Recently in Congress Category

Hallelujah, they've seen the light. "Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority's cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being shaped by what they saw as Republicans' purposely strident tone against health care legislation during this month's Congressional recess, as well...

The Radio Iowa Blog reports today that President Barack Obama told Rep. Leonard "Blue Dog" Boswell, D-Iowa, that he was willing to sacrifice his shot at a second term in order to pass the health insurance reform this country needs.  "The president (said), 'I'm not going to kick the can down the road.' And he said that and I said, 'Well, that's something I'm kind of used to from southern Iowa, you know.  I know about kicking the can...

Forgive my rant this morning folks, but I've reached 'mad as hell and not gonna take it any more' time. When are Democrats going to get it? Or maybe a better question would be, will the Democrats ever get it? Now that Sen. Chuckles GrASSley has been successful in removing the end of life provision from the Senate Finance Committee version of the health care reform bill, I'm more and more convinced that the answer...

I would like to make an appeal to President Obama and the Democrats in Congress, drop this attempt at bi-partisanship and get on with the business of passing health care reform. I understand the president's desire to include Republican ideas (as if they had any) and input into the proposed legislation, but as the town hall meetings across the country go on and the emotions intensify, one thing is becoming increasingly clear, you can't have...

  On October 15, 2006, David Iglesias, the U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, did not indict the state's attorney general, Patricia Madrid. The FBI had been investigating Madrid for her connections to a political action committee called Justice for America. They turned all the evidence they had gathered over to the office of the U.S. Attorney and were awaiting his decision to indict. E-mails relating to the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys released yesterday reveal...

According to a tweet by Representative John Culberson, I am against health care reform. So are you, if you live in his district. "Everywhere I go everyone I meet in my district are strongly opposed - as I am - to gov't takeover of health care & the energy cap & tax bill" I'll overlook the fact that no one has proposed a government take over of health care, I'm sure it was just...

  The Obama administration is having a banner week. First up, LA Times: Former President Clinton, two journalists welcomed back from North Korea. Here's a great clip of Hillary Clinton being asked about John Bolton's criticism of the humanitarian mission, in which she addresses the remarks by pointing out that if President Obama walked on water "he'd say he couldn't swim." Priceless.     From North Korea we move on to the historic confirmation...

I would like to salute New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg and Missouri Sen. Kit Bond for being men of their principles.  They are two of only eight Republican Senators to announce their support for the confirmation of the Hon. Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.From CNN:"There's been no significant finding against her. There's been no public uprising against her," Bond said. "I do not believe that the Constitution tells me that I should refuse to...

Texas has been getting an abundance of bad press lately, (and deservedly so, I might add) what with our illustrious governor threatening secession from the Union, as well as rejecting needed stimulus funds for unemployed Texans, and with 5 of the 9 House co-sponsors of the ridiculous "Birther Bill" being from Texas. So when a member of Congress from my home state does something to make us proud, I think it deserves recognition. I'm talking...