Posts Tagged ‘Senate’
Another Chapter in the Most Ethical Congress EVAH!
We’ve seen self-aggrandizement, we’ve seen bribery, we’ve seen tax evasion, we’ve seen banking scandals… Now we can add nepotism to the mix. “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said. The Montana…
Read MoreDemocrats refuse to point out bill sections that will improve health care
Challenge the media. Challenge your friends. Challenge the congress-critters. And yes, challenge yourself. We’ve pointed out specific sections of current health care legislation that will make things worse for Americans. We’ve given you the page numbers. We’ve told you exactly what it means and what it will do. Why don’t the statists (lefties) point out…
Read MoreSenate health care bill (S. 1796) weighs in at 1,502 pages
Late night reading for anyone? I’m heading to bed, but thanks to the Internet and places like OpenCongress.org, bloggers, media-types and talking heads – well maybe not the talking heads – will be pouring through the 1,502 pages of health care destruction that’s emminated from the Senate Finance Committee over the next few days.
Read MoreCongress robs the military to pay… themselves
Or, at least, their districts… Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks,…
Read MoreSenate GOP caving on government health care option? Update: Video, Nelson says yes
Political junkie Erik Erickson who blogs over at Red State hears from a reliable source that during meetings today, Republican members of the Senate became agreeable to the government health care option.
Read MoreSen. Roland Burris is an under-oath liar
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), who was appointed to President Obama’s vacant Senate seat by the nutty former Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.), probably should pack his bags and head back to the political hack-world of Chicago this weekend. Drive yourself home, or walk if your ego is too damn big to be a lowly passenger on…
Read MoreObligatory Specter goes Democrat post – GOP did NOT move right UPDATE: Video
Sen. Arlen Specter (R/D/Who Cares-Pa.) will announce(d) that he’s going to run on the Democrat ticket in 2010 which leaves the Republican nomination open to Pat Toomey. You must give credit to Specter for one thing and one thing only. He’s not pulling this crap right after he is elected. That said, this is decision…
Read MoreGet ready for crummy, rationed health care
Congressional Democrats on Friday have given “reconciliation” protection to the universal health care provisions of the 2010 budget. That delightful sounding word means the kiss of death for any open, fair and honest debate over the wisdom of universal health care. Overhauling the nation’s health-care system is a top Obama goal, and Democrats in the…
Read MoreSen. Dodd … Meet your latest challenger – Roger Pearson
He starts with hyperbole, he invokes the name of George Soros and yet … watching this is so much fun. His name is Roger Pearson and at least in this interview he asks all the right questions. Like, where was Dodd when the financial house was melting down? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGsQXjJbDEk Looks like next year is gunna…
Read MoreSon Of Porkapalooza
It looks like, with the help of three Republican Senators, making up for three Democrat defectors, the Senate will send a clean Omnibus bill back to the House for passage tonight. The earmarks are still in but Fox News has the round-up of the top 20 pork project beneficiaries. Byrd once again tops the list…
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