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Hey, Barack, Distract, Then Act?

March 17, 2009 By chimpschump 13 Comments

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following quote is from a press release issued by a right-wing organization.  It is not from a news story. --David Today the Obama Administration published a proposed regulation to repeal the Provider Conscience … [Read more...]

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“And In This Corner . . .” Cheney v. Obama/Gibbs

March 17, 2009 By chimpschump 2 Comments

Gibbs needs help. Or, perhaps, replacement? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200... Myth: "For seven-plus years, the very perpetrators that the vice president says he's concerned about weren't brought to justice." Reality: Out of fifty-five … [Read more...]

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You Volunteer, You Go, You Get Hurt, You Pay?

March 16, 2009 By chimpschump 43 Comments

Suppose I was President of the United States. Suppose I decided to keep fighting wars in other countries that my predecessor started. But suppose I told the soldiers fighting that war, which I authorize and approve of, that they had to get … [Read more...]

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Pulled Pork Sangies, Anyone?

March 11, 2009 By chimpschump 33 Comments

Even the suggestion that Obama still wants to pursue earmark reform prompted pushback from a top House Democrat. "I don't think the White House has the ability to tell us what to do," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., defiantly told … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: director(s), earmark, marina-del-ray, pork

Crocodiles and Foreign Policy

March 8, 2009 By chimpschump 37 Comments

Six weeks into the job, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is starting to roll out the Obama administration's approach to the most prickly foreign policy challenges from Arab-Israeli peace to Russia. In her second foreign trip, which ended … [Read more...]

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When Caught Raiding the Cookie Jar, Mr. Obama, Obfuscate

March 4, 2009 By chimpschump 12 Comments

There are other examples. Jimmy Carter comes to mind. His obfuscation over a faltering economy? Rescue the hostages from Iran. But since he'd pulled the underpinnings out from under the military's conventional weapons support structure, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: earmarks, honeymoon, military, obama, obfuscate, slippery-slope, yankee-new-england

Benedict Hammers a Confused Speaker

February 26, 2009 By chimpschump 135 Comments

The ox in this case was Nancy Pelosi's. And true to his usual form, His Holiness didn't hesitate. You see, Miz Pelosi had made the ultimate faux pas for someone who claims to be "an ardent, practicing catholic." (Her words, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: benedict-xvi, catholicism, national, pelosi, pro-choice, pro-life

What Is So Hard About Solving the Economic Problem?

February 3, 2009 By chimpschump 13 Comments

1. The federal government will immediately buy all the mortgages that have failed, are failing, or are about to fail, because of crooked mortgage brokers (I typed this expression into Google, and got 49,000 hits - pick one!) who suckered … [Read more...]

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It’s Time to Dump “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — A Voice Crying in a Different Wilderness

January 26, 2009 By chimpschump 40 Comments

The same census data shows that almost one million gay and lesbian Americans are veterans. (Same reference). There are a total of 23.6 million veterans in the United States. This being the case, over four percent of our veterans are gay or … [Read more...]

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Keep the Change, Mr. Obama

January 26, 2009 By chimpschump 14 Comments

· Hillary Clinton. Now THERE's a real beltway outsider, if ever there was one. She will represent the interests of at least SOME of the residents of the U.S. as Top Dip. Assuming, that is, she can get beyond representing the interests of … [Read more...]

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“..it could become one of the most effective laws to fight poverty in a generation. Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy estimates that the plan would reduce the poverty rate by more than a quarter for adults and cut the child poverty rate in half.”

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i hope that, when he speaks on its passage, Biden explicitly claims partisan credit for the bill. public should hear, loudly and clearly, that the money in their pockets is from the democratic party

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My legislation for more than $7 billion in E-Rate funding is included in the rescue package. It provides the Wi-Fi hotspots and devices needed to help all students connect to classrooms from home, especially those in communities of color, low-income households, and rural areas.

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It has been a very long night but we are about to pass a $1.9 trillion relief package for the American people. This is only just the beginning.

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The "Stefanik" section is 34 pages, "Zeldin" 24 pages, "Malliotakis" 18

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New: Rep. Zoe Lofgren has released a nearly 2,000 page report documenting the social media posts of GOP colleagues leading up to Jan. 6th who voted to overturn the results of the election. The report includes a breakdown of members by state.https://lofgren.house.gov/socialreview

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