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Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Practice is Unnecessary, Discourages Program Participation and Wastes Money Following reports that more New Yorkers went hungry in 2008 than the year before, Representative Anthony Weiner (D – Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and 27 Members of Congress called on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to end the practice of fingerprinting food stamp applicants....
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Random Musings (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
There's no other word for it. Civilized Americans have been betrayed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Earlier today, the House, by a 386 -17 vote , will 11 voting "present", passed H. Res. 893 , congratulating.... God, it hurts so much to put this in writing ...the Evil Empire New York Yankees on their winning the 2009 World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies. And the worst part of...
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Red State (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
…to wit, providing fully justified grief to people who really deserve it. In this particular case he’s making the clock run out on a bill that had some disclosure provisions stripped from it; as has been noted before, there are many ways that an individual Senator can shut things down in the Senate, and Coburn is happy to explore them in the cause of transparency. The Democrats are of...
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Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The United States Congress has numerous coalitions and caucuses which various Congressmen and Senators align themselves with, such as the Republican Study Committee , or the Blue Dog Coalition , however, there is one caucus in the United States Congress which associates itself with left-wing organizations such as the ACLU, NAACP, La Raza, Moveon.Org, and other liberal organizations which advocate far-left...
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Red State (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
My name is Russ Carnahan (D, MO-03), and I’m lost: (via Dana Loesch . Also note: Ed Martin is running against this guy.) I was last seen a week or so ago, hiding in a garage after a get-together I threw ended with some people that I invited beating up a guy . I’ve dropped off the face of the earth since then. No Twitter *, no blogging , nothing from work … I’m just gone ....
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ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
So here is the latest on "Obamacare" and the drive by the White House and the Democratic leadership in Congress to force taxpayer funded abortions down the country's throat. First the efforts by the Pro-life community nationwide to get out the message appear to be working. The telephones lines in congressional offices are being clogged with angry voters who are very upset that abortion has...
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KIKO News (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Miami Mayor Chuy Canizales has issued a press release concerning the town’s wastewater collector system. A recent inspection reported that the system is 100% inadequate . Canizales says the Water Infrastructure and Finance Authority has approved a $26,000 grant to help fund the required engineering report for possible stimulus funding through the US Department of Agriculture . Gila County has...
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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Since there are plenty of people-- gay and straight-- who feel the government should have nothing to do with the institution of marriage, there are some who just roll their eyes when the topic of same sex marriage comes up. No one, however, rolls their eyes when the subject of gay men and women being drummed out of the military because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." This is something that is...
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Random Musings (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
Info courtesy Politico . The linked article is dated June 19, so for the sake of easy math, I'm assuming the numbers are current as of June 15. The presumption is that the amount spent represents the amount spent through 5.5 months of a 12-month year, 0r 45.83% of the year. That might not be perfectly accurate (I don't know for sure what Politico's cut-off date was), but since everyone is subject to...
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AZNetroots - Front Page (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Thank you, Rep. Grijalva for opposing a war funding bill with no commitment to withdrawal. Raul Grijalva was the only Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona to vote "No" on the War Supplemental which contains no timeline for withdrawal. Now I expected a "Yes" vote from Blue Dog Giffords and Blue Dog wannabe Mitchell, but what's up with Ed Pastor? Bizarrely, many Repubs, including...
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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
In 2007, Ed Pastor signed the pledge in 2007 not to vote for any war funding that does not include troop withdrawal provisions. But now that he's part of leadership, I guess that's all out the window. Washington DC office: (202) 225-4065, Arizona office: (602) 256-0551
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Gabriela from the Sunlight Foundation sez, It comes as no surprise that Indiana Democrat Pete Visclosky's favorite word to say in Congress is "Indiana." While staying out of the spotlight in Washington, he has been a champion for his Northwestern Indiana congressional district, bringing home millions of federal dollars to create jobs and win fans. Since the decline in manufacturing, new jobs...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Gabriela from the Sunlight Foundation sez, It comes as no surprise that Indiana Democrat Pete Visclosky's favorite word to say in Congress is "Indiana." While staying out of the spotlight in Washington, he has been a champion for his Northwestern Indiana congressional district, bringing home millions of federal dollars to create jobs and win fans. Since the decline in manufacturing, new jobs...
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The Caucus (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Representative Peter J. Visclosky, currently ensnared in a federal investigation of a lobbying firm, will temporarily hand over the reins of an important subcommittee. Mr. Visclosky, a Democrat from Indiana, issued a statement on Tuesday saying that he had asked Representative Ed Pastor of Arizona to handle the House appropriations subcommittee's work [...]
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