Rep. Artur Davis Votes Against Health Care Bill On Saturday night, and the moderate Democrat was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so . He was one of 39 Democrats who voted "no" in the 220-215 vote to pass government-run health care reform. As Booker Rising readers probably know, Rep. Davis (D-Ala.) is looking ahead to his statewide race for governor next year. He seeks...
Let us now praise the virtue of the U.S. House of Representatives. Last night, the House narrowly passed a sweeping health-care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, bringing America one step closer to finally guaranteeing health care for all its citizens, not just those who could afford it. I recently characterized " selfless virtue " as generous, beneficent, kind, and...
A Courtesy to our Friends at KOS DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TO SLAP WOMEN BACK TO THE STONE AGE ( HR # Bill: H R 3962 ) KOS diarist LaFeminista reflects the animus the Soros-left have after the passsage of the Stupak Amendment which, nominally, will keep Obamacare from funding abortion. In truth, a Medicare type supplement insurance will be available. Anyway, to help them out, and make retribution easier,...
(H/T: Instapundit ) The following two paragraphs from this piece (” White House attacks worry moderate Democrats ,” and the title will be brought up again later) highlight not only the problem that quote-unquote ‘moderate’ Democrats are having with the administration’s War On The Chamber Of Commerce: they highlight the general problem with ‘moderate’ Democrats....
Sixty members of the House of Representatives are forming a new caucus to look out for the interests of military families, and intending to tackle spouse employment and aid for families with special-needs children as their first legislative issues.One co-chair of the caucus is Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, a Republican lawmaker from Washington state who is married to a 26-year Navy veteran. The other...
This may have already been posted, but State Rep. Mike Keown raised some cash in his bid to unseat US Rep. Sanford Bishop: State Rep. Mike Keown (R) raised about $105,000 and will show $101,000 in cash on hand in his first fundraising report since filing in early August to take on Rep. Sanford Bishop (D) [...]
As promised, we have drawn four names of representatives selected by random lottery to submit voluntarily to legislation of their own making (H.R. 3200). If this week's representatives feel this puts them on the spot, good! We feel they have some explaining to do to those of whom they pretend to represent. . The winners of this week's lottery drawing shown above are. Here are their names and a few...
James Taranto brings us this interesting tidbit from last week's House vote on defunding ACORN : Incidentally, here is a shocking fact: Yesterday, 26 members of the Congressional Black Caucus--25 in the House and one, Roland Burris, in the Senate--voted against resolutions to defund Acorn, the scandal-plagued advocacy group. Two additional Black Caucus members voted "present" in the House,...
For Reps. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga., pictured left) and David Scott (D-Ga., pictured right), it hasn’t been easy lately being the nation’s only black Blue Dogs. With the emotional political debate raging over revamping the nation’s health care system, Bishop of Albany and Scott of Atlanta — both members of the moderate to conservative Blue Dog Democrats as well as the overwhelmingly...
In his address to Congress on health care last week, President Obama attempted to reassure Blue Dog Democrats, such as Georgia Reps. Jim Marshall and Sanford Bishop, that the plan would not be too expensive or intrusive for their conservative constituencies, the Columbus, Ga., Ledger-Enquirer reports.
In many ways, U.S. President Barack Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday was aimed at lawmakers like Reps. Jim Marshall and Sanford Bishop - fiscally conservative Democrats from Georgia who represent rural enclaves and small towns in ideologically moderate to conservative Southern districts (hat tip: Dr. Marion Thorpe ). "In my opinion, the demographics of the Blue Dog Coalition reflect more...
WASHINGTON — In many ways, President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on Wednesday was aimed at lawmakers like Georgia Reps. Jim Marshall and Sanford Bishop — fiscally conservative Democrats who represent rural enclaves and small towns in ideologically moderate to conservative Southern districts.
When Dem Rep Sanford Bishop tried to filibuster his way through a recent town hall meeting in Bainbridge, Georgia, the peasants revolted: Here’s how the local media covered it: There’s going to be an uprising in this country that’s going to make the Boston Tea Party look like a picnic. Good luck getting reelected in southwest [...]
The New York Times ran a front-page story today about a quiet man who drove a long distance with his wife to attend a town meeting in Georgia hosted by his Congressman Sanford Bishop. The guy was there because his wife has breast cancer and he's worried that the Obama health care plan will force [...]
Congressman Sanford Bishop reads for the first 40 minutes of the Town Hall and the Protesters have had enough of the filibustering. The first words from the video are the Congressman saying "the worst thing we can do (concerning...
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