Tag: congress

Congress has passed the economic stimulus bill, so get ready to spend that money! Remember – you must dump it back into the economy (most likely through your gas tank).

Easy – if a judge wants to see some tapes, just destroy them! At the time that the Central Intelligence Agency destroyed videotapes of the interrogations of operatives of Al Qaeda, a federal judge was still seeking information from Bush administration lawyers about the interrogation of one of those operatives, Abu Zubaydah, according to court […]

In a recent poll Democrats are trusted more on every single issue than Republicans. That includes national security and the “war on terror”. Also Republicans in Congress are rated much lower than Democrats in Congress. Glenn has all the details.

Just wait and see what happens if we have a President McCain. Right now a lot of the stonewalling comes from Republicans blocking Democratic legislation. That part may continue, but if John McCain becomes President then you will likely see a lot of legislation get blocked because the Republicans don’t want to give it to […]

This is absolutely absurd: The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a lawyer’s request Tuesday for immediate access to the medical files of a Guantanamo prisoner who says he has AIDS. Chicago attorney H. Candace Gorman said she needs access to her client’s records as she wages a legal fight to make sure he gets adequate […]

That’s what he said last night. Unfortunately for him it’s his own party that is balking at the idea: Even as Bush called on Congress to cut earmarks in half and announced an executive order cracking down on the projects, Republicans in Congress were sending out a mixed message about what their party really stands […]

He keeps telling us how important FISA is to our national security, yet if he doesn’t get exactly what he wants then he will veto it – rather it expires or not. Now the question is if Harry Reid will have the balls to try him on it. It’s time to call Bush’s bluff on […]

That is from article 2, section 2 of the United States Constitution. Here is the full text: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of […]

What do we need? More free trade! The United States would break faith with a strong Latin American ally that has rescued itself from failure if the U.S. Congress refuses to approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. more stories like this “I think it would be […]

Dick Cheney thinks Congress should expand domestic spying. Yeah I always thought he looked like some KGB, freedom hating asshole.