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Another sneaky Saturday in the Senate — and Teddy K’s ghost rises again; Update: Nelson caves…but says he “reserves the right” to change his mind; Nelson’s Medicaid payoff
Scroll for updates…9:53am Eastern. Nelson caved. The Senate clerk is now reading the Reid amendment….the full, 383-page amendment is here…Democratic caucus is meeting off the floor. Nelson to speak at 10am Eastern. Dem leadership to crow at 10:45am Eastern….Nelson announces support at press conference. Says he is satisfied by abortion language. He reads a perfunctory [...]
What happened last night in the Senate; Plus: Tick, tick, tick, still no Demcare bill
When last we left the Senate chamber, Harry Reid had dragged himself onto the floor after an hour delay to recess until 12:01am Eastern. An hour after midnight, the Dems brought the defense authorization bill up for a cloture vote. This after months and months of delay on the bill, which has been used by [...]
Torch-wielding leftists at UC Berkeley attack chancellor’s home
Mob rule. (Photo: Daily Cal)
Here comes a new Demcare Trojan Horse
What are the Democrats cooking up now? A new health care turkey casserole with public-option entrails. Yet another Demcare Trojan Horse. Watch out:
A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on healthcare reform.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who has been tapped by Majority [...]
Violent felon granted clemency by Huckabee now sought in Lakewood, WA police ambush; Update: Huck PAC posts statement; Update: Search continues; how Clemmons played Arkansas; Update: Huck whitewashes on O’Reilly (and vice versa); Update: Clemmons is dead
Monster.
Wheeling & dealing: Snowe pow-wows with Obama; Landrieu, Schumer, Daschle behind the scenes
Don’t mean to give you more indigestion on a Saturday night, but thought you should see this from The Hill:
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)…is still in talks with President Barack Obama regarding her final vote on the legislation. Snowe said that she spoke to Obama while he was aboard Air Force One en route to Asia [...]
Taxpayer message in Colorado Springs: “Shrink government”
Skyrocketing property taxes were a huge issue in the NJ governor’s race.
They were on the ballot here in Colorado, too. And the limited government message was sent loud and clear:
Rattled by an economic downturn and skeptical of the dire predictions emanating from City Hall, Colorado Springs voters overwhelming rejected a proposal to raise property taxes [...]
Will Snowe fall again? Updated: Yes; 2:54pm Eastern Senate Finance Cmte vote is 14-9
Scroll down for updates…10:45am – Snowe wanted reassurance from CBO and Baucus that scoring “integrity” will be preserved as conceptual language becomes legislative language…1:04pm Eastern…Snowe will vote YES on government health care takeover…2:54pm Eastern Senate Finance Cmte vote is 14-9
Sen. Olympia Snowe was one of the three members of the Senate GOP Turncoat Caucus who [...]
Call your reps: No on Obamacare funds for abortion
President Obama says it’s a “fabrication” and “distraction” to assert that the Democrats’ health care takeover bills subsidize abortion.
Well, not to distract you, but the NYT reports today:
Representative Bart Stupak, a Democratic opponent of abortion, is pressing for a ban on health care subsidies for abortions.
Abortion opponents in both the House and the Senate are [...]
Obamas using schoolkids as junior lobbyists for Olympics
Playing games.
Beware the Climate Change Republicans
Gird your loins, taxpayers and ratepayers.
Sen. Barbara Boxer is readying her cap-and-tax monstrosity, and she is hoping to soften opposition among Climate Change Republicans. E&E News reports on the latest maneuvering, via Matt Dempsey at the US Senate Cmte on Environment and Public Works:
The Senate climate debate has largely been in standby mode since June, [...]
Obamacare for illegal aliens: A brief history
Here’s my July 22 column on Obamacare for illegal aliens, which spotlights how the S-CHIP expansion’s loosened verification standards open the barn door.
Here’s my August 17 blog post on how hospitals are buckling under the weight of illegal alien care costs — and why it’s time to ration health care for illegal aliens.
Here’s my August [...]
This is what mob rule looks like
I’ve noted the irony of the unhinged Left moaning about the “insane rage” of the Right many, many, many, many, many times.
Allahpundit reports tonight that the DNC is now decrying “mob rule.” Lefty bloggers are comparing grass-roots conservatives to Holocaust deniers and waving around the moral equivalence card to smear peaceful Tea Party activists [...]
Americans shifting to the right (Snowe and Collins not listening)
Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say their views are growing more conservative, according to a new Gallup poll:
Despite the results of the 2008 presidential election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal, 39% to 18%, with 42% saying they have not changed. [...]
Back to business: Stop the cap-and-tax bill
Photoshop: Leo Alberti
We celebrated our freedoms this Independence Day. Now, it’s time to fight for them. Hope you are feeling energized. There is much work to be done.
On the front-burner: Defeating the cap-and-tax bill.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee begins hearings on Tuesday.
Spruiell and Williamson have an excellent rundown of Waxman-Markey’s garden of [...]
My thought bubble: This better not be a stimulus-funded project
Caption contest.
Chinagate-tainted Gary Locke “sails through” confirmation hearing
I really don’t want to hear it later from Senate Republicans if Commerce Secretary nominee Gary Locke gets himself in an ethics mess after he’s approved.
Washington has been warned — not just by me, but by many other close observers of the former Washington state governor who have followed his career marked by sloppy [...]
Moronic stimulus stunt of the day
“Washington sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000.”
Proud to be an unpatriot in Obama’s America
So, President Obama phoned the Senate GOP sellouts Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter and praised them Friday night for showing their “patriotism” by cutting a trillion-dollar, backroom deal to mortgage our children and grandchildren’s future.
If that is “patriotism,” then I’m proud to be an unpatriot.
How about you?
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The generational thieves question our patriotism.
I [...]
Senate switchboard: All circuits are busy; Update: Stop the cave-in. Call the GOP’s Queasy Quartet; Voino calls it quits
Meltdown.
What will the Bend Over Republicans do with tax cheat Tom Daschle?
Before we get to tax cheat Tom Daschle, let’s recall the names of the Bend Over Republicans who pooh-poohed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s tax troubles and accused critics of “thinking in small political terms.”
On the Senate Finance Committee, B.O. Republicans Mike Crapo, Orrin Hatch, John Cornyn, Olympia Snowe and John Ensign all determined that Geithner’s [...]
Senate Finance Committee Geithner vote 18-5: Meet your B.O. Republicans
Breakdown.
Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Pt. II; Update: Sanders confirms
Scroll for update…Sanders confirms…
Over the weekend, I wrote about Washington state Supreme Court justice Richard Sanders, an old friend of mine from my days in Seattle who had been identified on Friday by lawyer Wendy Long as the man who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey during his Federalist Society address.
I received the following non-response response [...]
Obama-Biden: Which disabled war vets will they insult next?
Watch out.
Video: Obama stumped on Hanford nuke waste clean-up, “Uhhhhhhhhhh”
“I’m not familiar with the Hanford, uh, site.”
Document drop: Unclassified memo warns military personnel of anti-war threats to recruiters, Army installations/facilities
“SOLDIERS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS NEED TO STAY ALERT, NOTICE SURROUNDINGS, AND REMAIN VIGILANT.”
Back to the Berkeley Marine recruiting center
The battle continues.
Eco-saboteur Briana Waters found guilty
Cracking down on domestic terrorism.
Anarchy in Olympia…again
The domestic consequences of appeasement.
The Sunday talk shows open thread
Making the rounds.
Doug Ross @ Journal
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