Congress
« Previous EntriesAnother Case for Campaign Finance Reform
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Last November, America said a resounding NO to Republican ideas and a full-throated YES to change, including a new and sensible health care system. By what tortured logic, then, is the committee drafting new health legislation composed of an EQUAL number of Democrats and Republicans?
What kind of dysfunctional democracy do we have [...]
It’s Time To Call The Republicans’ Bluff!
Saturday, February 7th, 2009Once again, the Neanderthals in the Republican party are wielding their ideological wrecking ball against the foundations of the American economy.
Not content to have precipitated the current economic crisis with their disgraced supply-side, trickle-down tax cuts obsession, Republicans are pushing the same proposals to fix the economy that created the mess in the first [...]
Big Three = Very “Troubled Assets”
Friday, December 12th, 2008President Bush and the Treasury Department signaled on Friday that they would consider dipping into the $700 billion bailout program for financial institutions to aid the Big Three car companies, after Republican senators refused to support a compromise proposal to rescue the automakers.
“Under normal economic conditions we would prefer that markets determine the ultimate fate [...]
Predictions For Tomorrow
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Electoral College:
Barack Obama - 346
John McCain - 192
United States Senate:
Democrats - 57
Republicans - 41
Independents - 2
House of Representatives:
Democrats - 267
Republicans - 168
Another Poster Child For Term Limits
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican senator in United States history and a figure of great influence in Washington as well as in his home state, has been indicted in connection with a federal corruption investigation.
Mr. Stevens, 84, was indicted on seven counts of failing to report income. The charges are related to [...]
Then And Now
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008July 11, 2008:
“I don’t see anything unfair about it, and I didn’t even know it was a deal.”
July 15, 2008:
Representative Charles B. Rangel has decided to move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Harlem, his spokesman said. Mr. Rangel’s spokesman said the congressman would not discuss details of [...]