Tag: politics
member name: Charles Temm JR
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July 17, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
The Citizens Against Government Waste is joining other grass roots groups to ask Congress overturn the offshore drilling ban. Rep David Obey (D-WI) has shut down discussion in his committee on . . .
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July 09, 2007 04:11 PM EDT --
I've managed to put some broad information together on the rather large Democrat field of candidates for president. I have left out the unannounced candidates and concentrated solely on . . .
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January 04, 2007 01:36 PM EST --
As I type this, Speaker Pelosi will be sworn in as head of the new congress. She has promised a hectic first 100 hour schedule and one that has some both popular and useful proposed actions.
The . . .
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September 11, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
Rural and other Blue Dog Democrats in the House; many of whom are facing tough reelection bids are lining up behind HR 6691. This bill introduced by Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS), would repeal much . . .
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December 12, 2007 12:35 PM EST --
For those who don't know of him, Ralph Peters is a retired Army intelligence officer and author of several books, fiction and otherwise about politics and the Armed Forces, chiefly the Army. . . .
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December 17, 2007 12:54 PM EST --
Drafting Guys Over 60
I'm over 60 and the Armed Forces say I'm . . .
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February 12, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
For some time now I've followed politics in general and this primary season in particular. Other than the hard cores cheering for a party, does anyone really feel the best and brightest . . .
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November 06, 2006 12:39 PM EST --
This may have been more useful earlier for some of you but I found the Gunowners of America website and they had their electoral grading system on there. This is done solely on the basis of 2d Amendment voting . . .
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August 11, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
The percentage of Americans who actually pay any income tax (not social security/medicare/state-local taxes) after earned income and various other credits is dropping every year.
With fewer . . .
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November 29, 2007 10:31 AM EST --
One thing that is remarkable about many of the political articles published here on Gather.com is the worries about encroaching Federal powers. To be sure, much of what is the current fears is driven . . .
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November 09, 2006 06:18 PM EST --
Eminent domain remains one of the few issues that crosses all economic and social lines in the country. The recent anniversary of the Supreme Court's Kelo fiasco has only highlighted the importance . . .
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January 18, 2007 05:29 PM EST --
HR14 sponsored by Rep Mark Kirk (R-IL) would broaden the reasons convicted congressmen and senators would lose their hefty pensions. Called the Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act . . .
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March 28, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
The recent arrest of a senatorial aide of Sen Webb (D-Va) should open some eyes in this land. The man was arrested trying to bring a loaded hand gun into the Senate yesterday. Senator Webb . . .
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September 18, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
Couple of quick things I came across in the my readings lately...
Andrew Stern, head of the Service Employees Union, is trying to get Repubs to talk to to his members. Almost a quarter of them are . . .
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November 28, 2006 01:52 PM EST --
Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) has sponsored a bill that goes far beyond his last gun control law which managed to prohibit tens of thousands of people from ever owning firearms again. This new bill, . . .
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February 06, 2007 03:59 PM EST --
Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) has sponsored another bill to further implement restrictions on the Bill of Rights, to wit the Second Amendment. This is HR 297 (the same number bill was offered in 2006 . . .
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September 27, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
More stuff I've run into in the last week of reading...
Government regulation in all forms (most NOT coming from Congress but the unelected bureaucrats) now costs the US economy an estimated . . .
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June 10, 2008 05:19 PM EDT --
The Citizens Against Government Waste have released their listing for worst porkers in the Senate for 2007. Many of the names are no surprise of course but the breakdown by party may surprise a few . . .
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July 24, 2008 10:06 AM EDT --
Obviously the last year of Republican control of the House/Senate was not one of fiscal victories for the taxpayers. Despite this, 42 Congressmen and 10 Senators still managed to get As from the . . .
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May 29, 2007 09:12 AM EDT --
Not that many of us who follow politics expected real change when the Democrats assumed control of the House of Representatives. We were not surprised to see that the things that changed were simply . . .
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