Ben Smith reports Organizing For America have sent out emails to voters in Republican districts that voted for Barack Obama. Smith reports the Democratic National Committee launched the attack on Republicans voting against health care reform. However, Mitch Stewart of Organizing For America is responsible for sending out the email. An unnamed Democrat expresses a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with....
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor showed a loss of 190,000 jobs in October, with the national unemployment rate reaching 10.2 percent, a 26-year high.
I just turned on CSPAN's coverage of the health care debate. California's Buck McKeon (R) rumbled up to the podium and "quoted" Abraham Lincoln: "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong..." And so on. As we have discussed previously , the quote is a fake. Let me remind you of some things that Lincoln actually...
By Viola Gienger November 3, 2009 Courtesy Of Bloomberg News Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Iran’s military will be subject for the first time to the kind of U.S. assessment reserved for China’s expanding forces as lawmakers seek a more accurate analysis of the Persian Gulf oil power’s strengths and strategy. Congress ordered an annual report on Iranian military goals and capabilities, including...
As we all know, the Republicans have had virtually nothing to offer in the way of health care reform. It seems like the only thing they are interested in is protecting the obscene profits of the huge private insurance companies. One thing the Republicans have especially opposed is the creation of a public option for health insurance -- something along the lines of Medicare for Americans of all ages...
Indiana bigot Mike Pence blew the whistle on this one. A couple weeks ago we looked at how the Republican obsession with openly gay people and the Republican obsession with "czars" was degenerating into a jihad against Kevin Jennings, the Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Bigot extraordinaire Steve King of Iowa wrote a...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today honored nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California as Taxpayer Heroes for their high scores in the group’s 2008 Congressional Ratings: John Campbell with 95 percent; David Dreier with 80 percent; Darrell Issa with 89 percent, Dan Lungren with 81 percent; Kevin McCarthy with 81 percent;...
WASHINGTON — Despite a vaguely worded veto threat by President Barack Obama, the House on Thursday easily adopted a major defense policy bill that calls for continued development of a costly alternative engine for the Pentagon’s next generation fighter jet.The House approved the measure by a 281-146 vote. The annual defense authorization bill would guide the Pentagon budget for the fiscal...
Earlier this afternoon, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the lead Republican of the House Armed Services Committee, and Congressional leaders met with President Obama
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), lead Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, today made the following statement after learning of Iran's secret nuclear facility.
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) meets with Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal at the White House. Photo from Radio Free Europe From Foreign Policy/The Cable: As the Obama administration wrestles with how to deal with the worsening military and political situation in Afghanistan and the worsening level of public support for the war at home, new details are emerging about how the president is thinking...
O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2009 -- Newswire services this afternoon reported that, according to Howard "Buck" McKeon, (R-CA), the new top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Obama told Central Command head Gen. David Petraeus and Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal to "scrub" their assessments because he "wasn't inclined to send troops over...
The Cable points to a report in Roll Call quoting the new ranking Republican on HASC, Buck McKeon: House Armed Services ranking member Howard McKeon (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that Gates told him on a July trip to Afghanistan that Obama...
Obama has made so many mistakes in his nearly eight months as president. This one is huge. It is astronomical in its potential to change the international balance of power and alter the hope for peace. US lawmakers denounce missile defense shift President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Thursday denounced his move to cut back missile defense shield plans in Europe, charging he underestimated the...
Guest post by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-6th) While we can all agree that our current health care system is flawed there are many different ideas about how to fix it. Democratic Leaders in Congress have introduced and rushed through committee, the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act”. This one-size fits all proposal would steer the country toward a government-run health care...
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