Tag Archives: United States House of Representatives

PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks: Islamic State in Syria & Iraq

Posted on August 29, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Of course Congress has to and needs to not only approve any new war America gets involved in Syria and Iraq. Because what President Obama and the National Security Council are considering is a new war and … Continue reading →

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Jim Heath: Video: CBS News: Election 1982 Highlights

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat The recession of 1981-82 was huge and cost Congressional Republicans especially in the House a lot of seats. House Republicans lost something like thirty-five seats. Going from the low 190s in the House to the upper 150s … Continue reading →

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Gerald R. Ford Library: Nelson Rockefeller Swearing in Ceremony as Vice President of the United States (1974)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not sure we’ve ever had a more qualified nominee for Vice President of the United States. And you might be thinking, “that is not saying much”, (and perhaps with stronger language) but the fact is we’ve … Continue reading →

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Campaign For America’s Future: Digby: No Labels Gets a Label and it’s Not Pretty

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Digby: No Labels Gets a Label and It’s Not Pretty The New Democrat No Labels even though I respect the goals of their group as far as trying to bring Congress together and get the … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur: ‘Congress Does Nothing, Almost Literally & it’s Not Just Republicans’

Posted on July 16, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Just to be serious for a minute and then go to being an asshole. Today’s Progressives (lets say) especially MSNBC make the mistake in how they judge Congress. They also make the mistake in what they call … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Eric Pianin: Senator John Thune’s Thorny Political Test: Pass the Highway Bill

Posted on June 30, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  If Congress were under different and I would just state wiser leadership funding the Highway Trust Fund wouldn’t be that big of a deal. But since we have a Republican House of Representatives that is essentially run … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Rob Garver: Senate Alums Have a Plan to Fix Our Broken Government

Posted on June 25, 2014 by kireschneider

The Fiscal Times There really isn’t any plan that would fix our U.S. Congress that is so unpopular that only its members, family and staff for the members and perhaps some mental patients approve of the job that it is … Continue reading →

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Roll Call: Opinion: David Eldridge: A Look Back at Congress’s Most Memorable Leadership Races

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Roll Call: Opinion: David Eldridge: A Look Back at Congress’s Most Interesting Leadership Races “Pershing, who went on from Roll Call to The Washington Post, where he covers politics, does a great job showing how leadership battles shaped the futures … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: Lewis Black: ‘The Beltway Alone Was Built by Idiots’

Posted on April 24, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  In the fall of 2011, Congress, with a Republican House and Democratic Senate, reached  a debt ceiling agreement with President Obama.  As part of that agreement,  Congress took on the monumental task of finding an additional two-trillion … Continue reading →

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Townhall: John C. Goodman: A Republican Vision For Health Care Reform

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The thing about the Republican critique of the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, especially from the Tea Party, that has probably annoyed me the most, is the fact that they’ve never been able to present an alternative … Continue reading →

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