Democrats, led by high donation totals to Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), have won the early battle. The 26 liberals surveyed have so far benefited from a total of nearly $1.1 million this year, while their conservative counterparts have racked up $705,388 from lobbyists over the same period.
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Boehner: “time for senate to act” – objections “entirely fictitious”
Speaker Boehner challenges the Democrat controlled senate and Obama on the House passed bill which extends the payroll tax holiday and requires Obama to decide on the Keystone pipeline.
Boehner: “time for senate to act” – objections “entirely fictitious”
Speaker Boehner challenges the Democrat controlled senate and Obama on the House passed bill which extends the payroll tax holiday and requires Obama to decide on the Keystone pipeline.
The Stupid President and The Stupid Party
Those of you who support Democrats should remember: These people want you to need them. They need you to be weak in order that they be strong, powerful and influential. Actually, this is true of many Republicans as well, but it’s in the Democratic Party that this attitude and ethos is paramount. If you let them do this to you, then it’s only fair to say that you asked for whatever is coming next.
Speaker Boehner on Obama’s “we’re better off” claim: “Are You Kidding Me?”
Boehner was asked to respond to the president’s assertion that the country is “better off now” with his policies than the country was four years ago. Even with 1.2 million jobs lost since the ‘stimulus’ was enacted and the unemployment rate stuck above the eight percent promised, President Obama said, “I think that we are better off now than we would have been if I hadn’t taken all the steps that we took.” To which Speaker Boehner said, “Are you kidding me?”
Ron Paul: “We will default by more inflation … we’re bankrupt”
“Nobody wants to admit the real problem and that is we’re bankrupt! … We have to change our idea about what the role of government is.”
Boehner falls flat in redefining “cuts” for Teaparty conservatives
House vote on raising the debt ceiling delayed.
Sen. DeMint: Why Boehner-Reid debt plan should be rejected
It won’t balance the budget and stop the debt. Even if the cuts called for in the plan were real, the debt will still increase by $7 trillion over the next ten years.
Boehner backs Cantor in debt talks
Senate leader Harry who led the senate in increasing the debt by $5 trillion in the last six years has said Rep. Eric Cantor should not be in the debt negotiations. Speaker Boehner defended Cantor saying “we have been in this fight together … we’re in the foxholes … what we’re trying to do is solve a problem that has eluded Washington for decades.”
Anti-Boehner Protest Fizzles Despite Washington Post Backing
The politically “progressive” Obama supporters at CUA who masquerade as professors tried to ruin the university’s commencement ceremony. Garvey—and CUA alumni—may not forget that.