Posts Tagged ‘Frank-Lautenberg’
President Obama is complaining because the minority party is holding up 200 of his judicial appointments. “I respect the Senate’s role to advise and consent, but for months, qualified, non-controversial nominees for critical positions in government — often positions related to our national security — have been held up despite having overwhelming support,” Obama said [...]
Tags: appointment, Frank-Lautenberg, harry reid, john-kerry, obama, recess, ted-kennedy
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October 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Nancy Pelosi famously denied Democrats had any responsibility for the financial crisis that we are dealing with right now. She stills sticks with that fantasy. However, I don’t think too many people believe her. Today the Washingtonwatch blog listed the members of Congress who voted for the 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act which allowed trading credit [...]
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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 [...]
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