November 23, 2009
Last Saturday night, in what was mostly a procedural vote, the Senate approved moving forward with debate on the health care reform bill. The vote was 60-39, the barest minimum necessary for debate to start in the Chamber. To listen to Harry Reid and his cohorts after the vote, you would think the Senate had just accomplished the greatest feat since the creation of man. What they really did was nothing . . . . . yet. (I’m sorry, maybe they did d…
Tags: Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Leiberman, Mary Landrieu
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March 7, 2010
…already know the details, but let’s just point out a few highlights: • Despite all the rhetoric regarding the bipartisan health-care summit intentions to introduce new ideas, Democrats have simply dusted off the failed Senate health-care bill and made a few changes. It’s essentially the same bill without the “public option” but would increase spending significantly while exercising even more control. • The new bill will …
Tags: Medicaid, Senate
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January 16, 2012
…d Brooke produced 45 bills that would never pass Congress. At one point, Conyers was able to garner ninety-nine co-sponsors (approximately 22.7% of the House) and Brooke was able to garner fifty-seven co-sponsors (57% of the Senate). Regardless, it would still not pass. It wasn’t until 1979 that the bill would have a real chance of passing Congress. The United States Postal Service unveiled a 15 cent commemorative stamp as a memorial to Marti…
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March 31, 2010
This week Congress has adjourned for Easter recess. Obama has used this opportunity to make 15 presidential appointments that were blocked by Senate Republicans. This maneuver is part of the politics of Washington and was also used by President Bush. Obama’s actions, however, are notable because one of the appointments installed SEIU lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It is generally acknowledged that attorn…
Tags: Craig Becker, SEIU
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September 8, 2009
…ress’ plan other than to say it is a true Cadillac plan. If Congress agrees to such a tax, I am sure top executives would agree as well. Are not the Democrats the ones wanting to make the playing field level all the time? The Senate Finance Committee is working on what would be the first true bipartisan plan right now. As reported by Fox.com, the plan would include penalties for those who do not get insurance depending on income level and family …
Tags: socialism
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October 28, 2011
…r for scaring away any likely GOP self-funder. Look how much they spent and lost in a GOP year? I could also point to redistricting battles that have painted the GOP into a corner and has marginalized a lot of Assembly, State Senate and US House seats. Not to mention a couple of lost seats as well as Incumbent vs. Incumbent battles within the GOP but the Democrats have as much to wring their hands over. No I think it just boils down to this one …
Tags: Al Ramirez, Barbara Boxer, California, Diane Feinstein
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May 25, 2010
…he traitor Arlen Spector whom I mentioned earlier. He is no longer running for reelection as he lost his primary to Congressman Sestak. If current polls mean anything (which they may or may not), we should be able to put that Senate seat into the Republican column in November. The Republican nominee is currently polling ahead. A true conservative, Rand Paul won his primary in Kentucky last Tuesday defeating the Republican establishment cand…
Tags: Arlen Spector, Election, Eric Holder, Sestak
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February 16, 2009
…t spending package amounts to approximately 780 billion dollars which thankfully is substantially less than the 925 billion dollar package that was passed in the House and the 870 billion dollar package that was passed in the Senate. But, according to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, “A stimulus bill that was supposed to be timely, targeted and temporary is none of the above. And this means that Congress is about to approve a stimulus pa…
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January 21, 2012
… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
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January 2, 2009
Well, now that Caroline Kennedy has decided that she wants to join the family business, I think it’s apropos to say a few words about the Kennedy Clan. As with all Kennedys, Caroline has surely proven her abilities to be in the family business: She wants to be appointed to the US Senate with absolutely no experience whatsoever. I was sitting at lunch yesterday with a younger member of the electorate who was obviously enamored of the Kennedy clan…
Tags: Bobby Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Family, Ted Kennedy
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