Upon entering midterm elections David Obey, one of Washington’s most powerful congressmen, is not running for reelection. Almost fifty years on Capitol Hill is probably more than enough politics for anyone and with stiff Republican competition on the rise in his home state of Wisconsin Obey is choosing to retire.
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Healthcare: “Reform”
True Healthcare “Reform” Over the past year we watched as both houses of the United States congress worked feverishly to “pass” a program that would make “promises” of Healthcare Reform come to fruition. Even with the majority of Americans rejecting this particular package* of Healthcare Reform the bill was passed and signed into law by the […]
NYSE:GS – Goldman Sachs Called To Senate Hearing (Video) Well we saw this one coming a mile away didn’t we! Congress wasn’t going to wait too much longer before they had their opportunity to grandstand and “politically position” themselves as they questioned the top brass in Goldman Sachs. So the show down is set and […]
Guam Tipping Over – Will Guam Really Tip Over? (Funny Video) Here is video of Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson saying he is afraid the addition of 8,000 U.S. Marines and their families to the island of Guam could cause Guam to “tip over and capsize.”
Jose Canseco Announced Subpoena via Twitter The drama around Jose Canseco and ‘steroids’ seems to never go away. I mean, here we are in 2010 still having to deal with the combination of Canseco and steroids in the news. But this time it’s regarding a subpoena by a grand jury investigating whether Roger Clemens lied […]
Health Care Vote (CNN Video Debate) Congressman Pence appeared on “State of the Union” with Congressman John Larson to discuss the impending vote on health care reform.
Barack Hates This Rush Limbaugh mentioned this site toward the end of Friday’s show ). The purpose of the site is to let you know that Barack Obama, and the pro-health care reformers in Congress do not have the votes to pass this legislation, contrary to what you hear coming from the Democratic party.