Rep. Parker Griffith (D-AL-5) is expected to announce today that he is switching from Democrat to Republican: According to a senior GOP aide familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place in this afternoon in his home district in northern Alabama. Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care […]
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 […]
Lieberman left town on Friday night before the snow hit and now CSPAN is reporting that he isn’t back yet. The Senate has a big vote coming up in a little over an hour and they need him there for it.
This is something I never thought I would see: Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama’s health-care legislation. Late into the night, Democrats emerged from a huddle […]
Via a tweet by Chris Cillizza If this sticks then they have to pickup at least one Republican UPDATE: Here’s the video:
The DNC Change Commission has been working on changes to the way the DNC handles primaries and it looks like the super delegates could end up losing their vote: The Commission spent most of the meeting discussing the future role of automatic unpledged delegates (super delegates). It discussed several approaches, but the final recommendation won’t […]
Since the right loves citing Rasmussen polls, I decided this one is worth highlighting: In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided. Republicans are actually losing […]
Not really thanking them or honoring them directly, just asking them to go to his campaign website to view this: Yet somehow Gresham overlooks the grueling fact that over 2,200 veterans died last year and didn’t have health insurance. Gresham was also another “no” vote for healthcare this past weekend. [congress]B001239[/congress]
This tweet links to a YouTube video honoring our veterans: With news that over 2,200 veterans died last year from a lack of healthcare coverage, the NRCC is exhibiting full blown hypocrisy by the overwhelming support against healthcare reform they exhibited this past weekend. Now is the time to change this. Show you honor our […]
You say that you want to honor our veterans today: Unless you decide to change your “no” vote you cast Saturday into a “yes” vote for final passage of healthcare, well then “you lie”. There is no better way to honor our vets than to help honor the 2,200 who died last year from a […]