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GOP Gov. Pawlenty And Dem Sen. Wyden Prove Health Care Reform Is Not A Federal Government Takeover
Soon after Congress passed health care reform, Minnesota Gov. and likely ’12 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty decried that “we now have the federal government reaching so far inside our society, dictating whether human behavior is good or not.” A fe… Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, candidate, Congress, conservative activists, Federal, federal government program, gop gov, gov pawlenty, government takeover, health, health care debate, health care law, health care reform, iron, law, minnesota gov, reform, society, takeover, Tim Pawlenty
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Making Congress More Transparent
As I travel across the state and listen to New Yorkers, there is no question how worried people are about the economy — if the job they have today will be here tomorrow, if the job they lost is ever coming back, and how they are going to make ends mee… Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, economy, faith, job, little faith, New, new yorkers, small businesses, state, support, time, today, tomorrow
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Sharron Angle Spokesperson Denies She Wanted To Withhold Aid From Hurricane Katrina Victims
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is clarifying — but not backing down from — comments she made questioning the timing and composition of the aid package Congress passed five years ago for victims of Hurricane Katrina.In a statement to… Continue reading
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Tagged Agen, bill, candidate, Congress, Harry Reid, Huffington, huffington post, hurricane katrina victims, Jarrod, nevada republican, package, Republican, republican senate, senate candidate, Sharron Angle, spokesman, statement, tax dollars, victims of hurricane katrina
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Congress, Don’t Send the U.S. Solar Industry on an Extended Vacation
It’s that time of year when many Americans are just returning from a summer vacation.During their travels, most of those vacationers probably passed by some of the many solar projects, large and small, being installed across the country. However, they … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, country, deployment, Extended, heating, holiday, record, smart policies, solar industry, solar projects, solar water heating, solar water heating systems, summer, summer vacation, time, time of year, vacationers, water, water heating systems, work
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Obama Creates Backdoor Amnesty by Mass Dismissals of Deportation Cases
President Obama lets people break laws that he doesn’t like. The latest example is his backdoor amnesty for thousands of illegal immigrants, as a still-fuzzy but insidious picture is emerging.Obama shows a pattern of refusing to enforce laws (or refusi… Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty, backdoor, change, Congress, deportation, deportation cases, Dismissals, illegal immigrants, Mass., pattern, picture, process
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The Top 10 Richest Politicians In Congress
The economy may have been tanking across the country over the last year, but it’s apparently a different story on Capitol Hill where the 50 richest lawmakers gained a cumulative $1.4 billion in personal wealth, according to research by The Hill newspap… Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Hill, Congress, country, different story, disclosure, disclosures, economy, financial disclosure reports, house, lawmakers, liabilities, monetary value, personal wealth, range values, Research, richest politicians, Senate, story, value, Wealth
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Sharron Angle In 2005: I Would Have Voted ‘No’ On Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds (AUDIO)
Several years ago, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle said that she would have voted against emergency legislation designed to bring financial assistance to victims of the disaster.Nevada political journalist Jo… Continue reading
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Tagged assistance, AUDIO, candidate, Congress, disaster, emergency, emergency legislation, financial assistance, hurricane katrina relief, hurricane katrina relief funds, Jon Ralston, katrina relief funds, legislation, matter, political journalist, Republican, republican senate, senate candidate, Sharron Angle, Voted
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The Pentagon Owes the United States $1 Trillion
From 1999 to 2010 the Pentagon’s managers squandered $1 Trillion. In the next ten years, it should be returned to the Treasury.In 1998, the Pentagon budget was at a twenty three year low at $361 billion. For 2010, the DOD budget was $697 billion (all… Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, analysis, baseline, budget, Congress, defense spending, DOD, dod budget, Owes, Pentagon, pentagon budget, project on defense alternatives, study, surge, Treasury, trillion, understanding
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Best hope Democrats have is Republican chaos
With the midterm elections roughly nine weeks away, conventional wisdom would suggest gains for the Republican Party.History is certainly on their side. Since 1870, only four times did the incumbent president’s party not lose seats in Congress during m… Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, Congress, conventional wisdom, democrats, history, incumbent president, midterm, midterm elections, nine weeks, party, party history, president, Republican, republican party, Side, wisdom
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Lost and Found: Preparing Workers for New Careers
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, I traveled there with other members of Congress. We flew in helicopters to survey entire neighborhoods submerged in dirty water. Those neighborhoods not underwater were abandoned. We toured the 9th Wa… Continue reading
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Tagged 9th ward, chaos, cleaning supplies, clothing, community, Congress, dirty water, gesture, helicopters, home, hurricane katrina hit new orleans, hurricane victims, katrina hit new orleans, levees, matter, members of congress, respect and confidence, Trust, water, work
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