Archive for the ‘U.S. Senate’ Category
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
When Bush attorney Harriet Miers ignored a subpoena to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committe, what did they do about it? NOTHING!
When former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez lied to the same Committee, what did they do?
NOTHING!
They apparently don’t have the time or inclination to pursue THOSE offenses, but they ...
Posted in Congress, Democrats, General, Politics 2.0, U.S. Senate | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
The Senate voted Tuesday night to approve a sweeping year-end budget package after adding $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the objections of Democrats who have been stymied all year in their efforts to change the course of the conflict in Iraq.
By an overwhelming 70-to-25 vote, ...
Posted in Afghanistan, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Iraq, News, U.S. Senate | 3 Comments »
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, ...
Posted in Congress, Democrats, Energy Policy, Fiscal Policy, Republicans, U.S. Senate | 2 Comments »
