The passage of the health care reform bill has resulted in a threefold increase in serious threats to members of Congress according to Federal police enforcement officers. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance W....
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 409 views | 20 recommendations | 13 comments
" Republicans have used a filibuster to block President Barack Obama's health overhaul effort with just 41 of the Senate's 100 votes. To overcome that, Democrats may use the reconciliation process to end the...
Republican Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona and Orrin Hatch of Utah have both recently asserted to the media that, in the past, reconciliation had not been used as a tool to reform health care. Comments from...
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1073 views | 36 recommendations | 33 comments
Newly elected and seated Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and fellow Republican Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich and Kit Bond, joined...
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 700 views | 22 recommendations | 10 comments
Too big and self-important to fail?
Economic disaster, natural disaster, multiple wars, and nothing seem to shake elected officials into responding with effective government action. I can sympathize with Evan...
Evan Bayh is the kind of guy you don’t want to say goodbye too. He is the sort one can reason with, a collaborator, who is aligned with the middle that is surely the constituents in Indiana. Born in 1955, he is...
The military will not rush this change. DADT will be removed from the armed services but it will be done in as slow and deliberate manner.Probably a study for a year, then phased in over two or three years....
This is an except for an article that I wrote on Examiner.com. " I will try to get straight to the point. If you don't agree with my premise, stop reading: My fellow TEA Party Conservatives, I premise my...
There is a new and fake *racism, that is the product of the rovian school of deception, perpetrated by major media, and designed to make racism inarticulable, confusing and frightening enough, to stop anyone from attempting an honest dialogue about it — thereby...
No one knows what will happen to the various proposals to change the American health care system in the coming weeks and months. We do know that the election of Scott Brown as the new Republican senator from...
opinion by skipsmith | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 884 views | 8 recommendations | 2 comments
" Massachusett Senate Race Results Update, Massachusett Senate Race Result: Republican Scott Brown has taken the early lead in the Massachusetts special election, an unexpectedly competitive contest that could have...
Sometimes you live a story that is self documenting. For those of you that think your government is generally honest, transparent and accountable.... get ready for a glimpse of reality. The letters will speak for...
created by CynicalPatriot | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 154 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The political website Politico has reported it has several Democrat sources that six term Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will announce retirement on Wednesday. This comes following poor poll numbers that lead...
created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 196 views | 51 recommendations | 2 comments
U.S. Senate vote on the health care reform was successful today. The new health care bill was passed on the Christmas Eve with a 60-39 vote. The new health care bill took three weeks of debate and a lot of political wrangling, but today's Senate vote took less than...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 12324 views | 34 recommendations | 46 comments
Qualifications for Congress in the 21st Century
Think about the diversity of topics and needs confronting the USA. If you were an employer hiring people to address these needs, how would you define the skill, knowledge, and proficiency as well as experience needed to...