Tag: daniel akaka

This man shouldn’t be allowed to call himself American let alone Senator: Speaking Friday on the Senate floor about a procedural hold that is blocking passage of S. 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, said “it would be truly disgraceful” if the bill didn’t clear the Senate by […]

The Senate Energy Committee has approved the ANWR bill to open up oil drilling in the northern parts of Alaska. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Energy Committee voted on Wednesday to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as part of a broad budget bill to fund the federal government. Tapping the […]