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"The whole ethics bill was a sham" -Sen. Jim DeMint (R- When the Democratic party took over congress in 2006, they promised ethical behavior, a cut in earmarks, transparency, and to cut spending. At the time I hoped they were telling the truth and offered my support. Since then, they've proven even more corrupt than the Republican congress that preceded them, even less ethical, even more
Senator McCain: Senator Obama never took on his party on one single issue. Not surprisingly, not true: Taking On His Party by hilzoy One of the things that has annoyed me during this campaign is how easy it has been...
by hilzoy One of the things that has annoyed me during this campaign is how easy it has been for candidates to simply make things up about one another's records, even when they are talking about topics that are relatively...
NYAffiliateVoice just reported that S. 3670 has been introduced to the US Senate by Mr. Jim Bunning, a Senator from Kentucky. Now that this is a Federal level issue, contact your Senator to let them know the issues behind this. Here…
Sen. McCain said Obama has never 'taken on' Democratic leaders. The Statement Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain said at the Oct. 7 presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, that Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama has "never taken on his leaders of his party on a single issue." Get the facts! The Facts Congressional Quarterly examined Obama's votes in the Senate. [...]
Quote: Vets group slams McCain on voting record By Rick Maze - Staff writer, Navy Times Posted : Tuesday Oct 7, 2008 13:45:33 EDT The nation’s most prestigious group for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans released a congressional scorecard on Tuesday that ranks Republican presidential candidate John McCain as having one of the worst voting records when it comes to supporting troops and veterans. The...
From the GOP’s New Guard, the Audacity of Nope October 6th, 2008 Sure, 91 House Republicans finally voted to pass a tweaked version of the financial bailout bill Friday. But for the GOP’s big honchos, last Monday’s defeat in the House of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.’s plan was still the most stinging humiliation they’ve [...]
From the GOP’s New Guard, the Audacity of Nope October 6th, 2008 Sure, 91 House Republicans finally voted to pass a tweaked version of the financial bailout bill Friday. But for the GOP’s big honchos, last Monday’s defeat in the House of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.’s plan was still the most stinging humiliation they’ve suffered in years. To [...]
Despite the steady rise in suicides among active-duty service members, congressional politics trumped an amendment to the recently passed Defense of Defense Reauthorization Bill that would have helped address this increasing problem. Although Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, was pleased with some of the measures in the bill that will [...]
When I heard this on the radio the other night, it was the second time I had heard an allusion to Arab countries in discussion of our economic crisis. I'll go look for the other one while you read this: “The core of the bill is we give the Secretary of the Treasury $700 billion to buy up bad loans all over the world… And frankly, I believe ‘all over the world’ is more the motivation than the local...
Senators who voted against the $700 billion financial rescue plan make up one of the most curious coalitions of lawmakers ever to share common ground, The New York Times’s David M. Herszenhorn says. It included arch-conservative Republicans like Jim DeMint of South Carolina, liberal Democrats like Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont, [...]
The senator from South Carolina and champion of fiscal conservatism had this to say during last night's debate on the bailout: We have seen this Government socialize our education system and make our schools among the worst in the world. We have seen this Government take over most of our...
South Carolina U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, R-Westminster, issued a statement Thursday that he could live with the revised financial bailout bill approved by the U.S. Senate Wednesday. Barrett stopped short of saying he would vote for the bill, but felt...
(Bonnie Alba) - Here's what I'm waiting for: Courage of convictions and principles. A leader who stands and says "This is wrong" or "This is right." Instead Washington runs on "what sweetener will you give me so I will flip flop your way?" This is not the kinds of elected officials I want making decisions for our country...
