Archive for the ‘Congress’ Category
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi's protestations, the Democrats approval of additional funding for our military operations in Iraq makes it their war as well. In exchange, they will allow the budgets of several domestic programs to be slashed. The Democratic Party officially has neither a spine nor principles and ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
"They (Republicans) like this war. They want this war to continue. We thought that they shared the view of so many people in our country that we needed a new direction in Iraq. But the Republicans have made it very clear that this is not just George Bush's ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Instead of raising taxes on the oil companies, why not provide them with a targeted tax credit that financially incentivizes them to aside a small portion of their profits for developing alternative energies domestically? Reducing our dependency on Middle East oil is crucial to our national security. Meanwhile, ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
What exactly does hate crimes have to do with military spending (besides, aren't all crimes hate crimes)? The Senate approached this bill incorrectly on several levels and exposed us to the fact that the election of Democrats to the majority of both Houses of Congress has done little to ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Earlier today, President Bush challenged Congress to quickly pass war funding legislation before its December holiday recess.
However, the president warned that "if the Congress passes an irresponsible spending bill, I'm going to veto it," Bush told reporters during a White House news conference, his first in nearly seven weeks.
Apparently, in ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls,� Frank Newport of Gallup informs us:
Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43 percent of independents and ...
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