The President’s speech from the Oval Office was a major failure in my view. He missed a golden opportunity to really hit one out of the park. A good example is talking about the clean energy bill, yet he did not use the power of his office and speech to urge Senate to pass it. […]
I mean they are suffering so much. Last year they only made mere billions in profit: Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies. Democratic leaders fell one vote short, 59-40, in getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP […]
This week the House passed a bill to authorize another $90 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as rebuilding the Gulf Coast. While we hear about more and more money going towards the military, we really need to know exactly what it is being spent on once there. This article tells […]