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Archive for December, 2010

Has The United States Entered A Period Of Fascism?

Posted on December 31 2010 by Congress Watcher

U.S. Representative John Hall is sounding his own alarm as part of the movement against independent expenditures.

Group Asks For Six Thousand Members Of Congress

Posted on December 28 2010 by Congress Watcher

An organization is seeking to change this arrangement, and create a new system in which House seats are allocated for every fifty thousand Americans. To do so would require creating more than two hundred thousand seats in the House of Representatives.

After Taking Money From Lobbyists, DesJarlais Gets On Government Oversight Committee

Posted on December 27 2010 by Congress Watcher

Just days before it was announced that Scott DesJarlais would be given a seat on the House Committee for Oversight and Government reform, DesJarlais went from his district in Tennessee to gather cash in the Washington D.C. office of Tim Locke. Locke has been a lobbyist for the Entertainment Software Association.

Russians Alarmed At Largest Ever US Military Budget

Posted on December 22 2010 by Congress Watcher

As Americans talk about a new START treaty, Russian media is discussing the passage of the largest American military budget ever.

Winners And Losers In Census 2010 Apportionment

Posted on December 21 2010 by Congress Watcher

Which states will gain seats in the U.S. House in 2013? Which states will lose seats because of the 2010 Census? Find out here.

GOP Coalition Seeks To End All Taxes For Heirs Of Vast Estates

Posted on December 19 2010 by Congress Watcher

In addition to encouraging sloth by some of the richest people in the nation, the End Tax Uncertainty Act will increase the budget deficit, creating additional debt that will need to paid, with interest, before too long in the future.

Thad McCotter Votes Down Food for Hungry Kids, Promotes Tax-Free Dog Lingerie

Posted on December 19 2010 by Congressional Aid

There are children going hungry in America, but in December of 2010 Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan voted against S. 3307, a bill to help bolster school lunch programs for those hungry kids. In the same 111th Congress, Thad McCotter wrote and introduced legislation to give a tax break for pampered dogs. In these troubled [...]

Jeff Flake Signals GOP Plan To Cut Social Security

Posted on December 18 2010 by Congress Watcher

Jeff Flake is leading a Republican charge to use the Obama-GOP tax deal as an excuse to cut Social Security benefits that Americans have already paid for.

House Democrats Split In Two On Taxes

Posted on December 17 2010 by Congress Watcher

A roll call of the House Democrats, listing those who voted in favor of tax cuts for billionaires, and those who voted against the legislation.

House Democrats Who Defend Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Are Mostly Lame Ducks

Posted on December 16 2010 by Congress Watcher

Out of the 15 Democrats who crossed the aisle on the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, only six have managed to keep their seats. That makes the anti-gay House Democrats a remarkably unsuccessful group.

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