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Breaking down the current Senate porkapoluza

By Steve McGough / February 5, 2009 /

I don’t remember seeing so many details about a bill being reported in the press. Then again, the stimulus bill is so damn big, I guess it’s not too hard to pick out all of the spending items and create a list or two. We tried it here, but just did not have the time…

Bailout legislation impossible to read

By Steve McGough / October 1, 2008 / Comments Off on Bailout legislation impossible to read

I don’t have a law degree. I don’t have 12 hours to read the full text of the bailout bill that the Senate is debating right now. The average person should be able to read this crap – or at least use the Ctrl+f key to do a keyword search in the damn thing.

McConnell Debt Ceiling Payoff? $2 billion for Kentucky dam project

By Steve McGough / October 16, 2013 /

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was part of the leadership who brought today’s debt-ceiling legislation into play. The Republican certainly has been labeled a member of the RINO club in the past, but was he willing to fold in part for a $2 billion federal payoff?

Shocking silence: A Republican won Obama’s Senate seat

By Steve McGough / December 2, 2010 /

I’ve been wondering why the media has not made a big deal about a Republican winning the Illinois Senate seat once held by The One. Sure, some might say the GOP and Tea Party screwed up an opportunity to snag Joe Biden’s Delaware seat, but come on … where’s the befuddlement?

Senate votes to increase debt ceiling $1.9 trillion – That’s 15%

By Steve McGough / January 28, 2010 /

More than a week ago, I told you about a Democrat proposal to increase the debt ceiling for the federal government by a whopping 15 percent from $12.4 trillion to $14.3 trillion dollars. The Senate just voted to go with the plan, and they voted exactly down party lines – 60 to 40.

Prediction – Brown beats Coakley in Massachusetts US Senate showdown

By Steve McGough / January 15, 2010 /

Personally, I’m not going to make a prediction as I’m assuming things can swing big-time this weekend. But, I was speaking with Jim on Wednesday night and he flat out told me Scott Brown was going to win in Massachusetts. Today, he asked me to post his prediction.

Harold Ford Jr. – Carpetbagger and flip-flopper

By Dave in EH / January 13, 2010 /

There’s always one thing about politicians from Tennessee that I’ve never quite understood. The bigger the stage they play to, the further to the left the go.

Dodd: We Senators are kinda like war heroes.

By Jim Vicevich / December 27, 2009 /

Last week we posted Newt Gingrich’s speech where he called on Americans not to give up the fight to stop an out of control expanding government. Don’t tell me you’re tired, he said, not when Washington’s troops kept fighting in the snow, even when they had no shoes.

Another Chapter in the Most Ethical Congress EVAH!

By Dave in EH / December 6, 2009 /

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…

Democrats refuse to point out bill sections that will improve health care

By Steve McGough / November 22, 2009 /

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…