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Pelosi: Boeing Should Either Unionize or Slash Jobs, Investment
Because, you see, job creation and prosperity takes a back seat to giving union bosses more power and money. Here you have the former speaker of the House and current minority leader telling a company that it either has to unionize or slash jobs and investment. Lovely. In an interview late last week, House Minority [...]
House Democrat Wants to Stimulate Economy by Having Taxpayers Buy Diapers
30. October 2011
And to think voters are skeptical of the ability of Democrats to fix the economy. If you’re wondering what sentient being isn’t aware of diapers, you’re missing the point: Connecticut representative Rosa DeLauro is raising awareness of the need for diapers in order to, as Politico reported, “push the Federal Government to provide free diapers [...]
Republicans Pass 17th Jobs Bill that Senate Democrats Have Ignored
27. October 2011
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a White House-backed jobs bill today that ended the federal requirement to withhold 3% of payments to government contractors. The rule, which had been bipartisanly maligned, was repealed by a 405-16 vote. This is actually the 17th jobs creation provision passed by the House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, [...]
Prominent House Democrat: Let’s give Obama dictatorial powers
22. October 2011
Sure, why not. Oh, right, because we live in the United States and not the Soviet Union. That’s why. Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran told The Daily Caller on Thursday evening that President Obama should “refinance every home mortgage” without congressional approval in order to “reset the economy.” Even this White House would be unwilling [...]
Many Senate Democrats Break Ranks, Support Republican Plan to Stimulate Economy
21. October 2011
A Republican proposal to stimulate the economy through tax breaks failed to reach the cloture threshold by just 3 votes in a Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate this evening. Many Democrats — including some you would not expect — broke ranks with Barack Obama and Harry Reid to support the Republican-crafted bill. Among those who sided with [...]
Senate Kills Local Government Bailout in Bipartisan Vote
20. October 2011
The United States Senate has defeated by a bipartisan vote legislation to bail out local governments by subsidizing public employee hiring — one of the key elements of Barack Obama’s unfunded Stimulus 2.0 legislation. The vote was 50-50, falling well-short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture. Republicans only hold 47 seats in the [...]
Obama Opposes Repeal of Fiscally Unsound Program His Administration Suspended
17. October 2011
It’s such a fiscal clusterfark that his own administration came out and admitted it was dead in the water. But he doesn’t want it repealed…for some reason. President Obama is against repealing the health law’s long-term care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the [...]
Senate Blocks Obama’s Unfunded Stimulus 2.0 Legislation
11. October 2011
The United States Senate this evening rejected Barack Obama’s unfunded second stimulus package, which would cost taxpayers approximately $447 billion while relying on the same policies that failed to create jobs in the first stimulus legislation. Senate Republicans were joined in opposition to cloture on the bill by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE). Other Democrats who [...]
Reid Triggers Nuclear Option, Democrats Change Senate Rules to Block Republicans
6. October 2011
These same Democrats had a royal fit when Republicans even considered this move in 2006. Both sides went into negotiations and the “Gang of 14″ was formed. That was supposed to stop the use of the “nuclear option”. But as we’ve learned, such bipartisanship is only expected when Republicans are in power. Now Democrats are [...]
House Requests Special Prosecutor for Eric Holder
4. October 2011
Following revelation in archived emails that Attorney General Eric Holder knew of the deadly and scandalous “Fast and Furious” operation last year, House Republicans are formally requesting a special prosecutor take up the case and investigate Holder. Back in May, Holder testified before the House that he only learned about Fast and Furious in recent [...]
1. November 2011
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