His decision gives Democrats a 59-seat majority, one short of the 60 necessary to overcome Republican attempts to block legislation.
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You know - those creatures that seem like a single block of short-haired muscle, showing too much of the inside of their mouth on the outside, dripping and drooling, but somehow inspiring cooing affection.
But what it gave us, with its short, 200-foot block lengths and small, 20- to 25-foot lot sizes, its direct and easy navigability, is a walkable, personal city at human scale, where every street is an endlessly varied and inviting series of visual experiences, of constantly changing shopfronts, restaurants and buildings of infinite styles and uses.