Tag: john cornyn

Nothing spells trouble like a good old fashioned inner-party fight for leadership.

The Senate just voted 68-31 to move forward with debate on expanding background checks, a measure overwhelmingly supported by the public, including 91% of veterans in a new poll. Of course we still have people out there that think expanded background checks won’t help, like John Cornyn: Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the second-ranking Senate Republican, […]

Imagine your young child did the cutest thing. While hearing Justin Bieber on the radio, your little three year old start lip syncing it. How cute and funny! Now you really feel the need to share it, so you grab the video camera. You make the video, upload it to YouTube and even put on […]

The House has just passed the Ryan budget plan: The House has passed a Republican budget blueprint proposing to fundamentally overhaul Medicare for future beneficiaries while combating out-of-control budget deficits. It would impose sharp spending cuts on social safety net programs like food stamps and Medicaid. The GOP proposal passed 235-193, with every Democrat voting […]

Ummmm – ok? In the waning days of the lame duck session, the Senate had the opportunity to pass theDomestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act. Aimed at creating “a comprehensive, victim-centered approach to addressing the sex trafficking of minors,” the bill is “the first of its kind to deal with young trafficking […]

Every blog needs to do a post on it because it shows a serious fracture that is developing in the GOP this week: In the wake of the passage of health care reform, nearly the entire slate of Republican senatorial candidates seems ready to run on a repeal of the bill. But now, the lawmaker […]

President Obama seems pretty pissed about the decision by the Supreme Court to open the flood gates on corporate money into the political arena: With its ruling today, the Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics. It is a major victory for big oil, […]

When the Democrats regained control of the Senate on a wave of “anti-corruption” one of the first things they did was pass something now known as “rule 44”. In a nutshell what rule 44 says is that any earmarks/congressionally directed spending must be reported before a vote can proceed. Last night John Cornyn asked if […]

I really didn’t realize that the first thing you have to learn when becoming a terrorist was how to be an escape artist: “This move will put our citizens in unnecessary danger” – John Cornyn If the facilities used to house the most dangerous people in this country are so insecure then aren’t we already […]

Third we have John Cornyn, a man who has constantly bashed a public option. Hey John – over 2,200 veterans died last year from a lack of health insurance. Will you help provide a strong public option that will help save the lives of those who served our nation? [congress]C001056[/congress]