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Rationing Health Care? All But One House Republican Votes For It.

Posted on November 8 2009 by Congress Watcher

Not a single Republican voted against government rationing of health care last night. Why this profound ideological shift?

John Duncan Leads Republicans Against The War In Afghanistan

Posted on November 6 2009 by Congress Watcher

Republican John Duncan is rallying Republicans in opposition to continuing the U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan.

Michele Bachmann Tells Americans to Slit Their Wrists

Posted on September 15 2009 by Congressional Aid

You can tell Rep. Michele Bachmann feels pretty strongly about health care reform legislation. Speaking in Colorado recently, she made these remarks about extending health care coverage for Americans:
This is slavery. It’s nothing more than slavery…. This cannot pass.
What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit [...]

Sensenbrenner Brings Out The Weird On His Facebook Account

Posted on August 20 2009 by Congress Watcher

Increasingly, the impression I get from Congressman Sensenbrenner’s Facebook account is that he has some extremely strange voices whispering in his ear.

Thaddeus McCotter: Make Chemo for Fido Tax Deductible

Posted on August 4 2009 by Congressional Aid

Tax deductions in the United States exist for two significant purposes: to reward socially positive behavior (such as weatherizing a house) and to account the burdens associated with socially positive behavior (such as student loan interest). I struggle to place pet care expenses in either category.
There’s no doubt that pet owners find [...]

How Fair is Lamar Smith’s Media Fairness Caucus?

Posted on July 21 2009 by Congressional Aid

Last month, Republican Representative Lamar Smith of Texas teamed up with fellow Republicans Jack Kingston and Michele Bachmann to introduce the new Media Fairness Caucus of the 111th Congress. The goal of the Media Fairness Caucus, Rep. Smith explained:
“is not to censor or condemn, but to encourage the media to adhere to the highest [...]

The National Taxpayers Disunion

Posted on April 13 2009 by Congress Watcher

Not a single Democrat in Congress got an award from the National Taxpayers Union this year. Dozens of Republicans did. How does that qualify the National Taxpayers Union as nonpartisan?

Upstate New York Political Blur

Posted on April 6 2009 by Congress Watcher

Representative Arcuri has joined his Republican neighbor in opposing or neglecting much of the strong progressive legislation that’s been offered so far in this session of Congress. If voters in the 24th congressional district want to see a departure from the Bush-era record of regressive politics, Congressman Arcuri won’t be the leader to get them there.

Olympia Snowe Slaps Obama Upside the Head on Transparency at Recovery.gov

Posted on April 5 2009 by Congressional Aid

What Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine said about S. 800, a bill she recently introduced “to require the President to update and modify the website recovery.gov“:
Mr. President, I rise to introduce legislation to enhance the availability of information to the public concerning the programs funded pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 [...]

Frank Wolf Serves Federal Workers Well

Posted on January 30 2009 by Congress Watcher

Republicans say that they support family values. Democrats say that they support workers’ rights. Both of these are provided for with H.R. 626.

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