I just received this email from DCCC: "Dear Christopher, Congratulations to Congressman-elect Scott Murphy on his remarkable, come-from-behind victory. In this election, voters responded to Scott Murphy's record as a successful businessman … [Read more...]
Let’s Have a Congressional Vote on the Truth Commission
Cross-posted in the usual places. According to the Washington Post, President Obama is opposed to a "truth commission." In a lengthy exchange with House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), Obama appeared to back away from a … [Read more...]
Franken, Coleman, Murphy & Tedisco
Here's the current results: Scott Murphy (D) 77,344 James Tedisco (R) 77,279 … [Read more...]
NY-20: Stick It to the GOP
{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} While I typically focus on Senate races, the special election in New York's 20th Congressional district is an excellent opportunity to stick it to the Republican Party. NY-20 is a Republican … [Read more...]
“Deadliest” Captain Testifies to Congress (drill baby drill… NOT)
Mie Dunford at The Questionable Authority, has a post up about a joint hearing of the Energy and Mineral Resources and Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittees of the House Committee on Natural Resources (there's a mouthful). … [Read more...]
Health Care Call to Action
Ezra explains why this is a reasonable request: There's no reason the CBO shouldn't be asked to run the numbers on H.R. 676 (the leading single-payer bill). Single payer is, after all, the most common set-up for the health systems of … [Read more...]
A solution in search of a problem
Watching CNN, here's John Boehner surrounded by the senior GOP house leadership, arguing against the stimulus package. They don't like the spending, they just want tax cuts. Interesting. Here's a list of a plethora of situations, and … [Read more...]
A republic — if you can keep it
I recently finished Jane Mayer's The Dark Side, which recounts the ugly, ongoing history of the Bush administration's policies of torture. As to whether torture happened, there simply can be no doubt; the volume and horror of the … [Read more...]
HERE is the link to the full “Emergency Stablization Act of 2008”
Link: http://www.phoenixrealestategu... This is a 110 page .pdf - a bit longer than the not quite 2 pages that the Bush/Paulsen team lobbed at Congress. Tried to print it out, but my machine jammed and created a wrinkled mess - too … [Read more...]
Meet Ashwin Madia, Marine Corps and Iraq War Veteran for Congress!!
Madia is an attorney, a Marine Corps and Iraq war veteran, and the son of immigrants who came to America from India with just $19. He was born in Boston and grew up in Minnesota. As a Marine Judge Advocate, Madia advised military commanders … [Read more...]
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