5 of the 12 members of the deficit Super Committee received Bundled Cash from Lobbyists. Shall we name names? Yes we shall! Co-Chairmanship of an Unconstitutional Congressional Committee apparently has it’s privileges: Paty Murray D – WA $262,000 (democrat co-chair) Jeb Hensarling R – TX $235,500 (republican co-chair) And sometimes it’s not bad just [...]
11/22 Tonight on the Dark Side we’ll be on directly after the debate. Tune in and be among the first in the country to break it all down. I’ll give you my expert housewife analysis of the candidates. We’ll also talk turkey, and by that I mean the Super Committee failure. Plus, let’s talk about [...]
The Republicans on the Super Committee, much to the chagrin of the right-wing base, made a concerted effort to meet the Democrats in the middle and allow nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in ‘Revenue Enhancements’ (Notice how Raising Taxes has been Re-Branded? [Shakespeare was right about Lawyers]) but at the same time they wanted the [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Academy of Actuaries Medicare Steering Committee is urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to develop proposals to slow health care spending growth to improve the long-term solvency and sustainability of the Medicare program. “Health care spending growth is threatening the sustainability of not only the Medicare program and the [...]
Texas Nursing Home Advocates Encourage Co-Chairman Hensarling to Maintain Adequate Medicare and Medicaid Funding for Preservation of Quality Care, Key Caregiver Jobs AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) today praised the 12 bipartisan U.S. House and Senate members of the Congressional “super committee” for convening their initial meeting in Washington, and [...]
Earlier this week, Democrats announced their picks for the three Senators that would be part of the “super committee” tasked with deficit reduction. Today, Republicans release the names of the three Representatives and three Senators that would fill out the entire GOP side of the committee. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced his selections as [...]
