Talk about the duh moment to top all duh moments: In a closed-door meeting of his caucus, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, told Democrats that Republicans were not interested in passing a bill. In effect, he prepared them for trench warfare, saying the Democrats must stick together and should be ready to […]
If Bush pushes with permanent bases in Iraq, despite Congress passing a bill saying no (which he did a signing statement on), Jim Webb thinks that legal action might have to be taken. Read the details at the Huffington Post.
The more I read this story and think about it, the more pissed off I get. Last week the House passed the tax cuts to extend them to 2010. The tax cuts pertain mainly to capital gains and dividends, meaning that they affect the upper-middle and upper classes of this country. Yesterday the House took […]
In the week prior to Congress’s summer recess, the military spending bill was shoved aside by leader Tom Delay in order to bring more pressing matters to the table. The issue at hand – protecting the gun industry from civil action. Just a few minutes ago, the House voted to pass this bill: Congress gave […]