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The faces are all that's Changed... and Hope? Forget that "For too long, our budget process in Washington has been an exercise in deception; a series of accounting tricks to hide the expense of our spending and the shortfalls in our revenue and hope that the American people won't notice. Budgeting certain expenditures for just one year, when we know we'll incur them every year for five or 10;...
And given the heft of the several-thousand-page document, as Ed Morrissey points out , the bill would essentially be filibustering itself: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was...
With the election of Ken Stolle to Virginia Beach Sheriff and Ken Cuccinelli to Virginia Attorney General, two vacancies now exist in the Virginia Senate - and the campaign to be the GOP nominee in these districts is going to be fierce. In the 8th, Rosemary Wilson, Virginia Beach councilwoman, and Jeff McWaters, a businessman, [...]
With Senator Jim Bunning (R) retiring after this present term, the Republican primary and general election in Kentucky should be quite interesting. With the Secretary of State, Trey Grayson and the son of Congressman Ron Paul, Dr. Rand Paul going at it for the Republican nomination, not only will the Republican candidate be selected, but the Republican party could once again be defined. Republican...
Speaking with local residents at a town-hall style meeting at Wawona Frozen Foods yesterday, one of California’s leading agri-businesses, U.S. Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina today called the comprehensive water package passed yesterday by the state Legislature a historic step forward to ensure families, farmers and businesses have long-term access to [...]
Ms Fiorina announced her entry into the race for the senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer yesterday and in the spirit of the moment Mr Devore, another Republican candidate, already has a video out welcoming her to the contest.Shut up Mr Gingrich and Steele.
Carly Fiorina (R) “on Thursday announced the endorsements of eight Republican senators for her just-launched California Senate campaign,” The Hill reports. After primary opponent Chuck DeVore announced the backing of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) this week, Fiorina fought back with Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), John McCain [...]
Think the Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin/Teabagger campaign craziness ended in the 23rd District of New York on Tuesday? Think again. Between Mark Kirk’s groveling for Sarah Palin’s endorsement, Charlie Crist’s forgetting he endorsed the stimulus, and Rob Simmons carrying a teabag in his pocket, we present three previously-reported “centrists” becoming extreme right-wingers before...
Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today. Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five-term Republican Chuck Grassley, [...]
House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans. House Republicans have unveiled their alternative, after months of criticizing the Democrats' approach.
Senator Barbara Boxer Breaks Senate Committee Rules… The liberal California senator passed the dem’s cap-&-tax legislation out of committee without a single GOP member in attendance. This is against the rules and the first time it has ever happened. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) discussed the outrageous move by the democrats: The Politico reported: The Senate Environment and Public [...]...
In case you missed it... A key Senate committee’s Democrats on Thursday approved a plan to impose the nation’s first-ever caps on greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s seven Republicans boycotted the 11-1 vote. The committee’s approval marks the high-water mark for the legislation this year. At least five other...
Carly Fiorina's claim to fame - her five-and-a-half years as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. - could also be her greatest vulnerability in next year's U.S. Senate race in California.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected a measure to add a question on citizenship status to the 2010 census. The proposal created by Republican Sens. David Vitter and Bob Bennett would have excluded all non-citizens including legal resident immigrants from the reapportionment of congressional districts based on next year’s national tally. "Illegal aliens should not be included for the purposes...
http://realhealthreform.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/house-unveils-1990-page-health-reform-bill/ Well, it seems we are down to a “tale of two bills”. The Senate version and the House version. Both are now packaged and ready to go to conference committee. It appears that Democrats have gotten their way on most all matters of contention, most specifically the inclusion of a public option in both bills. The...
http://realhealthreform.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/quick-post-health-bill-inches-forward-in-house/ House Democrats pushed ahead with a compromise health overhaul today over liberals’ complaints, intent on achieving tangible — if modest — success on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority ahead of a monthlong summer recess. “We’ve got to pass the bill. Not only do we have to, but we’re going to,”
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