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Someone on a message board reports she got the following robocall from newly elected MA Senator Scott Brown: “This is your newly elected Senator from Mass. and I want to tell you how much I appreciate the role your Senator, John McCain played in my winning this election. Please support John McCain in his re-election [...]
Tuesday Energy Blogging: How the Senate has “filibustered” us out of good environmental legislation
So here it is Tuesday and it’s Energy Blogging time. Of course, I’m thinking about tonight’s events so any post I write would take tonight’s MA Senate result into consideration. I was searching the ‘net for energy legislation and came across the Environment America Congressional Scorecard 2009. If you think Republican Scott Brown’s election has [...]
Much as I dislike the DINO anti-choicer, and his egregious toupee, I have to admit we could use a Ben Nelson here
Per an AP article about the Senate Conference deliberations earlier this evening: …Nebraska, Louisiana, Vermont and Massachusetts. These states are getting more federal help with Medicaid than other states. In the case of Nebraska — represented by Sen. Ben Nelson, who’s providing the critical 60th vote for the legislation to pass — the federal government [...]
Why I’m for killing the health care bill, and why it will not be killed.
It’s not just because it’s a watered down giveaway to the insurance companies, one that mandates a large number of people to purchase a product from a private corporation with nebulous guarantees that they will get the service they are paying for but absolute guarantees that the power of the government to be brought down [...]
Stuff like this is why the blog has a category called “Conservative Misogyny”
Via Huffington Post, here’s a list of the 30 Senators (all Republican and including our own Kyl and McCain) who voted against Sen. Al Franken’s amendment that would penalize defense contractors who use mandatory arbitration clauses and other methods to discourage employees from reporting sexual assault: Franken’s amendment ended up passing, 68-30. Here’s a list [...]
We cannot stand by while American businesses and working people are being helped, my friends!
From The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will lead Republican opposition to the popular cash-for-clunkers program in an attempt to block additional funding when it comes up for consideration in the Senate this week. The House voted 316 to 109 Friday to pour $2 billion more into the program, which has proved so popular that [...]
John McCain to Hispanic voters: “You people made your choice”
Senator McCain, once again, did a fabulous job of demonstrating his social ineptitude and poor anger-management skills at a recent meeting with business leaders in Washington. What began as a collegial airing of views abruptly changed when McCain spoke about immigration, according to these sources, who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution. Anonymity was [...]