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Tag Archives: congress
Words in Congress
Over the past sixty days, Harry Reid has been the most vocal person in the congressional record. The top two words he has used are “Republican” and “Republicans.” Republican Jeff Sessions has been the second most vocal person, using the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged congress, congressional record, Harry Reid, Jeff Sessions, party politics, Republican, senate, words
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A Trinity of Republican Decline
Could a liberal lesbian rights activist actually win South Carolina’s 1st congressional district? Sure looks possible, as Linda Ketner has closed to within 5 in her aggressive challenge to incumbent Rep. Henry Brown. Of interest, Ketner is also a member … Continue reading
We are led by little men and women
I was not in favor of the Paulson plan if you haven’t caught that yet. Still, the pitiful display from our congress today set a recent low. First, faced with an unpopular and contentious bill which she feels for the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged bailout, congress, Democrats, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Paulson plan, Republicans
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The Bailout…
doesn’t look like it’s going to pass the House floor. Update: It failed. The vote was 207-226 against the measure, with one member not voting, half an hour after voting began. Voting remains open even though the “official” time has … Continue reading
Medifraud
Michael F. Cannon at Cato blogs about a NYTimes article on the rife fraud found and covered up at Medicare. A confidential draft of a federal inspector general’s report claimed that the behavior they found at the Medicare Administration was … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Health Care, Libertarianism
Tagged administration, AdvanceMed, California, Cato Institute, confidential, congress, crime, Democrat, federal spending, fraud, inspector general, Law, medicare, medifraud, Michael F. Cannon, New York Times, pete stark, road map, Ways and Means Committee
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Priorities
Money in a freezer. Sex scandals on either side of the aisle. Cozy relations with developers, lobbyists and businessmen. Someone call the Ethics Committee! Done. Here’s why. No wonder it’s difficult to find almost any profession with ratings lower than … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged congress, Domestic Politics, ethics, Harry Reid, lobbyists, obstetrics, Ted Stevens, Tom Coburn
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Pay Any Price
The Club for Growth has a clip of Mitch McConnell’s struggles to find a price for gasoline which is high enough to persuade congressional Democrats to authorize expanded oil drilling. A bit of a theatrical exercise of course, but there … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Club for Growth, congress, Democrats, drilling, gallon, gasoline, Ken Salazar, Mitch McConnell, oil, theatrics, video
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The Lights are Out and Somebody’s Home
Now that Lance is back with a vengeance I’m almost motivated to not be such a deadbeat. So here’s a neat little story I found. It’s apparently been a long tough few months of 3-4 day work weeks for Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged congress, debate, domestic drilling, sessions
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How big a mess are we in?
Certainly not one our Congress can’t make worse. We have a market where housing prices are in free fall, where the last thing we want shaky institutions to have more exposure to is mortgages that are almost guaranteed to be … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged congress, Democrats, GSE, housing market
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From the Horse’s Mouth, So To Speak
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight heard testimony from Sheikh Khalaf al-Ulayyan of the Sunni Accordance Front and Nadim al-Jaberi of the Shiite (and anti-Moqtada, anti-Maliki) Fadhila Party. Both oppose a long-term presence … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
Tagged COIN, congress, Iraq, testimony, the surge
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Congress Critters
Buy a second house in Sacramento with no money down for 535k even as housing is going down in price. Run for congress. Need money for campaign, but can’t do that and make mortgage payments on a house losing value. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged California, congress, housing market, politicians
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Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?
From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, regulation
Tagged alternative energy, congress, gas prices, oil, unintended consequences
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“Those poor school kids didn’t hire the right lobbyist.”
Congress is behaving atrociously: cutting assistance to hungry children abroad right when food prices are spiking, and preventing competition amongst our sugar producers. There’s more, of course. I normally scoff at the talk of “lobbyists” and “special interest groups.” I … Continue reading
Fed Games
For a couple of years now, Porkbusters has been on the warpath against wasteful spending in Congress, and although it has had some notable successes (e.g. the “Bridge to Nowhere”), it’s mostly been treading water. The latest battle, dubbed a … Continue reading
Belichick = Cheater!!!
Sen. Arlen Specter says so. Though, why the US Senate is investigating the NFL about this is beyond me. I’m willing to forgo that discussion because the Patriots are evil. Evil cheaters! I’m just glad the country doesn’t have more … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Sports
Tagged Belichick, cheater, congress, investigation, Specter
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Animal Sacrifice and Sacrificial Punditry
Delighted with the American election result for whatever reason, Kurdish villagers in Cavustepe, Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to honor Barack Obama. They also smeared the blood of the offering on Obama campaign posters, purportedly for good luck. Now there’s … Continue reading →