At the end of September, 2008, George Bush, a very lame duck president, demanded-- and then pleaded-- with his party to go along with Secretary of the Treasury Paulsen's bankster bailout bill (the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). Bush and Paulsen failed and the bill was defeated in the House, 205-228 , even though 65 Republicans, most of them heavily indebted to banking interests for...
By Reid Wilson Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney is helping two new GOPers raise money for their campaigns, spreading good will in advance of another WH bid, while one of his rivals is taking a first trip to NH. Romney endorsed state Treas. Kay Ivey (R) in the open race for AL GOV over the weekend, returning a favor for a public official who served as his statewide campaign chair in '08. Ivey is running against...
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Washington, D.C. ... In an effort to keep terrorist detainees off U.S. soil and out of U.S. courts, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) signed a discharge petition to bring H.R. 2294, the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," to the House floor for a vote. Bono Mack issued the following statement: ...... more
It's some pretty basic data crunching, but it's a start. This week, Organizing for America is matching up (a) the names of those Republican members of Congress who voted against the House's health care packaged with (b) the congressional districts that voted for President Barack Obama in '08 and (c) the names of folks on their multi-million member email list who happen to live in the resulting 32...
Looking at the Cook Political Report’s latest competitive race chart is in itself informative - the short version is that of the top 108 competitive races, the following ratios apply: Dem GOP Likely D 45 0 Leans D 23 1 Toss-up D 12 0 Toss-up R 0 3 Leans R 1 8 Likely R 0 15 Total 81 27 …but there’s some interesting things that can be seen with a little sorting. Below is a chart of...
The Service Employees International Union has put together a new group to launch health care ad campaigns targeting specific members of Congress who voted against Democratic reform plans--the Foundation for Patients Rights . So far, they're going after four lawmakers, spending $400,000 on the first week of TV ads against Reps. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Mike Castle (R-DE), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Mary Bono-Mack...
China: Canteen roof collapses, 3 die Beijing - Three children died and 28 were injured after heavy snow caused the roof of a canteen to collapse at a primary school in northern China, state media said on Thursday, as more snow and freezing temperatures caused havoc in many areas. ... The collapse followed two days of continuous snow in the area, which recorded its heaviest snowfall since 1955. Think...
Now that the House has cast its vote for health care reform, it can be interesting to go back and see who voted for it, and who didn’t. Of those who didn’t support reform, one might assume it may have been because few people in their districts were uninsured, and thus health care reform was not a priority. Of course, it's not that simple. Take U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R), whose district,...
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....
DON'T GET SICK IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY Unsurprisingly, the House health reform bill did poorly in old rural white Pennsyltucky. The New York Times voting map shows Schuylkill County Dem Tim Holden's big no. Holden's constituents are mostly old and white, a large portion of the population on Medicare. And they're the demographic most likely to be connected to Fox News every evening. So Holden is a Dem...
When healthcare legislation finally passes, may we all look back and fondly remember how republicans such as Michele Bachmann, Mary Bono Mack and Joe Wilson made last desperate attempts to kill healthcare by calling the bill: "job killing," "deficit exploding," "government takeover," "freedom killer." May we all look back and laugh, while shaking our heads, at...
CADCA Home October 22, 2009 This Week In Coalitions Online... CADCA Survey Finds More Communities Seeing Prescription Drug Abuse Problems Prescription drug abuse was ranked among the top five problems facing community anti-drug coalitions in 2008, indicating that this continues to be a growing trend across the country. That's according to CADCA's 2008 Annual Survey of Coalitions, an annual survey of...
Earlier this afternoon we looked at some of the obstacles to passage of meaningful health care reform , primarily obstacles from Big Business in the form of an entrenched culture of corruption between many members of the Senate and with the Executive Branch. But not all the opposition is about dollars and cents. The Insurance lobbyists and their Republican cronies are counting on the Blue Dogs, of...
Stuart Rothenberg generally has a good handle on electoral prospects and at this point he is thinking 2010 will be a difficult time for Democrats. In his column, 'Landscape Shift Means Trouble for House Democrats' Rothenberg suggests, "But even if the news is more upbeat for Democrats a year from now, the new political landscape is bad news for the dozen or so House Democrats at greatest risk."...
I had the pleasure recently of meeting and listening to Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack. http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2009/10/meeting-congresswoman-mary-bono-mack/ http://www.tygrrrrexpress.com/2009/04/ideological-bigotry-my-book-is-now-available/ eric aka the Tygrrrr Express
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