Posted on 02 April 2012. Tags: Bipartisan Basis, Cnn, Congressional Research Service, Energy Companies, Energy Producers, Feeling The Pinch, Gas Prices, Gasoline, Harry Reid, Mitch Mcconnell, Obama, Oil Companies, Rose Garden, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican Leader, Single One, State Of The Union, Tax Changes
Last week, Democrats and President Obama spent the week pushing a bill to raise taxes on American energy producers, even though not a single one could explain how this was supposed to help Americans feeling the pinch of high gas prices. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) held a vote on the measure on Thursday [...]
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Posted on 14 March 2012. Tags: Bipartisan Basis, Cloture, Democratic Counterparts, District Court Judges, Filibuster, Gridlock, Harry Reid, Judicial Nominations, Judicial Nominees, Last Thursday, Mitch Mcconnell, Nev, Obama, Overwhelming Passage, Senate Democrats, Senate Gop Leaders, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican Leader
Today, Senate Democrats and President Obama showcased their misplaced priorities after they pushed for a long series of cloture votes on district court judges instead of moving forward on a bipartisan House-passed bill that would create jobs. The Hill writes today, “Senate GOP leaders attacked their Democratic counterparts on Tuesday for scheduling action on [...]
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Posted on 01 February 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Bipartisan Basis, Congressional Budget Office, Continuing Resolution, Credible Plan, David Gregory, Debt Ceiling, Debt Issues, Fiscal Sanity, Military Strength, Mitch Mcconnell, Presidential Leadership, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, State Of The Union Address, Unfunded Liabilities, Unfunded Liability, Union Address Tuesday Night
Following Friday’s troubling news from the Congressional Budget Office that this year’s deficit will approach a staggering $1.5 trillion, The Washington Post editorialized over the weekend, “In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama failed to present a credible plan for long-term debt reduction. It’s no secret that we think he made [...]
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