Remember the “nuclear option” of ending filibusters? That’s how Democrats and the mainstream media back in 2005 described Republican threats to change Senate rules and pass President Bush’s judicial nominees by a simple majority vote. It would have ended the right of the minority...
It’s A Stimulus Stupid! Part Two! Last week when I left all you wonderful viewers we were talking about the alternative minimum tax increase found in the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Now it is our duty to move on and uncover more of the nonsense that was passed off as “stimulating...
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on 05-12-2009
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Recently, most spending bills going through Congress have been defined by the massive amount of money being spent by the federal government in its attempts to stimulate the economy. In a change of pace, the U.S. Senate passed a spending reform bill last week sponsored by Sen. Carl Levi, D-Mich., and...
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Megan Herring
on 05-11-2009
Filed under: senate, congress, spending, military spending, weapons acquisition
When an elected Senator of over 25 years suddenly and unexpectedly changes political parties, as Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter did last week, there are plenty of questions that are bound to come up. In this case, some may ask when the Senator’s ideology started becoming more liberal and less...