagreements 39 congressional 39 gunmaker immunity bill 39 bureaucratic snarls 39 defund ObamaCare 39 cleared procedural hurdle 39 postelection lame duck 39 overheated rhetoric 39 NCLB reauthorization 39 repeal ObamaCare 39 veto override 39 Aderholt N 39 earmark laden 39 health care 39 rabid partisanship 39 gubernatorial vetoes 39 turf battles 39 disagreements 39 Intense thunderstorms 39 omnibus appropriations bill 39 monthslong impasse 39 Congress adjourns 39 Edu marking Tanaguchi 39 midterm election 39 filibustering 39 notoriously balky Senate 39 nonpartisan CBO 39 factional infighting 39 infighting 39 Bunning filibuster 39 Democratically 39 Elective abortions 39 Wonkbook 39 overcome procedural hurdle 39 relatively noncontroversial 39 judicial filibusters 39 statutory PAYGO 39 McConnell R-Ky. 39 filibusters 39 omnibus appropriation 39 Low voter turnout 39 fiscally conservative Democrats 39 Obamaā 39 procedural hurdles 39 wasteful earmark 39 Shadegg R Ariz 39 Congressman Hulshof 39 paygo rules 38 Blumenauer Y 38 Lame Duck Session 38 backroom deals 38 filibustered 38 invoking cloture 38 CongressDaily reports 38 GOP 38 Bickering 38 shuttering Guantanamo 38 lieutenants Steny Hoyer 38 humble ketchup packet 38 lawmakers 38 Repeated postponements 38 pork barrel 38 invoked cloture 38 Democratic Farmer Laborite 38 angering environmentalists 38 fingerpointing 38 philosophic differences 38 unsimilar dissimilar 38 nonbudget 38 DISCLOSE 38 Demcorats 38 politicking 38 Broun N 38 Speaker Armond Budish 38 debate 38 skirmishing 38 acrimony 38 drug reimportation 38 Cloture 38 GOP'ers 38 furors 38 Bilirakis Y 38 demagoguery 38 GOP filibuster 38 Kelliher DFL Minneapolis 38 Legislature adjourns 38 historian Fred Beuttler 38 mutual recriminations 38 senators 38 ideologically polarized 38 Congress convenes 38 MTBE waiver 38 Hoyer Murtha 38 OLYMPIA WA N3 38 Bilirakis N 38 stalement 38 procedural hurdle 38 Specter defection 38 AMT patch 38 Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan 38 midterm elections 38 filibuster proof margin 38 Altmire Y 38 backroom wheeling 38 Majority Leader Bill Frist 38 internecine fighting 38 wasteful pork 38 voter unhappiness 38 Stanley Collender longtime 38 rigidly ideological 38 Nancy Cordes reports 38 Ram Setu controversy 38 Whip Jon Kyl 38 Pawlenty vetoes 38 dawdling pace 38 Pluto undoing 38 Ideological differences 38 newcomer Ned Lamont 38 Impeachment proceedings 37 bitter intraparty 37 Earmark reform 37 Boehner 37 poisonous partisanship 37 Unanimous consent 37 Repub licans 37 Congress reconvenes 37 divisiveness 37 predecessors loathed 37 bicameral bipartisan 37 veto overrides 37 Trent Lott R-Miss. 37 polarized electorate 37 intraparty warfare 37 Leader Mitch McConnell 37 kabuki dance 37 catchall spending 37 jurisdictional disputes 37 noncontroversial 37 omnibus appropriations 37 unrelenting unyielding 37 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 37 Outnumbered Republicans 37 demagogued 37 procedural wrangles 37 wasteful earmarks 37 implored Bunning 37 germane amendments 37 Baucus 37 Carolyn McGinn Sedgwick 37 contentious 37 Dem ocrats 37 softwood dispute 37 PAYGO rules 37 Bayh disillusionment 37 stalling tactics 37 Omnibus Spending Bill 37 incessant drumbeat 37 DuHAIME 37 Overheated rhetoric 37 cloture motions 37 AMT fix 37 doc fix 37 Harry Reid D-Nev. 37 Intraparty 37 unveiled multitrillion dollar 37 lamer duck 37 lawmaking 37 Lincoln Chafee RR.I. 37 S. Broder 37 Daschle apologizes 37 uncivil discourse 37 obstructionist 37 Heated rhetoric 37 affix blame 37 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 37 brinksmanship 37 Wasteful spending 37 Nominations Sent 37 overcome filibusters 37 contentiousness 37 Filibusters 37 Props aplenty 37 shrill voices 37 swats licks 37 intraparty fights 37 fifths supermajority 37 politician Saeed Hajjarian 37 finger pointing 37 procedural roadblock 37 refighting 37 Tom Coburn R-Okla. 37 demagoging 37 fenced ferociously 37 CNOOC Unocal 37 Acrimony 37 spokeswoman Regan Lachapelle 37 Carolyn Weyforth spokeswoman 37 Assemblywoman Scozzafava 37 impeaching Cheney 37 Congressional appropriators 37 petty quarrels 36 Democratic Farmer Laborites 36 R Warson Woods 36 telegenic Palin 36 Bilbray N 36 #B bailout 36 remains unratified 36 adjourn sine die 36 Reps. Vernon Ehlers 36 troop withdrawl 36 Republican Leader Mitch 36 Congress 36 Disclose Act 36 ramrodded 36 Representative Doc Hastings 36 squabbles 36 legal ramifications Urbahn 36 discord 36 Senate Minority Leader 36 SCHUMER Well 36 sturm und drang 36 Appropriations committees 36 dilatory tactics 36 unprecedented obstructionist tactics 36 Representative Jeff Flake 36 earmarking pet 36 Corruption scandals 36 appoint conferees 36 Reid D-Nev. 36 Tort reform 36 Undertreatment 36 Veto override 36 divisive 36 M. Reid D-Nev. 36 protectionist impulses 36 Confirmation hearings 36 Rev. Jynona Norwood 36 Stettner predicted 36 immigration reform 36 deficit hawks 36 DFL'ers 36 quarrels 36 Majority Whip Mitch McConnell 36 Pawlenty vetoed 36 leader Mitch McConnell 36 Jim DeMint RS.C. 36 Senator DeMint 36 GOP govs 36 recess appointments 36 Pataki vetoes 36 partisan trench warfare 36 Democratic Leader Steny 36 needless partisanship 36 Frist R Tenn 36 troop withdrawal timetables 36 protectionist sentiments 36 Political junkies 36 legislation 36 staunchest allies deteriorated 36 shifted rightward 36 Coburn R Okla 36 troop withdrawal deadlines 36 independents caucusing 36 appellate judgeships 36 spokesman Lindsay Nothern 36 bickerings 36 brinkmanship 36 scientist Hsu Yung 36 procedural maneuver 36 Pataki vetoed 36 governing Progressive Conservatives 36 haggling 36 openly gay nonincumbent 36 repealers already 36 Granholm vetoed 36 appropriators 36 Proroguing Parliament 36 Zimbabwe Margaret Mukahanana 36 courage rectitude 36 Fingerpointing 36 Paiva Weed 36 launched furious counterassault 36 cacuses won 36 backroom politicking 36 abolish judicial filibusters 36 sway wavering 36 dickering 36 Rob Andrews DN.J. 36 precincts reporting Sestak 36 profound nationalistic fervor 36 lingering mistrust 36 mutual recrimination 36 mudslinging 36 President Barack Obamaā 36 poisonously partisan 36 repeated stalemates 36 ROVNER Well 36 Chafee Laffey 36 cybersex scandal 36 Darrel Steinberg 36 reauthorize SCHIP 36 grandstanding 36 stalemates 36 Ward Connerly referenda 36 Earmark critics 36 haphazard piecemeal 36 Candidates spar 36 repeal Obamacare 35 climactic Christmas Eve 35 Tax Extenders Act 35 unnecessarily inflames 35 talkathon 35 Bomas III 35 Filibustering 35 constant partisan rancor 35 nonfiscal 35 bureaucratic snafus 35 filibuster Alito 35 HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL 35 Bunning relents 35 Waxman Markey bill 35 frosty reception awaits 35 Priscilla Owen 35 dimming prospects 35 Corey Boles Of 35 donnybrook 35 Castle DeGette bill 35 Marco Rubios 35 WALLACE Senator 35 Coburn Omnibus 35 Congressman Sensenbrenner 35 sharply worded showdown 35 defund NPR 35 D Nev 35 Kirk Schuring 35 strident partisanship 35 forest thinning 35 SHARON LYNNE WILSON 35 reform 35 effectively sidetracking 35 Cantwell McGavick 35 filibuster proof supermajority 35 trans inclusive ENDA 35 Jon Kyl R-Ariz. 35 tragedy Rainer Schaller 35 Daschle DS.D. 35 sectarian hatreds 35 Ryan Boschetti DT 35 partisan politicking 35 D Prestonsburg 35 defund ACORN 35 backroom dealmaking 35 Sanford vetoes 35 Legislature reconvenes 35 liberals 35 Congressman Yarmuth 35 factional disputes 35 Midterm elections 35 Russ Feingold D-Wis. 35 Arpad Vass senior 35 entrenched incumbents 35 Kucinich jabbed 35 stalemate 35 Mukasey confirmation 35 Legislature 35 DEFICIT REDUCTION CBO 35 decennial redistricting 35 FAA reauthorization 35 Morris Hugoton Republican 35 Fin Reg 35 gaveling 35 overstuffed mailboxes 35 DISCLOSE Act 35 MCCONNELL Well 35 Parliamentarian Alan Frumin 35 Baroody nomination 35 Toomey Sestak 35 congressional earmarks 35 Recrimination 35 Russ Feingold D Wis 35 self proclaimed shellacking 35 Ben Cardin D Md 35 noncontroversial nominees 35 PELOSI Well 35 Minority Leader Harry Reid 35 Pelosi D Calif 35 ROVNER 35 R Beechers Lot 35 antitrade 35 incessant bickering 35 Stagflation occurs 35 Marsha Blackburn R Tenn 35 legislature reconvenes 35 partisan witch hunt 35 Ken Salazar D Colo 35 setting Koffenberger 35 Insure Missouri 35 squabble 35 reflexive partisanship 35 eliminate judicial filibusters 35 Demcrats 35 defunding Obamacare 35 Capitol Hill 35 Democrats 35 libertarian leaning conservatives 35 transcend partisanship 35 Frist 35 warmaking powers 35 Dingell D Mich 35 moneyed interests 35 posturing 35 wasteful duplicative 35 ideological zealots 35 fully inclusive ENDA 35 retroactive immunity provision 35 city martin spinks 35 chubbing 35 protectionist instincts 35 economist Lu Zhengwei 35 Voinovich 35 GOP Leader Mitch 35 cloture 35 conferees 35 negotiators wrangled 35 invoke cloture 35 recissions 35 Harper prorogued Parliament 35 turf wars 35 Vetoing stem cell 35 Constitution Supremacy Clause 35 Rejectionists 35 omnibus bill 35 charted centrist 35 Jeff Flake R Ariz 35 Libby commutation 35 overcame procedural hurdle 35 summitry 35 DADT repealed 35 Ranking Member Snowe 35 Thomas Suddes 34 Doc Fix 34 Schumer Gillibrand 34 Diagnoses vary 34 defund Obamacare 34 Lobbied fellow 34 Sen. Harry Reid 34 bipartisan majorities 34 intraparty disputes 34 kemcha Way 34 Baucus Grassley 34 Senate Minority Whip 34 Senate bargainers 34 downticket races 34 Lebanon feuding factions 34 Lumbee recognition 34 roaring gales 34 outlaw abortions 34 stoked sectarian tensions 34 Lakas Reps. 34 bipartisanship cratered earlier 34 overriding vetoes 34 Erik Arneson spokesman 34 rumbling volcano nearby 34 Townspeople weary 34 kumbaya moment 34 menthol exemption 34 antigovernment sentiment 34 midterm shellacking 34 challenger Jonathan Tasini 34 Terri Schiavo 34 outsized egos 34 stopgap measure expires 34 phased redeployments 34 postelection session 34 pushed Angius 34 muster quorum 34 Repubicans 34 monthā 34 stony silence underscoring 34 politicized 34 oust Craddick 34 seemingly intractable conflict 34 vitriolic rhetoric 34 marginalize Arafat 34 Bonusgate investigation 34 worsen sectarian tensions 34 GOP moderates 34 Miers withdraws 34 CORDES 34 House Speaker Nancy 34 Sen. Warren Limmer 34 Domenici RN.M. 34 NRA scorekeeping 34 Enzi Barrasso 34 Jacob Lew testifies 34 Ehrlich vetoed 34 Counterfeits Act 34 hubbub 34 BOEHNER 34 tortuous negotiations 34 porkbarrel spending 34 botched prewar intelligence 34 transatlantic rift 34 fundamentally unserious 34 overtly partisan 34 legislative session 34 woman chastising Barletta 34 Leader Christine Radogno 34 deregulatory agenda 34 petty squabbling 34 vetoes 34 studiously avoided involvement 34 consider impeaching Blagojevich 34 Redistricting Subcommittee 34 bonusgate 34 populist backlash 34 Senate Majority Leader 34 Fernandez Peronist party 34 lawmkers 34 Clairsville 34 By Roger Cleaveland 34 inner wonk 34 lamented Dick Armey 34 Elena Kagan confirmation hearings 34 von Spakovsky 34 Senator Snowe 34 CCAGW rated 34 Whip Dick Durbin 34 Sen. Connie Sipes 34 porkfest 34 NamUs Shields 34 Dems 34 bureaucratic quagmire 34 SGX ASX 34 Alito nomination 34 Tibshraeny 34 Joe Pitts R-Pa. 34 antagonisms 34 NOT Stout Auctions 34 Congressional 34 Republican 34 DCI yearlong 34 Chairwoman Alice Hausman 34 grand bargainers 34 supermajority requirement 34 Debbie Stabenow D-Mich. 34 unwinnable quagmire House 34 repealing Obamacare 34 Senate Appropriations Committees 34 Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings 34 celebrification 34 overreach 34 Indo US nuke 34 Cilizza 34 Alito confirmation hearings 34 stripe mirroring 34 Minneapolis DFLer 34 Assemblyman Brian Nestande 34 heated debates 34 Justice Priscilla Owen 34 rhetorical ruckus 34 Baucus Tester 34 Wolsborn 34 Rep Eric Cantor 34 bailoutWASHINGTON AP 34 theSenate 34 SJR# [002] 34 Grit MPs 34 recrimination 34 mindless paralyzing rancor 34 Carl Hulse 34 pork barrell 34 ObamaCare 34 hasty retreat bowing 34 Quinn amendatory veto 34 Democrat Suzan DelBene 34 Speaker Greg Stumbo 34 Qatari mediated 34 Marshall Griffin KWMU 34 Clifford Traisman 34 Kyl Cornyn 34 Unimpressed environmentalists called 34 spokesman Orest Holubec 34 bitter internecine 34 spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki 34 emir dissolved parliament 34 Trump flirtation 34 Legislation reauthorizing 34 liberal judicial activism 34 Speaker Melvin Neufeld 34 WGA AMPTP 34 Trojan horse Braley 34 bitter infighting 34 Sens. Mike Enzi 34 President Barack Obama 34 softwood lumber dispute 34 recess appointment 34 Hoyer D Md 34 nonconfidence motion 34 Omnibus Budget 34 Homolka pardon 34 debates 34 Continuing Resolution 34 Al Franken Norm Coleman 34 Hastert R-Ill. 34 spokesman Austin Shafran 34 Senate Judiciary Committees 34 Re publicans 34 federally funded stem cell 34 FMAP extension 34 Stupak Pitts amendment 34 Appropriations Committees 34 Center Aisle Caucus 34 Corker McCaskill 34 Republi cans 34 Redistricting 34 unwieldy coalitions 34 earmarks 34 toughen prohibitions 34 racial antagonisms 34 Mediscare 34 leftward lurch 34 Lawmakers 34 Speaker Naifeh 34 IHCIA 34 devolving policing powers 34 restrictionists 34 filibustering judicial 34 ethnic animosities 34 proceeded haltingly 34 Rehnquist hospitalization 34 internecine warfare 34 Sen. Arlen Specter D-Pa. 34 bureaucratic infighting 34 politically fraught 34 verbal missteps 34 supermajorities 34 BBC James Coomarasamy 34 seemingly unbridgeable differences 34 wavering moderates 33 spiraling sectarian bloodshed 33 PROMISES PROMISES Jobs 33 Speaker Denny Hastert 33 award delegates proportionally 33 sharpest bare knuckle 33 logistical logjams 33 Fiscally conservative Democrats 33 incumbent Mike DeWine 33 Mitch McConnell Ky. 33 Eisenla 33 Bernie Sanders I-Vt. 33 noncontroversial bills 33 nonbinding resolution opposing 33 nationalist rhetoric 33 Representative Cynthia Lummis 33 Jim Bunning R Ky 33 Minority Leader Tom Daschle 33 views Rathner 33 staunchest conservatives 33 Filibuster 33 Strom Thurmond segregationist 33 withdrew citing irresolvable 33 Electing Suleiman 33 midterm elections loom 33 Politico.com Politics '# 33 Mea culpas 33 Senate Judiciary Committee 33 SHERROD BROWN 33 Canciamilla 33 Rhetoric aside 33 chairwoman Margaret Mukahanana 33 JILL COLGAN 33 averts shutdown 33 legislature adjourns 33 By Amy Klamper 33 geopolitical uncertainty 33 saner voices 33 Bill Frist R Tenn 33 ideological differences 33 Jim Wansacz 33 Ideological purity 33 Wrangling 33 Mukasey nomination 33 Corporate dealmaking 33 Tea Party adherents 33 saner heads 33 circuslike atmosphere 33 Nancy Pelosi D Calif 33 Dice K mania 33 impeaching Sanford 33 DFLers 33 Voter discontent 33 KORUS FTA 33 Siena pollster 33 Borosage 33 judicial appointments 33 Dick Durbin D Ill 33 DADT repeal 33 Don Lehe 33 petty partisan bickering 33 Harry Reid 33 Armenian genocide resolution 33 D.Boerse NYSE 33 Paul Ryan R-Wisc. 33 redistricting 33 gotcha politics 33 bureaucratic inertia 33 Retransmission consent 33 Finger pointing 33 Special Envoy Scott Gration 33 shout fests 33 WRDA bill 33 Senator Bingaman 33 Bernanke reappointment 33 Coronel downfall came 33 Thomas R Wyo 33 GIANNOULIAS 33 impasse 33 Amy Klobuchar D Minn 33 conservatives 33 Goss R Fla 33 John Boehner BAY' 33 Blanche Lincoln Ark. 33 Edujobs 33 REPEALED 33 VAN HOLLEN 33 PSKXF 33 bipartisanism 33 larding 33 Sens. Tim Grendell 33 plenary debates 33 Ben Nelson D-Neb. 33 Eileen Claussen president 33 Mitch McConnell 33 widespread disaffection 33 voter apathy inexcusable 33 Congresswoman Capps 33 Bratara called 33 fiercely contested remake 33 ideological divides 33 INFLUENCE GAME Aircraft 33 completed Abrames 33 Senator Mitch McConnell 33 Griesheimer 33 W ASHINGTON 33 Penguinisto # 33 Lieberman D Conn 33 barring unforeseen revelations 33 Schenendorf 33 Political expediency 33 Merkley Levin 33 legalizing slot machines 33 Opsommer 33 relentlessly assailed 33 Gerzofsky 33 dramatization Bragman 33 MORE CORRUPTION 33 Democrats caucused 33 Steve Morris Hugoton 33 protracted 33 Schoolchildren chanting Assassinate 33 nonpartisan redistricting 33 internecine battles 33 bipartisan nonpolitical 33 Stephen Driesler deputy 33 bobtailing 33 diabetes Danesh 33 Laura Dekker ambition 33 Bonusgate scandal 33 GRASSLEY 33 volcano Mount Redoubt 33 FBN Gerri Willis 33 Stupak Amendment 33 director Peter Orszag 33 constitutionally questionable 33 veto pen 33 WGA Writers Guild 33 Grousing 33 rising protectionist sentiments 33 Healthy Hunger 33 gridlocked 33 spokeswoman LuAnn Canipe 33 Crist vetoed 33 bureaucratic wrangling 33 lambasting Mousavi 33 reauthorization 33 gripping catharsis 33 Napolitano vetoes 33 party centrists rebelled 33 coequal branch 33 ideologically compatible 33 intraparty rivalries 33 Charles Babington covers 33 Louise Slaughter DN.Y. 33 stimulus planKey senators 33 upstate downstate 33 NORMAN ORNSTEIN 33 successive administrations 33 Tom Coburn 33 bitterly divided 33 Harry Reid D Nev 33 Ken Salazar testifies 33 irresolvable conflicts 33 lame duck 33 Al Franken D Minn 33 deepening pessimism 33 Overriding veto requires 33 Tax Extenders 33 reforming entitlements 33 nonwar 33 ammonia leak erupted 33 spokeswoman Dennise Casey 33 sharply diverging testimonies 33 Unaffiliated voters outnumber 33 By Greta Wodele 33 stubborn inflexibility 33 FHA modernization 33 influence peddling scandals 33 Bipartisanship 33 political 33 Insurgent violence 33 partisian 33 Democratic 33 demagoguing 33 shamnesty 33 piggish pork barrel 33 Speaker Mircea Geoana 33 highly politicized 33 Syrian Emile Lahoud 33 Cornyn 33 Alan Abramowitz political 33 Stopgap Spending Bill 33 repealers 33 Ideologues 33 politically dicey 33 Patriot Act reauthorization 33 quorum busting 33 drop mindless partisanship 33 stalemated 33 arm twisting 33 Sestak Toomey race 33 unionize workplaces 33 Bipartisan majorities 33 brass knuckle politics