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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Boxer Campaign Starts Early
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · US Senate, politics
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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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Beat the Death Panels
August 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, US House, US Senate
Dog days, mid August. Congress is out, health care reform is a hot topic. This is a great time to scare seniors with talk of death panels and euthanasia. These imaginary death panels seem to be the work of Betsy McCaughey, a thinktanker at the right-leaning Hudson Institute. There is a provision in one of [...]
Giraffe et al vs. Chambliss
July 17th, 2009 · No Comments · US Senate
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA] appeared in Federal District Court in Atlanta to defend a lawsuit brought against him by a group of animals. The lead plaintiff in the suit is a giraffe living at the Rome, GA municipal zoo. Other plaintiffs include three elephants, an ostrich, four dogs, and a boa constrictor. They are represented [...]
Book of The Week
April 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · US Senate, best of California, books nonfiction
This week’s Book of the Week is “Justice For All: Earl Warren and The Nation He Made”. The author is Jim Newton. This book was featured on Book TV on C-Span2 on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Ask anyone what are the three most lasting achievements of the Eisenhower Administration. The Interstate Highway System is one, [...]
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