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Tea Party Nation reported that three Republican Senators voted for the Convention for the Rights of Disabled Persons: We need to take action. Call the 3 senators who voted for the CRPD treaty and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty. Senator Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) (202) 224-4814 Senator [...]

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Here’s the voice of the neo-con warmongers:  The Weekly Standard.  Edited in part by Bill Kristol, who once said that you were not a true conservative if you did not support the war in Kosovo (where our NATO sock puppet attacked a sovereign nation for no reason); of course, the true conservatives OPPOSED that war. [...]

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In a position I fully expect Sen. Lindsey Graham to fully support by Wednesday, Senator John McCain called for air strikes against Syria to protect civilians: “The time has come for a new policy,” McCain said during remarks on the Senate floor. “The United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centers [...]

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After ignoring or avoiding the stimulus bill President Obama has been campaigning around the country for the last few weeks, Senate Democrats are finally holding a vote this afternoon on it. Of course, the vote is expected to fail, and despite Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) predictions on MSNBC this morning that the “overwhelming majority of [...]

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Dems Divided On Surtax In 2009 Democrats Warned That A Similar Surtax Would ‘Negatively Affect Small Businesses,’ Said It Would Be ‘A Very Tough Sell’ In The Senate   DEMS: Tax Hikes Will ‘Stifle The Recovery’   SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (ID-CT): “I wouldn’t do anything to raise taxes in the foreseeable future because that’ll stifle [...]

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President Obama’s tax hike plan is generating more opposition by the day, and remarkably, an awful lot of it seems to be coming from Democrats.   As The Wall Street Journal editors write today, “[T]he bigger news may be how much resistance Mr. Obama’s ideas are drawing from the Democrats who control the Senate. Senators [...]

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Following House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) announcement of his opposition to a proposed executive order from the White House to force government contractors to disclose their personal political donations, more Democrats in Congress are declaring their opposition today.   Politico reports, “Two key members of the Senate Democratic Caucus are criticizing President Barack Obama’s [...]

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Tablet Magazine has a good piece on our Congressman Eric Cantor. H/T to David Gerstman Last month, when the Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives and John Boehner was elected speaker, Cantor became majority leader, the second most powerful person in the chamber and the one tasked with driving the partisan agenda [...]

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Dems Agree: Don’t Raise Taxes On Small Businesses During A Recession SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): “I Would Extend Them [Tax Cuts] For Everyone.” “I am committed to extending the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans for everybody making up to $250,000, but I would extend them for everyone. … I’d be willing to [...]

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Everybody practically is saying the GOP needs 51 votes to control the Senate with former Delaware Senator Joe Biden as VP. Here’s Dick Morris and Elieen McGann for example: Nationally, Republicans need 10 pickups to win the Senate. But I have a different theory:  The GOP needs only 50 seats to win control and might [...]

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A GROWING CHORUS A Growing Chorus Of Democrats Reject President Obama’s Plan To Raise Taxes On Small Businesses In The Middle Of A Recession A GROWING CHORUS OF SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREE: DON’T RAISE TAXES DURING A RECESSION SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (ID-CT): “I Don’t Think It Makes Sense To Raise Any Federal Taxes During The Uncertain [...]

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