The New York Times .. I could probably stop there, but Nicholas Kristof’s intellectually dishonest op-ed deserves rebuke. Kristof’s post asserts that Republicans’ strategy will amount to turning the United States into a backwards, military-led, middle-eastern-like country (emphasis mine). With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them [...]
H. Res. 292 In the House of Representatives, U. S., June 3, 2011. Resolved, SECTION 1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. The House of Representatives makes the following statements of policy: (1) The United States Armed Forces shall be used exclusively to defend and advance the national security interests of the United States. (2) The President has [...]
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has unveiled some very interesting 2012 proposed budgetary numbers here. His report includes comparisons between the GOP proposal of around $6.2 trillion in cuts and the addition of $9 trillion in new deficits under President Obama’s budget proposal. That is a difference of a total of over $15 trillion dollars folks. [...]
Yes, 95, count them, 95 fake Republicans voted to expand Obamacare yesterday! * Republican 95 138 7 Democratic 185 7 Independent TOTALS 280 138 14 BILL TITLE: Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011* (Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)* Ackerman Aderholt Akin Alexander Altmire Andrews [...]
I recieved a very disturbing Email news bulletin today from The Hill.com today. Here is the headline that I find it to be disturbing: House rejects extra $22 billion in cuts that divided Republicans* The House rejected a measure cutting an additional $22 billion from the Republican spending bill, as conservatives ran into a wall of [...]
Progressives are up-in-arms over the loss of government jobs that will occur due to the kinds of deep budget cuts House Republicans are pushing. House Speaker John Boehner’s response to them was clear, truthful and responsible In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. If some of [...]
Conservative law makers are continuing to talk up the repeal or replacement of Unfordable Patient Rationing of Care Act of 2010 (artistic license claimed). Liberal law makers are doing everything they can to make it a negative against the right-leaning legislators. John Boehner may very well lead the House to a near veto-proof vote to repeal [...]
Most Americans have heard that legislating is like making sausage. Everyone likes the product, but no one likes how it gets made. According to a NewYork Times article, the incoming Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, is about to make the process as interesting as the the product. It is usual for the [...]
