The President went this morning to meet with members of the Democratic caucus of the verge of a historic vote. Thankfully, he seems to have abandoned his bi-partisan baggage. From the Huffington Post : In a final push to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Saturday that a vote against the legislation would not immunize them from Republican...
New York Rep. Eliot Engel shows some home town pride. Washington (CNN) – New York Democratic congressman took to the House floor Friday morning to congratulate the New York Yankees for winning the World Series. But the discourse quickly turned to partisan attacks. Democrat Reps. Eliot Engel and Edolphus Towns began the accolades. Engle, who lives in [...]
Honduras has overcome pressure to reinstate its ex-president who was legally removed. There appears to be wide acceptance of having an election rather than forcing Honduras to violate their constitution and reinstate him. Maybe I am assuming that the election follows their constitution. Key to the agreement is senior US Congressman Eliot Engel. This is very good news. It really hurt to see our government...
Belfast Telegraph Friday, 23 October 2009 Loyalist victims’ campaigner Raymond McCord has told a US Congressional committee that the British Government and the PSNI are guilty of shielding the UVF killers of his son . “Why is there such a conspiracy of silence surrounding Raymond’s murder?” asked Mr McCord in his address to the subcommittee on international organizations, human...
Here is a table of the 29 members of Congress showing the results of the filings that were posted today. DISTRICT INCUMBENT CONTRIBUTIONS EXPENDITURES CASH ON HAND NY-1 Tim Bishop $263,189.53 $66,589.32 $710,928.46 NY-2 Steve Israel $436,670.74 $173,169.91 $1,796,209.25 NY-3 Pete King $89,287.00 $46,633.81 $1,341,242.55 NY-4 Carolyn McCarthy $144,167.32 $87,679.05 $413,644.81 NY-5 Gary Ackerman $42,178.00...
We disagree on many things, but Congressman Eliot Engel and I are on the same page as far as health care reform is concerned. And I am amazed at this speech; I've seen the Congressman speak many times before, but not this passionately. You must watch this. @rawstory @politicker @dailykos @huffpo #topprog #newyork #politics #nyack #rockland #politicker
"Secret Agent Editors The Obama scandals bring a new era of opacity at the New York Times. " WSJ's The Best of the Web Today Insightful and amusing post about the NYTimes failing to be even a semi-objective news source. "Obama and Acorn Is there a case for a special prosecutor? " WSJ's James Taranto "Independent prosecutor for ACORN" Chicago Tribune "Inside the Glorious...
Talk about political theater. A few Democrats raise an interesting question about the high-profile vote on the education bill amendment to take ACORN’s federal funding away. Did it really take anything away? “There was no money for ACORN in the education bill,” said Rachel Racusen, a spokesman for the Education and Labor Committee. We’re not parliamentarians, but the way it...
Related: ACORN and Obama's green czar taken down by Fox News, blogs and pro-life activist. ACORN looses funding by 83-7 vote in Senate and Green Czar resigns New York Times gives rallies by ACORN left-wing protest of 40 people more coverage then the thousands at DC this last weekend Just as Big Media was sleeping on Van Jones resignation so are they sleeping on ACORN controversy. See: CBS and NBC Finally...
Does anyone think they would grown a pair if they had a 70 seat majority in the Senate? No, me neither. How about 80 seats? Huge victory for Glenn Beck! Only 75 Democrats had the guts to stand up for ACORN today when the not-so-hapless Republican minority forced through a motion by GOP crook Darrell Issa (R-CA) to defund the organization. This is so pathetic-- and a true vision of the Republican idea...
Both of the Capital Region’s congressman, Scott Murphy and Paul Tonko, voted in favor of a measure added to a college loan bill that would ban ACORN from receiving federal funds. Voting against the measure were upstate Democrats Maurice Hinchey and Louise Slaughter, plus a raft of NYC Democrats including Eliot Engel, Jose Serrano, Joseph Crowley, [...]
Breaking News: (hat tip Denise) The House has voted 345-75, on a procedural vote, to cut off all federal funding to ACORNPoltico The House has just voted to 345-75, to cut off all federal funding to ACORN -- using a procedural trick to force a vote on an amendment. The overwhelming majority of Democrats voted with all Republicans to ram through the measure, which follows the Senate's passage of an...
No respect for marriage from Mary Whittaker Bono Baxley & Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy IV Early this morning, Ken did an excellent job of explaining the importance of the Respect For Marriage Act , the bigger picture. He also republished Earl Blumenauer's moving Huffington Post piece on why he's changed his position on DOMA, something everyone should read, a yes vote in 1996 that the veteran...
Maybe they too suspect that the President supports provision of health care benefits to illegal immigrants. It's a position, after all, advanced by dining room tables across the country, in a sense. Fascinating. NYT: Representative Joe Wilson was formally rebuked by the House on Tuesday for his outburst during President Obama's health care address. ... [V]ote of 240 to 179 ... Seven Republicans joined...
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