Tag: congress
member name: Ken S.
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December 19, 2009 12:53 PM EST --
The strategies and chicanery used by the present Democratic Congressional leadership and President Obama are virtually unmatched in history (especially when coupled with the economic size of the measures . . .
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July 07, 2007 10:02 AM EDT --
Ever since I was small and began to try and understand our political process it seemed that part of the explanation was that political success depended on each side compromising and giving up something . . .
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July 16, 2009 10:06 AM EDT --
Given the fairly weak questions put to Judge Sotomayor during the hearings this week, I submit the following list of questions (many of which would be usable for any Supreme Court nominee):
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March 27, 2009 02:13 PM EDT --
This is a short quiz that is guaranteed to convert reasonable Americans into conservatives. Actually, it doesn't really convert them, it just reveals that they were already conservative in . . .
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July 18, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Approximately 40% of the US Congress possess law degrees and many of these members have worked as attorneys it some time. I suggest that this is a unhealthy figure and contributes to the rancor and constant . . .
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March 17, 2009 10:13 AM EDT --
"Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution" --Thomas Jefferson
There has been much talk about the earmarks in the recent . . .
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July 29, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
See http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753530 for Part 1
========================================================= To give the equivalent of the “text message” . . .
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November 16, 2009 07:10 PM EST --
One common aspect of the Democratic Health Care bills currently under review in Congress is the requirement for mandatory purchase of health policies.
In 1994, when the Clinton health care reform plan . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:04 AM EST --
Suppose the country is like a car. The citizens are in the back seat deciding where they want to go and why. The government is driving the car and advising us on traffic conditions. . . .
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August 03, 2009 06:16 PM EDT --
I checked with several democratic members of Congress in my state and I've yet to find one that is having an actual public town-hall meeting in order to interact publicly with their constituents on important . . .
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July 14, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Have you ever noticed that when engineers "compromise", they do so in order to achieve a better final product. When politicians compromise, they do so in order to curry votes at the expense of an . . .
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February 09, 2009 01:20 PM EST --
Some say that government spending on a massive scale is the best answer to the current economic crisis. Others believe that immediate tax cuts are the preferred solution. I propose a measure that would . . .
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November 01, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
It seems that Hillary Clinton has, for the moment at least, taken a substantial lead toward gaining the Democratic nomination. My question to her supporters and to Democrats in . . .
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October 21, 2009 09:13 AM EDT --
The US Congress maintains an abysmal public approval rating. This is seen in the low approval ratings of even the House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader. This can't be good for . . .
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July 29, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
The last week was truly a bizarre time , inexplicable in some ways but sadly predictable in others. The leaders of the democratic party have shown us once again that they are likely from another planet . . .
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July 18, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
As we watch the dismally unpopular Congress slog through it's empty work (led by those two stellar All-American leaders - Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid) the need for congressional reforms becomes painfully . . .
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April 16, 2009 10:22 AM EDT --
The media coverage of yesterday's series of nationwide 'tea party' protests went from seemingly not understanding why a pleasant beverage like tea could be the focus of such an . . .
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January 19, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
What is the purpose of the United States Constitution?
Ms. Bill Clinton: It is a symbolic thing really, rather like the flag. You just wrap yourself in it whenever you need . . .
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October 20, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
Bill Ayers is not important. He is a small and angry man unwilling to accept any consequences for his prior reprehensible acts of domestic terrorism. His crimes, and lack of remorse for them are . . .
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October 25, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
The following questions are not asked of Senator Obama. Why not? Simple, Obama won't talk to the media that would ask him the following, and the media that he will talk to won't ask the questions. . . .
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