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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 [...]

Tags: Anthony Weiner, barbara lee, Bart Stupak, Barton Gordon, Bennie Thompson, Bob-Etheridge, Bobby Rush, Brad Sherman, Brian-Baird, Carl-Levin, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Carolyn Maloney, Carolyn McCarthy, Charles Gonzalez, Charles Rangel, Ciro Rodriguez, Collin Peterson, consolidated appropriations act, credit default swaps, Dale Kildee, danny-davis, Darlene Hooley, David Wu, David-Obey, Dennis Moore, derivatives, Diana DeGette, Donald Payne, Earl-Pomeroy, Eddie Johnson, Edolphus Towns, Edward Markey, Edward Pastor, Elijah Cummings, Eliot Engel, Ellen Tauscher, F. Boyd, Frank Pallone, Frank-Lautenberg, Frederick Boucher, Gene Taylor, Gregory Meeks, ike-skelton, Jack-Reed, James Clyburn, James McGovern, Janice Schakowsky, Jay Rockefeller, jerrold-nadler, Jerry Costello, jesse-jackson, Joe Baca, joe-biden, John Dingell, John Larson, John Lewis, John Murtha, John Olver, John Spratt, John Tanner, John Tierney, john-kerry, José Serrano, Joseph Crowley, Lloyd Doggett, Lois Capps, Louise Slaughter, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Lynn Woolsey, Marcy Kaptur, Mark Udall, Mary-Landrieu, Maurice Hinchey, Max-Baucus, Melvin Watt, Michael Capuano, Michael Doyle, Michael McNulty, Mike-McIntyre, nancy pelosi, Neil Abercrombie, Nicholas Lampson, Nick Rahall, Nita Lowey, Norman Dicks, Nydia Velazquez, Patrick Kennedy, Paul Kanjorski, Peter Visclosky, Raymond Green, Richard Neal, Richard-Durbin, Robert Andrews, Robert Brady, Robert Cramer, Robert Scott, Robert Wexler, Rosa DeLauro, Rubén Hinojosa, Sander Levin, Sanford Bishop, sheila-jackson-lee, Shelley Berkley, Silvestre Reyes, steny hoyer, Steven Rothman, tammy-baldwin, Thomas Allen, Tim Holden, Tim Johnson, Tom Udall, Tom-Harkin, william jefferson, William Pascrell, Xavier Becerra

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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 [...]

Tags: anna-diggs-taylor, barbara-boxer, FISA, john-d-rockefeller, National Security, russ-feingold, Senate, Tom-Harkin, warrantless, wiretap

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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 [...]

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

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