Tag: congress
group name: politica
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November 18, 2006 11:08 AM EST --
I have been reading these boards since the election results were announced and have been struck by one thing more than others. Since the election there has been a string of criticism of Democrats . . . more
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December 08, 2006 03:56 PM EST --
I am disappointed to see that it's politics as usual in D.C. Not only is congress adjourning early leaving rafts of unfinished business, but it is doing so without even performing its main constitutional . . . more
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October 22, 2007 01:20 PM EDT --
CAGW (Citizens Against Government Waste) have named their newest porker of the month. This is the government official who wastes the most government funds during a 30 day period.
So this months . . . more
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January 14, 2007 03:57 PM EST --
The other day Senator Josephy Biden questioned the Secretary of State regarding the possibilty that Bush was positioning a carrier group and other military forces in a preparation for an invasion of Iran. . . . more
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December 14, 2006 10:28 AM EST --
I'm more or less horrified by the response to Senator Johnson's medical problems. Most Republicans bill themselves as compassionate and as good Christians, yet what I see is a feeding frenzy of . . . more
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February 11, 2008 10:52 AM EST --
The Democratic Candidates and the mainstream media, beginning last summer, have successfully (and deliberately) shifted the focus of the 2008 presidential election to the Economy. Even many of the GOP . . . more
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February 17, 2007 02:23 AM EST --
Today by a vote of 360-45 the House of Representatives approved a group of tax cuts for small business that was earlier approved by the Senate, also on a bipartisan basis. These were amendments to the . . . more
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October 11, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
The following bill was submitted 1/31/2007 in the US Congress by Rep Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX). Luckily even her own party has so far largely disowned it. So far only 22 Dems have cosponsored . . . more
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January 09, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
One of the new congress's promises was that they would remain in session five days a week rather than the 109th congresses three day average. Democrats were in power perhaps four days before they broke . . . more
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January 20, 2007 01:26 PM EST --
This morning Hillary Clinton declared her intention to run for President. While she's entitled of course, I think this was a very bad decision and might possibly be the only Democratic decision that . . . more
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March 28, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
The President should be ashamed of himself for complaining about all the Democratic pork in the supplemental spending bill this year when he's not previously complained about the billions wasted yearly . . . more
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August 09, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
Michael Moore has formally endorsed HR 676, the bill in Congress which could establish universal healthcare in America! Presidential candidate and Congressman Dennis Kucinich has been working hard to push . . . more
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July 08, 2007 08:33 AM EDT --
According to reports coming out of D.C. things are looking pretty grim for Mr. Bush's surge. Back in January a group of benchmarks were written into the appropriations bill that demanded that both . . . more
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June 20, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
Now, here, in actuality, is the proposal on term limits I thought
Congress and the states would agree to back in December of
last year, with one modification (I left the Presidency alone in
this version, . . . more
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April 25, 2007 04:44 PM EDT --
The House Judiciary committee that is investigating the Federal Attorney firings last night voted to grant immunity to Monica Goodling. The vote was 32 to 8, which is more than sufficient to grant a witness . . . more
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July 08, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
I have a legitimate political question that's been bugging me for quite some time. When did breaking the law or indulging in bad behavior (even if it's not illegal) become a relative thing rather . . . more
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July 31, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
The House today overwhelmingly passed an ethics reform bill that begins the process of bringing some sort of clarity to the ethics process in Congress. Some hail it as a huge step forward, while others . . . more
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May 04, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
There is a bill currently before both houses of the U.S. Congress which will essentially revoke the Copyright Act. I have links below to both the House and Senate versions of this bill, laughingly titles . . . more
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June 28, 2007 12:56 PM EDT --
Today in a vote falling 14 votes short of the number required to cut off debate, the Senate effectively killed the amnesty bill that was being pushed so hard by Democrats and the President. Billed as a . . . more
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June 14, 2007 02:41 PM EDT --
How limber do you think President George Bush needs to be in order to duck under his all time low approval rating at 29% or the Congress to duck their approval number of 23% out today from the Wall Street . . . more
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