Posted by Moonage on 03 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: National Security
Not too terribly long ago, we had a major todo over warrantless wiretaps. First there was a lot of rhetoric circling around this “abuse of the Constitution”. In March, 2006, Russ Feingold decided to make it political. He offered a bill to the Senate to censure the President over the use of [...]
Posted by Moonage on 13 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, 527's
There’s a lot of talk about John McCain’s presidential bid implosion. Some are saying it’s because he’s not liberal enough, citing his ties to Bush a few years ago. Others, in the same thread, are claiming he’s not conservative enough, citing his failure to support a lot of Bush’s agenda. I think [...]
Posted by Moonage on 13 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Legislative Process
Yesterday the Senate passed a bill expanding stem cell research. That could be a big deal. I’m not all that excited as a ton of this research is already being done in the private sector where the long arm of federal restrictions and red tape don’t apply. However, people like Michael J. [...]
Posted by Moonage on 18 May 2006 | Tagged as: Border Control, National Politics
Reading from Powerline, here’s the list of who voted AGAINST the border wall:
Daniel Akaka
Jeff Bingaman
Maria Cantwell
Chris Dodd
Richard Durbin
Russ Feingold
Daniel Inouye
Jim Jeffords
Ted Kennedy
Frank Lautenberg
Robert Menendez
Joe Lieberman
Patty Murray
Barak Obama
Jack Reed
Paul Sarbanes
Let’s look at this another way, shall we?
Hawaii - Has no borders. Is separated by the Pacific Ocean.
New Mexico is on the border.
Spokane is about 1,607 [...]
Posted by Moonage on 17 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Legislative Process
Starting in early December 2005, debate began on renewing The Patriot Act. As soon as it began, the Democrats started threatening to filibuster it. Due to this threat, on a last second deal, the Senate extended it to allow more debate at a later time. As soon as it came back up, [...]
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