Posts Tagged ‘Connecticut’
Within one day after President Obama was sworn in for his second term, Harry Reid was putting in motion the vote to eliminate most filibusters. Here is the list of the Senators that think this is such a good idea they chose to co-sponsor it: Sen Baldwin, Tammy [WI] – 1/22/2013 Sen Begich, Mark [AK] [...]
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Connecticut Attorney General Richard “Dick” Blumenthal has been in office since 1991. He’s done a lot of things as attorney general. He jumped on the first great American corporate lynching of the tobacco industry well after Hillary Clinton declared war. Ignoring the issues with global warming, he’s trying to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous substance: [...]
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Posted in 2010 US Senate Races, Ethics | 1 Comment »
Chris Dodd is mad. He’s quite upset too: “The idea that state by state would start developing its own immigration laws in the country — imagine what a patchwork that might look like,” He didn’t stop there. He tossed in the only answer the Democrats seem to have any more: “It’s demanding a national answer [...]
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February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package. I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way. As such, I was interested in the numbers. However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at. In essence, [...]
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Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
One of Obama’s first actions is to restore the auto emissions waivers for several states that requested them under Bush. Bush said no, because mainly they were unenforceable. Those states include: California Connecticut Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Now, the issue I have would be better reflected [...]
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