Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Yesterday I attended the health care forum in Mitchell put on by Senator Tim Johnson and Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Seth Tupper’s report blows the cover off and exposes the partisan agenda: It’s possible that Herseth Sandlin and Johnson already...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Senator Johnson is in favor of helping Obama break his campaign pledge of not tax increases to those making less than $250,000: Sen. Tim Johnson and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin took testimony on Tuesday about reforming the nation's health care...
They gave us a republic (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
One of the great things about a Democratic-majority House is that genuine liberal legislation gets out of committee onto the floor for a full vote. Because the Blue Dogs haven't gone away, it's up to us to press our reps to support bills that are finally seeing the light of day. Hilzoy explains. A few days ago, Barney Frank introduced HR 2981, a new version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act,...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Last month I wrote about the efforts of the South Dakota Republican Party to oust its at-large member of the House of Representatives, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, in next year's election. Why stop in South Dakota? Yesterday afternoon a Tea Party was held at the district office of a self-styled fiscal conservative, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL). Bean voted for the national energy tax, better known as cap-and-trade....
Madville Times (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Dr. Newquist sees growing discontent and resentment directed toward one of the biggest ongoing bailout recipients in the country: agriculture. He notes that the ag lobby's resistance to the climate-change bill (exemplified by Stephanie Herseth Sandlin's no vote last week ). With Senator Thune pushing a bill to get the federal government out of corporate America, Newquist wonders how long Big Ag can...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Herseth Sandlin explains her no vote against Obama’s latest power grab: Respresentative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is explaining why she's not supporting the controversial climate bill. The bill squeaked through the house by 7 votes. Republicans are overwhelming against the measure,...
South Dakota War College (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin apparently isn’t doing well in the housing market. Reports were recently filed that show she (I’m assuming actually her husband) sold property in Texas for a loss: And Diaz-Balart is not alone among his Congressional colleagues. According to annual financial disclosure reports, a number of House lawmakers sold real estate at a [...]
Madville Times (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
South Dakota's lone voice in the House of Representatives, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, joined 168 Republicans and 44 fellow Dems Friday night to vote against HR 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act. (The bill still passed, 219-212.) In a relative rarity, SHS found herself voting alongside my favorite Democrat's Democrat, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. My man Dennis's reasoning is quite...
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
The lousy-but-maybe-better-than-nothing climate bill has passed: 219-212. Only 8 Republicans voted for it. All but 44 Dems voted for it. Here is the vote. The Farm Bureau asked people to vote NO. So how did the Dems on the Ag committee vote? Ag Committee Yes Votes: Collin Peterson Joe Baca John Boccieri Leonard Boswell Dennis Cardoza Henry Cuellar Debbie Halvorson Steve Kagen Frank Kratovil Betsy Markey...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Number of comments: 1 The energy bill that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has passed the U.S. House 219-212 today, with two Siouxland congresspersons, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., and Steve King, R-Iowa, voting against HR 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. The legislation, which would curb emissions by increasing [...]
Constant Conservative (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
From the NY Times: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) broke the news to Brian Wolff, a former Pelosi aide now lobbying for the Edison Electric Institute, while giving him a hug in the hallway outside the House floor. Herseth Sandlin explained that she still was not pleased with compromises reached on biofuels and free allowances for [...]
Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills) (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
I'll just blog about this afternoon's House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity with some general observations. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is the chair of the subcommittee. She wasn't there. Harry Teague opened the hearing and, from his remarks, seemed to feel that was all he'd be doing. He stated she'd be joining them. But there were a ton of votes going on and she never did. At the...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Politico: Democratic leaders are working furiously to corral votes for a controversial climate change measure, hoping to build a big enough margin so that vulnerable Democrats can be freed to vote against it. At the White House on Thursday, President Barack Obama declared: “Now is the time to act.” Former Vice President Al Gore, who had planned to rally Democrats en masse in Washington,...
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
It seems the cap and tax waxman markey will is still having a bad time of it. pelosi says she doesn't have the votes to pass it. The blue dog dems are even more sanguine. Among Democrats, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota., a co-chairwoman of the 51-member Blue Dog Coalition, said Wednesday she cannot support the bill. Of her Blue Dog colleagues, she said, "Many are skeptical; many...
South Dakota War College (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The SDGOP is keeping the pressure up on Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin with a new press release on Paygo, as well as a new video: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 18, 2009 CONTACT: Lucas Lentsch, 605-224-7347 Herseth Sandlin-Supported ‘PAYGO’ is a Bad Joke PIERRE - The South Dakota Republican Party released a new video on its website StopStephanie.com today. It [...]
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