As you probably know, a group that I have dubbed The Infamous 53 , recently sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing freedom for all Americans to travel to Cuba. Transcripts of the letter were available on the Internet. What was not ready available was the actual names of the 53. An alert reader of Cuba Journal sent to me a PDF file link with the text and the signatures and the names of the 53....
Congress, that's who. Yeah, yeah. Hard to top that one for lead story on News of the Obvious , I know. But man, the sheer stupidity in continuing to resist President Obama's desire to lift the Cuba travel ban -- the only country in the world the US government prohibits its citizens from visiting -- just drives me bananas. No pun intended. Never mind the Republicans -- we know they're stuck in their...
People who live in nice houses like this have pretty tulips-- and the clout to get out of paying their fair share of taxes The battle over the Estate Tax is heating up again. The simplistic way to look at it is that the defenders of wealthy elites-- the Republican Party and DLC and Blue Dog Democrats (particularly Blanche Lincoln )-- are opposing real Democrats, who want to reform a system that the...
Nevada's Representative Shelley Berkley joins co-sponsorship of H.R. 1159 -To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for investment lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme. For more details on H.R. 1159 and other pending legislative bills, click here.
On a party line vote with one RINO in favor, the Neo-com Democrats pass PelosiCare (the House version of Obamacare). Here are the miscreants that will rob the elderly of medicare and create a death panel so they wont need medicare: From the NY Times Voted YEA Neil Abercrombie D HI-1 Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5 Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1 Michael Arcuri D NY-24 Xavier Becerra D CA-31 Howard L. Berman D CA-28...
The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities has published Berkley Estate Tax Bill Would Add Billions to Deficit While Benefiting Only Wealthiest 1 in 500 Estates: A new estate tax bill introduced by Representative Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and others would cost $119 billion more over the first decade (2012-2021) than...
Representative Dina Titus (D-NV3) and Representative Pete Olsen of Texas introduced the Helping Small Businesses Grow and Prosper Act of 2009 to allow small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to deduct up to 80% of their meal and entertainment expenses, an increase over the current 50% allowance level. Not a bad idea for a State with heavy dependence on the hospitality industry. The Representatives...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers say they have the plan to ease the estate tax burden. Their Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009 (H.R. 3905) would lower the estate tax rate and increase, over then next 10 years, the amount of assets that would escape estate taxation. Under the bill, introduced by Representatives Shelley Berkley...
In Passing Stuff that made me want to see more Mister Tough Guy "So when Communications Commissar Mao Ze Dunn starts berating Fox News for not getting into the same Maosketeer costumes as the rest of the press corps ... " POTUS responds to Iraq bombings [that he helped cause] The gloves come off - "I strongly condemn these outrageous attacks on the Iraqi people" Memo to Newt: Don't...
Curious about the SpookyPoliticians.com site, which, among other things, refers to GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Danny Tarkanian as a "two-time loser," I wandered over to the Nevada State Democratic Party website to read the official spin from communications director Phoebe "Not So" Sweet. But before I could access the NVDems homepage, I first had to click past one of those email capture...
Two interesting occurrences in DC today. In view of recent developments, the House tacked on an amendment to the recently passed 2010 defense budget bill requiring President Obama to report by January 31 on exactly what progress has been made with Iran over its nuclear weapons program. It also demanded that sanctions be levied against Iran if the Islamic republic does not "accept the offer of...
Representative Dina Titus (D-NV3) announced that the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada will receive $816,274 in ARRA funding for new staff and retraining existing employees to review proposed electricity projects. The intention is to help the PUC accelerate reviews of electricity utility requests expected under the Recovery Act. State PUCs will be reviewing utility investments in energy efficiency,...
There are at least two ways to pay for medical care for Americans working in low income jobs. One way, as advocated by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) would give Nevada a 30% increase in Medicaid funding for a 1.6% match in order to cover families of three with annual incomes below $24,300 and for childless adults who earn less than $14,400. [ LV Sun ] “ Currently 220,000 Nevadans are enrolled in Medicaid....
Related Programs Primary Program: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System Other Related Programs: Hispanic Programs Las Vegas, NV - John Brummett published an interesting column on the debate regarding coverage of immigrants in the healthcare reform package. Whether we should erect a border wall or execute a roundup of illegals or establish a path to earned citizenship -- these are important matters...
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...
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