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Is Congress dumbing down its discourse?
2012-05-21 21:21:00 Are members of Congress dumbing down their discourse? The Sunlight Foundation determined that Congress is talking at nearly a full grade level below the level at which members spoke seven years ago, according to its study of the Congressional Record?the official record of members' proceedings and speech.
Confrontation brews in Congress over detainee law
2012-05-17 04:36:00 Lawmakers moved toward a confrontation over the government's power to detain suspected terrorists on Wednesday as the Republican-led House of Representatives began debate on a defense policy bill the White House has threatened to veto. Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, sought to amend the law to guarantee people arrested in the United States on terrorism charges could not be detained indefinitely without trial or transferred to military custody. ...
Blind Chinese activist Chen tells Congress he's 'not a hero'
2012-05-15 22:02:00 Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who made headlines earlier this month after escaping house arrest and seeking refuge at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, called into a congressional hearing today to tell the American people, ?I am not a hero.?
Obama to voters: ?Nag? Congress for me
2012-05-11 22:51:00 President Barack Obama has asked supporters to write, call and even tweet their members of Congress if they want lawmakers to approve his economic policies. On Friday, two days before Mothers Day, Obama suggested another approach: "Nag them!" He was speaking from the driveway of Val and Paul Keller in Reno, last stop of a ...
Embattled Arizona sheriff will not run for Congress
2012-05-11 20:02:00 PHOENIX (Reuters) - A tough-on-immigration Arizona sheriff, who resigned as co-chairman of Mitt Romney's state campaign in February after allegations he threatened a male lover with deportation, on Friday dropped his bid to become a Republican congressional candidate. Embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told supporters in a letter posted on his website that he would instead seek re-election to a second term as sheriff. "The most important issues, our performance and results as sheriff, have brought our sheriff's office to prominence and this must continue," the letter said. ...
Erika Harold, former Miss America, runs for Congress
2012-05-10 18:41:00 After voters sent a former ?Saturday Night Live? star, a hit recording artist, and an astronaut to Congress, a former Miss America pageant winner wants to try her hand at lawmaking.
When they had a majority, House Democrats never voted on repealing DOMA, ye
2012-05-10 09:47:00 On its website, The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) bills itself as “the official campaign arm of the Democrats in the House.” And last night via a friend’s Facebook link, I learned that this outfit was garnering signatures in support of the president’s new stand on gay marriage: That takes some cheek. Since a Republican ...
By: GayPatriot
Navy preventing Goa Christians from praying at chapel: Congress MP
2012-05-09 13:58:00 A Congress MP Wednesday accused the Indian Navy of repeatedly barring Christians from praying at a sacred chapel on the Anjadip island, a few hundred metres off the coast in South Goa district. Shantaram Naik told the Rajya Sabha that the ‘attitude’ of the Indian Navy officials was not right and in violation of a written ...
By: Goa Blog
Had Obama moved forward on same-sex civil unions when his party had majorit
2012-05-09 00:54:00 Yesterday, when I announced my determination to slow down the pace of blogging this week, I had intended to post only a handful of pieces on gay issues, first to indication my opposition to North Carolina’s Amendment One, then to offer a followup on the Grenell Matter, noting how that latter showed not the anti-gay ...
By: GayPatriot
Obama gives Congress 'to-do list' on virtual Post-It note
2012-05-08 23:31:00 President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Tuesday to act on a modest five-item "to-do list" to fight unemployment, showcasing the tasks on a virtual Post-It note he mockingly said would not "overload" lawmakers. "I know this is an election year," Obama said in a speech at the SUNY-Albany Nano-Tech Complex, a science research facility. "But ...
Congress brainstorms options to avert defense and poverty cuts
2012-05-08 13:00:00 Back when Congress was trying to reach an agreement to raise the debt limit, leaders from both parties decided they?d only be able to work together with the threat of across-the-board spending cuts hanging over their heads.
Obama's 'to do' list for Congress: jobs, mortgages
2012-05-08 08:03:00 Pressuring Congress, President Obama is laying out an election year "to do" list that urges lawmakers to take another look at economic proposals to promote job creation and help families refinance mortgages.
The simple answer to your question, Jennifer, is, ?Yes,?(gay marriage advoc
2012-05-08 00:54:00 Let me begin by reminding you of some important facts. Democrat Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, with strong support from gay groups, including many supporting state recognition of same-sex marriage. When he took office, the president’s party, the Democratic, enjoyed overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress. From July 7, 2009 until ...
By: GayPatriot
PROFILE: CLYDE WILLIAMS [PART 3]
2012-05-05 02:01:00 Part 3 of our profile on Congressional candidate, Clyde Williams, takes place at a local hardware store where two generations--a father and son duo--come together day in and day out to keep the family business thriving and food on the table. Check out the conclusion to our series as Clyde gets a two-for-one special on issues concerning business in the neighborhood from Luis Minaya and Luis Minaya Jr.
PROFILE: CLYDE WILLIAMS [PART 2]
2012-05-01 20:53:00 Part 2 of our profile series with Democrat and Congressional candidate, Clyde Williams, continues as he explores more of the Washington Heights and Inwood community. This time he takes a seat with local restaurant owner, Dulce Martinez.
PROFILE: CLYDE WILLIAMS [PART 1]
2012-04-29 18:29:00 With the electricity of election season in the air, here's a profile on an interesting candidate that's running for an equally interesting congressional district in New York City. This three-part series follows Democrat, Clyde Williams and his plans for the communities of Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood--better known as Uptown Manhattan or District 13. Check out Part 1 as Clyde heads up to the Northern tip of the island and gets an insiders look into the community and its history via local entrepreneur, Leopold Vasquez.
Ignoring failure of Senate Democrats to pass a budget,liberal political sci
2012-04-29 08:34:00 Yesterday, thanks to a left-of-center Facebook friend, caught a Washington Post piece where two left-of-center political scientists blamed Republicans for Washington gridlock. Unfortunately, they didn’t mention the failure of the Democratic Senate to pass a budget for the past three years. Nor did they consider that Republicans in the current Congress thought that they owed it ...
By: GayPatriot
Why do Democrats dishonestly demagogue Republican policies?
2012-04-28 09:08:00 In the past year, we’ve heard Democrats, including the president himself, fault Republicans in the 112th Congress for, attempting with their budgets to starve the poor and deprive others of needed social services, as if they insist the less fortunate alone and isolated in a cruel world and oppose all notions of charity and compassion ...
By: GayPatriot
Congress Just Threw You Under a Bus
2012-04-27 19:22:00 What Just Happened? Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill entitled Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R.3523), or CISPA for short. CISPA is a bill that allows the government to obtain your private information from companies without a warrant. Oddly, under the guise of making CISPA less abusive, the House actually slipped in ...
By: Blawg IT
Obama?s Cowardice in Failing to Confront Crisis of Entitlements
2012-04-26 18:45:00 On Sunday, I reported that a Democrat who currently serves in Congress — and seeks to represent my district in the next Congress — spoke to a town hall at my synagogue, yet acknowledged he had no plan to address the coming crisis of entitlements. Even though he failed to stand behind any plan to ...
By: GayPatriot
STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS ACT OF 2012
2012-04-26 18:01:00 With student loans in the United States accumulating to over $1 Trillion USD there's very little room left under the rug to hide the reality. The increasing cost of higher education coupled with the terrible job market has become the perfect storm condition that hass allowed student loan debt to rise higher than American credit card debt. That being said, Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan has just introduced H.R. 4170, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012, in the House of Representatives--legislation designed to lend a helping hand to those struggling under massive amounts of student loan debt. Folks interested in the bill and its details can check it out in its entirety here or visit SignOn.org to learn more about spreading the word.
House OKs DATA Act; Senate up next
2012-04-26 13:26:00 Score one for transparency. The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act, an important piece of legislation that would bring greater transparency and efficiency to federal spending data. Specifically, the act...
By: CPA Success
Senate Democratic Budget Committee Chairman:Date When Law Requires Vote on
2012-04-24 02:18:00 There’s a reason they call it the do-nothing Democratic Senate. On April 29, it will have been three years “since Senate Democrats” have “passed a budget., a “dereliction of duty”, writes Deroy Murdock which “flagrantly violates the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act.” Murdock quotes the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, outgoing North Dakota ...
By: GayPatriot
The Defining Exchange of the Democrats? 2012 Strategy:Fault the Republican
2012-04-23 02:10:00 The more I think about how Congressman Adam Schiff responded to my question earlier today, the more aware I become not just of this Democrat’s incompetence (a competent Congressman would offer a government’s pressing fiscal problem), but also his demagoguery. In the course of his talk, he attacked Republicans for holding the nation “hostage” on ...
By: GayPatriot
Congressman Adam Schiff:Democrat without solution to coming insolvency of e
2012-04-22 21:48:00 Welcome Instapundit Readers! I see Glenn compared Mr. Schiff to the Treasury Secretary. I address Mr. Geithner’s acknowledgement in my this post. Just returned from a townhall with my soon-to-be new Congressman (provided he isn’t defeated in November) Adam Schiff. When the 113th Congress convenes next January, thanks to redistricting, Henry Waxman will no longer ...
By: GayPatriot
Divided Congress confronts a rising cyberthreat
2012-04-21 18:43:00 The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.
Trinamool Congress Protests Against Digital TV Deadline: What’s The B
2012-04-18 10:17:00 The June 30th Deadline for India’s Digital TV conversion seems uncertain with Trinamool Congress opposing it. Mamata Banerjee led State Govt. is challenging the deadline set to change the delivery of Cable TV to Digital because the deadline was fixed “without consulting states“. The Indian Govt. has been long trying to get the cable TV business organized. The only way to get this sector streamlined is to fix set-top boxes wherever cable TV is accessed. This will bring in accountability & reveal the true subscriber base the cable TV operators have. Presently they are accused of grossly under-reporting the number of users. Thus a large chunk of money flows undetected. The sole reason for insisting the conversion is Govt. does not get its cut from this booming sector. Is the state Govt. against conversion? Apparently not. But West Bengal Govt’s Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim fears that the sudden decision may have serious repercussions. “Why did the...
By: WATblog
Backpeddling
2012-04-08 22:14:00 “The Nutty Professor” should have a device installed that makes a beeping sound when he backs up. If he actually taught constitutional law, I hate to think what those pointy-headed little protégés of his absorbed during those several semesters of indoctrination. The following article is from the “Conservative Byte.com“ and succinctly describes Obama’s recent blunders with ...
By: RSF America
Obama Demands More War-making Powers from Congress
2012-04-05 12:48:00 The Obama administration wants Congress to grant it even broader authority and more funding to send U.S. troops on missions around the world dealing with everything from terror and narcotics to supporting national governments facing opposition and law enforcement operations, …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Which is the stronger majority?
2012-04-04 18:45:00 On Monday, the president said this about the Supreme Court review of Obamacare, “Ultimately, I?m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” Emphasis added. On March 21, 2010, the U.S. House ...
By: GayPatriot
U.S. Congress Confirms Afro-American Ambassador to Barbados & the Eastern C
2012-04-03 22:59:00 The Embassy of the United States of America to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is pleased to announce as of March 30, the U.S. Senate confirmed Larry Palmer to be the new Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking on February ...
By: Bajan Reporter
Bobby Rush Hoodie And Congress, George Zimmerman Video
2012-03-29 19:18:00 Bobby Rush finds his groove. And did you see this video: I’ve never seen quite the national response to an obvious crime as I have witnessed thus far with the George Zimmerman murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. And yes, it was a murder, even as Zimmerman himself says it was “self-defense” which is (Read More...)
America is losing the cybersecurity war; China hacked every major US compan
2012-03-29 12:23:00 Gloom and doom is the predicted forecast, but that is in regard to U.S. cybersecurity instead of the weather. Four top government cybersecurity officials have basically come out to say America is getting her hiney kicked in cyberattacks by nation …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
?Bipartisan? budget secures only 38 votes in 435-member House
2012-03-29 10:46:00 You do gotta wonder the lengths to which the headline writers at Yahoo! go in order to make House Republicans seem extreme. Last night, caught this headline on the company’s homepage: GOP-run House easily rejects bipartisan budget: The House voted decisively late Wednesday to reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts ...
By: GayPatriot
Obama, Congress and Financial Aid to Islam
2012-03-26 18:37:00 There’s a couple of matters weighing on my mind today, and they stem from the actions of Barack Hussein Obama and his obvious love for ALL things Islam, but as you will see in my commentary below, I don’t blame just Obama. US … Continue reading →
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Free card check and Scott Beason Congress stickers
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Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio appeals to Congress for protection from
2012-03-14 23:12:00 A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibeta-n) urge supporters to contact their congressmen with a message to oppose elimination of Voice of America Tibetan radio by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a U.S. federal government agency which oversees VOA broadcasts and wants to silence VOA ...
Promoting civility in Congress
2012-03-08 09:01:00 House: Barney Frank banned from speaking for day: Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., received a day-long ban from speaking on the House floor today, and the comments he had made were removed from the record, after he violated House rules with a personal attack on Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas.
By: GayPatriot
UPTOWN VS CHARLES RANGEL
2012-03-08 06:03:00 There's a big time battle brewing over a small section of New York City as this year's American elections take place. The debate is over the city's Congressional District 15, a jurisdiction over Harlem and some parts of Uptown Manhattan that have been overseen by Charlie Rangel for over four decades! A new proposition that takes into account the ever-increasing Hispanic population wishes to change the district boundaries and possibly give Uptown neighborhoods like Washington Heights, Inwood, parts of the Bronx and even Queens, their own representation. The idea, although heavily opposed by Rangel, is being spearheaded by advocacy group, The Dominican American National Roundtable. If approved by the courts, the proposed new district will be comprised of 66% Hispanics, something that clearly indicates why Rangel, who's relied mostly on older African-American support, would be opposed. An interesting battle to keep a close eye on as the playing field and politics evolve come electi...
AJ Carillo talks about Jose Hernandez For Congress, (D) Central Valley #Oak
2012-03-07 04:11:00 AJ Carillo talks about Jose Hernandez For Congress, (D) Central Valley #Oakland
News: Congress Passes Bill Standardising Airline Rules for Musical Instrume
2012-03-05 23:35:00 Congress Passes Bill Standardizing Airline Rules for Musical Instrument Storage Traveling musicians got a big boost from Congress last month with the passage of a sweeping Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that includes new universal standards for storing instruments in flight. Pending issuance of final regulations, the amended law will, among other things, allow travelers to carry aboard any instrument or related gear that can be safely stored in the cabin, rather than risk it being damaged in the plane?s cargo hold or during baggage handling. Included as an amendment to section 403 (?Musical Instruments?) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658), the bill provides airport personnel with specific guidelines for carry-on instruments ? including when musicians may purchase a separate seat for an oversized or fragile instrument ? as well as weight and size limits for storing a larger instrument in a plane?s cargo area. full story: http://www.bm...
Why Does this Headline Not Surprise Me?
2012-03-05 09:48:00 White House Using Taxpayer Cash to Pay for Spin: Two senators have launched a bipartisan investigation into “taxpayer-funded spin” by the Obama administration, following reports that the administration was devoting millions to promote the health care overhaul and other policies. Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., on Wednesday blasted out letters to 11 ...
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Post-partisan President Excludes House Republican Leader
2012-03-01 00:57:00 Today, reports the Washington Examiner’s Joel Gehrke Obama held his first meeting with Republican leadership since the debt-ceiling fight last year – but Cantor was not invited. “The group was limited to only the top congressional leaders: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy ...
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NHTSA Ready To Submit Rearview Camera Mandate To Congress
2012-02-29 18:08:00 From Autoblog: About 100 children and over 200 adults die every year because drivers accidentally back over them. It's a sad statistic that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration feels can be prevented if all new vehicles come standard with backup cameras. Read the whole
The Final Conflict
2012-02-22 21:10:00 As our country careens toward the election of 2012, we increasingly find ourselves on a collision course between good and evil. In the corner on the left, wearing a black hat and flashing a forked tongue, we have Barack Hussein Obama. In the corner on the right, wearing a white hat and clinging to a ...
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Microsoft To Unveil Windows 8 Beta At Mobile World Congress
2012-02-10 08:41:00 Microsoft has announced that it will release a test/beta version of its upcoming Desktop operating system, Windows 8. The operating system was revealed some time back and promises to be the next big upgrade to Microsoft’s Windows. Windows Vista was generally considered a failure but its successor Windows 7 got its act right. Windows 8 will be the Redmond giant’s answer to modern operating systems offerings from Apple and Google. Windows 8 marks the entry of Microsoft’s entry into the tablet segment with its UI and features which are specially tailored to tablets. The operating system sports a new and refreshing UI called Metro. This Metro UI syncs in well with their Tile UI in Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone has still not gained mainstream popularity as compared to Android and iOS but with a solid combination of a hardware and developer support, Windows may finally support a full fledged computing ecosystem just like Apple has done. Microsoft will also unveil their version of ...
By: WATblog
When it comes to the business of governing, Obama is absent
2012-02-10 00:36:00 The president, as I noted last month in my brief review of his State of the Union address, indicated that he was ?prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long term costs of Medicare and Medicaid”. Only problem was that he failed to put forward any of his own. At another point in ...
By: GayPatriot
Americans frustrated that Obama can?t force Congress to do his will?
2012-02-07 08:00:00 Wonder how Matt Lauer and his colleagues in the legacy media would have reacted had George W. Bush expressed a similar frustration: I think this is the nature of being President. What’s frustrated people is that I have not been able to force Congress to implement every aspect of what I said in 2008. Well, ...
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