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Congressional Out Of Poverty Caucus Sends Warning To Obama

Posted on July 22 2011 by Congress Watcher

Representative Barbara Lee and the Out of Poverty Caucus sent a letter to Barack Obama yesterday, warning him not to go ahead with his plan to cut Medicaid and Medicare.

Sanders Challenges Obama To Stand For Working Americans Against The GOP

Posted on June 27 2011 by Congress Watcher

Senator Bernard Sanders is challenging Barack Obama not to cave in to the Republicans’ budget demands, as he has caved in to them so often in the past.

Ted Deutch Double Talks On Senior Food And Taxes

Posted on June 20 2011 by Congress Watcher

Ted Deutch is right that it’s unjust for millionaires and billionaires to get big tax breaks while programs to feed senior citizens are cut. However, Deutch would have been more honest if, instead of simply blaming Republicans for this injustice, he acknowledged his own role in creating that economic injustice.

Is the HB 1388 myth running rampant in your state? Find out.

Posted on June 17 2011 by Congressional Aid

Through the 111th Congress of 2009-2010 and into the 112th Congress of 2011-2012, an urban myth regarding the U.S. Congress has been making the rounds. HB 1388, the story goes in bulletin board posts by Hutaree Tina Stone and in e-mails ricocheting about the Internet, has just been passed by Democratic legislators and signed into [...]

Barney Frank Blasts Barack Obama For “Embarrassing” Evasion Of The Law

Posted on June 15 2011 by Congress Watcher

Congressman Barney Frank was among those Democrats on Capitol Hill speaking out, loudly, in protest of Barack Obama’s shameless disregard for the law and his reckless and expensive entry into yet more war.

10 In Congress Sue To Stop Illegal Libya war

Posted on June 15 2011 by Congress Watcher

Barack Obama is being sued by a group of U.S. Representatives, including four members of his own political party, in order to force him to stop the illegal U.S. entry into war in Libya.

Woolsey Calls For Boldness In End To Afghanistan War

Posted on June 14 2011 by Congress Watcher

Woolsey on Afghanistan today: The United Nations said over the weekend that there were more civilian casualties in May than in any other single month of this war. Needless to say, killing innocent people is certainly not the way to win the hearts and minds of another country.

There Is No 60 Day Exemption From Congressional War Powers

Posted on March 25 2011 by Congress Watcher

The government did not attack the United States, and so the War Powers Resolution forbids the current military action in Libya. Read a legal analysis of the War Powers Act 60 days myth.

California Republican Accuses Obama of Breaking Law With Libya War

Posted on March 24 2011 by Congress Watcher

More Republicans are joining the conservative antiwar protest begun by Amash. Yesterday, Congressman Tom McClintock sent a letter to President Obama directly accusing Obama of violating the law in his initiation of war without congressional authorization.

Durbin Defense Of Libya War Makes It Even Worse

Posted on March 24 2011 by Congress Watcher

If Senator Durbin is right, and the real goal of the U.S. war in Libya is to make an international diplomatic maneuver, then Barack Obama has no good excuse for not seeking a congressional resolution approving of war first.

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