Nov 6, 2009
08:55 pm
This is a priceless move by several House Republicans yesterday:
When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess...
Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform.
Why do Republicans put politics and face time above national security? Why don’t the Democrats start asking this question more and more, especially in the coming months?
By fixing the antiquated system to calculate the federal poverty level we can quickly fix the flaws in the new health care bill. Below are the bills introduced in the House and Senate to do just that.
Use the widget below to find your members of Congress and how to contact them, then do so. Pushing these bills through Congress will help open up more accessible and affordable health coverage to all Americans.
Over 2,200 veterans, who couldn't afford health insurance, died in 2008. On Veteran's Day 2009 IntoxiNation decided to highlight tweets from polticians who oppose healthcare reform yet wanted to claim how they supported our veterans on Twitter. Here is an example of one such tweet
Visit the rest at the Veteran's Day Project 2009 page
| President Obama Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 48.9% |
| Disapprove: | 45.8% |
| Spread: | +3.1% |
| Generic Congressional Vote | |
|---|---|
| Republican: | 44.0% |
| Democrat: | 43.4% |
| Spread: | +0.6% |
| Direction of Country | |
|---|---|
| Right Direction: | 33.4% |
| Wrong Track: | 61.0% |
| Spread: | -27.6% |
| Congressional Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 19.3% |
| Disapprove: | 75.7% |
| Spread: | -56.4% |
