Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 23-12 to pass the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act, which would extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal government workers. Next step: the full House, where it is expected to pass, then the Senate and then the President's desk. All of the "yes" votes were from Democrats and all of the "no"...
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....
So David Dreier and the Republicans are making a bunch of attempted amendments to the rule, none of which are being allowed, as the Democrats vote as a block. Rep. Alcee Hastings actually read the rule out, and it appeared to me that Rep. Stupak's amendment on abortion language was going to be allowed on the floor. I'm trying to get confirmation on this. The AP had a story that this would happen, but...
By Paul Kane The House begins debate at 9 a.m. Saturday on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote expected by the evening. In the intervening hours, there will be several key moments that will provide a foreshadowing of the final outcome. As Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray mentioned in their Washington Post story Saturday, not a single Republican is expected to support the legislation,...
Will the Insurance Industry lobbyists' expensive insurance be effective this time? No, it wasn't a direct message, although she's probably thankful and relieved that we haven't run any more of our TV ads in a few weeks. Our pals at the PCCC polled for ad effectiveness and sent us a heartening message this morning. The TV spots-- all of which were paid for by contributions at the Blue America Campaign...
Tonight I am performing at the Ventura Harbor Comedy Club as part of Evan Sayet's right to Laugh series. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Congressman David Dreier at an event put on by the Malibu/Bel Air Republican Women's Federated. http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2009/10/meeting-congressman-david-dreier/ http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2009/04/ideological-bigotry-my-book-is-now-available/ eric...
One of the most important transportation projects in California, aside from my beloved high speed rail project of course, is the Subway to the Sea. A long-planned effort to build passenger rail to Santa Monica via the Wilshire corridor, it has become a primary goal of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Few areas in North America are as congested as LA's Westside, and a subway through this region would...
Perhaps pointing out hypocrisy from the GOP is akin to letting people in on the secret that the sky is blue, but what the heck ... Over the past nine months, House Republicans have worn their Party of No badge with pride, opposing every spending bill to come down the pike and littering the airways to moan about America's descent into socialism. And while no one is arguing that an entire state should...
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;...
Texas reactionary Louie Gohmert may have learned how to wear shoes and a suit and tie over the years, but the Tyler congressman seems to be overly concerned about protecting the rights of some of his constituents engaged in bestiality, pedophilia, necrophilia and other practices that are apparently more common in northeast Texas than in the rest of the country. Gohmert, whose ProgressivePunch score...
Two of L.A.'s most listened to Hate Talkers are John and Ken on KFI. They're kind of funny and whacky and what they hate is anything that is vaguely progressive. They are a penultimate pair of reactionaries. Don't try "we're all in the same boat" with them; they're throw you right off it and into the jaws of a hungry shark. When Alan Grayson caused a stir by pointing out that Republican health...
Wednesday night I went to hear a talk by Republican Gomorrah author Max Blumenthal. I can hardly wait to read the book; I was fascinated when Max started explaining the overarching influence of Focus on the Family leader James Dobson and his profoundly destructive, sadomasochistic cult on the demise of the Republican Party as a legitimate, mainstream entity. It hardly prepared me though for a story...
Pinched from an unnamed unlinked confused commie blogger who thinks (R) only means on the right of the picture: US army Veteran Greg Reynolds learns surfing as actress Bo Derek (R) supports him during the 2nd National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego, California, on September 25, 2009. Reynolds lost his left arm and shoulder in Iraq. The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic introduces recently...
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