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Three Reasons To Watch And Three Reasons To Wince
Tomorrow is Election Day in many places in America. This is one of those so-called off year elections. It is neither the Presidential year nor the mid-term election. No federal office will be on the ballot but don’t make the … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Amendment 26, Ben Nelson, cloture, Connecticut, Democrats, education, filibuster, firefighters, infrastructure, Issue 2, jobs, Joe Lieberman, Kevin Hill, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, police, politics, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, SB5, taxes, Tea Party, Teachers and First Responders Back To Work Act of 2011, The American Jobs Act, unemployment, union busting, unions, Vote No On 26, Wake County, Wake County School Board, Wake County School Board Election, Wake Up Mississippi, We Are Ohio, women's health issues, women's rights
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Many Can Suffer For The Sake Of The Few
Last Thursday the Senate Republicans again successfully kept their word to Grover Norquist, defended the interest of their financiers and made you and your family less safe while simultaneously darkening your children’s futures. Oh, by the way, they had unneeded … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas, Ben Nelson, cloture, Connecticut, deficit, Democrats, economy, education, filibuster, fire, George W. Bush, Grover Norquist, jobs, Joe Biden, Joe Lieberman, Mark Pryor, Nebraska, Obama, obstruction, police, politics, recovery, Republicans, S 1723, Senate, stimulus, taxes, teachers, Teachers and First Responders Back To Work Act of 2011, The American Jobs Act, unemployment
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The Phantom Of The Legislature
America has been stuck in a serious economic rut since the summer of 2008. To use President Obama’s metaphor, the George W. Bush administration and his anti-tax, anti- regulation policies and allies drove this country into a ditch. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 111th Congress, 112th Congress, 2010 mid-term elections, 2012 election, 5th Amendment, abortion, Democrats, Do Harm Congress, drug testing, economy, Eric Cantor, filibuster, Florida, flouride, George W. Bush, Glen Bradley, Hernando County, House, jobs, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, North Carolina, Obama, Pinellas County Florida, politics, regulation, Republicans, Rick Scott, Senate, Sharia Law, St. Petersburg Times, taxes, Tea Party, The American Jobs Act, underemployment, unemployment, USA Today, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, women's health issues, women's rights
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Shamefully The Stage Is Set
A lot happened on Tuesday of this week. As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post, the Republicans in the Senate successfully filibustered the American Jobs Act early Tuesday evening. There was too much in that story to let me allow it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alaska, Ben Nelson, Bernie Sanders, Connecticut, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, economy, Harry Reid, Harry Truman, health care, jobs, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Jon Tester, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Obama, Oklahoma, Olympia Snowe, politics, Republicans, Scott Brown, Senate, Susan Collins, Tea Party, The American Jobs Act, Tom Coburn, underemployment, unemployment, Vermont
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Paying For The Act
In a Rose Garden speech on Monday President Obama outlined his plan for paying for The American Jobs Act. It was filled with common sense fiscal moves that are overwhelmingly popular with the American people. Now all we have to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Afghanistan, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Charles Schumer, class warfare, deficit, economy, Fox News, health care, Iraq, jobs, John Boehner, Karl Rove, Lindsey Graham, Medicare, New York Times, Obama, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Schumer Amendment, Social Security, South Carolina, tax loopholes, taxes, The American Jobs Act, unemployment, Washington Post
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Words To Win By
Republicans have always kicked Democrats’ butts in the verbiage game. Truth notwithstanding, (which seems to be a Republican principle), phrases like “death panel”, “Fair Tax” and “Pro-Life” sound great. I have come up with ten words that Democrats need to … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2012 election, 2012 presidential campaign, Calvin Coolidge, conservative, Death Panels, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, economy, Fair Tax, Franklin Roosevelt, George Santayna, George W. Bush, Great Depression, Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, House, jobs, liberal, pro-life, progressive, racism, regulations, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Senate, swing voter, taxes, Tea Party, The American Jobs Act, unemployment
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A Political Winner, But
Thursday night President Obama, in an atmosphere resembling a State of the Union address, spoke to a joint session of Congress. What progressives hoped for was a proposal, which if implemented, would consist of a big jobs program that would … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Democrats, economy, education, GI Bill, Harry Truman, House, infrastructure, jobs, labor, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, progressives, Republicans, small business, Super Committee, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, The American Jobs Act, unemployment, unions
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