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VTGOP: Get ready for this new Senate map

Our two Republicans fought as hard as we could to break up the Chittenden County 6-pack — and they got the job done. There are still some problems in Chittenden County that if we could fix could give Republicans a better chance of picking up one or two of those seats.

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Paul Dame: The truth about tax relief

Democrats who were unwilling to give so much money back to Vermonters completely removed the tax relief for nurses and veterans, drastically cut the caps for relief on social security, and put everything into child tax credits in bill H.510.

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Paul Dame: ‘Donut Democrats’ and gun control

I have often talked to people in Franklin County, a once reliable Democrat stronghold, who realize that the Democrats aren’t what they used to be. The only thing left of that party they used to know are what I call “Donut Democrats.” What is the unique characteristic of a donut? There is no middle.