What Should the National Mammal of the USA Be?

Rowan 5/25/2012
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Can you guess what animal a group of senators proposed as the national mammal of the USA?

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Barack Obama Supports Big Brother Spying Powers Against Americans. Do You?

jclifford 5/23/2012
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In effect, President Obama is now saying that he has no intention to reform the FISA Amendments Act, ever. Obama is saying that, if he is given a second term in office, he will keep George W. Bush’s attack on the Constitution in place, and that he’s happy to do so.

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5 Year Extension Of Warrantless Surveillance On Americans Advanced By Secret Senate Hearing

jclifford 5/23/2012
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There is no public evidence that the FISA Amendments Act is being conducted constitutionally, or even that it is genuinely targeting terrorists. The time has come for the FISA Amendments Act to expire. Years have passed in which reforms of the law could have been crafted. Yet, no reforms are even being proposed by the White House or Congress. Therefore, the only responsible vote for any member of Congress on any legislation that extends the FISA Amendments Act in any way is NO.

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Beloved Defender of the Constitution Ron Paul Just Voted Against the Constitution Again

Jim Cook 5/23/2012
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On May 9 of 2012, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Amendment 1096 to H.R. 5326, shortly before H.R. 5326 itself passed the House. Amendment 1096, introduced by Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, forbids the President from directing the …

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New Sanctions Against Iran Smelling Very Oily

Peregrin Wood 5/22/2012
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It’s not strictly true to say that the sanctions against Iran are not working. They’re working very well for the executives and wealthy investors whose fortunes are connected to the price of a barrel of oil.

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77 Democrats Sacrifice Medicare To Protect Military Spending

Peregrin Wood 5/21/2012
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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 as passed by the House of Friday preserves spending on extravagant weapons program that the Pentagon says it doesn’t want. It keeps open redundant military bases that are not strategically necessary. The money to pay for this wasteful military spending is being taken from older Americans, by reducing their health care benefits.

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Dozen Democrats Join House GOP To Demolish Nuclear Nonproliferation

jclifford 5/19/2012
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The issue isn’t what’s happening in Syria at the moment. It isn’t cutting spending. The issue is nuclear weapons. Too many members of Congress favor the expansion of America’s nuclear weapons, and don’t care to even try to control the spread of nuclear weapons out of Russia.

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Republicans In Congress Whine That Their Political Destiny Isn’t Coming True

Peregrin Wood 5/16/2012
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If there really is a predetermined plan for greatness of the USA through journeys into outer space, then it will come to pass, and doesn’t need the help of a congressional resolution. If, on the other hand, there is no real outer space destiny of American Exceptionalism, well, what’s the big fuss about? Members of Congress can still get out toy spaceships and Star Wars action figures and play with them after all the interns have gone home.

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Joe Wilson’s Odd Math On National Debt

jclifford 5/16/2012
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How could it be that dollar spent on schools for America’s kids increases the national debt, but a dollar spent on bombs and bullets used to kill people in America’s wars does not increase the national debt? Joe Wilson wasn’t able to explain how this freakish economic dynamic works.

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Time For The USA To Pull Out From Europe

jclifford 5/13/2012
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If we could see more Republican legislation for cuts in military spending of the sort that Mike Coffman has offered, it would make the GOP claim of standing for fiscal responsibility a lot more believable.

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Will Cutting Retirement Funds Stop Lobbying By Former Members Of Congress?

Peregrin Wood 5/12/2012
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Yesterday, U.S. Representative Steve Israel introduced H.R. 5737, legislation that would remove federal retirement benefits for any “former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist”. Many former members of Congress, such as Newt Gingrich, make a killing using …

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How Many Americans Would Dye For A Job?

Peregrin Wood 5/10/2012
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Yesterday’s legislation would allow the importation of dyes like Reactive Red 264, Vat Black 25, and Yellow 175, without any import fees. So, these bills increase the budget deficit while sacrificing American jobs.

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Bob Dold Sacrifices American Jobs For Foreign Fake Drugs

Peregrin Wood 5/8/2012
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Bob Dold’s bills, H.R. 5357 and H.R. 5358, will give a special exemption from import fees for two placebos that will be used only by a corporation called Astellas, in clinical trials to required to give two of its pharmaceuticals access to U.S. markets.

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Schumer Sells Out American Jobs For Mere Baubles

Peregrin Wood 4/29/2012
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Senator Charles Schumer loves to talk about the need to pass legislation that will create American jobs, but here he is, introducing legislation that discourages American manufacturing – for the sake of glittery false gemstones.

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Bingaman Floats Bill To Lift Big Helium

F. G. Fitzer 4/28/2012
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The idea of the political influence of Big Helium sounds like a joke, but actually, the helium industry is tied to one of the most powerful – and profitable – industries in the nation: The oil and gas industry.

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Oil Industry Gets What It Paid For With Cory Gardner Drilling Bill

The Green Man 4/25/2012
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No industry has given as much money to Congressman Gardner as the oil and gas industry. No wonder Cory Gardner just introduced legislation to create more profit opportunities for oil and gas corporations – using public lands.

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Patrick Leahy Wants To Help The Ski Set With Cheap Imports

ITimes 4/20/2012
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He talks about preserving American jobs, but yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation that will, if passed, protect exemptions from reasonable import fees for foreign-made ski boots.

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All Of The Above Insanity From Congressman Scott Tipton

The Green Man 4/20/2012
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An All Of The Above energy plan isn’t a plan at all. It’s merely a statement that our country should take action, and do something, do anything at all, without consideration of the consequences. It’s a policy to say that whenever anyone comes up with a plan for energy production, it should be approved without question.

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