Tag: congress

In Washington state that is. It would be nice if Congress took note of how these states are doing it and decided to join in.

Well it turns out that happened because the Bush White House decided to scrap a working archive system President Clinton put in to install their own: For years, the Bush administration has relied on an inadequate archiving system for storing the millions of e-mails sent through White House servers, despite court orders and statutes requiring […]

That seems to be what is being said by Bush’s latest budget cuts: The Bush administration will cut counterterrorism money for police, firefighters and rescue departments next year, but not by as much as it originally proposed. Next month the White House will request $2.2 billion to help states and cities protect against terrorist attacks […]

Factual statement by Henry Waxman, but also one that comes as no surprise: e chairman of a House committee said a White House spokesman’s statements Thursday in the controversy over missing e-mail conflict with what congressional staffers were told four months ago. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., scheduled a hearing and challenged the White House to […]

An interesting look at how that may be the case when it comes to our “close call” with that Iranian boat. This really sounds like something Congress should be questioning.

Well then you are a good American! That according to GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota. I am so proud to be from the state of Minnesota. We’re the workingest state in the country, and the reason why we are, we have more people that are working longer hours, we have people that are working […]

This is from a press release that went out this afternoon from The Heritage Forests Campaign: The Bush administration today released documents announcing its intention to remove protections for more than six million acres of roadless areas in the national forests of Idaho. Idaho’s roadless backcountry areas are some of the nation’s last intact national […]

The Hill is reporting that there is a real chance for generation-x and generation-y to take some seats in Congress. We definitely need some fresh blood in there, and the fact that more younger people are getting involved in politics is a good sign for our troubled nation.

Bush’s latest attempt to start World War 3: The Bush administration said on Monday it had notified Congress of plans to sell Saudi Arabia a package of advanced arms in what officials have described as an effort to counter growing Iranian military clout. That is how Bush promotes peace in the Middle East – buy […]

Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror That according to our President. Bush made these remarks at a speech in the Middle East. The funny part is that every time this administration tries to tie Iran to terrorist activities, it backfires. The big navy ship incident this week turned out to be as […]