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Tag Archives: Democrats
House Dems Tackle the Styrofoam Cup Crisis
It’s good to know all the trivial matters before the Congress are taken care of so they can concentrate on the really important stuff: “House Democrats are once again attempting to do away with Styrofoam products in congressional cafeterias, this … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, Politics
Tagged amendment, Democrats, House, Jim Moran, styrofoam cups
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Mammoth Cave Straight Ahead
The old Mammoth Cave: The new Mammoth Cave: “White House negotiators and congressional Republicans have the outlines of a deal to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and federal unemployment benefits, which would end a partisan stalemate on Capitol Hill. Under … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Taxes
Tagged Bush tax cuts, Democrats, E.J. Dionne, hope, House, Obama, Senate Republicans, symbolic vote, Tom Harkin, unemployment benefits, White House
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Look in the Mirror, Democrats
If the election results go as expected tonight and Republicans take control of at least the House, the hand-wringing and ‘what happened?’ from the Democratic side of the aisle will commence shortly thereafter. In the search for someone or something … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Obama, Politics, Republicans
Tagged advisers, Afghanistan, assassination, Bush, civil liberties, Democrats, drone war, election, enthusiasm gap, health care reform, Larry Summers, Pakistan, President Obama, Robert Rubin, stimulus, Tim Geithner, war or terror, White House
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The Party of “No” or The Party of No Backbone
Gutless. Spineless. Cowards. “Senate Democrats said Thursday that they had abandoned plans for a pre-election showdown with Republicans over taxes, postponing any vote on extending Bush administration tax cuts until after the November midterms. Democrats discussed the issue during a … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, Politics
Tagged Democrats, Harry Reid, lame-duck session, mid-terms, November, Republicans, Senate, taxes
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Making Sense of the Tax Cut Extension Contradictions
A couple of things don’t make sense in this debate over letting the tax cuts for the top 2% expire. Don’t make sense on the surface, that is. Dig a little deeper and it becomes perfectly clear. Why is there … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, lobbyists, Obama, Politics, Republicans, special interests
Tagged Congress, corporate interests, deficit, Democrats, job creation, millionaires, organized labor, President Obama, Republicans, tax cuts, top 2%, unions
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It’s 1938 All Over Again
Any of this sound familiar? “The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president’s policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly needed. Yet the public … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, economy, Obama administration, Politics
Tagged 1938, cut taxes, Democrats, Financial Crisis, Gallup polling, House, increase spending, Obama administration
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Gallup: Democrats Take Six-Point Lead on Generic Ballot
Dear GOP, How’s that whole ‘unemployed people are lazy bums, repeal financial reform, tax cuts for the wealthy don’t count’ thing workin’ out for ya? Not too good according to Gallup: “In the same week the U.S. Senate passed a … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, Politics, Republicans
Tagged 2010, congressional elections, Democrats, Gallup, generic ballot, Republicans
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One Vote
One vote. That’s all more than 2 million Americans needed to have their unemployment benefits extended. One vote. That’s all that was needed to prevent the unprecedented action by Congress of failing to extend benefits when unemployment is anywhere near … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, economy, Politics, Republicans, Unemployment
Tagged Ben Nelson, deficit, Democrats, extension, fool, Harry Reid, idiot, Olympia Snowe, Senate, Susan Collins, unemployment benefits
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Throwing Stones From Inside a Glass Farmhouse
A Missouri farmer has had it with people who “always have their hand out for whatever the government will give them.” He was so fed up that he put up a sign on the side of a semi trailer on … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged $1 million, crop subsidies, Democrats, farmer, Missouri, Parasites, sign, trailer
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