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Carl Levin Calls Calls For Tax on Upper-Income Earners to Pay for…
Liberal Values | November 21st 2009 by Ron Chusid
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan has suggested a tax on upper-income earners to pay for more troops for the war in Afghanistan. I suspect he did not note how the Democrats lost many independent voters in this year’s elections. Certainly there are read more
Senate Democrats Get Enough Votes To Keep Health Care Bill Alive,…
Liberal Values | November 21st 2009 by Ron Chusid
It appears that the Democrats now have the sixty votes necessary to keep consideration of the health care reform bill alive. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas is the 60th Senator to agree to at least keep the bill alive to debate it even though she says sh read more
Photo of the Day: Anti-ObamaCare Rally Outside Evan Bayh's Downto…
The Hoosierpundit | November 21st 2009
Sent by a reader, a picture of an anti-ObamaCare rally outside of Evan Bayh's Senate office earlier today in Indianapolis: read more
President or…
The Vigilant Lens | November 21st 2009 by Lens1
JIHAD? Wake up America! Remember 9/11, remember Afghanistan, Iraq, Bailouts, the Patriot Act, war crimes, Katrina, Depression 2008-2015 and the deaths of hundreds of thousands. And furthermore, I want to know who this Bush criminal is. I’m proba read more
Republicans say they will block Health care bill vote
The Real News, Welcome to a free world | November 21st 2009 by erik hals
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued last Sunday that Republicans deserve at least six additional weeks to consider health care reform before letting the bill come to a vote. But on Friday, his top lieutenant said the entire GOP has a read more
To Enlist or Not to Enlist?
Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom | November 21st 2009 by Clay Bowler
I write this today with a heavy heart sad for my country. In 1990, I made the decision to serve my country and I took an oath to protect the Constitution of the United States. Now, nearly 20 years later, I see how our own federal government trashes t read more
Saturday Story Soup Mix
Conservative Minority | November 21st 2009 by Beverly Corbin
Do you wonder who will be in the jury of peers for Khalid Sheik Mohammed? Chip Bok CartoonClassic: Sen. Lindsey Graham Questioning Attorney General Eric HolderSen. Leahy On the Criminal Prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Go here to view Sen. Patr read more
Hamid Karzai is an Undeserving Partner: Pelosi
MastiFunda.com - Fashion And News Magazine | November 21st 2009 by Rana Ahsan
WASHINGTON: Hamid Karzai is an Undeserving Partner: Pelosi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an “unworthy partner” who does not deserve a big boost either in US troops or civilian aid, US House of Representatives . Pelosi, a skeptic on read more
The Healthcare Reform Travesty
Warning Signs | November 20th 2009 by Alan Caruba
By Alan CarubaOther than the complete destruction of the U.S. economy, one sixth of which is generated by the healthcare profession, I cannot see any reason for the bill that Harry Reid is pushing for a Saturday evening vote in the Senate. It has tak read more
Senate version of healthcare reform includes federally funded abo…
America's Watchtower | November 20th 2009 by steve dennis
I started writing this post before it was known that Mary Landrieu had accepted a $100 million bribe for her vote on healthcare reform. While it now seems pointless to fight this legislation anymore because the end result will be passage no read more
Mary Landrieu accepts $100 million bribe from Harry Reid to vote…
America's Watchtower | November 20th 2009 by steve dennis
If you are opposed to the healthcare reform bill the prospects look bleak. It is hard to imagine any plausible scenario in which the bill will be defeated when you read a story like this one. One wavering Democrat, Mary Landrieu, basically read more
Republicans Try To Explain Their Flip Flop As They Vote To Screw…
Liberal Values | November 20th 2009 by Ron Chusid
The House passed this year’s annual fix to the flawed Medicare payment formula which would cut payment to physicians by 21 percent. The bill would also fix the formula so that we don’t have to keep going through this every year. The vote read more
Party of No’s Enforcer
Where's Eric Cantor | November 20th 2009 by Bradley Herring
I wrote yesterday about the pathetic charade Eric Cantor engaged in over the “doc fix,” the permanent measure to make sure Medicare doesn’t slash payments to doctors. Cantor and other Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee su read more
The Problem with Healthcare Reform
The Corner Office Blog | November 20th 2009
I’m not sure I know why this is so complicated. Perhaps it’s because no one really understands the problem. We don’t need healthcare reform. We do need health insurance reform. The cost of simple procedures is completely out of read more
Health Care Reform's Last Leg (Test Vote)...Can Reid Pull It Off…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Health Care Reform Closing Arguments: White House, Activists, Labor Unions Eye The Finish LineWith the read more
Economic Political Revolt Is Brewing On The Hill...Pres. Obama De…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
White House defends Geithner. The White House defended Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he came under fire during a hearing yesterday. CNBC's Steve Liesman reports.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyPr read more
“They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigr…
Immigration Impact | November 20th 2009
The legacy of our broken immigration system extends far beyond our borders or the job market. The price paid by families caught within the system can be devastating, especially when we fail to pay attention to the importance of integrating newcomer read more
UPDATE: Reid Files Cloture, First Floor Vote On Senate Health Car…
Auto Cars Insurance - Auto Insurance News & Information | November 20th 2009 by Retroflux
TPMDC – The Senate will be in session this Saturday evening, ahead of a scheduled 8 pm cloture vote on the motion to proceed to debate historic health care legislation, TPMDC has learned.... Visit AutoCarsInsurance.com for more information. read more
Medicare Supplement Insurance and Seniors
Auto Cars Insurance - Auto Insurance News & Information | November 20th 2009 by Retroflux
According to the article “Overhaul of Health Care Bad for Seniors” by John Fanning on summitdaily.com, many senior citizens are losing their health insurance coverage in 2010 as many... Visit AutoCarsInsurance.com for more information. read more
Procedural Path for Passage of Senate Health Care Reform Bill Sta…
RootsWire | November 20th 2009 by Steve Hanson
Original Author: Democracy for New Mexico Getting a bill passed in the U.S. Senate is tricky. Unlike the simple rules that govern the U.S. House, the read more
Party on Kabul
The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1
President Hamid Karzai and several of his closest allies partied last-night like it was 1999! My man Hamid was just “re-elected” by the CIA, the DOD and Xe, for another five year contract worth billions. Word filtered down through the ran read more
FEC unwisely OKs return to cheap private jet travel by members of…
Scholars and Rogues | November 20th 2009 by Scholars and Rogues
Let’s say you’re Sen. John Dough. You’re running for re-election. You need money. Often, you have to travel to where the money is to get it. Say, in Los Angeles. So you fly. But you wish to avoid flying commercial. Too much time was read more
What's unfair to residents of coal-dependent states?
RootsWire | November 20th 2009 by Steve Hanson
Original Author: desmoinesdem Politicians in both parties have complained that proposed federal climate change bills are "unfair" to Midwestern states read more
If It's Good Enough For Us It Should Be Good Enough For Congress
MARYLYNNFORMATION | November 20th 2009 by Mary-Lynn
On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment that would require all Congressional members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. Congressman John Fleming ( Louisiana physician) has pr read more
Fury on the hill
The Atheist Conservative | November 20th 2009 by theatheistconservative
Obama’s puerile, sentimental, ignorant foreign policy weakens and potentially endangers America, but more immediate calamity threatens from his domestic policies. At the Commentary-contentions website, Peter Wehner writes: In a front-page Was read more
ACORN Stole NY-23?
The Right Perspective | November 20th 2009
Calls for a paper recount of New York’s embattled 23rd congressional district have risen up after Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman “unconceded” his Election Eve loss,chargeing civil right group ACORN and labor unions rigged read more
Rahm Emanuel Blamed For Immigrant Health Care Ban...There Goes De…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
Hispanics blame Rahm for Immigrant banHispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people read more
White House Defends Tim Geither...Where Are All The Jobs Tim??
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomySources: White House, MSNBC, CNBC, Recovery.gov read more
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