Category Archives: Congress

Representative Steve Cohen: Schools DEA Official at House Oversight Hearing

Posted on March 6, 2014 by kireschneider

I agree with Representative Steve Cohen that marijuana prohibition is definitely a joke and overwhelmingly hurts ethnic and racial minorities compared with Anglos and Caucasians.  It is a war on freedom to criminalize what people do to themselves, especially when … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker: Jeffrey Frank: Rand Paul & The Eisenhower Dream

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Back in the day, before, lets say, the Religious Right era, the Republican Party was essentially a classically conservative, if not conservative, libertarian party that used phrases like “Get big government out of my wallet, bedrooms, classrooms, … Continue reading →

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You Hot News: Full Speech: Republican Address to The Nation 2014: U.S. House GOP Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Rik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  This is what Cathy McMorris Rodgers should’ve of said tonight “Good evening, I’m Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State and I represent Eastern Washington. I’m Chairman of the House Republican Conference and tonight I have … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Eric Pianin: Get Ready For One-Party Rule if GOP Wins The Senate

Posted on January 16, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I blogged last night that best ways to fix Washington as far as the national political scene goes, is first by fixing Congress. And that starts in the upper chamber the U.S. Senate. The U.S. House of … Continue reading →

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No Labels: Video: Senator Joe Manchin & Jon Huntsman on The Morning Joe: A Shared Vision For a Stronger America

Posted on January 15, 2014 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat  This sounds more like an agenda for a third-party, an American Independence Party. A new center-right fiscally conservative socially moderate or federalist party. Where Jon Huntsman would make a great nominee for president. Instead of an … Continue reading →

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: It’s Time for Better Ideas

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Rik Schneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Minority Leader Mitch McConnell actually sounding constructive instead of obstructive here in talking about expanding educational and job training opportunities for unemployed workers as part of a deal that would extend Unemployment Insurance for these long-term … Continue reading →

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Andrew Kaczynski: Senate Assistant Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Senate Filibuster (2005)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Newsflash, there’s bipartisan hypocrisy when it comes to the Senate filibuster. And a big example of why the U.S. Congress has a ten percent approval rating, because the upper chamber uses and complains about the filibuster … Continue reading →

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Filibuster Flashback: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Senate Filibuster (2005)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by kireschneider

. Source:The New Democrat  Senate Democrats in favor of the filibuster before they were against it as it relates to presidential nominees. Again just goes to the bipartisan hypocrisy and an example of why the U.S. Congress has a ten-percent … Continue reading →

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Senator Mike Lee: Bring Them in

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Poverty in America is the thing that we should be talking about right now for a couple reasons. One and the most important one I believe, 1/5 Americans live in poverty. We have the highest poverty rate … Continue reading →

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Up With Steve Kornacki: An Opening For Elizabeth Warren in 2016?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Derik Schneider

. Source:Free State MD I buy that there is anger I guess or this feeling that we need something different on the lets call it the Far-Left in the Democratic Party or at least with the further Left Progressive-Democrats (to … Continue reading →

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