Tag: congress
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October 12, 2006 02:50 PM EDT --
Although USA/Gallup polls often tilt to the right, the latest one (released 10/9) still shows voters favoring Democrats' ability to handle the important issues facing the U.S.
Asked "Do you think . . . more
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November 22, 2006 09:19 AM EST --
Two days after the Nov. 7 election, Democrats had taken 28 Republican seats away from the lazy bastards and were involved in six recounts and two pending runoffs. Four of those races has now been effectively . . . more
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March 06, 2007 02:45 PM EST --
On March 21, 2007, Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. On his website, www.algore.com, he has written an open request for . . . more
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May 24, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The Senate voted 58-40 to increase penalties for hiring undocumented workers. Fines would be doubled to $20,000 and repeat offenders could be sentenced to prison for up to three years.
Increasing penalties . . . more
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July 11, 2008 02:19 PM EDT --
If the 2008 Presidential election were held today, Democrat Barack Obama would win by 59 electoral votes, 299 to 240. He and McCain each lead in 25 states, but Barack's are more populous. However, . . . more
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May 18, 2006 12:10 AM EDT --
Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner accused President Bush of abandoning the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act the House passed in December:
"He basically . . . more
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September 13, 2006 06:43 PM EDT --
According to the latest Evans and Cook report, if the November election were held today, Democrats would gain 13 of the 15 seats they need to regain control of the House--picking up 14 GOP seats and losing . . . more
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August 27, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
Gonzales did not give a reason for his resignation, so this comedian (borowitzreport.com) filled it in for him:
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Gonzales to Spend More Time Eavesdropping on His Family‘Domestic Surveillance . . . more
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September 05, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
nOt thE lAtEst nEwS-sQuAre-DoWn eDitiOn
Political Punditry Provides Prophetically Putrid Prognostication
Published September 4, 2008
This week our roving . . . more
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October 17, 2006 04:17 PM EDT --
Gallup has just learned that 48% more Americans disapprove of the job done by the current Republican Congress than approve of it: 71% vs. 23%. That is the same level of dissatisfaction as in Oct. 1994--when . . . more
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October 24, 2006 01:59 PM EDT --
According to the latest poll results, if the election were held today Democrats would take 20 GOP seats--and they are also very close in another dozen and within reach in another dozen. There is a clear . . . more
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December 13, 2006 11:34 AM EST --
Excerpted from a Reuters report of Dec. 13
Democrats claimed another seat in the House of Representatives on Tuesday in a runoff election that pitted two Latinos against each other, capping the party's . . . more
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September 20, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
72-25. That was the vote this morning as the Senate decided that they should condemn a legitimate political ad on an important issue, and claim that it was an attack on every servicemember in our Armed . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:47 PM EDT --
The House, for the fifth time, approves drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The vote was 225-201 to direct the Interior Department to open oil leases on 2,000 of the 1.5 million acres of ANWR's . . . more
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October 15, 2006 12:36 PM EDT --
Those who claim Democrats have no plans and only attack Bush failures should read this excerpt of a Washington Post report:
<h1>Pelosi Says She Would Drain GOP 'Swamp'</h1>
By DAVID . . . more
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November 01, 2006 12:07 PM EST --
I have a new favorite polling site: the very comprehensive RealClearPolitics.com, which is very up-to-date on all polling for all the governorships, the top 13 Senate races and the top 50 House races. . . . more
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September 20, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
That is what the "urgent" e-mail that I received from MoveOn.org this morning said. (Hey, I get e-mails from organizations and officeholders across the political spectrum. And - given . . . more
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October 27, 2006 07:35 PM EDT --
Our state's dominant newspaper is consistently Republican-leaning. Sometimes leaning so far right, they're in danger of tipping over. After all, this is one of the newspapers that Dan Quayle's . . . more
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May 17, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
The Washington Times reports President Bush said yesterday that he would not accept any bill from Congress that does not include a guest-worker program and provisions to grant citizenship to at least some . . . more
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September 10, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Just read an article here attacking the Move-On ad that they hadn't seen. I found the ad (wasn't hard, tho maybe it wasn't released earlier) pretty quickly. Other than the catchy . . . more
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