Last week news broke that Sen. Richard Shelby had placed a hold on almost all of President Obama’s nominees in lieu of getting funding for some of his pork projects. Now he has retreated: Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, […]
Yesterday it was Kit Bond, today we have Richard Shelby: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put an extraordinary “blanket hold” on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the Senate, according to multiple reports this evening. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless Senate Democrats can secure a 60-member cloture vote […]
Sen. Richard Shelby was just on Morning Joe and he was, in an oh-so serious voice, expressing concern about ACORN and the possibility of “millions of tax payer dollars wasted”. Where was Sen. Shelby when we were hearing about all the waste, fraud and abuse of Halliburton and KBR? Where was his serious face when […]
There has been a lot of talk today about a WSJ article talking about the totally insane rise of overseas trips taken by members of Congress on the taxpayers dime. If you read Ed at Hot Air you can quickly see where the problem is: Democrats ran on the Culture of Corruption charge in 2006 […]
Today’s contestant is Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. On Fox News this morning, Shelby reaffirmed his belief that Obama was taking us “down the road of socialism”. The big thing he blamed? WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is taking us down the road to socialism. Explain. SHELBY: Well, obviously. So, they […]
Why don’t the conservatives embrace John McCain? I thought the very base of the conservative movement was fiscal conservatism. Well John McCain went off yesterday about the recent earmarks, like the $250 million David Vitter won, or the $114 Richard Shelby won, or even the $86 million Kit Bond won, but conservatives will rush to […]
That’s what it seems like the Republicans are heading for – a policy of saving white collar jobs, while letting blue collar workers hit the unemployment lines: Top Republican senators said Sunday they will oppose a Democratic plan to bail out Detroit automakers, calling the U.S. industry a “dinosaur” whose “day of reckoning” is coming. […]
Yup tomorrow morning is lining up to be a day of right wing talking heads: ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.; Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Carl […]