Posts Tagged ‘Bill Nelson’
The Senate bit back at Obama and his party of NO science: Angry senators demand answers from NASA chief Bolden Bolden pleads for patience BY BART JANSEN • FLORIDA TODAY • February 25, 2010 WASHINGTON — Senators lashed out at President Barack Obama and the head of NASA on Wednesday for canceling the space agency’s [...]
Tags: Bill Nelson, charles bolden, constellation, david vitter, george lemieux, international space station, lori garver, nasa, obama
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Senate Bills 773 and 778 are working their way through the Senate. They address cybersecurity. However, they are getting a lot of slack. Now, the heart of concern is in S. 778, which creates the Office of National Cybersecurity Advisor. There are plenty of excellent and not-so-excellent comments on these bills if you follow those [...]
Tags: 773, 778, act, big-brother, Bill Nelson, cybersecurity, Evan-Bayh, internet, John-Rockefeller, obama, olympia snowe, senate bill, telecommunications
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Remember that promise of change in 2006? You know, the one where the Democrats promised to get rid of the cronyism and corruption in DC? Well, they had a chance to walk the walk yesterday. There was a bill in the form of an amendment to eliminate earmarks completely. Here’s a list of the “changelings” [...]
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Ben Cardin, Ben Casey, Bill Nelson, change, Debbie Stabenow, earmark, Jeff Bingamen, Jim Webb, Jon Tester, Kent Conrad, Maria Cantwell, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown
Posted in 2006 US Senate Races, Ethics, Government, Legislative Process | No Comments »
Yesterday Bush vetoed the Iraqi pullout bill. In that bill, it had emergency spending for the military as well. That was both expected politically, and I expected it for bigger reasons. Spending will be done one way or another until a proper funding bill is presented. The war won’t stop just because a few loonies [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Amy Klobuchar, barack obama, barbara-boxer, Barbara-Mikulski, benedict-arnold, Benjamin-Cardin, Benjamin-Nelson, Bernie-Sanders, Bill Nelson, Blanche-Lincoln, byron-dorgan, Carl-Levin, chris-dodd, Chuck-Hagel, Chuck-Schumer, claire mccaskill, Daniel-Akaka, Daniel-Inouye, Debbie Stabenow, diane-feinstein, Evan-Bayh, Frank-Lautenberg, Gordon-Smith, H.R.-1591, harry reid, Herb-Kohl, hillary clinton, iraq, Jack-Reed, Jeff-Bingaman, Jim Webb, joe-biden, john-kerry, John-Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Ken-Salazar, Kent Conrad, Legislative Process, Maria Cantwell, mark-pryor, Mary-Landrieu, Max-Baucus, National Security, Patrick-Leahy, patriotism, Political Correctness, Politics, Polls, Richard-Durbin, Robert-Byrd, Robert-Casey, Robert-Menendez, Ron-Wyden, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, ted-kennedy, Thomas-Carper, Tom-Harkin, treason, US-Constitution
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Legislative Process, National Security, Political Correctness, Politics | 4 Comments »
