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Posted on February 7, 2013. Tags: 13th Amendment To The Constitution, 1865, Abolishing Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Audience Members, Congressional Research Service, Congressman Joe, Congressmen, First Draft, Huffington Post, Internet Search, Joe Courtney, Lew Rockwell, Northern Troops, Political Struggle, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Ratification Of The Constitution, Secession, Southern States, Steven Spielberg, Suspicions, True Hero, Wrong Side
It is ironic that there was allegedly found in the Lincoln movie (filmed in Richmond!) a historic flaw: That two of the four congressmen from Connecticut voted against the real 13th Amendment! (Not the first 13th Amendment that would have maintained slavery!) The Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney reports as such in the Huffington Post: He […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on April 2, 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 […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 10, 2011. Tags: Chuck Schumer, Congressional Research Service, Critical Issue, Democrat Leaders, Democratic Leaders, Dick Durbin, Dim View, Domestic Energy, Economic Rebound, Energy Producers, Family Budgets, Gasoline Prices, Harry Reid, Largest Oil Companies, Mitch Mcconnell, Mortal Threat, Political Gimmick, Senate Republican Leader, Time Gas, Vulnerable Members
The top three Democrat leaders of the Senate, Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), all went to the floor this morning to argue for their plan to raise taxes on domestic energy producers, despite the fact that doing so would clearly result in lost jobs and higher gasoline prices. The […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 5, 2010. Tags: Assertions, Capitol Hill, Congressional Research Service, Coverage Expansions, Federal Outlays, Government Health Care, Governmental Organizations, Health And Human Services, Health Care Bill, Health Care Law, Independent Policy, Journal Editors, Kathleen Sebelius, Massive Expansion, Medicare Cuts, Missouri Health Care, New Health Care, Policy Arm, Solvency, Wall Street Journal
Considering the news on the massive, unpopular health care law this week, it’s pretty amazing how out of touch Democrats and the Obama administration are when they talk about the fallout from and reactions to their health care overhaul. Today, the trustees of Medicare are set to release a report on that program’s future solvency. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 3, 2010. Tags: Advisory Bodies, Appropriations, Commissions, Congressional Research Service, Congressional Research Service Report, Copeland, Crs, Exact Number, Floor Remarks, Government Boards, Government Entities, Health Care Law, Health Reform, Indeterminate Number, Max Baucus, New Health Care, Observers, Precise Number, Specificity, True Count
After Dems Insisted The Health Care Law “Does Not Increase Government,” Non-Partisan Experts Say There Is So Much Expansion The Exact Number Of New Government Entities Is “Unknowable” The Original Sale SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D-MT): “This Bill Does Not Increase Government.” (Sen. Baucus, Floor Remarks, 12/9/09) CRS: “Impossible” To Estimate The Number Of New Government […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2010. Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Byron White, Chief Justice William, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Committee Democrat, Congressional Research Service, Difficult Decisions, Elena Kagan, Executive Business, Federal Judicial Center, Judicial Experience, Judiciary Committee, Justice Lewis Powell, Justice Louis Brandeis, Justice William Rehnquist, Legal Experiences, Robert Jackson, Sen Amy Klobuchar, U S Senate, William Rehnquist
Judiciary Committee Democrat Said Three Weeks Ago That To Have A “Strong Judiciary” Judges Needed To Be “In The Arena” Or “Been Judges Before” But Today She Does Not Express The Same Concern For Kagan’s Lack Of Experience TODAY SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): “Now, Even With The Variety Of Legal Experiences That You Have Had, […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 16, 2010. Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Byron White, Chief Justice William, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Congressional Research Service, Difficult Decisions, Elena Kagan, Executive Business, Federal Judicial Center, Floor Remarks, Judicial Experience, Judiciary Committee, Justice Lewis Powell, Justice Louis Brandeis, Justice William Rehnquist, Minimal Experience, Robert Jackson, Sen Amy Klobuchar, Supreme Court Justice, William Rehnquist
DEMS’ “STRONG JUDICIARY” Democrat Criticizes Nominees Who Lack Judicial Experience But Praises Kagan Who Has Less Experience Practicing Law Than Any SCOTUS Nominee In Recent History SENATOR CRITICIZES NOMINEES WHO LACK JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): “[I]f We Just Put Judges On The Court That Have Handled No Difficult Cases, That Haven’t Been In […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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