In the run up to the 2004 presidential elections, Ted Kennedy was concerned that his fellow Massachusetts senator John Kerry could win leaving an open seat in the senate. Kennedy’s concern was that Massachusetts law stated that when a senator’s position became open, the Govenor of the state would appoint a replacement for the...
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Ted Kennedy Wants to Rollback Law He Demanded
Illegals to Get Representation in Congress?
The Constitution of the United States calls for the counting of citizens every 10 years to determine among other things, the number of representatives that each state will have in congress. It is also used to determine the number of electoral votes that each state gets in the presidential elections. However, in the 2010...
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Rangel:The Culture of Corruption is Alive and Well
The New York Congressman and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee promised the “mother of all tax hikes” when the democrats took over congress in 2006. In fact, in his 38 years in congress he has always been in favor of tax increases. Especially increasing taxes on the “rich”. He is one...
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Cap and Trade Tax Nearing a Vote in the House
Update 6/26 evening: This bill narrowly passed the house 219 to 212 with several democrats voting with republicans. Now it moves on to the senate where we have our best chance to stop it. Our government moved another step closer today to instituting a new major energy tax that will ultimately be paid for...
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Bush Deficit Continues to Ballon
If you pay attention to the news, you know that our government is spending and borrowing as if there is no tomorrow. Every weekwe see a new plan that is needed “now” to save us from some catastrophe all the while laying the foundation of a new catastrophe caused by ever increasing debt. You...
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Obama Breaks Another Campaign Promise
During the presidential campaign of last year, I never wanted nor looked forward to much of anything that candidate Obama promised or pledged to do when president. However, nobody is all bad, even Obama. One of his campaign pledges that I thought would be good was his promise to post bills on-line for 5...
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More Bad News from the Most Ethical Congress Ever
When the Democrats took over congress two years ago, Nancy Pelosi promised that the Democrats would run the most ethical congress ever. Since then, we have seen Rep. William Jefferson’s freezer full of $100,000 in marked bribe money, special deals on mortgages to banking committee members, numerous tax issues for several congressmen and the...
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