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THE IRS COULD LOSE $681 MILLION ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE REBATE CHECKS

We already know that the U.S. government plans to spend MILLIONS of dollars mailing letters to tell everyone to be on the lookout for those rebate checks coming in May and June. Now we find out from the GAO that...

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March 13, 2008 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (1)

$6.5 Million To Research 'The Fundamental Properties of Asphalt,' But Nothing For a Veterans' Program

When President Bush gave his last state of the union speech, he asked Congress to write a bill that would permit U.S. TROOPS to give their UNUSED EDUCATION BENEFITS to their family members. But according to WASHINGTON POST reporters MICHAEL...

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February 11, 2008 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Congress Probes Pfizer's TV 'Doctor'

HE PLAYS A DOCTOR ON TV BUT DOES HE HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE? Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the committee on energy and commerce along with subcommittee chair Bart Stupak have sent a blunt letter to drug maker PFIZER....

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January 15, 2008 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (21)

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)

"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)

'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)

CONGRESS GETS TWO WEEKS FOR THANKSGIVING

Most hard working Americans get 1, maybe 2 DAYS off to celebrate Thanksgiving. But the members of congress whose healthy salaries are paid for with tax money taken out of the checks of those hard working Americans are about to...

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November 16, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (8)

WOULD YOU DRIVE AT 55mph?

Former Environmental Protection Agency head Carol Browner is not the Energy Secretary, but she played one at a recent OIL SHOCK SCENARIO, a simulation of what would happen over a three month period if a pipeline in Azerbaijan suddenly went...

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November 7, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (7)