House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), a longtime advocate of a strong military with a robust budget, is considering a few ways to help Defense Secretary Robert Gates save some cash. Beginning with a speech a stone’s throw from President Eisenhower’s boyhood home, Gates recommended the Pentagon begin finding ways to cut its [...]
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Ike Skelton says he’s open to Defense Cuts
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · US House, markey, politics
Book of the Week
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · books nonfiction, politics
The Insanity Offense: How America’s Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens by E. Fuller Torrey. The book was featured on Book TV Torrey has written frequently on this topic. The book opens with a description of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS). This is a state law in California which had the effect [...]
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Boxer Campaign Starts Early
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · US Senate, politics
California primary voters go to the polls on Tuesday, June 8 to pick their party’s candidates. Republicans will choose Carly Fiorina, Tom Campbell, or Chuck DeVore. for their US Senate candidate. Late polling suggests that Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, will be the nominee to run against incumbant Senator Barbara Boxer. The following is from [...]
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House Keeps Second F35 Engine
June 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · US House, markey, politics
The US House of Representatives voted 193 to 231 on a motion to strip funding from the Defense Authorization Bill of 2010 for a second F35 Joint Strike Fighter engine that the Defense Department does not want. Since the motion failed funds for a second engine stay in the defense bill. The rollcall vote on [...]
Markey Votes with most Dems on DADT
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · US House, fort collins, markey, politics
Most Democrats voted with the House leadership Thursday evening as the House passed the Patrick Kennedy amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill of 2010. I got the news live on The Rachel Madow Show But how did my congressperson, Betsy Markey, vote? A rollcall of the vote can be found here Turns out that Markey [...]
Leading Candidate Failed to Vote
May 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · politics
Carly Fiorina, leading candidate for the GOP nomination for US Senate in California explained to Sharon Ito of News 10, Sacramento, that it was wrong of her not to vote. See the interview here Magellan Strategies Has Fiorina leading Tom Campbell 44% to 21% with Chuck DeVore in third place at 14%. The survey was [...]
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Open Letter to Rachel Maddow
November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · politics, rachel maddow show
George H. W. ‘Poppy’ Bush says that you and Keith Olbermann have not been feeling well. He said that you two had gone to the veterinarian. Rachel, please do not hang out at animal hospitals. There are all kinds of diseases you could catch there. For example, Dogma is known to be widespread and very [...]
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Reliable Snark
November 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, US House, US Senate, politics
On November 7, 2009, the US House of Representatives passed HR3961, its version of comprehensive health care reform. The late Saturday night vote came after an all day debate which played out for the American people on C-Span. For C-Span this was like the first game of the World Series. The very next morning on [...]
Scott Talbott Receives Award
November 17th, 2009 · No Comments · politics
The Center for Media and Democracy has awarded Scott Talbott of the Financial Services Roundtable its Golden Throne award. Following is the press release announcing the award. PRESS RELEASE: November 12, 2009 CONTACT: Mary Bottari at (608) 260-9713 or mary@prwatch.org “GOLDEN THRONE” AWARD PRESENTED TO SCOTT TALBOTT OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE The Center [...]
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Baucus Ruins Christmas Shopping
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · US Senate, corporations, politics, rachel maddow show
Senator Max Baucus [D-MT] has introduced a bill, S1631, which among other things would ban the import of goods produced by child labor, convict labor, or slave labor. The bill is co-sponsored by Senator Charles Grassley [R-IA] the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. Business groups and the Heritage Foundation are working to relax [...]