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Entries Categorized as 'Congress'
Repubs Continue Occupation of House
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments · 85 views
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Politics · Tech
House Republicans Revolt, Seize Chamber
August 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments · 343 views
The Democratic majority went into recess for five weeks today over the objections of the Republicans. Many Republican Congressmen are refusing to leave.
CSPAN has been shut off. The lights turned off. The sound system was down until they managed to discover the password to turn it back on.
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Politics
How Much Does a Congress Critter Cost?
March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · 22 views
An indictment in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam’s regime. Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary.
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Iraq · Politics · War on Terror
Retired Lt. Col. Allen West runs for Congress
January 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 70 views
Navy Times
Retired Lt. Col. Allen West thinks the good people of Florida respect a leader who takes bold action to get results. He’s confident they’ll vote for him in November because of — and in spite of — an incident in which he took the law into his own hands in Iraq to protect his [...]
Categories: American Politics · Congress · War on Terror
Pork Scorecard
August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment · 51 views
50 amendments to cut pork. One passed. I’d like to express my appreciation to Kos and all the other nutroots for electing a Democratic Congress that has accomplished so much.
The Club for Growth has the scorecard. It ain’t pretty.
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Politics · Pork Busters
Vitter in the Cannibal’s Stewpot
July 20th, 2007 · Comments Off · 14 views
Republicans, especially conservative Republicans, have turned into incestuous cannibals over the last few years. We eat our own. It’s time to stop.
Senator Vitter consorted with prostitutes about six years ago. He is, to all reports, a most satisfactory Senator and conservative Republican. I am not at all certain that his mistake deserves the political death [...]
Categories: American Politics · Commentary · Congress · Original writing · Politics
Lonesome Joe in Iraq
May 31st, 2007 · Comments Off · 26 views

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, left, greets Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) at Baghdad International Airport, May 30, 2007. Lieberman was visiting Iraq to tour a Baghdad market and meet with American and Iraqi military leaders. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Iraq · Politics
NRSC Pledge
January 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · 16 views
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement [...]
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Politics
Missing in Action in Congress
January 20th, 2007 · Comments Off · 20 views
How will Hillary Clinton be a Senator from New York and a candidate for President at the same time?
Categories: American Politics · Commentary · Congress · Hillary · Original writing · Politics
Retire John Murtha
November 1st, 2006 · Comments Off · 22 views

John Murtha had plenty to say when it came to talking about retreating from Iraq. Nothing to say about John Kerry’s slander of American troops in harm’s way. Retire John Murtha.
Categories: American Politics · Congress · Murtha · Politics


