Here in Butler County, Ohio, we are plagued with GOP scandals also. Just today we had this happen: A Butler County official pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor crime. Former county treasurer Carole Mosketti avoided jail time for her conviction on a conflict-of-interest charge, a judge fined her $1,000 and ordered her to pay $3,800 […]
Why do they hate our seniors? The Senate blocked legislation on Wednesday that would let the government negotiate Medicare drug prices. Democrats couldn’t muster the 60 votes needed to bring the bill up for a vote. Under the Medicare drug benefit, private insurance plans negotiate with drug makers over the price of medicine for their […]
Everyone has been blasting Pelosi for going to Syria, but there has been no critisism of Republicans doing the same. Today, Rep Darrell Issa (R-CA) is in Syria meeting with Damascus. Now Boehner is giving the Republican excuse of why Democrats can’t go to Syria: Boehner declined to criticize [fellow Republican Rep. David Hobson] for […]
John Boehner said it would only take 60-90 days to know if the surge is working. Last week, we past that 60 day mark and are on the way to the 90 day mark. So does this article indicate success in Iraq? The U.S. military death toll in March, the first full month of the […]
This is really ridiculous. The Hill gives us the latest from the Soap Opera called Capital Hill: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in […]
Aww look at this picture from the Huffington Post:: Boehner could not stand to hear the stories of a colleagues time as a POW. The AP has this to say: Republicans, now the minority party on the Hill for the time in 12 years, issued impassioned warnings of the consequences of undermining the president’s […]
Joe Biden, Carl Levin and Chuck Hagel are now working on their non-binding resolution to oppose the troop escalation. President George W. Bush on Wednesday tried to shore up support among fellow Republicans for increasing U.S. troops in Iraq but a bipartisan group of senators drew up a resolution opposing his plan. According to a […]
Considering all the media has been able to talk about is the fact that there was a choice to be made for the House Majority Leader, it is apparent the Democrats are doing a great job. Even today on This Week, the talk with new Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was about the vote. It is […]
House Republicans picked John Boehner Friday to serve as minority leader when Democrats take control of Congress for the first time in 12 years in January.
I find this appalling. Today John Boehner, my congressman, decided to blame the generals on the ground for the failures in Iraq. How dare Mr. Boehner take such a stance against our military. This on the very day he threatened to “beat Mr. Kerry to death” because of Kerry’s comments. Now will the media attempt […]