Posts tagged senator
Senators Move To End Secret Holds
Jun 21st
The rule that allows lawmakers to anonymously delay confirmation proceedings for nominees and legislation requiring Senate confirmation has garnered the support it would need to be overturned.
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Loading ...Dan Lashof: Will Obama Do More to Move Us Beyond Petroleum Than Previous Presidents?
Jun 21st
Pundits have generally given President Obama bad reviews on last week’s oval office speech, but as he often does, Jon Stewart hit the mark like no one else. Not because he was funnier (which he was) but because he put Obama’s speech in context. As Stewart shows, every president since Richard Nixon has given an earnest speech calling for an end to America’s dependence on foreign oil.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Heather Taylor-Miesle: Oily Apologies vs. Clean Energy Momentum
Jun 21st
It is yet another big week for clean energy. The President is having a group of bipartisan senators over to discuss how to get a clean energy bill moving that addresses the source of the gulf spill. One guy who won’t be attending is Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) after he apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the “tragic” mistreatment his company has suffered.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cenk Uygur: Why Our Nobles Betray Us
Jun 21st
I understand that it’s a little goofy to draw lessons from a fictional movie, but my wife and I were just watching Braveheart and there was one interesting element in there. In the movie, the nobles of Scotland keep betraying William Wallace who is fighting for the people of Scotland. And my wife asked me why the nobles continually backstab Wallace if he is fighting for their country.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...William Bradley: What We Know Now About the Big California Races
Jun 19th
Nearly two weeks into the general election, here are seven key things we know now about the races for California governor and senator. Both races are fully engaged and trends are emerging
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Russell Simmons: Democrats, Don’t Do This to the Poor!
Jun 18th
To the Members of the Financial Reform Conference Committee: I have worked all of my adult life as an advocate for the poor, the voiceless and the under-served. Two weeks ago, I came to Washington to meet with members of Congress about my deep concern of the unintended consequences that the Durbin Amendment would have on the poor in America.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Congressional Leaders Making Plenty Of Money, Many Are Heavily Invested In Stock Market
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — House Republican leader John Boehner bought BP and other oil company stock last year while other lawmakers were a little more fortunate, getting rid of BP stock before the oil spill caused the environmental disaster in the Gulf. Annual financial disclosure reports released Wednesday revealed that Boehner last December sold a retirement plan in the company he once ran in Ohio, taking in between $1,000,001 and $5 million.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Mike Larsen: My Apology to Rep. Joe Wilson
Jun 16th
I owe an apology to Congressman Joe Wilson.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sharron Angle Quit Republican Party At Height Of Reagan Years, Was Democrat & Independent American
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative’s conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show. Documents on file with the Humboldt County, Nev., clerk’s office show Angle was a registered Republican until June 1984, when she changed her party registration. According to the records, she remained a Democrat at least until March 1988, when she moved from Winnemucca to Tonopah, another rural community in Nye County.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Raymond J. Learsy: Oil Cartels and Venezuela — A Moment of Truth for the Obama Justice Department
Jun 15th
This post is not about the merits of fossil fuels, fully cognizant of the growing existential danger they present to the environment and planet, but rather about the price of fossil fuels and our government’s decades long complicit policies in the transfer of literally trillions of dollars of the nation’s wealth to oil interests and despots around the world. Trillions that have helped to destabilize today’s world, lubricating the clash of civilizations, making it possible for the billions upon billions to be expended by Mideast oil producers to radicalize generations of the young and vulnerable throughout all corners of the globe, to the ethos of jihad and intolerance. The issue is highlighted in a remarkable and eye opening court battle currently being litigated: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (No
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Kennedy Sex Parties? FBI Memo Alleges Orgies With Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr.
Jun 15th
When wandering minds cracked open the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s FBI file, they came across a memo that may indicate that Kennedy, his brothers John and Robert, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. participated in steamy sex parties with Marilyn Monroe
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bob Franken: South Carolina Sleaze: A Redundancy
Jun 15th
The time has come to consider a federal takeover of South Carolina’s election apparatus. Well it would be if we could do that. Can we?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jamaal Bell: Senator Sherrod Brown Don’t Fear the Opposition Support the DREAM Act
Jun 15th
Senator Sherrod Brown to support the DREAM Act . A few months ago Senator Sherrod Brown conducted an interview with Kathleen Wells for my online publication Race-Talk.org . We really appreciated his time to discuss critical labor and economic issues we are dealing with today.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Gary Hart: The Appeal of the Simplistic
Jun 14th
Several days ago, in a critique of the Obama response to the Israeli attack on a Turkish ship, former national security advisor Richard Allen brought up the response of Ronald Reagan to the 1981 Israeli destruction of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. Based on what Mr. Allen describes as Mr
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Christine Pelosi: What’s at Stake in the Golden State? Corporate Cash vs. Progressive Populism
Jun 13th
California voters face a clash between corporate cash vs.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Carly Fiorina ‘Regrets’ Mocking Barbara Boxer’s Hair, But No Apology
Jun 13th
California Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said on Sunday that she regretted being caught on a live microphone making fun of her opponent Barbara Boxer’s hair. “I regret this whole situation
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