Three Democrats Vote For Big Oil Giveaway
The three Democratic senators who voted against ending government subsidies to oil companies have taken a great deal of money from oil companies. Coincidence?
The three Democratic senators who voted against ending government subsidies to oil companies have taken a great deal of money from oil companies. Coincidence?
Eighteen Democrats and one independent from the United States have signed a letter urging the President and the Attorney General to return to a commitment to equality in the United States. The letter asks Attorney General Eric Holder to allow the decision that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is unconstitutional to stand.
Senator Mary landrieu is not merely holding Jack Lew’s nomination hostage. She is holding the American economy hostage as well, and it’s all for the sake of big oil.
If a member of Congress from New Jersey can respond quickly to a new offshore drilling accident off Louisiana’s shores, why are Louisiana’s representatives in Washington D.C. so slow to respond?
Instead of questioning witnesses from the oil industry, Mary Landrieu gave an angry speech denouncing anyone who would suggest that offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t safe.
39 members of the United States Senate chose to stand with Lisa Murkowski, in opposition to responsible efforts to slow climate change. These senators, chose to align themselves with the short-term corporate profits on the very day when NASA’s Goddard Institute reported that the last decade has been the warmest on record.
The following are the Top 10 Absentee Senators in the U.S. Senate during 2009: 1. Democrat Robert Byrd of West Virginia – absent for 159 of the 397 roll-call votes in the Senate during the year 2009 2. Democrat John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia – absent for 58 Senate roll-call votes 3. Republican [...]
When Senator Mary Landrieu spoke of the benefits of offshore oil drilling, perhaps she was referring to the $357,050 in donations that she has taken from the oil and gas industry.
The following are the United States Senators who voted for this betrayal of the Constitution. 20 of these 69 senators are Democrats. Without the Democrats helping out, the Republicans couldn’t have gotten the FISA Amendments Act passed. Which ones are the Republicans, and which ones are the Democrats? You figure it out. I can’t tell the difference.
The following four Democratic senators joined George W. Bush and the Senate Republicans to support the push for uncontrollable electronic spying against you by the government: Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln. These four Democrats deserve to be turned out of office in shame by activists of their own party. They all have a disgraceful history of voting for right wing Republican interests, and against Democratic values over and over again.