Tag: Senate

Carper Named to Senate Finance Committee

Filed in Delaware by on January 13, 2009 13 Comments

From the NJ — Tom Carper takes on an assignment to the Senate Finance Committee and gives up seats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. He keeps his other assignments on Environment and Public Works and […]

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Why Carney, Why Now?

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 18, 2008 23 Comments

Ruth Ann Minner must appoint John Carney to the position of US Senator as soon as Joe Biden steps down.  Joe Biden is currently number 5 in seniority in the Senate.  This is a big deal for Delaware.  Joe got his pick of committee assignments, choice accommodations and a bully pulpit for his (Delaware’s) issues. […]

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Georgia On My Mind

Filed in National by on November 6, 2008 3 Comments

Wow.  The word out of Oregon is that Jeff Merkley (D) has won the Senate seat.  Believe it or not, Mark Begich can still win in AK, as there are still several hundred thousand votes to count.  I have also seen a report that says that Al Franken has pulled ahead in MN. Oh My.  […]

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Is Hillary Finally Free?

Filed in National by on June 11, 2008 6 Comments

I wonder how many of Hillary’s life and political decisions were tied to a desire to be President. Would she have left Bill? Would she have voted against the war? Would she have triangulated her position on welfare and poverty? I’m serious.  She has amassed a huge amount of political capital and I think is […]

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Live Blogging the Petraeus/Crocker Hearings

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 8, 2008 5 Comments

Well, I didn’t do it, that’s for sure. Even if I wasn’t working, I’m not sure how much more of the neocon-job I can take anymore. Both Tom Ricks from the Washington Post and Spencer Ackerman at the Washington Independent did live-blog today’s hearings (Ricks will be doing so tomorrow too). Ricks was in the […]

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Mike Castle Thinks Christmas is important

Filed in Uncategorized by on December 13, 2007 25 Comments

So important he had to vote yes to prove it…. Do you need more proof he is a wingnut? Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has introduced a resolution (H.Res. 847) saying, and I am not making this up, that Christmas and Christians are important

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You want hypocrisy?

Filed in Uncategorized by on August 31, 2007 17 Comments

This guy tries to have a gay fling in a bathroom and they want him out of office faster than you can say gay pride but….what about all of this… This guys home is raided by the FBI and complete silence oh, and this guy ohhh, sigh and this guy too Yet we have 3 LAWMAKERS […]

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