Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 44 partisan bickering 44 partisan rancor 42 colloquy 42 filibuster 41 filibusters 41 impeachment hearings 40 debate 40 partisan wrangling 40 obstructionism 40 Frist R Tenn 40 discourse 39 demagoguery 39 ultimately 38 partisanship 38 partisan gridlock 38 AMT fix 38 Waxman Markey bill 38 partisan divide 37 inaction 37 overcome procedural hurdles 37 cloture vote 37 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 37 contentiousness 37 certitude 37 deliberation 37 thoughtful discussion 36 stalling tactics 36 willful ignorance 36 Reid D Nev 36 finger pointing 36 rancorous debate 36 debates 36 Senate 36 speechifying 36 procedural 36 Steny Hoyer D Md 35 lofty rhetoric 35 Judiciary Committee 35 tentativeness 35 impeachment proceedings 35 filibustering 35 stalemate 35 incivility 35 rancor 35 polemics 35 deliberations 35 indecision 35 Sotomayor nomination 35 bitter partisanship 35 Justice Breyer 35 GOP filibuster 35 lawmaking 35 collegiality 34 intellectual honesty 34 senators 34 groupthink 34 bedlam 34 Miers nomination 34 Republicans 34 unanimity 34 deliberate 34 Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi 34 willful blindness 34 bipartisanship 34 civility 34 misjudgment 34 Mukasey 34 gridlock 34 hearings 34 acrimony 34 gamesmanship 34 inertia 34 ideological divide 33 defeatism 33 prevarication 33 cynicism 33 deliberative process 33 Judiciary Chairman 33 incoherence 33 ANWR drilling 33 candor 33 sloppiness 33 veto override 33 bipartisan 33 thoughtlessness 33 inquisition 33 foolishness 33 judicial nominations 33 timidity 33 laughter 33 disingenuousness 33 procedural grounds 33 titters 33 Inaction 33 emotion 33 dogmatism 33 Speaker Nancy Pelosi 33 Dodd D Conn 33 impeachment 33 Majority Leader Harry Reid 33 recklessness