Tag Archives: Congressional Republicans

Los Angeles Times: Representative David Dreier: Can We Make Congress Move?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  With all due respect to Representative David Dreier who served in the House of Representatives from 1981-2013 and has and inside view of Congress at least the House, “it is worst than it looks”. To paraphrase a … Continue reading →

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Thom Hartmann: Video: President Obama’s 2013 State of The Union: A Report Card

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Derik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in his first speech in the 111th Congress back in 2009, laid out the Senate Republican strategy at least if not the Congressional … 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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GOP Weekly Address: Video: U.S. Senate Thad Cochran With the GOP’s Weekly ObamaCare Statement

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Rik Schneider

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The GOP’s one horse race is ObamaCare even though that is not the only issue Americans are interested in. And if you look at the weak December jobs … Continue reading →

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The Nation: Zoe Carpenter: The Progressive Resurgence

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The Nation: Opinion: Zoe Carpenter: The Progressive Resurgence The New Democrat When Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives in 2011, thanks to the Tea Party, the Republican right-wing had all the momentum when it came to economic … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur: President Obama Sets Bear Trap, Republicans Walk Right Into It

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Derik Schneider

. The New Democrat The current Republican governing policy is, “if Democrats are for it, we are against it, even if we are for it, or were once in favor of it”. And even offered it in health care reform … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: ‘David Brooks & E.J. Dionne Discuss Conflict in The GOP, Gun Violence’

Posted on September 21, 2013 by kireschneider

Source:PBS NewsHour-Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. Source:The Daily Times “New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top political news, including prospects of a government shutdown, conflict and leadership … Continue reading →

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Jack Hunter: Downgrading Liberalism?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Rik Schneider

Source:The FreeState I blame the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress’s of the early 2000s with their two-trillion in tax cuts, that weren’t paid for and their two unpaid for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and their Medicare expansion. Their … Continue reading →

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ODN: Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton Scandal

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Erik Schneider

Source:The Daily Press The person I blame most for the Monica Lewinsky White House intern scandal and perhaps the only person I blame, is President Bill Clinton. For acting as irresponsible as he did, for getting involved romantically at all … Continue reading →

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Kevin Cirilli: Bill Maher: ‘GOP Brand is Pink Slime’

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD When Senator John Kerry was running for President in 2003-04 and won the Democratic nomination for that election, he was famous for saying, “I was for it before I was against it”. Talking about a vote he … Continue reading →

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