Posted on 01 January 2013. Tags: Ala, Barack Obama, Chuck Grassley, Conservative Members, Creators, Democrats, Garbage, Honesty, Liberals, Prevention Act, Recession, Republican Senators, Richard Shelby, Senate Republicans, Stroke, Tax Increases, Tea Party, Us Government, Us Senate, Usher, Yea
We have been predicting for some time that House and Senate Republicans were going to cave in to higher taxes. Every one of these Republicans has said many, many times “you don’t raise taxes on anyone in a recession – period!” So Senate Republicans would have us believe that they were completely at the mercy [...]
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Posted on 29 July 2012. Tags: Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, Gop Senators, Joe Lieberman, Joe Manchin, Joe Manchin Iii, John Hoeven, Johnny Isakson, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kelly Ayotte, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch Mcconnell, Patrick Toomey, Persons With Disabilities, Republican Senators, Richard Shelby, Rob Portman, Senator Dick Lugar, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator John Barrasso, Senator Lugar
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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Posted on 28 April 2010. Tags: Bipartisan Solution, Chris Dodd, Consessions, Financial Institutions, Floor Debate, Gamesmanship, Irresponsible Actions, Mitch Mcconnell, Mutual Interest, Republican Colleagues, Richard Shelby, Senate Democrats, Senate Floor, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senator Chris Dodd, Senator Mcconnell, Senator Richard Shelby, Senator Shelby
It took three test votes for Senate Democrats to realize that the Republican demand to end taxpayer bailouts in the banking reform bill were mandatory if the bill was to reach the floor for debate. The bill by Senator Chris Dodd (D-Ct) contained loopholes that would continue to force taxpayers to foot the bill for irresponsible actions by banks that lead to failure.
The three test votes, in essence a vote for a Republican filibuster, managed to buy time for Senator Shelby (R-Al) to negotiate an end to the bailouts and the notion that some banks are too big to fail.
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Posted on 28 April 2010. Tags: American Thinker, Barack Obama, Detractors, Elwood, Examiner Article, Financial Institutions, Mark Warner, Mitch Mcconnell, Old Adage, Rare Individuals, Republicans, Richard Shelby, Sandy Sanders, Senate Banking Committee, Senate Floor, Senate Majority Leader, Shelby Alabama, U S Senate, Virginia Democrat, Wise Wisdom
Virginia Right! Editor Tom White was published in The American Thinker today and The Examiner yesterday. While the article appearing in the American Thinker is on a per submission basis, the article in the Examiner was the first of what will be regularly appearing columns on politics.
Virginia Right! blog will continue with Tom White and Elwood “Sandy” Sanders continuing to write as usual.
In the American Thinker, Tom White wrote the article: Obama’s Greatest Deficit is Wisdom
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