For close to a quarter of a century I have been a smoker. I average about a pack and a half a day. During this time I have tried everything. The patches didn’t do a thing. The gum and lozenges never worked. I even tried Chantix, the “stop smoking” pill twice and had no luck. […]
Check out this headline from the AP: Democrats block GOP bid to extend DC vouchers Hmmm – really sounds like some parliamentary move to stop the vote, like a filibuster or something. But read on: The Senate voted 50-39 along mostly party lines to reject a bid by Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign to extend […]
Perhaps that is a saying that should be echoed through the offices of the RNC and the Republican leadership. From the latest example of this practice, let’s look at the ongoing battle Michael Steele is waging with his own members in Senate: Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), a pro-stimulus Republican who will be up for re-election […]
Here comes more proof that the Republicans believe in ideology before people: The California Republican Party has approved a measure reprimanding six GOP lawmakers who voted for the largest tax increase in state history. The measure to deny the six party funding for the 2010 election was approved Sunday by delegates during the party’s convention […]
Bipartisanship is another name for date rape –Grover Norquist quoted in the Denver Post 2003. This was right after the Republicans took control of Senate in 2002. It seems back then that the Republicans had no desire for bipartisanship. Something else Norquist said in the same interview: We are trying to change the tones in […]
Senate has passed a bill to delay the switch over to digital television by four months. If you need one of those coupons, now is the time to try and get it.
Everyone remembers the SCHIP debacle last year. Polls showed overwhelming support amongst Americans for the popular program that provides healthcare to children, but Republicans still killed the legislation. Well it is back up, and it looks like the Republicans will really lose out: Republicans appear to have overplayed their hand when blocking the expansion of […]
It sure sounds like it: Last session’s senior senator from Minnesota Norm Coleman, still battling Al Franken to be seated in the Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which harshly attacked Obama last fall, its executive director, Matt Brooks, said. Coleman will join the group as a […]
Just breaking on CNN that Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have blocked the confirmation of Eric Holder for Attorney General for one week. Apparently the big show stopped was rather or not he would prosecute people involved with torture (imagine that). This leads me to a couple of points: What do the Republicans have against […]
Looks like CSPAN might have some new competition now. The Senate and House have both opened up their own YouTube channels, or hubs. Check them out here and here.