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Where is all the GOP Money?

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

The NRCC (National Republican Campaign Committee) has less cash on hand than their projections, and more importantly, than their counterparts. Right now, estimates say that the NRCC should have $58 million. Instead, our Republican leaders in the House are looking at $27 million.
Moreover, the NRCC’s cash on hand as of April 30th was a […]

House Republicans agree to “self-imposed” earmark reform

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

House Democrats promised earmark reform, but have failed to act out of self interest and power preservation - the same reasons Republicans weren’t interested in earmark reform..
However, the Democrats’ inaction has not prevented House Republicans (now in the minority and interested in reforming earmarks) from enacting modest, gradual and “self-imposed” reform on themselves.
Rep. Boehner put […]

Republicans keep Cheney impeachment bill alive

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

On Tuesday, House Republicans prevented Democratic leaders from blocking a resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
The vote to table the resolution, offered by Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinch, began as a largely party-line vote to kill the measure, but Republicans developed a strategy to force Democrats to debate the resolution by supporting Kucinich.
GOP leaders […]

Did you know…

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

This Congress has now gone farther past the original deadline to pass the 12 appropriations bills (Oct. 1st) without a single one having been sent to the president than any Congress in the last 20 years.
Pretty cool, huh?
As it turns out, Democrats are doing a better job not spending our money than Republicans did when […]

Congressional approval ratings unchanged, remain miserable

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

According to the latest Gallup poll, just 23% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing (or not doing, as is the case with the “do-nothing” Democratic 110th Congress).
Gallup writes:
Congressional job approval is essentially the same as it was last month but slightly higher than the 18% reading in August, which matched a […]

Quote of the Day: Admitting Failure

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

We can’t break a filibuster. We spent a lot of time on it. We just didn’t succeed.
- Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) on legislative attempts spearheaded by Senate Democrats in coordination with House Democrats to withdraw troops from Iraq.