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On The War, The Democrats Fail

It was the issue that swept them into power during the last election and when Nancy Pelosi took control of the house she spoke about it. "The election of 2006 was a call to change -- not merely to change...

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December 20, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Where Was Barack Obama?

ABC's Kate Snow reported yesterday that the Huffington Post says Barack Obama, who wants to be president now, took a swipe at Senator Ted kennedy back in 2003 while addressing an AFL-CIO forum. Attacking Kennedy for not being tough enough...

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December 19, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Military Charities Saving $638 Million for a Rainy Day

Rep. Henry Waxman is holding a hearing this morning on Charities that collect money for veterans but end up spending most of the donations on themselves. Among the witnesses will be Daniel Borochoff who heads a watchdog group that tracks...

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December 13, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

"A Wal-Mart Christmas Brought to You By a Sweatshop In China"

That is the title of a NEW REPORT with photos and documents put together by the NATIONAL LABOR COMMITTEE which Senator Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., will release at 11:00am this morning in the Senate gallery. From the report: "The Guangzhou Huanya...

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December 12, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (2)

What Ever Happened to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's Gun Bill?

On the eve of the 14th anniversary of her husband's death at the hands of crazed gunman on a Long Island Railroad train, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy went to the house floor on December 6th to talk about another senseless shooting,...

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December 12, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

"When Mom Signed On The Dotted Line, She Felt The Salesman Was a Good Friend: But He Wasn't

Another mortgage problem -- this one hits the elderly who have paid off their home mortgages and then fall victim to what one witness is calling "PREDATORY LENDERS, CONMEN and the NEW CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, also known as REVERSE MORTGAGES."...

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December 12, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

'We're Going to Work on Smacking the Sh-t Out of This Issue'

It was September of 2005 and the Bush administration, already reeling from the fallout of its response to Hurricane Katrina, was worried about something else, environmentalists who blamed the powerful destruction of Katrina and Rita on GLOBAL WARMING. So as...

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December 10, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (26)

The Only Thing Congress Knows How To Do Well Is Take a Vacation

In this season of joy, on capitol hill there seems to be more a spirit of meanness and an unwillingness to cooperate. House Democrats are fighting with Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans are blocking nearly all legislation, and President Bush and...

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December 7, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (0)

'Please Help Me Save My Home'

Seventy three year old Nettie McGee uses less than three pages to tell her story of having lived in Chicago, Illinois for 53 years, having rented her current home on South Aberdeen street in 1997 and then buying it for...

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December 5, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

The Vibrating Building

For the past 10 years the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH has been working on a new medical lab facility in southeast Baltimore. But according to an article by Jonathan D. Rockoff in yesterday's BALTIMORE SUN the Biomedical Research Center isn't...

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December 3, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)