We Have Lost The Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian...
View ArticleWTF? I thought they named buildings after you when you *gave* money.
From the Washington Post article on the budget bill that finally passed:Under the bill, health care programs would be cut by $976 million, including a $249 million reduction to the Centers for Disease...
View ArticleHouse trying to split 9th Circuit
Another little known piece of legislation in the looming Budget Reconciliation Bill is an attempt by the House to destroy the 9th Circuit court. For full story in the SF Gate:http://www.sfgate.com/......
View ArticleSenate Democrats to try to Derail Drilling
Once in a blue moon I like to post a diary if I think (I did check) a relevant article has not been posted. It appear the Democratic Senators are all on board to derail the military spending bill over...
View ArticleNew Day. New Fight. Budget Bill
Yesterday was a rough day, disappointing to be sure. But today is a new day with a new fight. The House will vote tomorrow on the Budget bill which once again cuts aid for the poor and contains big...
View ArticleWhile you were bitching about the Democratic Party...
and those who voted against cloture/filibustering Alito, tearing up your Dem registration cards, going on and on and on and on about abortion/spying and all the other issues that most Middle America...
View ArticleWhere was the Outrage from Kossacks?
I am so mad that even though I just commented on this in someone else's diary, I have to rant more about this. I am so upset that the House budget reconciliation bill passed yesterday. It contains...
View ArticleAction Alert: STOP the Bushite Budget
Union Voice is running an emergency e-mail campaign to all U.S. House of Representatives, who will vote next week on a revised resolution that will cut funding to programs that help the poor, elderly,...
View ArticleAn Even Emptier Veto Threat than Usual from Bush
George W. Bush has made more than 130 veto threats and never followed through on one of them. You could say we're getting a wee bit immune to them, but the latest veto threat today is even emptier and...
View ArticleWalker's Fake Budget Repairs, Real Budget Damage
Governor Walker was supposed to present his budget for the 2011-2013 budget on Tuesday. The legislature gave him a pass, letting him get his homework in a week late.What does the governor have in mind?...
View ArticleLast Night in Madison
I arrived at the capital last night just after 5. The sun was setting and several hundred people were strolling, some chanting. All sorts of signs and messages to be looked at. The statehouse dome...
View ArticleWI: Walker STILL full of B*%&^$t UPDATE 1x
I just read this in The Business Journal serving Greater Milwaukee in article titled Walker will comply with court order (bolding mine):Walker said the media erroneously reported Wednesday that his...
View ArticleTester, Simpson put anti-ESA rider in budget bill
In an unprecedented move, Democratic Senator John Tester along with Rep. Simpson have placed a rider in the budget bill that would remove wolves in the Northern Rockies from the endangered species act....
View ArticleUpdate: MN/WI GOP Finally Cops to Their True Agenda – To Hell With Anyone...
The folks over at MN Progressive Project have a piece up about four MN state senators’attempt to force a complete and total state government shut down even if that means risking the release of...
View ArticleTurn the Endangered Species Act over to the States ???
Can you imagine turning the Endangered Species Act over to the ~states~? How about prohibiting ~any~ regulation of climate change causing pollution? Those are among the proposals offered, by the...
View ArticleWarren and Sanders "Embrace The Suck"
This will be a short diary. But I just wanted to note that Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders just voted for the budget bill, the one that does not extend UI benefits...the one that Pelosi urged...
View ArticleSuspicion confirmed: Hanabusa voted against budget deal for political reasons
Of Hawaii's four Congresspeople, only one joined the Teaparty crazies and voted against the budget bill on Dec 12, 2013. Considering the U.S. government had been operating without a budget and that...
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Berkeley Post Office Defenders (and, oh yeah, Congress) Tell the Postal...
Berkeley Post Office Defenders formed a Light Brigade Saturday evening on the steps of the downtown Berkeley Post Office during their 24 hour Festival of Celebration and Resistance, to send some...
View ArticleHanabusa (D-HI) Brags about voting with the Tea Party
Latest polls show that Rep Colleen Hanabusa's ego-driven primary challenge to progressive Sen Brain Schatz is faltering as Sen Schatz opens up a 15 point lead.Hanabusa's solution? To brag about what a...
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Obama's immigration actions insulated from GOP budget maneuvers
Immigration advocates may be the big winners in the budget showdown and President Obama helped put them there. Whether the $1.1 trillion budget bill passes or doesn't, Obama's executive actions on...
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