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...
Here we go again -- as the House vote on the $894 billion health care reform plan is looming on Saturday, a teensy problem affecting LGBTs seems to have cropped up in the language of the bill that will leave eligibility at the whim and interpretation of the Health Choices Commissioner position. ( Wash Blade ): [T]he bill, H.R. 3962, uses the terms "family" and "dependent," and advocates...
I'm really happy to see this happening . . . a truly Madison moment . . . WYOU Community Television to Bequeath David Runyon’s “Nothing To Hide” Master Tapes to UW’s Memorial Library 25 boxes filled with 800 Runyon master tapes will be carried on foot by WYOU to UW’s Memorial Library on Friday, November 13th for a bequeathal reception. Tammy Baldwin to speak. Will create...
Dane County Supervisor David de Felice (District 16) is looking at the possibility of primary-ing Tammy Baldwin for her District 2 Congressional seat. Felice said : he's frustrated with Baldwin and the Democratic majorities in Congress because they haven't advocated more strongly for liberal health reform proposals such as a single-payer plan or a strong "public option" plan that wouldn't...
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami; Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin; Gary Ackerman, D-NY; and Howard Berman, D-Calif., sent this letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “We write to raise serious concerns about the "Anti-Homosexual Bill" introduced in Uganda's parliament earlier this...
Here's what you missed, if you didn't catch it on the White House livestream... THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __ _________________________________ For Immediate Release October 28, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT RECEPTION COMMEMORATING THE ENACTMENT OF THE MATTHEW SHEPARD AND JAMES BYRD, JR. HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT East Room 5:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody....
Tammy has the solution! Only 25 years ago, it was called "Voodoo Economics." Now it's LeftOWacky mainstream theory . Critics say some young people may end up paying more for insurance if lawmakers do away with the ability of insurers to charge much higher rates for older adults, who tend to use more health care dollars. In some states, insurers charge older people as much as 11 times more...
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin testified today before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Hearing on S. 1102, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act. This is the bill that would provide equal pay for equal work to federal employees with same-sex spouses. In other words, grant domestic partnership benefits on par with the benefits available to married spouses...
The House of Representatives today passed the Defense Authorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 2467), which includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- the federal hate crimes legislation. From what I've been reading, it looks likely the bill will be passed by the Senate next week. If you're looking for what the President is going to say at the HRC dinner this weekend, my...
Tammy Baldwin achieved a perfect zero percent voting record in 2008 in the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) 2008 Congressional Ratings. One of only 34 congressmen to “achieve” that dubious rating. She voted arm-in-arm with tax cheat Congressman Charles Rangel. Her “lifetime” ranking from CCAGW is 8% which is only “topped” in [...]
Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) defended the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act in Congress today against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other Republicans seeking to strip it from the Defense Authorization bill by sending it back to conference. Rep. Gohmert and his eloquent “rebuttals” below: Reps. Frank, Baldwin and [...]
Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) defended the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act in Congress today against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other Republicans seeking to strip it from the Defense Authorization bill by sending it back to conference. Rep. Gohmert and his eloquent “rebuttals” below: Reps. Frank, Baldwin and [...]
Tammy Baldwin has introduced legislation to increase funding through the CARE Act for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in the US . With state budget crunches all over the country, with people losing their jobs and needing to rely programs like Medicaid for help, and with health insurers rejecting more and more people for not being healthy enough to deserve health care, it's great that there's someone moving...
Nevada issues first domestic partnership certificates. Jeffrey S. Crowley, the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy: Website to accept public input through November 13 on National HIV/AIDS Strategy Harper Collins out gay marketer Jonathan Burnham hired virulent homophobe...
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