Tag: Senate
A Legislative Train Wreck of Historic Proportions
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the health care bill that is now headed for cloture “a legislative train wreck of historic proportions.” Most of the country agrees with him. Nonetheless, the Senate is on its way to imposing its will on the American people just for the sake of saying that they accomplished something. This [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2009 under All, News, Opinion.
Tags: Congress, health care, House of Representatives, McConnell, Nelson, Senate
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Senate Rejects “Public Option”
In a 15 to 8 vote, the Senate Finance Committee voted today to reject a public option amendment by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV). The defeat of Rockefeller’s “Community Choice Health Plan” is the first setback to President Obama’s desire to impose nationalized health care on the American public.
Let’s hope that this is the [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under News.
Tags: healt care, Obama, Rockefeller, Senate
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy Dies at 77
Senator Kennedy (D – MA) died Tuesday night of brain cancer. This occurs two weeks after his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver died. It is bad enough to lose one person in your family; losing two in such close proximity brings unimaginable sorrow. My condolences go out to his family and close friends.
Senator Kennedy was an [...]
Posted: August 26th, 2009 under All, News.
Tags: death, Kennedy, Massachusetts, Senate
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The Senate Democratic Majority
The Senate Democratic majority (it pains me to even write about it) stands at 55 Democrats plus two independents, who caucus with Democrats, for a total of 57 in the Senate. There are still three states in which the election is too close to call; these are Alaska, Georgia and Minnesota. These states are must-win [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under All, Fact, News, Opinion.
Tags: Alaska, Chambliss, Coleman, filibuster-proof, Franken, Georgia, Minnesota, Senate, Stevens
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Rotten Nuts
Now that the Fox News has exposed how partisan Acorn really is and how it is trying to steal the election using voter fraud, it is time for us to do something about it. It is not enough to watch television and get dismayed at the filing of fake voter registration forms and the theft [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2008 under All, Fact, News.
Tags: Acorn, House of Representatives, Senate
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The Real Leader – John McCain
Senator John McCain has shown leadership throughout his entire life. He did so in service to the country in Vietnam. He has done so in Congress and he continues to do so during this campaign. Unlike Senator Obama, he stepped forward at great risk to his campaign and temporarily canceled it to go to Washington [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2008 under All, Fact, News, Opinion.
Tags: Democrats, Fannie Mae, Fiscal Crisis, Freddie Mac, Leadership, McCain, Obama, Senate
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