These Tea Party congressmen. They are nothing but common people, just like you and me. Right? One-fifth of the 50 richest members of Congress are freshman House Republicans sent to Washington last year with strong Tea Party support, according to The Hill’s 50 Wealthiest for 2011. Ohio’s Rep. Jim Renacci, the wealthiest of the 87 […]
John Boehner has said that they are listening to the people, so will they listen to this poll? A 53% majority of registered voters also think that those who came into power campaigning on Obamacare repeal should decline their federal health plan, and only a third think they should accept it. Many Democrats have been […]
First they take the lead from their king: (h/t Bob) Then they eliminate the key facts: Only the stimulus package to be approved this week, the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program passed four months ago and $168 billion in tax cuts and rebates approved in 2008 have been voted on by lawmakers. The remaining […]
That is an article in Today’s Washington Post, which describes sheets our troops are given to describe lawmakers visiting: The sheets of paper seemed to be everywhere the lawmakers went in the Green Zone, distributed to Iraqi officials, U.S. officials and uniformed military of no particular rank. So when Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) […]
A new CBS poll shows that 76% believe the administration hasn’t done enough to care for our wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan (h/t Steve). Of course the new person the Pentagon chose to run Walter Reed, Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock, believes that the reports of neglect are a lie: Pollock, in an e-mail […]
TPM has this statement from the NRCC about one of their contributors being indicted on charges of funding terrorism: We are extremely concerned and disturbed by these charges but we need to be careful not to rush to judgment as the judicial process moves forward. If the individual in question is actually found guilty of […]
I posted earlier today on Don Young (R-AK) using this bogus quote, which he attributed to Lincoln, on the House floor: Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged As I said – that quote was not from Lincoln, but […]
They keep attributing a quote to Lincoln that was not even his- “Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.”. Here is Rep. Don Young (R-AK) using it on the House floor yesterday. The problem is Lincoln never said that. […]
In the weeks leading up to last month’s elections, there were tons of stories coming out of possible wrong-doing by mostly GOP candidates. Well now it seems that the FBI is playing catch up with investigations into these claims, and here is another one to add to the mix: A federal investigation is underway after […]
The final nail in the GOP coffin this election season would be if the DOJ announced a bunch more indictments in the Abramoff scandal. We know this is not about to happen, but this little bit of information gives us insight into the possibility that they will becoming after elections: Jack Abramoff, the lobbying scandal […]