Yesterday another attempt to raise the liability limit on big oil for spills was blocked by the GOP. Now the GOP is trying their own bill: After a third Republican block of a Democratic bill to raise the liability on oil spills, the GOP put forward its own bill on Tuesday afternoon. This one would […]
For more proof that Republicans don’t care about health care reform as much as being obstructionists we turn to Roy Blunt: “Our bill is never going to get to the floor, so why confuse the focus? We clearly have principles; we could have language, but why start diverting attention from this really bad piece of […]
Check out this headline from the AP: Democrats block GOP bid to extend DC vouchers Hmmm – really sounds like some parliamentary move to stop the vote, like a filibuster or something. But read on: The Senate voted 50-39 along mostly party lines to reject a bid by Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign to extend […]
As well as violating the rights of U.S. Citizens: The Bush administration is urging Congress to pass a law that would halt dozens of lawsuits charging phone companies with invading ordinary citizens’ privacy through a post-Sept. 11 warrantless surveillance program. The measure is part of a legislative package drafted by the Justice Department to relax […]