House passes Obama?s economic stimulus bill
2009-02-13 21:11:00 House passes Obama’s economic stimulus bill WASHINGTON (AP) - Handing the new administration a big win, the House Friday passed President Barack Obama’s $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy. The bill was passed 246-183 with no Republican help. It now goes to the Senate where a vote was possible late Friday to meet a deadline ...
By: TexasFred's
I?m just a bill. Sitting here on Capitol Hill.
2008-09-03 07:57:00 After my Mass Media Industry class this morning I have lost all faith in the American school system. In this class we are discussing the law, ethics and history of mass media. Today was our first law lecture. We started with the basics. What’s a plaintiff? What’s a defendant? What are the sources of law? ...
By: The Bean Blog
My congressman?s ?best? idea? A legislative game show
2008-06-04 23:30:00 My Republican congressman, in the spirit of fully representative democracy, has discovered how to best serve his constituents: Let ‘em vote on what he ought to do. Rep. John R. “Randy” Kuhl, R-N.Y., has sent his constituents a franked, four-color mailer announcing the “Fix Washington Project”: Congressman Kuhl wants to hear from you. Between May 16th and July 18th, Congressman Kuhl is seeking your input and ideas regarding any federal issue. Residents of the 29th district can e-mail, call or fax their ideas to the Congressman’s office. Once all of the ideas have been submitted, five will be chosen and posted on Rep. Kuhl’s website to allow his constituents to from the list of five. The idea that gets the most votes will be introduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. [emphasis in original; press release] Rep. Kuhl’s mailing says, “Now is the time to fix Washington.” Now? He’s been in office for 43 mon...
The Never-Ending Presidential Campaign: What?s it cost us?
2008-05-29 20:54:00 You’ve probably noticed a relatively new phenomenon in American politics: The Never-Ending Presidential Campaign. (Might make a good animated flick, eh?) And you’ve likely thought Gee, this has been going on for-evuh. Well, it has: The 2008 presidential election campaign began as the mid-term elections ended in 2006. By February of the next year, look at all the Democrats who had tossed in the proverbial hat ? Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, former Sen. John Edwards, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Bill Richardson, Gov. Tom Vilsack and former Sen. Mike Gravel. All but two were sitting governors or members of Congress. And the Republicans: Sen. John McCain, Sen. Sam Brownback, former Gov. Jim Gilmore, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Rep. Duncan Hunter, three-time Senate race loser Alan Keyes, Rep. Ron Paul, former Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Tom Tancredo, and the Thompson twins, former Sen. Fred and former Gov. Tommy....
Jill Martinez needs to update her campaign website
2008-05-25 01:35:00 But will she? Marta Jorgensen has made it clear that she has rejoined the CA 24th Congressional race. She has withdrawn her endorsement of Martinez. Martinez continues to display on her website misinformation pertaining to endorsements and who she is running against. Numerous calls have now been made to Lt. Gov. John Garamendi’s office to ...
By: What's Going On
?I?ll stand up to those special interests.? Really? How?
2008-05-21 23:05:00 We are all going to die. When we do, an industry with 100,000 employees will annually collect about $11 billion in revenue from our survivors, who presumably love us and wish to put us to rest with appropriate pomp and circumstance. Requiescat in pace, although survivors’ wallets might not. Since 2002, after authorities found the remains of 339 people scattered about the grounds of a Georgia crematorium, the funeral industry has been visited by a wave of regulatory activity in many states. Not surprisingly, the funeral industry, a monopoly in many ways, wishes to influence that regulatory activity. It has also sought to influence drafting and revision of federal regulations, most notably the Federal Trade Commission’s “Funeral Rule.” According to a richly detailed and footnoted report by Scott Jordan of the National Institute on Money in State Politics, from 1999 to 2006 the industry has coughed up $6 million in political contributions spread over politica...
Congressional Republicans Respond to House Vote on Iraq Supplemental VIDEO
2008-05-16 02:39:00 Congressional Republicans Respond to House Vote on Iraq Supplemental - FULL STREAMING VIDEO. House Minority. Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republicans conduct a press conference to respond to a vote in the House defeating legislation that would have provided an additional $162.5 Billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Press Release: From the Office of the House Republican Leader, H-204 The Capitol, Washington, DC 20515 p. (202) 225-4000 f. (202) 225-5117. Boehner: Republicans Will Not Allow Troop Funding to Be Held Hostage for Demrats? Tax & Spending SchemeWashington, May 15 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the Democrats? failed attempt to pile billions of unrelated Washington spending and a $54 billion Small Business Tax Hike onto the backs of American troops in the supplemental war funding bill:?Members voted present today to protest the fact that the exercise that took place on the House floor w...
Congressional Republicans Respond to House Vote on Iraq Supplemental VIDEO
2008-05-16 02:32:00 Congressional Republicans Respond to House Vote on Iraq Supplemental - FULL STREAMING VIDEO. House Minority. Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republicans conduct a press conference to respond to a vote in the House defeating legislation that would have provided an additional $162.5 Billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Press Release: From the Office of the House Republican Leader, H-204 The Capitol, Washington, DC 20515 p. (202) 225-4000 f. (202) 225-5117. Boehner: Republicans Will Not Allow Troop Funding to Be Held Hostage for Demrats? Tax & Spending SchemeWashington, May 15 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the Democrats? failed attempt to pile billions of unrelated Washington spending and a $54 billion Small Business Tax Hike onto the backs of American troops in the supplemental war funding bill:?Members voted present today to protest the fact that the exercise that took place on the House floor w...
Pols fail to comprehend breadth of infrastructure crisis
2008-05-13 00:43:00 About 10 months have passed since the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River during afternoon rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. Construction of the bridge’s $234 million replacement may be finished in mid-September, three months ahead of schedule, earning builders a $20 million bonus. The Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty have agreed on a $38 million state fund to help compensate the victims of the Aug. 1 disaster. All’s well, eh? Perhaps for this bridge in this city. But nationwide, all is not well. Road, bridge and other important public-works infrastructure continue to age and deteriorate as Congress dithers elsewhere. Only disasters move our representatives to act ? and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. The proposals of the remaining presidential candidates do little to inspire faith that th...
American Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet While Democrats Quietly Sneak
2008-05-07 02:44:00 At a time when Democrats spread lies from pulpit to pulpit preaching about the mismanagement of the economy via George Bush they quietly find $25 Million dollars in earmarks and pork to help fund political ally and pro-immigration lobbyists La Raza. It’s clear that Democrats who have been at the helm for the last two years ...
By: Webloggin
Trade Deals
2008-04-25 06:17:00 I watched a U.S. Trade mission to Colombia a few days ago on C-Span. You can watch it by clicking the link that says Vignette on U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The video will remain up on C-Span for another week or two. The roughly half-hour I watched of the show involved U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and nine ...
Evan Almighty (2007) PG 90min
2008-04-23 07:27:00 A.k.a. “Bruce Almighty-2″, this is a sequel directed by same Tom Shadyac and starring Morgan Freeman as God and Steve Carell as TV anchorman-turned Congressman Evan Baxter. The plot: Evan Baxter retires as Buffalo newscaster to become the Congressman for his state with the slogan “Change the World!”. Then magic begins to happen: The Almighty appears ...
Retiring pol + unused campaign cash = power, access, influence
2008-04-20 21:50:00 On Jan. 1, Federal Election Commission records show, Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.) had $862,809.75 in his campaign operation, Reynolds For Congress. From Jan. 1 to March 31, FEC records show, he raised $271,851.79. Allowing for spending by his campaign ($123,825.39), Rep. Reynolds finished the first quarter with $1,010,835.55. That’s a nice piece of change for a Republican incumbent to take on any challengers, eh? But on March 20, Rep. Reynolds became the 29th Republican in the 110th Congress to announce his or her intended departure (or actually leave) the House, saying: While there is always more to do, elected officials are only temporary stewards of the people?s trust. That?s why today I am announcing that I will not seek and be a candidate for reelection. [emphasis added] Now that Rep. Reynolds won’t be a steward of the public’s trust, what kind of a steward will he be of the million bucks of other people’s money tucked away in his campaign fund? Ac...
Whom will next president appoint? To what? Why?
2008-03-29 17:46:00 I still do not know whom I will vote for as president. That’s because what I wish to know, candidates will not tell me ? whom they’ll appoint to office. It is through appointments to judgeships, cabinet posts and other executive branch positions that presidents implement their policies and impress their will upon government and therefore the governed. Alan Pergament of The Buffalo News, in his review of PBS’ “Bush’s War,” said it well: At a time in which America is preparing to elect a new president to deal with Bush?s war, it reminded me of something I learned from my college courses in political science: It doesn?t so much matter who becomes president as it matters whom he or she chooses to put in his or her Cabinet. [emphasis added] Sage advice, but Mr. Pergament didn’t take the notion far enough. The U.S. Constitution, Article II, section 2, clause 2, says: The president shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Sena...
Tom Knapp for US House of Representatives
2008-03-26 21:23:00 "I'd like to offer you a better answer than that. "I believe in America. "I believe in the values of individual freedom and unlimited opportunity that made this country great. "I believe that the Republican and Democratic parties have betrayed those values, and that in so doing they have failed in their duty to the American people and to the American Dream. "I believe that those values, and that dream, can be restored." read more
It?s Official - No Revote for Michigan Democrats
2008-03-22 23:41:00 Well, the Michigan Legislature met for the last time for 2 weeks on Thursday. It had been said that if the discussion of a revote were to be proposed, it would be brought up there, but everybody was pretty sure that it wasn’t going to be. Since they won’t meet for 2 weeks, that was ...
[ Poll ] House of Representatives Meets in Rare Secret Session in Liberals
2008-03-22 00:00:00 Turk, 21/03/08 (0 Replies)
Today Is the Deadline for Legislatures to Pass Re-Vote Bill in Michigan
2008-03-20 16:18:00 Well, today is essentially the deadline for the Michigan Legislature to pass a re-vote bill, since the Legislature is going on a 2 week recess after today, and there wouldn’t be enough time to set it up after that. The proposed date is June 3rd, and as I said here (http://inkslwc.wordpress.com/2-008/03/18/no-re-vote-in-michiga-n/), it appears that the ...
Andy Dillon?s ?Thugs? Caught as Petition Blockers Against Dillon?s Recall
2008-03-19 04:19:00 Here’s a video that aired on the news today (WDIV, Channel 4 from Detroit) about Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon’s (D-17th District, Redford Township) “Thugs” as petition blockers against Dillon’s recall movement. This is a video of the movement going on in Redford, north Dearborn Heights and southeast Livonia, led by Rose Bogaert of the ...
No Re-Vote in Michigan, Obama & Clinton State Senators Say
2008-03-18 19:02:00 This just in from the MIRS News Service in Michigan and MSNBC: Senate Democrats emerged from a closed-door caucus this morning and proclaimed that a fledging idea floated by top Michigan Democrats to create a special June 3 primary election is all but dead. “The votes aren’t there to do it,” said Sen. Buzz THOMAS (D-Detroit), the ...
Michigan Should Not Re-do Its Primary; Democrats Agree
2008-03-17 21:20:00 Alright, so lately we’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about a do-over primary here in Michigan, and possibly in Florida. For now, we’re going to leave out Florida, because it seems like actual progress for a plan is moving quicker in Michigan. Personally, I think it’s a terrible idea for the Democratic Party - but ...
US House of Representatives condemns rocket attacks on Israe
2008-03-06 02:57:00 WASHINGTON - The United States House of Representatives endorsed Wednesday a resolution condemning the rocket attacks on Israel, stating that the fir1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Presidential Podcast 02/16/08
2008-02-17 01:03:00 Presidential Podcast 02/16/08 . Subscribe to Our Podcast feed or online podnova Podcast Channel and receive the weekly Presidential Radio Address in English and Spanish with select State Department Briefings. Featuring full audio and text transcripts, More content Sources added often so stay tuned. In Focus: DefenseTechnorati Tags: President Bush and White House radio address or House of Representatives and National Intelligence
Bush radio address 02/16/08 full audio, text transcript
2008-02-17 00:48:00 bush radio address 02/16/08 full audio, text transcript. President's Radio Address In Focus: Defense Subscribe to Our Podcast feed or online podnova Podcast Channel and receive the weekly Presidential Radio Address in English and Spanish with select State Department Briefings. Featuring real audio and full text transcripts, More content Sources added often so stay tuned.THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. At the stroke of midnight tonight, a vital intelligence law that is helping protect our nation will expire. Congress had the power to prevent this from happening, but chose not to.The Senate passed a good bill that would have given our intelligence professionals the tools they need to keep us safe. But leaders in the House of Representatives blocked a House vote on the Senate bill, and then left on a 10-day recess.Some congressional leaders claim that this will not affect our security. They are wrong. Because Congress failed to act, it will be harder for our government to keep you sa...
?We will not fear George W. Bush?
2008-02-15 15:20:00 President Bush yesterday took as harsh a one-two beatdown as he has endured in the entire seven cynical, corrupt years of his doomed presidency. First Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent him a damning letter on his stubborn and hypocritical position on FISA. The letter not only outlines the facts of the law and the circumstances surrounding it for those who might only be familiar with the overt lie that Bush has been pandering to the American public, it concludes with a statement of intent that every single Member of Congress would do well to adopt: I, for one, do not intend to back down ? not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear. We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won. Hear, hear. Later, in another of his fire-breathing special com...
A FISA Quotabull
2008-02-13 21:18:00 Liability protection is critical to securing the private sector?s cooperation with our intelligence efforts. … The Senate has passed a good bill and it has shown that protecting our nation is not a partisan issue. ? President Bush, Feb. 13. In a presidency of hypocrisy ? an administration of exploitation ? a labyrinth of leadership ? in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma hidden under a claim of executive privilege supervised by an idiot ? this one ? is surprisingly easy. President Bush has put protecting the telecom giants from the laws ? ahead of protecting you from the terrorists. He has demanded an extension of the FISA law ? the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ? but only an extension that includes retroactive immunity for the telecoms who helped him spy on you. ? MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann, Jan. 31. The order cannot properly be sustained as an exercise of the President’s military power as Commander in Chief of the Ar...
Quotabull
2008-02-08 22:24:00 He?s about as much an outdoorsman as Woody Allen. He can?t row. ? Dr. O. H. Frazier of the Texas Heart Institute, a longtime collaborator of artificial heart pioneer Dr. Robert Jarvik who, in a television ad for cholesterol medication Lipitor, is depicted as “among other outdoorsy pursuits, rowing a one-man racing shell swiftly across a mountain lake”; a stunt double actually did the sculling scenes. You and I know the American people are not under-taxed. The problem is Washington spends too much of your money. ? from remarks by President Bush to the the Conservative Political Action Conference; Feb. 8. I will not be in the Cabinet. I will not be on the staff full time. I will not in any way interfere with the work of a strong vice president, strong secretary of state, strong secretary of treasury. ? former President Bill Clinton in a Today Show interview, downplaying any role he would play if his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, became president; Feb. 8. There was mass pa...
Michigan Should Have a Part Time Legislature
2008-02-02 10:31:00 This is a movement that I have supported especially since the budget crisis last year. In 2007, the House of Representatives spent 134 days in session with the Senate having 132 days. In 2006, the House spent 95 and the Senate spent 98 days. In 2005, the House was in session for 110 days and ...
I am data; politicians micro-target me to get elected
2008-01-30 00:53:00 I earn between $50,000 and $75,000 a year. I have three degrees. I teach at a small Catholic liberal arts university. I own several cameras. I have two vehicles, one four-wheel-drive, the other high-mileage. I belong to two environmental organizations. I commute more than 10 miles to work. I contribute to three non-profit organizations. I am single. I buy clothes from Lands’ End and L.L. Bean. I collect Rotring pens and pencils. I play guitar and piano. I read science and detective fiction, purchased mostly from Barnes & Noble and Amazon. I have two iPods, one computer and two TVs. I have several credit cards. I drink beer. I once owned a handgun. I have a mortgage. I have voted since 1964 as an Independent or Democrat. To our presidential candidates, I am not Denny Wilkins, an individual human being: I am a set of data points, one of about 168 million sets of data points collected by both the Democratic and Republican national committees. They are interested in me only b...
Real ID Plan: Analyzed, Scrutinized, Criticized, and Praised
2008-01-13 02:44:00 OK, so on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its regulations for the Real ID plan. States have until 2014 to reissue the new “tamper-proof” licenses to those born during or after 1964 and until 2017 for those born before that, a compromise to appease some states who complained that it would be too ...
Still No Smoking Ban In Michigan
2007-12-16 06:07:00 A smoking ban bill that cleared the Michigan House earlier this week seems to have stalled in the Senate. The bill would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and other workplaces. The Democrats tried to send the bill to the Health Policy Committee, where the Republican chair, Dr. Tom George (R-Kalamazoo) supports the ban; instead, the bill was sent ...
CIA Interrogation Tape Destructions
2007-12-09 07:18:00 OK, I’m not going to make a long post about this yet (for the same reason that I’m holding off on the accusations toward Rudy Giuliani using NYC funds to fund his dates with his mistress) because we don’t have all the facts (for some details on what we do know, read here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/-09/washington/09zubaydah.html?_-r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin)-. What I ...
House of Representatives approves CAFE bill
2007-12-07 16:27:00 House of Representatives approves CAFE bill The House of Representatives passed the Energy Independence and Security Act yesterday — the same bill that includes increased CAFE standards for the auto industry. The bill — that would increase fuel economy standards to 35 mpg by 2020 — was passed 235-181. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill on Saturday. Even if approved by Congress, the White House says it will veto the bill.
Needed: a constitutional mandate to detect lies of candidates
2007-12-02 22:12:00 If we want better-qualified (and honest) presidential candidates, let’s amend Article II, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution. This section says: No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. How about adding the following clause after “United States”: “and who has not passed a lie detector examination consisting of the following questions:” ? Have you used a statistic out of context or selectively to exaggerate your record? ? Have you ever used a statistic out of context or selectively to denigrate your opponents or their positions? ? While an appointed or elected official, have you improperly accepted money from lobbyists? ? Have you extolled the number of...
U.S. House of Representatives Reach Compromise on Energy Bill
2007-12-01 17:42:00 It was announced late yesterday by Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that the House of Representatives finally reached a consensus on the new CAFE standards bill. They have agreed upon a combined 35 mpg standard by 2020 and still maintainig a distinciotn between cars and trucks; the automakers ...
Henry J. Hyde, a Power in the House of Representatives, Dies at 83 - New Yo
2007-11-30 06:21:00 Philadelphia InquirerHenry J. Hyde, a Power in the House of Representatives, Dies at 83New York Times - 1 hour agoRepresentative Henry J. Hyde, left, the Judiciary Committee chairman, with Representative John Conyers Jr., right, the ranking minority member, at an impeachment hearing in 1998.Longtime GOP icon crafted abortion law Chicago TribuneRemembering politician who banned abortion-related Web sites CNET News.comBP News - Associated Baptist Press - The Associated Press - Catholic News Serviceall 586 news articles Read More... [Source: Google News - Posted by alexa]
By: Helloseo
Desperately wanted: Really wealthy GOP candidates
2007-11-26 14:21:00 If another reason is needed for a massive multi-billion-dollar infusion into public financing of campaigns for congressional races, let alone the presidential race, look no further than Monday’s front-pager at The New York Times. The Times‘ Raymond Hernandez reports that the Republican Party is drafting wealthy candidates to run for federal offices because of the enormous disparity in fundraising between Democrats and Republicans. Reports Hernandez: At this point, strategists for the National Republican Congressional Committee have enlisted wealthy candidates to run in at least a dozen competitive Congressional districts nationwide, particularly those where Democrats are finishing their first term and are thus considered most vulnerable. They say more are on the way. These wealthy Republicans have each already invested $100,000 to $1 million of their own money to finance their campaigns, according to campaign finance disclosure reports and interviews with party strateg...
If politicians can be bought, the public must do the buying
2007-11-25 00:54:00 If you and I ? the electoral “we” ? share dismay, disgust and despair over the overt and covert roles of corporate and special-interest money in politics, then it’s time buy back our government and our democracy. It’s time to outbid the corpo-kleptocracy for the largesse and lawmaking of our politicians. Have a position on health care reform? Upset with immigration policy? Got a beef about about farm subsidies? Got an attitude about abortion, either pro or con? Think defense spending’s a problem? Irritated about paying for the Iraq War? Angry about the erosion of privacy rights? Think public education needs to be reformed? Tired of inaction about climate change? Whatever our issues, whatever our points of view, whatever our positions, they don’t matter ? because there’s an industry or a special interest that has outbid our politicians for their ears. Thus we may shout as loudly as we can, but our politicians do not hear us. We’ve been ...
There is no opposition party in Washington
2007-11-19 14:46:00 In describing the Democratic response to Bush’s sabre-rattling toward Iran, Power of Narrative’s Arthur Silber summed things up neatly: They don’t object because — they don’t object. The only thing wrong with Silber’s assessment is that it was limited to Iran. In truth, you could just as easily use those seven succinct words to characterize the Democratic Party in general. Time and time again, on critical issue after critical issue, the Democrats fall in line with their Republican leaders and do what they’re asked. They do the will of the GOP instead of the will of the people. They act in the interests of the nation’s narrow power elite instead of in the public interest. They follow instead of leading. And they do so because - they don’t object. Some examples illustrate the point. Despite winning a majority in both houses of Congress largely on America’s unhappiness with our open-ended occupation of Iraq, and despite cont...
The Fix for Michigan?s Budget Crisis: 6.5% Sales Tax
2007-11-07 05:12:00 Today I was at the Griffin Endowed Forum at Central Michigan, and they had Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-12), Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer (D-19), Speaker of the House Andy Dillon (D-17), and House Minority Leader Craig DeRoche (R-38). The theme was economics in Michigan (although we did move on to term limits and a ...
President Bush Urges Congress to Pass Appropriations Bills VIDEO PODCAST
2007-10-31 02:28:00 President Bush Urges Congress to Pass Appropriations Bills FULL STREAMING VIDEO North Portico 10:38 A.M. EDT PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLETHE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. I just had a very constructive and important meeting with the leadership and the Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. And I want to thank you all for coming down, and thank you for your leadership.Congress is not getting its work done. We're near the end of the year, and there really isn't much to show for it. The House of Representatives has wasted valuable time on a constant stream of investigations, and the Senate has wasted valuable time on an endless series of failed votes to pull our troops out of Iraq. And yet there's important work to be done on behalf of the American people.They have not been able to send a single annual appropriations bill to my desk, and that's the worst record for a Congress in 20 years. One of the important responsibilities of the Congress is to pass appropriati...
Michigan Will Avoid Second Shutdown?
2007-10-30 20:30:00 With 1 day left before the budget deadline extension expires, it is up to the Michigan Senate and House to iron out whatever kinks they have left, and then pass it on to Governor Granholm. From all that I’ve heard, it seems like the Senate and House are in agreement on cuts this time, so ...
The House is Going to Lose One of Their Best: Tom Tancredo
2007-10-30 19:46:00 U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has announced that he will retire after his term is over, whether or not he wins the election (he won’t - as much as I love the man - he just can’t do it). He feels that he has done all that he can to influence illegal immigration policies there, ...
Tancredo to Retire from House of Representatives
2007-10-29 17:27:00 My sources in DC have told me that Tom Tancredo has decided not to seek another term in the House. A spokesman for the Colorado Congressman has confirmed he will not seek a sixth term. Tancredo is running for the Republican presidential nomination, but the spokesman says the decision not to seek re-election is separate from that effort. More than a ...
Pete Stark: A True Un-American
2007-10-24 00:48:00 OK, well, my mid-term paper is now complete, and I can get back to some blog posting! I was going to do something about the drought crisis in Georgia, but then saw a news story about Pete Stark apologizing, and remembered that I had wanted to post about what he had said that warranted the ...
House of Representatives Passes Mortgage Relief Legislation - Welcome relie
2007-10-10 00:00:00 ?One controversial aspect of this mortgage meltdown relief bill would grant bankruptcy judges the power to order mortgage lenders to ease terms for homeowners.? The House of Representatives approved legislation designed to assist financially strapped homeowners this past week to...
Some good News from the House of Representatives?.for a change.
2007-07-17 02:26:00 By ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Pro-gun rights Democrats teamed with House Republicans on Thursday to block local governments and law enforcement agencies from gaining routine access to gun-purchasing data. The House Appropriations Committee defeated two attempts by gun control advocates to strip four-year-old restrictions on the use of information from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...
By: Gun News
US House of Representatives to Go Carbon Neutral
2007-06-11 04:00:00 This week, the US House of Representatives pledged to be carbon- neutral by the end of this session. Currently, the day to day operations of the House generates 91,000 tons of greenhouse gases annually. That is equivalent to the annual emissions of 17,200 cars. Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard, was ordered by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to devise ...
Republicans Threaten to Shut Down the House of Representatives
2007-05-17 14:16:00 I was amazed that after so much mismanagement and bungling, incompetence and utter hubris, the GOP minority in the House of Representatives would have the audacity to threaten to shut the House down with useless procedural votes;House Republicans Wednesday threatened to shut down House business by calling a series of procedural votes until the Democratic leadership assured them that rules governing key parliamentary procedures would go unchanged. Republicans began their assault in the mid-afternoon after hearing that the Democratic leadership allegedly planned to change the germaneness rule, which would limit the ability of the minority to challenge provisions in a bill on the floor. I have not yet found information on the specific rule in the House, but a similar rule regarding what germane amendments can be offered on legislation for South Carolina goes like this;The General Appropriations Bill and Supplemental Appropriations Bills shall include only provisions for appropriating...
By: Mike Kuykendall
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