Tag: vote

So will Pete Hoekstra change his “no” vote to a “yes” vote on the final bill? Will he help insure our veterans, something that the 2,200 who died last year didn’t have? [congress]H000676[/congress]

On Saturday Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen joined with all but one of her Republican colleagues in the House to vote no on healthcare. Since more than 2,200 veterans died last year from a lack of healthcare coverage, will Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen support a final bill with a public option? [congress]R000435[/congress]

Now we have Michael Steele taking on Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh – the true GOP leadership: RNC Chairman Michael Steele endorsed moderate Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava (R-NY) in the NY-23 special election before national conservative leaders — like Dick Armey, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin — forced Scozzafava out in favor of right-wing […]

Just reading Eric Erickson’s post on RedState trying to spin NY-23 into a great victory, I can’t help but notice his closing: For all intents and purposes, NY-23 is a trial run for Florida. And in Florida, the conservative candidate is operating inside the GOP. If John Cornyn and the NRSC do not want to […]

Interesting enough 7 Republicans supported the measure. 12 Democrats voted against it. I think there is something more to say about the Republicans voting for it than the Democrats voting against it. Just get ready for non-stop spin and assaults now – especially from FOX.

As you may have heard the Democrats pulled a political punch yesterday in a resolution acknowledging the 50th anniversary of Hawaii as a state which also reads: Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii; This was a major shot across the bow of the birthers, of which a […]

The Supreme Court issued a 8-1 ruling today that the strip search of a 13 year old girl by school officials was illegal. Clarence Thomas was the only vote for the strip search. Make sure you check his coke can later on today.

From The Hill: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will take over the ranking member position on the Senate Judiciary Committee after striking a deal with his more senior colleagues over the weekend, sources confirm to The Hill. Sessions and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reached the deal that will allow the Alabama Republican to take over for […]

It looks like Arlen Specter could end up being out of a job: Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter trails former Congressman Pat Toomey by 21 points in an early look at Pennsylvania’s 2010 Republican Primary. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republican voters statewide say they’d vote for Toomey while just 30% would support Specter. If Toomey wins […]

It’s funny that even with the entire Blago debacle going on in Illinois and Republicans trying to paint Democrats in the state as the epitome of corruption, the people still want Democrats to lead them: Democratic Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley claimed victory tonight in the 5th District race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress. […]