Pathetic in the Senate

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  March 11th at 08:28 AM  | 

Anybody want to wager that the fix was in to pass the $410 billion omnibus bill? Don’t bet against it; it’s a sucker bet.

House Republicans Stand Firm, Vote Against Porkulus; Bill Passes House – UPDATE

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 13th at 02:58 PM  | 

Here’s the roll, 246-183. Every Republican that voted went against it (176; 2 didn’t vote). A big thank you from me to John Boehner and Eric Cantor for lining up against this travesty, along with every other Republican (Rep. Price, Rep. Shaddeg, etc.) who presented the American people with all the ethically questionable activity by the Democrats in getting this bill passed, and for standing | Read More »

BOHICA

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 7th at 01:17 PM  | 

BOHICA – Bend over, here it comes again. As everyone knows, the Senate worked late last night to line up a "deal" on the Porkulus bill between three Republicans (Collins and Snowe of Maine, and Specter of Pennsylvania) and representatives of the remaining 56 Democrats and 2 Independents (Lieberman of Connecticut and Sanders of Vermont). Based on what I saw, the other 38 Republicans don’t | Read More »

The Other Political Battle

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  February 4th at 08:15 AM  | 

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) is one of the 11 Democrats in the House to vote with every Republican against H.R. 1, the Multi-Generational Theft “Stimulus” American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Cooper and about 50+ other Blue Dog Democrats signed a letter critical of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) methods of ramming this bill through. He went so far as to admit on the radio Sunday: …the | Read More »