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Obama lies continue

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:51:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: OK. This is what an ACTUAL LIE looks like.

Obama continued:

Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon.

But Obama is not a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Obama just made that up so he could count the committee's action as one of "my deeds."

If committed by a Republican, this would be a gaffe of historic proportions.

Clip Source: banking.senate.gov

Democrat

Christopher J. Dodd Chairman (D-CT)

Tim Johnson (D-SD)

Jack Reed (D-RI)

Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Tom Carper (D-DE)

Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)

Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Robert P. Casey (D-PA)

Jon Tester (D-MT)

Republican

Richard C. Shelby Ranking Member (R-AL)

Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)

Wayne Allard (R-CO)

Michael B. Enzi (R-WY)

Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

Jim Bunning (R-KY)

7 Senators stall President's AIDS relief plan

Mon, 26 May 2008 05:12:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And some Democrats playing politics, reluctant to do things that make the President look good

Clip Source: blog.beliefnet.com

The president recently proposed an increase in funding for PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.) But it's not going anywhere. Why?

Seven Republican senators -- Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Jeff Sessions, Saxby Chambliss, David Vitter, Jim Bunning, and Richard Burr -- have placed a hold on the reauthorization.

The seven, led by Coburn, complain that the reauthorization is too costly.

politics is at play. Gerson writes that some Democratic senators have no interest in passing something that would give credit to the president.

[S]upporters of the PEPFAR reauthorization now estimate a 50 percent chance it will be shelved until next year. Without a five-year U.S. commitment on AIDS funding, other countries would be reluctant to put new people on treatment. And lives would be lost.

Surely this is one place where saving lives should outweigh politics. It's time for something Washington knows less and less of: bipartisan politics on key moral issues.

Tags: aids, politics, healthcare

Bill To Increase Domestic Oil Production

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:17:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Included in the legislation is a measure authored by Senator Jim Bunning which would establish a program to help support and promote clean, coal-to-liquid fuels. “I appreciate Senator Bunning’s leadership on the issue of promoting greater use of technology to convert coal into liquid fuel,” Senator McConnell said. “The more fuel derived from coal we can use, the less oil we will need, thus reducing prices at the pump.”

Coal is a vital part of America’s energy production, and an important part of Kentucky’s economy and history. The coal industry creates over 60,000 jobs in Kentucky, including approximately 15,000 coal miners. Over half of the country’s electricity is generated by coal, and coal constitutes over 90 percent of America’s fossil-fuel resources.

Clip Source: mcconnell.senate.gov

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Bill to Increase Domestic Oil Production

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined his Republican colleagues Thursday in introducing the American Energy Production Act of 2008, which would increase domestic energy production and help lower gas prices.

“The coal we can mine in this country alone would be enough to supply our nation for more than 250 years,” Senator McConnell said. “What Saudi Arabia is to oil, America is to coal.”

The bill would also expand domestic energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), in Alaska and through the development of oil shale in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. It would accelerate the development of advanced batteries to power plug-in hybrid vehicles, and encourage the construction of new refineries to bolster domestic supplies. And it would suspend filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for six months.

Tags: legislation, domestic oil production, mcconnell, bunning, american energy production act of 2008, continental shelf, alaska, oil shale, cto

What does Sen. Jim Bunning stand to gain from this hold?

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:19:15 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sunlightfoundation.com

Paul Blumenthal blogged about Senator Ensign's hold on S. 223, the Senate Campaign Finance Disclosure Parity Act, earlier in the week. We have reason to wonder whether the hold was Ensign's doing all along. Similarly, Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) now has an objection to moving forward with HR 1255, the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. The bill would overturn an outrageous Executive Order that would keep presidential records hidden from public view indefinitely.

The EO turns on its head the purpose and principles of the Presidential Records Act, which was enacted in 1978 to ensure that presidential records are the property of the federal government. In a nutshell, the PRA says that once the president leaves office, the National Archives has control of his papers.

The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 would lift this shroud of secrecy from presidential records.

Tags: politics, senate, executive order, records, disclosure

Open letter to the president

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:25:48 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners
clipper's remarks: One of the biggest lies about the recent immigration bill is that it is a 'comprehensive' bill. Fact is, all the border enforcement provisions in the bill are already authorized under law. And in the case of the physical security, the fence bill passed last year authorizes more than the current bill does.

In other words, it offers absolutely nothing when it comes to security if we would just enforce the laws already enacted. The bill offers nothing but amnesty to millions of people here illegally. And if we can't currently stem the tide of illegals entering the country, what will amnesty do to help?

Clip Source: demint.senate.gov

June 12th, 2007

Dear Mr. President:

We respectfully ask that your Administration enforce the border security laws that have already been authorized by Congress regardless of whether the Senate passes the immigration reform bill. The bill assumes that several critical border security benchmarks can be achieved within 18 months. These security triggers are already authorized under current law and can be completed without the immigration bill. We believe these enforcement measures are vital and should not wait until Congress passes additional immigration reforms.

Securing the border is the best way to restore trust with the American people and facilitate future improvements of our immigration policy.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R – South Carolina), Tom Coburn (R – Oklahoma), Mike Enzi (R – Wyoming), David Vitter (R – Louisiana), Jim Inhofe (R – Oklahoma), Jim Bunning (R – Kentucky), Charles Grassley (R – Iowa), John Ensign (R – Nevada) and Jeff Sessions (R – Alabama).

Tags: illegal immigration, amnesty, border, security, senate, president, bush

Senators against amnesty

Tue, 22 May 2007 15:14:16 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Clip Source: mypetjawa.mu.nu

The Cloture Vote : How Did Your Senator Vote?

As you probably know by now, the Senate voted 69-23 today to invoke cloture, thereby moving the Amnesty Bill of 2007 (aka the "Immigration Shipwreck") forward to the next phase and one step closer to passage. If your senators are listed below, you should probably call them and express your thanks. If either senator is not included ln the list below, you should definitely call him or her and express a different sentiment.

Voting "Nay" on Cloture Today:

Allard (R-CO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Enzi (R-WY)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)

Tags: illegal immigration, amnesty, senate, politics

Brownback and 35 Other Senators Urge President to Champion Life Issues

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:33:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.prolifeblogs.com

The following senators joined Brownback in signing the letter: Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John McCain (R-AZ), Trent Lott (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Bob Bennett (R-UT), Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jon Kyle (R-AZ), Craig Thomas (R-WY), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Wayne Allard (R-CO), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Ensign (R-NV), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Jim DeMint (R-SC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), David Vitter (R-LA), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Bob Corker (R-TN).

Tags: pro-life

America's Dumbest Congressmen

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:49:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My favorites:

Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) making up an excuse to do a debate with his opponent over a satelite linkup, allowing him to read from a teleprompter
Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) telling law enforcement officials to be wary of Arabs who "drive taxicabs by day and kill at night".
Representative J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) approving of the nativist writings of notorious anti-Semite Henry Ford
Representative Donald Young (R-AK) telling high school students that the NEA funds art depicting "buttfucking"
Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL) telling voters that a Middle Eastern terorrist was arrested trying to blow up the power grid of Carmel, IN (which came as a surprise to Carmel's mayor and to Indiana's governor). Also: Harris telling her staffters that a speech they had submitted to her was "terrible"--even though it was written by herself two months earlier!

Clip Source: www.radaronline.com

America's Dumbest Congressmen

Radar ranks the 10 biggest fools on the Hill

By Holly Martins

10. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY)

9. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

8. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)

7. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)

6. Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH)

5. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

4. Representative J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)

3. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)

2. Representative Donald Young (R-AK)

1.Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL)

Tags: congress, humor, funny, jim bunning, patrick kennedy, conrad burns, cynthia mckinney, jean schmidt, barbara boxer, j.d. hayworth, james inhofe, donald young, katherine harris

Publican Senators Vote for Waste

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:54:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rawstory.com

Roll call: Senators reject investigation of war contract waste

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Published: Tuesday June 20, 2006

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In a vote of 52-44, the Senate today rejected an amendment that would have created "a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism."

A similar measure was rejected last week.

Senators voting "yea":

Akaka (D-HI)

Baucus (D-MT)

Bayh (D-IN)

Biden (D-DE)

Bingaman (D-NM)

Boxer (D-CA)

Byrd (D-WV)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Carper (D-DE)

Chafee (R-RI)

Clinton (D-NY)

Conrad (D-ND)

Dayton (D-MN)

Dodd (D-CT)

Dorgan (D-ND)

Durbin (D-IL)

Feingold (D-WI)

Feinstein (D-CA)

Harkin (D-IA)

Inouye (D-HI)

Johnson (D-SD)

Kennedy (D-MA)

Kerry (D-MA)

Kohl (D-WI)

Landrieu (D-LA)

Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Leahy (D-VT)

Levin (D-MI)

Lieberman (D-CT)

Lincoln (D-AR)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Mikulski (D-MD)

Murray (D-WA)

Nelson (D-FL)

Nelson (D-NE)

Obama (D-IL)

Pryor (D-AR)

Reed (D-RI)

Reid (D-NV)

Salazar (D-CO)

Sarbanes (D-MD)

Schumer (D-NY)

Stabenow (D-MI)

Wyden (D-OR)

Senators voting "nay":

Alexander (R-TN)

Allard (R-CO)

Allen (R-VA)

Bennett (R-UT)

Bond (R-MO)

Brownback (R-KS)

Bunning (R-KY)

Burns (R-MT)

Burr (R-NC)

Chambliss (R-GA)

Coburn (R-OK)

Cochran (R-MS)

Coleman (R-MN)

Collins (R-ME)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Craig (R-ID)

Crapo (R-ID)

DeMint (R-SC)

DeWine (R-OH)

Dole (R-NC)

Ensign (R-NV)

Enzi (R-WY)

Frist (R-TN)

Graham (R-SC)

Grassley (R-IA)

Gregg (R-NH)

Hagel (R-NE)

Hatch (R-UT)

Hutchison (R-TX)

Inhofe (R-OK)

Isakson (R-GA)

Kyl (R-AZ)

Lott (R-MS)

Lugar (R-IN)

Martinez (R-FL)

McCain (R-AZ)

McConnell (R-KY)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Roberts (R-KS)

Santorum (R-PA)

Sessions (R-AL)

Smith (R-OR)

Snowe (R-ME)

Specter (R-PA)

Stevens (R-AK)

Sununu (R-NH)

Talent (R-MO)

Thomas (R-WY)

Thune (R-SD)

Vitter (R-LA)

Voinovich (R-OH)

Warner (R-VA)

Senators who did not cast a vote:

Domenici (R-NM)

Jeffords (I-VT)

Rockefeller (D-WV)

Shelby (R-AL)

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Tags: senate, republicans