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95 democrats voted against the bill

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:03:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yet all we here is how it is the republican's fault. How the minority party in the house is responsible for the failure of a bill pushed by the majority even though quite a few of the minority voted for the bill. Pelosi couldn't (or more likely, wouldn't) reign in her own troops in support of the bill, so how is it the republicans are to blame?

Clip Source: ztruth.typepad.com

Nearly 100 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the financial bailout bill yesterday. Fifteen Democrats in California from the home state of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, even voted against the bill.

Thirteen Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted against the bill, too! And seven Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee voted against the bill, including its chairman!

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of the main congressional negotiators, and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee failed to get his democratic team on his own banking committee on board with the bill!. Now that's telling.

Yet, all we hear the Democrats on TV do is to spew their partisan venom against the Republicans.

Final vote

Tags: pelosi, house, congress, housing, media, msm, bias, lies

Pelosi calls GOP unpatriotic

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:49:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Video at site.

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Despicable Nancy Pelosi calls GOP Unpatriotic for missing a meeting--
A meeting they were not invited to.

Here's some behind the scenes politicking by Democrats

Republicans were told today’s negotiations were for “principles.” Meaning each party’s lead negotiators

When we showed up to the meeting the list of Dems walking in the door kept growing

That’s hardly the deal we were promised, like Mr. Blunt quipped to reporters, “I think the ratio's about fair. It's two to eight or something."

And, the Dem spin machine is still in full swing. They said we boycotted earlier meetings, well, as Chris Dodd said last night on NBC, they just forgot to call us. So, maybe an 8-2 fight is the best we’ve had all week because we are at least at the table.

Later today... Speaker Pelosi had the gall to go before cameras and call the Republican members of the House "unpatriotic" for not attending that earlier meeting.

(The meeting Dodd admitted they weren't invited to.)

Tags: pelosi, democrats, republicans, congress, politics, lies

Sinking Ship

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:26:54 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Sinking Ship

Panic sets in as Democrats witness a Republican resurgence.

The Financial Times and Power Line reported:

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election...

“There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have spoken to . . . People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve got to do something’.”

GOP candidates now lead Democratic candidates by 5 points!

Republican candidates now lead Democratic candidates among likely voters by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%.

This would be enough to switch Congress back into the GOP hands if it holds until November.

In response... Obama said he was going to “go personal” against McCain and Palin.

Tags: democrats, republicans, politics, polls, congress

MSM shrugs at GOP revolt over drilling

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:19:29 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

On Friday, NewsBusters wondered how much attention media would pay to the Republican revolt that occurred after Speaker Pelosi adjourned the House for a five week vacation without allowing a vote on offshore oil drilling.

It turns out that if you rely on the evening news programs of the three broadcast networks, you didn't hear about this extraordinary event at all

And, if you're one of the few people that still reads newspapers, the one thrown on your driveway Saturday morning likely also ignored this story, or buried it well off the front page.

As for newspapers, the New York Times alloted 520 words to this issue Saturday...on page A16. The Washington Post gave it 402 words...on page A3.

The results of a LexisNexis search suggest the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle all ignored this revolt.

With gas and oil prices on the minds of Americans from coast to coast, how could any press outlet not cover this story?

Tags: gop, media, msm, bias, politics, congress, oil, gas

Congress: No airplane cellphone calls

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:05:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just a few problems. First, just because you turn off your cell phone for calls doesn't mean the camera doesn't still work. Second, if those loud and obnoxious people can't talk on the phone, isn't anyone worried that they will talk to you? Third, what about all the other loud and obnoxious behaviors one encounters on a plane? Will they ban babies next? Fourth, the first paragraph of the story said that cell phones are dangerous on planes, where is the evidence of that? And finally, are they going to extend the ban to those insanely expensive phones you can currently use on planes? Or are only the well to do allowed to be obnoxious on the phone?

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

Members of the House of Representatives, most of whom board airplanes almost every week, traded horror stories Thursday about their worst experiences with annoying fellow passengers who talk loudly on cellphones before takeoff and after landing. One lawmaker said his wife sat next to a woman who loudly discussed her sex life on the phone.

Another House member topped that with the passenger sitting him behind on one flight who got a "dear John" phone call from either his wife or sweetheart just before takeoff.

A third House member raised the specter of national security, saying she had witnessed one man use his cellphone camera to take pictures of sensitive parts of the airplane.

With that, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved by voice vote a bill that would make the current Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Communication Commission ban on cellphone use during flight permanent.

Tags: congress, airplane, cell phone, politics

How high can you go?

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:29:06 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

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How high will Democrats let the price of gas get before considering the option of drilling for more oil? Ken Salazar (D-CO) has set the bar in today’s action in the Senate. Gas can hit $10 per gallon and the Democrats still won’t act

Let a thousand television ads bloom. Even Floridians and Californians now support drilling in the OCS:

With gas prices hovering at $4 a gallon, a majority of Floridians now support drilling for oil in protected areas offshore, according to a new poll.

A majority of Californians favor more oil drilling off the coast, according to a statewide survey released Wednesday, for the first time since oil prices spiked nearly three decades ago.

Republicans should use a very simple message. We have enough oil to satisfy American needs for at least the next 100 years, but Democrats won’t let you have it. They’d rather you pay $10 per gallon at the pump and watch food prices increase 250% rather than agree to drilling. If you don’t want $10 per gallon gas, vote Republican.

Tags: gas, oil, congress, politics, economy

The internet revolution runs over Pelosi

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:52:31 GMT

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Clip Source: twitter.com

I just told the House chamber We the People can take back the Capitol with these new media tools by networking and shining sunlight everywhe about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I am Qikking live now - sign on at qik.com/johnculberson http://qik.com/video/147408 about 2 hours ago from web

Press conf live now on qik.com about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Twitter posts have been a big part of driving this important news story about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Qikking and Twittering now about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Pelosi's House thrives on secrecy and is going on vacation and ignoring the need to bring down gas prices about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Clip Source: twitter.com

@johnculberson Way to go John, but what about House rules on public communication? Aren't you skirting them by doing this? about 1 hour ago from twitterrific in reply to johnculberson

Clip Source: twitter.com

@mikepratt Yes but this is a rule that needs to be broken bcz it needs to be changed to make Congress transparent to the public

Tags: oil, gas, energy, congress, house, politics, internet, qik, twitter

Most ethical congress ever

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:12:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

House Democrats voted down a public reprimand Thursday that Republicans sought against influential Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., over a questionable housing arrangement that he insists violated no laws.

Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, has come under scrutiny over the past month for his use of four rent-stabilized apartments in a building in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.

A measure offered by House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Rangel "has dishonored himself and brought discredit to the House and merits the censure of the House for same."

"instead of keeping their promise to 'drain the swamp' of corruption in Washington, House Democrats are sinking in it."

Rangel had four apartments in the same building, one of which served as a campaign office despite rules requiring such discounted apartments to be a tenant's primary residence.

New York City's rent stabilization law allows for people to pay less

to rent their primary residence.

Tags: congress, corruption, rangel, new york, politics

Congressional Democrats Aim to Censor Twitter and Qik

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:07:17 GMT

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Clip Source: mashable.com

I’ve seen some discussion around the blogosphere that has correlated with an email I got this morning from the office of Representative John Culberson (the US House GOP leader) talking about a Democrat plan hatched to curtail free speech from members of Congress on the Internet’s various social media websites.

As Robert Scoble and Andrew Feinberg unmasked to us in the Web 2.0 crowd, there are a couple of members of congress who actually do get social media, and use it personally. John Culberson is one of those folks, and has actively used Twitter and Qik in the past to communicate not only with his constiuency but the general wilds of the web.

Rep. Michael Capuano, Chairman of the Congressional Commission on Mailing Standards, seeks to end this.

The upshot is that Michael Capuano for some reason is uneasy or afraid of the shift towards openness in access to our nations legislators made possible by social media, and rather than encourage the change, he aims to have it cut off at the head.

Tags: congress, politics, free speech, twitter

Dem answer to gas prices? "There ain't no answer"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:45:04 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

A leading democrat says Americans need to get used to paying $5 to $6 a gallon for their gas.

Impeached judge and leading Democrat Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Miramar) confessed this week that democrats have no answers to the skyrocketing gas prices.

I predict to you that gas prices will be as much as $5 before the end of this year and they will go to $6 at some point next year

"When they go to $6 it will fluctuate between $5 and $6 and more for some time to come. That's the harsh reality no matter what law we pass," he said.

"There ain't no answer, OK? ... All the talk is feel good talk."

LTC Allen West, the Republican candidate for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, offered this response:

His words

are the most pathetic and abyssmal response I have heard.

There can be no doubt as to why this Congress under the presumed leadership of Speaker Pelosi is a collection of whining losers, and we as the American people should not have to suffer for their lack of courage, competence, and character.

Tags: gas, oil, democrat, congress, politics, energy

Gas prices

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:04:01 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

"All you have to do is drive down the street in your car, see the price at the pump, and you know that Americans can no longer afford George W. Bush as President and his Rubber Stamp Republican Congress."

Nancy Pelosi
April 26, 2006

Tags: congress, democrats, pelosi, gas, politics

Defeat

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:57:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.redstate.com

The appearances before Congress by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker this week were marked less by the sober forthrightness of the two men than by Democrat grandstanding. Tuesday’s Senate hearings were best summed up by Sen. Joseph Lieberman: "As I hear the questions and the statements today, it seems to me that there's a kind of 'hear no progress in Iraq, see no progress in Iraq, and most of all, speak of no progress in Iraq.'"

Tags: iraq, congress, politics, democrats, defeat

Worst congress ever

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:14:12 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Democrats give America's great South American ally Colombia the shaft.

Democrats side with international Marxist groups, the Chavez regime and trade unions to squash a free trade agreement with staunch American ally Colombia.

The Democrat excuse: The Democrats "fib" that they are blocking because of attacks on trade unionists.

The Truth: The Uribe government has reduced the number of murders of activists by 80% since 2002.

What the mainstream media will not tell you

The Democratic point man on Colombia was recently caught dealing with the Colombian FARC Marxist terrorists!!!

The Wall Street Journal reports on this major news story that will most likely not get much press:

It is only because the Uribe government began programs and investigations into the violence against trade unionists that the violence has fallen by 80%. But, this is still the Democrat's excuse to side with international Leftists and Marxist groups and against Colombia.

Worst-Congress-Ever---- Indeed.

Tags: congress, corruption, pelosi, marxists, colombia, free trade

Wright says congress anti-black

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:11:14 GMT

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Clip Source: www.scrappleface.com

(2008-04-02) — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, retired pastor to Sen. Barack Obama, said today that politicians “are getting after Big Oil because it’s black,” noting that “you don’t hear nobody talking smack like that on Big Milk.”

The Rev. Wright said he came out of seclusion to make the remarks out of concern that substantive presidential campaign issues like energy policy might push discussion of America’s racial divisions out of the headlines.

“Milk now costs an average of $3.70 per gallon,” said the Rev. Wright, “while gasoline is still less than $3.30 at the pump, and yet oil gets blamed for all our problems, from global warming to the war in Iraq. People say it’s slimy, dirty, toxic…but you don’t hear them dissin’ milk like that.”

The former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago asked rhetorically, “Why don’t we see posters of Brooke Shields or Mariska Hargitay sporting an oil mustache? I rest my case.”

Tags: politics, wright, congress, oil, humor, satire

House leadership <3 earmarks

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:32:47 GMT

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Clip Source: stoptheaclu.com

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today blasted the Majority’s decision to shut down the House Republicans’ earmark reform website, http://www.earmarkreform.house.gov

House Republicans launched the website to serve as a hub for news and information regarding House GOP efforts to hold the Majority to its promises to fundamentally overhaul the taxpayer-funded earmark system.

Boehner wrote to Beard this afternoon, questioning his sudden decision to shut down the earmark reform website.

“[The] reversal comes just days after an independent report revealed that the freshman Democratic class in the House has been ‘showered in pork’ by the leaders of the current majority,”

“[The] reversal comes just weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) – who as leader of the Democrat-controlled House has the power to shut down the earmark process in our chamber immediately – declined to join me and more than 150 other House members in supporting a total moratorium on all earmarks.”

Tags: politics, pork, earmarks, spending, house, congress, corruption