Posted on March 19th, 2010 by Scott Nance
In a sign that it seems to want to capture the same anger that has threatened healthcare reform, a prominent group of anti-immigration activists are charging that congressional Hispanics are supporting healthcare reform because President Obama promised also to push immigration reform this year.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Thursday called for passage of Obama’s healthcare [...]
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Filed under: Bigotry, Congress, Conservatives, Healthcare, House of Reps, In The News, Obama Administration, Political News, President Barack Obama, Progressives, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Voters, Wingnuts
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The NY Times reports that the House is bracing for a “difficult vote set for Monday on a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry after a weekend of tense negotiations produced a plan that Congressional leaders portrayed as greatly strengthened by new taxpayer safeguards.”
The 110-page bill, intended to ease a growing credit crisis, came [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Corporatism, Credit Crisis, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, House of Reps, In The News, N.Y. Times, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Wall Street
Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
While none of us know the details, there has been a significant approval of funding for increased covert ops in Iran, according to Seymour Hersh in a story published online last Sundy at the The New Yorker Magazine. The news of the article was reported by MSNBC , outlines Hersh’s article and gets reactions from [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, Iran, Political News, Politics, Senate, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on September 15th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
The day before the hurricane made landfall, the president of the United States received a briefing on the enormity of the storm. But when floodwaters poured into America’s Gulf Coast, America’s government sat on its hands.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2005 by RonChusid
Not surprisingly, the CIA is not happy about the White House’s act of leaking the identity of one of them for political gain. They aren’t called Central Intelligence for nothing–they can see through all the spin. Eleven former intelligence officers are speaking up and stating that leaking Plame’s identity may have damaged [...]
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