Back in 2006, former Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) made national news when he called firefighters “lazy bums’. Three months after that Burns was unemployed and Jon Tester became the new Senator from Montana. Now we have another story, very similar in nature. From TPM: Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), fresh off his Republican primary win, filed […]
Dear Minority Leader Boehner: During Sunday’s Meet the Press, your Republican colleague, Senator John Ensign, said the following: SEN. ENSIGN: But the other thing, to get back to what Congressman Frank said, is that, you know, we’re going to be laying off teachers and firefighters. You know, that’s just fearmongering. We’re not going to be […]
Well it looks like Bush might have found a work-around for the pesty environmental claims: Proposed budget cuts could cripple a nationwide system of Environmental Protection Agency libraries that government researchers and others depend on for hard-to-find technical information, library advocates say. The $2 million cut sought by the White House would reduce the 35-year-old […]
Here’s a nice little exchange of written words between Dennis Hastert and Nancy Pelosi in regards to the budget cut bills. It started last night when Hastert sent the followingletter to Pelosi to try and speed up the legislation on the budget cuts that were passed in Senate yesterday with Cheney’s tie breaking vote: The […]
United Steelworkers havereleased a statement that delivers a strong message to Republican’s about the budget cuts passed in Senate today: WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ — Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) said today’s U.S. Senate 51-50 vote on a budget bill sent a chilling message to workers by including repeal of the […]
Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day. How is our Congress recognizing these veterans. By taking away their voice and trying to strip their benefits. For the first part of taking away their voice, the following is from Editor and Publisher: As Veterans Day approaches and the war in Iraq rages on, veterans-service organizations are criticizing House leaders […]
Raw Story has gotten their hands on one of the first proposals for budget cuts the GOP has authored. Seems like they are not as much up on public opinion as we would hope. They aren’t targeting the actual pork items, instead they got their sites set on something else. Mostly they are calling for […]