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Biker Chicks Of West Chester (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I was watching George Stephanopoulus this morning on ABC. He always has a good panel with good discussion. But today, one of the panelist, got me so mad I am compelled to write about it and complain. Yeah I know, who wants to hear me complain. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla was counterpointing Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn and of course it was heated and a useless debate as neither side was willing to...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
That's how Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn characterized the preventative-care sections of the Democrats' health-care bill: BLACKBURN: And, George, this is exactly how it happens. If you go to page 1,296 of the House bill, the engrossed copy, and you began to read in title three of that bill, on preventive and wellness services, and you get down to section 2301, this is what happens. In...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
DOWNLOADS: (54) PLAYS: (291) h/t David From This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz get into one of those discussions over this week's breast screening recommendations in which the Republican simply constructs an alternate reality: BLACKBURN: ... Debbie is right when she says they forgot about people. Indeed, they did. But...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) accused Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Ten.) of politicizing breast cancer in a heated debate over preventative care Sunday. "The Republicans, and Ms. Blackburn, have for the first time politicized breast cancer," Wasserman Schultz told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. Blackburn contended that new controversial breast cancer screening guidelines are an example...
George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
If the devil is in the details, he may have met his match in Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Many in Congress have ridiculed the size of the health reform package, but this morning on This Week, Blackburn put her command of the 2000+ page bill on full display.
Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
As Harry Reid pressures holiday-homebound Democrats to vote for a start of the Senate health care debate, Republican resisters have found a new weapon to use against the bill--a sudden deep concern about how it might threaten women's bodies. Seizing on a quasi-government task force's report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage...
En Tequila Es Verdad (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Specifically, the boobs who are throwing a hysterical fit over the new breast cancer screening recommendations : On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “ This is how rationing begins ,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “This is how rationing begins,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This is the little toe in the edge of the water.” “Women in particular may lose [...]
George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Coming up…. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
The Rumbler Report (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha - I love your sense of humor: Press Release Contact: Claude Chafin 202-225-1112 Blackburn Hails Stimulus Achievements Spending Bill Grants Tennessee More Seats In Congress Than Texas Washington, Nov 17 - Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) today hailed the Obama Administration’s efforts to create jobs and expand the number of Congressional districts in Tennessee. While...
Liberadio(!) (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Yesterday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) “investigate whether Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) violated House rules by organizing and holding a November 5th rally on the U.S. Capitol grounds to oppose a health care reform bill.” CREW contends that Rep. Bachmann misused her official congressional website [...]
Truman's Take (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Nov 17 2009 Really? The Memphis Commercial Appeal has a tongue in cheek article about the latest misinformation from the Obama Administration regarding jobs created or saved by the stimulus package. The article quotes Congressman Marsha Blackburn as saying "Not only can we track how many jobs were created in each of Tennessee's congressional districts, but in the process we have found dozens...
SchansBlog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Especially given his unwillingness to debate... From Holman Jenkins in the WSJ ... Last spring Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn asked Al Gore during a House hearing if his investments in green energy meant he would benefit personally from cap and trade. "If you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don't know me," Mr. Gore...
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