When we hear about “tax cuts”, the Democrats cringe. This has always been the strong hold for Republicans in campaign issues, but that issue may be losing strength: Support for tax cuts — a signature campaign issue for congressional Republicans — is waning on Capitol Hill, with the GOP-led Congress reaching its Independence Day recess […]
The Patriot Act has passed in the House and is not set to be signed by Bush. In the AP article about this passing they had a paragraph that made me laugh: The vote, 280-138 under special rules that required a two-thirds majority, marked a political victory for Bush and will allow congressional Republicans facing […]
The more I read this story and think about it, the more pissed off I get. Last week the House passed the tax cuts to extend them to 2010. The tax cuts pertain mainly to capital gains and dividends, meaning that they affect the upper-middle and upper classes of this country. Yesterday the House took […]
I guess the elections last week is starting to bother the Republicans in Senate. Now they want to pass a resolution forcing Bush to set a clear plan to withdrawal from Iraq and also supply them with quarterly updates. The plan stops short of requiring an actual timeline. From today’s New York Times WASHINGTON, Nov. […]