Congress
More Franken Coleman Ballots
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Ted Stevens ‘Goodbye’ Speech
Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), fresh from his defeat in a belabored reelection race, gave his last ever Senate floor speech today, bidding farewell to his colleagues and the chamber he has served in since 1968.
Stevens, who was defeated Tuesday on his 85th birthday by Democrat Mark Begich, acknowledged leaving the Senate a wounded man, [...]
Joe The Plumber For Congress
Joe the Plumber may run for Congress in Toledo, Ohio in 2010…
Anyone else see the formation of a Palin/Joe The Plumber ticket in 2012?
59% Would Replace Entire Congress
Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% of voters would like to throw them all out and start over again. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 17% [...]
Round 2: Will The Bailout Pass?
WASHINGTON — After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, speeding toward passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House where conservative opposition seemed to soften.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners for the right and left, hoping to secure [...]
Video: Pelosi’s Pre-Vote Speech
“Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain, and refused to even say if he supported the final bill.
“Just before the vote, when the outcome was still in doubt, Speaker Pelosi gave a strongly worded partisan speech and poisoned the outcome.
“This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put [...]
House Democrats Cut The Lights!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.
Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore [...]
Republican Senator Indicted On 7 Counts
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.
Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether [...]
Video: Congressman Attacks Blogger
Congressman Kanjorski Attacks A Blogger For Asking Questions:
From The YouTube Entry: I spoke with Congressman Kanjorski about these statements and asked if he’d like to make an apology. He was immediately aggressive towards me, denied the statements and then he physically accosted me. Is Paul Kanjorski a congressman you want to have in office? I [...]
Ted Kennedy Rushed To Hospital
Taken to Massachusetts Hospital With ‘Stroke-Like’ Symptoms:
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been hospitalized in Boston after spending an hour Saturday morning in a Cape Cod emergency room.
The Massachusetts senator’s medical condition is unknown, but he was experiencing stroke-like symptoms, according to published reports.
Kennedy was first taken to the Cape Cod Hospital emergency room at about [...]
