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Senate blocks tough abortion limits in health bill

Could this see the bill aborted on an abortion argument, or is this a burb of bad wind issued from relious bias members of the house. Abortion all ways leads to heated debate its as bad as gun or gay issues. "...

Nelson to offer Abortion Amendment on Senate Health Care

Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced that he would offer an amendment to the Senate health care plan that would ban public funds from paying for abortions Nelson says he will not vote for the...

Senators Demand EPA Chief Provide Critical Data

Four Republican Senators -- South Carolina's Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire's Judd Gregg and Maine's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins -- sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, asking her to provide critical data requested by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) during...

Senator DeMint wants term limits in Congress

Senator DeMint of South Carolina will soon be introducing a constitutional amendment that will limit members of Congress to three terms (six years) in the House of Representatives and two terms ( 12 years) in in...

Will Americans be better off tomorrow than they are today?

Will Americans be better off tomorrow than they are today? By Arnie Sherr, October 26, 2009 As reports continue to alert that economic indicators are giving signs of improvement, there still remains the disparaging knowledge that unemployment shall continue to rise until...

Is Senator Lindsey Graham out of touch with Conservative Values?

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com  Conservative South Carolinians have a love/hate relationship with Senator Lindsey Graham. On the one hand, he opposes Abortion rights, support gun rights, and...

Congress passes Guantanamo bill

When it comes to Obama's promises we all have to be more patient to see the out come. A president can't just say remove the troops now, as he can say close Guantanamo now. Reality says there are complications and...

Senate Health Care Bill: Shape Up! Or Pay Extra!

This writer, certified as a personal trainer, has to admit to being pleasantly surprised by an overlooked aspect of the Health Care bill that has recently come out of committee. The aspect?  That the US...

Obama signs Pakistan Act of 2009 (with PS)

""The bill is not acceptable to us in the present form" -Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. " The US President signed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 Kerry-Lugar-Berman...

Report: Insurance Rates to Soar under Senate Health Care

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.comThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently reported that the Senate Health Care Bill would be cost nearly 850 Billion dollars and be deficit neutral.  How is...

As Per Rules of the U.S. House, Rep. Joe Wilson Could be Censured

The Rules of Decorum and Debate of the U.S. House of Representatives provide rules stating who can and cannot be on the floor of the House and provides rules for dress and behavior by those members of the...

The problems of hero worship in the Philippines.

I am bemused by the sudden hero worshiping since the former President Cory Aquino died.  It would seem the political Aquino clan have became the hero’s of a country freed from Marcos dictatorship....

Increasing Fear Among the GOP of Extremist Fringe Party Takeover

Specifically naming World Net Daily (WND) as the leading source of many of the Right Wing conservative extremist viewpoints circulating among the base supporters of the Republican Party, among those:...

Joseph Kennedy Not Interested In Uncle's Seat

After Joseph P. Kennedy II, Edward Kennedy's nephew, announced he will not run for Senate, it looks as if the "Kennedy seat" is now going to go to somebody outside the family. Ted Kennedy was a senator for 47 years until his death on August 25, 2009. He was the...

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