Tag: Sen. Harry Reid
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House Republicans Urge Senate to Return to the Capitol on Sunday
WITH LOOMING DEADLINE, HOUSE PASSES NEW MEASURES; SENATE OUT OF SESSION by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 29, 2013) — Following a vote late on Saturday to delay the implementation of the Obamacare individual mandate for a year and guarantee military pay during a probable partial government shutdown, House Republicans spoke from the Capitol steps on Sunday…
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House of Representatives Approves Bill to Delay Obamacare for a Year
GOVERNMENT “SHUTDOWN” LOOMING? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 29, 2013) — In a late-night session which stretched into Sunday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure which would delay the implementation of the individual mandate in the health care bill known as Obamacare for one year. An initial proposal to defund Obamacare completely was…
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Sen. Ted Cruz Still Speaking on Wednesday Morning
DO WE STILL HAVE A REPUBLIC? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 25, 2013) — Sen. Ted Cruz, who began speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday at 2:41 p.m., continued his presentation throughout the night with brief respites provided by Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee. Cruz’s speech is not a true filibuster…
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Sens. Cruz and Lee Filibustering In Senate Tuesday Night
STANDING ON PRINCIPLE by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 24, 2013) — Having begun a filibuster on the Senate floor at 2:41 p.m. EDT, Sen. Ted Cruz continued to speak as of 10:20 p.m. Coverage has been courtesy of C-Span. Outside of that, news of the status of Cruz’s filibuster was difficult to find this evening. Over…
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What Would a Government Shutdown Resemble?
“ESSENTIAL” SERVICES EXEMPTED FROM CLOSURE ARE WIDE-RANGING by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 24, 2013) — With a September 30 deadline to pass funding legislation approaching, Obama has warned of a government shutdown which he claimed would stop military members’ paychecks and halt the processing of small business loans. Obama wants the debt limit increased so that…
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Obama Uses Scare Tactics, Advises Congress Of Its “Constitutional Duty”
BUT DOES HE KNOW HIS? by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 20, 2013) — Addressing a crowd in Liberty, MO on Friday, Barack Hussein Obama a “faction on the far right” has threatened a government shutdown by voting to defund his “signature” health care bill known as Obamacare. On Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed…
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Boehner: House Will Vote to Defund Obamacare
“A TRAIN WRECK” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 18, 2013) — Speaker of the House John Boehner announced on Wednesday that the House of Representatives would vote on Friday to defund Obamacare as part of the ongoing spending bill deliberations. The move is reportedly a result of Rep. Steve Stockman’s HR 333 entitled “Keep Government Open…
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Not So Bright Lights
WHAT HAPPENED TO COMMON-SENSE ENERGY IN THE U.S.? by Craig Rucker, ©2013 (Aug. 14, 2013) — So-called “renewable energy” is not clean, renewable, reliable, affordable or sustainable. “Renewable energy” is a sexy term used to drive public policies and spending. The Obama Administration and like-minded Green zealots have said repeatedly that they are waging a “war…
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Sen. Mike Lee Tells U.S. House: Scrap Obamacare Funding
“DON’T FUND IT“ by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2013) — Sen. Mike Lee, the junior senator from Utah, is gathering citizen signatures to urge the House of Representatives to vote against providing funding for Obama’s controversial health care plan known as “Obamacare.” In a July 17 press release, Lee said, in part: We knew Obamacare…
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It’s High Time We Took the Gloves Off
“A PERMANENT CURE” by OPOVV, ©2013 (May 15, 2013) — I’m really beginning to wonder if there aren’t really aliens, not in your normal everyday illegal immigrant or an insurance agent from another State, but real Outer Space aliens who look and talk like us but sure as heck don’t think like us. There’s this…
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Mullin Disappoints Once Again
SELLING OUT SO SOON? by Bob Russell, ©2013, blogging at Conservative Daily News (Feb. 1, 2013) — I attended a town hall meeting in Claremore on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 featuring Markwayne Mullin, the newly elected congressman from Oklahoma’s 2nd District. Some of his statements sounded strange coming from a “conservative,” but one response to…
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Americans With No Abilities Act
IS CONGRESS DUMBED-DOWN ENOUGH TO PASS THIS? by Anonymous (Jan. 15, 2013) — Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans who have been denied access to the American Dream. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by…
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A Failure to Communicate
WHY CAN’T REPUBLICANS EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM? by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2013 (Jan. 3, 2012) — Almost everyone over the age of sixty will remember the 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman. In the film, Luke (Paul Newman) is severely disciplined by a man known as the “Captain” (Strother Martin), the brutal warden of a…
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Obama Will Always Demand More Tax Money Because He Thinks it is All His
IS THIS “COMPROMISE?” by Dr. Laurie Roth, ©2013 (Jan. 3, 2013) — No sooner had Obama signed the fiscal cliff — drama queen deal for sound bite consumption, then we heard him saying from his Hawaii vacation, “The rich don’t pay enough taxes.” Obama must have already broken the Guinness Book of World Records for the…
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Now Obama Voters Will Suffer the Consequences of Their Decisions
FREEDOM VS. TYRANNY by Alan Bates, MD, ©2012, blogging at Gulf1 (Nov. 25, 2012) — One major tenet of parenting is to let children suffer the consequences of their actions as long as they are not endangering themselves (or anyone else). Experience is by far the best teacher. Those who voted for anti-American Marxist-Muslim Dictator…
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The Light of Freedom, The Inverse Square Law and the Glimmer Man!”
FROM “THE PARALLAX PROPHECIES” by Ron Ewart, ©2012 (Oct. 7, 2012) — The farther you get from a source of light, the dimmer the light becomes. In fact there is a law in physics called the Inverse Square Law that says when you double the distance from a light source, the light is dimmed by…
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Could This Be Evidence of Obama Treason?
THE PAKISTAN CONNECTION by Ron Ewart, ©2012 (Sep. 30, 2012) — This is really strange! A curious thing happened several weeks ago. We debated for some time on whether we should even tell it. We received a call from a man with a noticeable mid-eastern accent. Our caller ID said the number was “unavailable.” The man called himself…
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A Force-Multiplier for Romney-Ryan
“DEVOID OF HUMAN DECENCY” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2012 (Aug. 23, 2012) — Over the past month or more the Obama campaign has trotted out what they apparently feel is the most effective way of destroying Mitt Romney. To interject their spurious charges into the public discourse they had to find a man or a woman…