As the White House Press Secretary instructed yesterday . . . Obama promised that if we passed his economy-busting stimulus package, all would soon be right with our economy and unemployment would top out at 8.6%. So how are we doing? Unemployment, which long ago burst through the ceiling Obama promised us, has again increased. Another 437,000 jobs were lost in June. This from Tim Blumer at Bizzy Blog...
WND.comGibbs questioned about congressional plan to repeal 22nd AmendmentWND.comIt's the repeal of the 22nd Amendment. Does he support this – because Steny Hoyer in 2006 came out in favor of it – does he support the repeal of the 22nd ...and more » http://vedasri.com/?q=22nd+amendment
After lawmakers had devoured the last of the Kalua Pig at last Thursday night’s White House Luau , Nancy Pelosi summoned her team back to the Capitol — to ensure the climate change bill wasn’t the next thing roasted on the spit. Pelosi and her top lieutenants would spend the next four hours whipping, cajoling, begging and browbeating undecided Democrats — and triple-checking...
WND.comGibbs questioned about congressional plan to repeal 22nd AmendmentWND.comIt's the repeal of the 22nd Amendment. Does he support this – because Steny Hoyer in 2006 came out in favor of it – does he support the repeal of the 22nd ...and more » http://goglider.com/Results/22nd%20amendment.aspx
Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » The Brevity Act: Time for a 28th Amendment ...Think about that. The entire foundation of our country - the complete design for our entire government — is clearly explained in only 11 pages. No single Amendment is a full page. Many are only a single sentence. Yet the bill that was passed on June 26, 2009 by 219 of our elected representatives — people...
From Red Maryland Waxman-Markey/cap and trade (to call it by its real name is an affront to the English language) passed the House last night 219-212. Frank Kratovil—who as of Friday afternoon had not read the bill—along with Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen, Dutch Ruppersberger all voted aye, leaving Roscoe Bartlett the only Maryland representative voting [...]
Telegraph.co.uk Climate bill shaped by compromise Los Angeles Times From left, Reps. Henry Waxman, Steny Hoyer, Edward Markey, James Clyburn and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington. Lawmakers talked with farm groups, coal producers and others for months. Concessions in the House legislation will face a less ... White House presses senators to pass emissions bill Boston Globe House Passes Landmark...
Steny Hoyer and George Miller want us to believe that Democrats aren't responsible for the huge deficits we're facing: A number of factors have brought us to this cash-strapped point, including reckless tax cuts, the cost of two wars, entitlement programs that have grown on autopilot, and the necessary, though costly, efforts to get our economy out of recession. The Republicans have plenty of blame,...
House Energy Bill passes by narrowest of margins. [Houston Chronicle] ... In one of the narrowest votes in its recent history, the House of Representatives on Friday evening passed a sweeping energy and climate-change bill that supporters say could revolutionize the nation’s industrial economy. The 219-212 vote represented a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...
Voice of America House Passes Climate Bill Wall Street Journal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center) speaks as (from left) Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Ed Markey, and John Larson listen after a vote on the Clean Energy and Security Act on Friday. ... Obama: Climate Change Bill Good for Jobs Voice of America Obama implores Senate to pass climate bill The Associated Press...
I am so ashamed by these losers. Bono Mack (CA) 202-225-5330 Castle (DE) 202-225-4165 Kirk (IL) 202-225-4835 Lance (NJ) 202-225-5361 Lobiondo (NJ) 202-225-6572 McHugh (NY) 202-225-4611 Reichart (WA) 202-225-7761 Chris Smith (NJ) 202-225-3765 When Steny Hoyer praises them, there is trouble in River City and we have trouble in River City when these losers help Obama's agenda move forward. What jerks....
The vote on HR 2454, the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), was delayed this afternoon so that Republican leader John Boehner could spend an hour or so reading a super-long proposed amendment to the bill. But I saw on Twitter that the final tally was 219 votes in favor of the bill (211 Democrats and 8 Republicans). 212 House members voted against the bill, and three did not...
WASHINGTON -- To warm greetings from colleagues, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy appeared on the floor of the House late Friday to answer a call from Democratic leaders anxious that the voting margin on a major energy and climate-change bill would be too close for comfort. "It was not a surprise to me'' that the Rhode Island Democrat interrupted his treatment for alcholism and addiction in order to come...
Jun 26: Despite months of drafting, negotiations, hearings, testimony, and debate most observers are predicting a very close vote on H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) legislation. A House Floor vote is expected later today -- sometime after 5:00 PM. There are currently 434 voting members in the House -- 256 Democrats and 178 Republicans. To pass the...
Teasing an interview with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on the June 26 edition of Fox & Friends , co-host Brian Kilmeade asked of the cap-and-trade legislation currently being debated in Congress: "[C]ould it, in fact, double the unemployment numbers? House Majority Leader...
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