Posts Tagged as ‘Congress’

October 23, 2009

Define Frivolous?

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Ten years ago I developed a strange cough and thought I had pneumonia. After doing a weeks worth of laundry and finding it increasing difficult to breath I went across the street to the hospital emergency room and I waited my turn to be seen. After explaining my difficulty breathing I [...]

February 25, 2009

Tweeters in US Government

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Legislative Branch: U.S. Senate

Votes from the Senate floor

Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
James DeMint (R-SC)
Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Richard Durbin (D-IL) (unofficial)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Kay Hagan (D-NC)
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
John McCain (R-AZ), presidential candidate in 2008
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (unofficial)
Jeanne [...]

February 14, 2009

American Banking Oligarchs: Bill Moyers Journal

PBS Transcript:
February 13, 2009
BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal.
The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the headline that framed it: “High Noon: Geithner v. The American Oligarchs.” The headline is in one of the most informative new sites in the blogosphere called: baselinescenario.com. Here’s the quote that grabbed me:
“There comes a time [...]

February 12, 2009

Go Suzy!

Tonight on CNN Anderson Cooper asked Suzy Orman what she thought of the payouts given to Wall Street bankers and she said – They should pay  the money back .

The 8 CEO’s who testified before Congress today paid themselves aproximately 191 million dollars in bonus money in 2007.
Confiscate the bonus…

February 11, 2009

Single-Payer Bill Introduced in the House -H.R. 676

Tell your representatives to support single-payer health care!
Rep. John Conyers has reintroduced HR 676, The United States National Health Care Act, which would eliminate private insurance companies and create a national health care system that would guarantee that all Americans have access to high-quality health care.
A single-payer system would be financed by taxpayers and would [...]

February 7, 2009

Obama: Immediate Action on the Economy

February 4, 2009

House Set to Pass Kids’ Health Insurance Bill Wed.

House Set to Pass Kids’ Health Insurance Bill Wed.

By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House stood ready to approve on Wednesday a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a first step in President Barack Obama’s promise of universal health coverage.
“Unemployment keeps rising and people are going from worried to [...]

February 4, 2009

Congressman Oberstar Responds to Jody’s Plan for Wall Street

Update:  Wed., February 04, 2009
Obama Limits Bailed-out Bank CEO Pay To $500,000 
Veiw Obama Press Conference
WTG OB Juan!
I’m somewhat staggered by Congressman Oberstar’s response time with regard to my Wall Street Plan, I assume that they must have heard from a number a of constituents on this subject, even so a reply usually takes more than [...]

December 5, 2008

I Forgot to Tell You What A Nice Ass You Have…

The headlines echoed a scene from the film The American President when Annette Benning’s character Sidney Ellen Wade receives a phone call from the fictitious President of the United States, Andrew Shephard. Assuming the call is a hoax from a co-worker Wade plays along telling the President ”I’m so glad you called because I forgot to tell [...]