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Posted on February 11, 2009. Filed under: Politics, US House, US Senate |
Politics – Senators found unwilling to share tax info
Most U.S. senators are unwilling to share the kind of personal tax information they demand to confirm Cabinet appointees, a survey indicated.
Even as such senators as Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, grilled Obama administration appointees on lapses in paying their taxes, they were among 55 [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2009. Filed under: Barack Obama, US Senate, appointments | Tags: appointments, Barack Obama, Russ Feingolc |
UPDATE: This is getting ridiculous. Once again I agree with Mr. Feingold,
[Gregg] is well qualified for this position. But the apparent behind-the-scenes deal-making that went on to determine who will fill Senator Gregg’s vacancy is alarmingly undemocratic. Once again, Americans will be represented in the Senate for nearly two years by someone they had no [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2009. Filed under: Barack Obama, US Senate, appointments | Tags: Al Franken, appointments, Barack Obama, Charles Rangel, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, Tim Geithner, Tom Daschle, US Senate |
UPDATE III: Daschle is out.
UPDATE II: And the hits keep coming,
Tom Daschle backed the patron who paid him a million-dollar salary and supplied him with a free car and driver for a job inside the Obama administration, two Democrats said Monday.
Leo Hindery, whose InterMedia Partners employed the former Senate majority leader, had been mentioned as [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009. Filed under: Barack Obama, Economics, US Senate | Tags: Barack Obama, Economics, stimulus plan, US Senate |
UPDATE: Heh. It happens too often. As soon as I post I run across another article. This guy thinks Obama may not do enough.
We may not simply be facing a steep recession like that of the early 1980s, from which we can extricate ourselves in a year or two, but something resembling the Great Depression [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009. Filed under: Politics, US House, US Senate | Tags: Barack Obama, Illinois politics, Rahn Emanuel |
Politics – April 7 election set for Emanuel’s seat – ArcaMax Publishing
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday set April 7 for a special election to fill the U.S. House seat Rahm Emanuel gave up to join the Obama administration.
Blagojevich, who is facing federal corruption charges, issued a Writ off Election from his Capitol office in Springfield [...]
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Posted on December 23, 2008. Filed under: Blogs - Wisconsin, Christianity, Economics, Religion and government, Spending, US House, US Senate, government regulation, liberal | Tags: Congress, Facebook, marijuana, Massachusetts, new media campaign strategy, recession, spending habits, US religion, Wisconsin blogs |
Emptying out my drafts folder:
Top 9 Good Habits For A Deep Recession – These are good habits when there’s no recession.
From the Pew Research Center, The Religious Makeup of Congress – a nice graphical representation of the religious beliefs of the Congress compared with the American public as a whole.
By the director of new media [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2008. Filed under: US Senate | Tags: Caroline Kennedy, New York, US Senate |
Caroline Kennedy doesn’t seem to be everyone’s favorite choice for senator.
I don’t understand why.
I mean, look at who she’s replacing. How much experience did she have?
Being a senator can’t be that hard. Look at who’s there now.
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Posted on June 11, 2008. Filed under: US House, US Senate | Tags: blackberry, Congress |
Are members [of Congress] BlackBerry addicts?
We have to do something. There’s just too much influence on Congress from these things.
We could limit usage of the devices. It would require registration, no doubt.
And then we could have each caller register as a lobbyist before the representative or senator takes their call.
I’m sure you have other ideas.
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Posted on October 17, 2007. Filed under: 2008, Democrats, Elections, Republican, US House, US Senate | Tags: 2008 election, Democratic Party, Republican Party, US Congress |
GOP Hopes Voter Anger Cuts Both Way (from Breitbart.com)
Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks.
Democrats hold clear edges in raising money, limiting retirements and deflecting public anger.
In the latest sign, the party’s House campaign committee said Wednesday [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2007. Filed under: George W. Bush, Politics, US Senate |
Politico.com reports that Bush has nominated Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge appointed by Reagan, for Attorney General.
“The White House seems like they don’t want a confirmation fight,” said a Republican close to the selection process. “They think this guy is bulletproof from the left.”
Adding a note of caution, the official said, “They want [...]
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