Blogs1 - 10 of 52 recent posts for tag:"democratic leadership"
10
Nov
2009
Congressman Cole Has On Line Forum

15 hours ago by Bob Cleveland

Late Saturday night, I joined with 214 of my colleagues in Congress to oppose Nancy Pelosi’s government health care takeover. The Pelosi legislation is simply something I cannot support. Since the debate began, I have remained firmly opposed to any kind of government run “public option,” and the Okl ...

That's Just Bob - thatsjustbob.com/politicalblog · 4 references

08
Nov
2009
A pox on both your houses

2 days ago by Lex

Congressional Democrats teared up and patted their own backs last night because they passed the health insurance industry protection bill. The normal apologists are telling us to look past all the nefarious components of the bill because this is such a significant step towards reform. No, no it is n ...

electric worry - electricworry.wordpress.com · Rank: 184,452 · 1 reference

27
Oct
2009
BEST OF WEB: War Is a Hate Crime

14 days ago by Signs of the Times

Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is wrong. So is violence against people in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the bizarre culture of identity politics, there are no alliances among the oppressed. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the first ma ...

Take the Power Back - theholtman.com

24
Oct
2009
Rep. Barton on what health care reform should be

17 days ago by Editor

Description: US Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning. He talked about what Republicans think health care reform should like like, and contrasted it with the Democratic leadership’s bill. The Democratic bill includes more than 50 new positions of authority where g ...

Medical Rag - medicalrag.com · 1 reference

07
Oct
2009
Working Hard or Hardly Working?

34 days ago by JP

October 7, 2009 POLITICO By Jake Sherman Like most Americans, members of the House are expected to report promptly — no excuses — when summoned by their bosses for the start of another workweek. One difference: For lawmakers, starting time doesn’t come until about 6:30 Tuesday evening. After taking ...

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Aging Hippies and Congressional Leadership

34 days ago by mountainmusings

The headlong, damn-the-torpedoes approach to health care “reform” is a function of democratic congressional leadership in the hands of a bunch of aging Woodstock era hippies. Much of the top leadership hails from the early 1970’s, especially from the class of 1974; Democrats elected at the height of ...

Elkhorn Creek Lodge - elkhorncreeklodge.wordpress.com · 1 reference

Democratic Leadership Flip Flop on 72-Hour Waiting Period Before Vote on ...

34 days ago by Libertys Army

On September 24th, The Hill reported that Pelosi commits to 72-hour wait before health vote A spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) suggested Thursday that Pelosi’s promise should be taken with a grain of salt. “House Democrats actually voted to post the trillion-dollar ’stimulus ...

Liberty's Army - libertysarmy.com · Rank: 85,805 · 18 references

This program is made possible with support from viewers like you: Why ...

34 days ago by markolepeterson

In 2003, when US marines first invaded Iraq, I looked on with familiar sadness as death and destruction were brought to me live via CNN, Fox Noise, MSNBC and others. At the time I thought the old PBS line “This program is made possible with support from viewers like you,” should be shown as fitting ...

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30
Sep
2009
Public Option Vote Forces “the Reveal” of the War Going on Inside the ...

41 days ago

Slate’s John Dickerson has finally said what has been so glaringly obvious for so many months, but has been ignored, not discussed and generally denied by the MSM and the supporters of ObamaCare with great discipline: the internal divisions inside the Democratic Party over specific policy issues con ...

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23
Sep
2009
Blame Republicans for Big Government

48 days ago by Mike Miller

So often we hear those associated with the GOP (mostly neocons) complaining about Obama’s big-government policies. It’s the nature of politics, I suppose, that they can’t see past the blinders of their own party to realize that they’re just as much to blame as the Democrats. Indeed, the size and sco ...

Liberty Maven» Liberty ... - libertymaven.com · Rank: 30,989 · 125 references

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