Posts Tagged ‘Nevada’
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] [...]
Tags: 4, alaska, Amy Klobuchar, angus king, Barbara-Mikulski, bernard sanders, bernie, biden, brian schatz, change, christopher murphy, Connecticut, elizabeth warren, filibuster, hawaii, hope, iowa, jeanne shaheen, Jeff Merkley, Jon Tester, Kirsten Gillibrand, maine, mark begich, mark warner, Martin Heinrich, Maryland, Minnesota, montana, Nevada, new jersey, New Mexico, new york, new-hampshire, obama, oregon, reid, resolution, rhode-island, Robert-Menendez, Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, tammy-baldwin, Tom-Harkin, vermont, virginia, Wisconsin
Posted in Ethics, Legislative Process | No Comments »
That’s the AP headline this morning. AP Impact: US-Mexico border isn’t so dangerous MEXICO CITY — It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer. It’s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it [...]
Tags: Arkansas, baltimore, border, california, cartel, charleston, crime, Derechos Humanos, detroit, drugs, florida, Isabel Garcia, las-vegas, little rock, Martha Mendoza, Maryland, memphis, mexico, mexico city, miami, michigan, murder, nashville, Nevada, nuevo leon, orlando, safe, south-carolina, stockton, Tennessee, united states, violence
Posted in Border Control, media bias | 2 Comments »
Barack Obama made a huge deal out of ending partisanship in DC. He then pretty much slammed the door shut once he was elected. Democrats got all the positions of power. When Nancy Pelosi moved to squelch any chance of open, public debate on any issue, Obama was dutifully silent. Yesterday we got a perfect [...]
Tags: alaska, Arkansas, bipartisanship, Daniel-Akaka, Daniel-Inouye, FEMA, harry reid, hawaii, IBSGP, Intercity Bus Security Grant Program, iowa, Jeff-Bingaman, Jon Tester, mark begich, mark-pryor, Max-Baucus, mccain, montana, nancy pelosi, Nevada, New Mexico, obama, partisan, South Dakota, thomas harkin, Tim Johnson
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Tags: alabama, alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, bipartisanship, california, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, district-of-columbia, florida, georgia, hawaii, idaho, illinois, Indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, medicaid, michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Motana, Nebraska, Nevada, new jersey, New Mexico, new york, new-hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, obama, ohio, Oklahoma, oregon, partisan, Pennsylvania, rhode-island, South Dakota, south-carolina, Tennessee, texas, Utah, vermont, virginia, washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, wyoming
Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
January 13th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Here we go. The members of the US Senate class of 2008 haven’t even been fully seated and we are already sepculating on 2010. CNN has already decided the Republicans are in trouble in 2010 simply because, get this, they had trouble in 2006 and 2008. Logical huh? Wikipedia references something called the Cook Political Report [...]
Tags: 1980, 1992, 1994, 2010, ABC, balance of power, bill clinton, conservative, cook political report, economy, election cycle, elections, george-bush, harry reid, iraq, jim bunning, john-kerry, kentucky, liberal, msnbc, nancy pelosi, National Security, Nevada, obama, reagan, rod blagojevich, scandal, sheila dixon, us senate, william jefferson
Posted in 2010 US Senate Races | 2 Comments »
For questioning another blog’s stereotyping of the Republican Party as a bunch of radical science hating religious fundamentalists, I got hate email, again. For those that felt compelled to believe the Kos stuff and ignore my own, I’m gonna give you two examples here. One’s Republican, one’s Democrat. OK? This is what the Republicans are [...]
Tags: california, governor, Humor, mary-carey, mimi-miyogi, Nevada, republican
Posted in Humor | No Comments »
