Tag: congress
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December 17, 2009 05:05 AM EST --
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul
United States House of Representatives - Statement Opposing the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act
I rise in strongest opposition to this new round of sanctions . . .
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December 16, 2009 07:45 AM EST --
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved new sanctions against Iran aimed at halting its disputed nuclear programme.
The measure empowers President Barack Obama to ban foreign . . .
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September 23, 2008 03:44 PM EDT --
This morning the news is full of the fall in the stock market, said to be the worst since the Great Depression in 1929.
Yet Sen. McCain said on the news this morning, “The fundamentals of the economy . . .
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September 25, 2008 07:04 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republican Sen. Richard Shelby emerged from President Bush's economic bailout meeting Thursday afternoon saying, "We will not have a deal."
Shelby, a senator from Alabama, . . .
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October 28, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
If Democrats end up winning big next week, not only at the presidential but the congressional level, to what extent will it represent an endorsement of the party's ideas? That would be the major question . . .
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December 04, 2008 09:56 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A national poll suggests that six in 10 Americans oppose using taxpayer money to help the ailing major U.S. auto companies.
Sixty-one percent of those questioned in . . .
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May 16, 2009 10:20 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON -- Speaking on a Supplemental Appropriations bill that would continue to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement:
"America . . .
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October 15, 2009 07:15 AM EDT --
Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher
The Social Security Administration makes it official Thursday: There will be no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients next year, the . . .
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November 06, 2009 04:26 PM EST --
By Kevin Drum
Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey are making Democratic congressmen nervous. What will happen to them a year from now when they stand for reelection?
Exit polls circulating . . .
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November 08, 2009 01:16 PM EST --
By Mike Smith
I guess the oil industry really can buy whatever it wants.
Newsweek, a magazine that presents itself as unbiased and independent, got caught this week accepting money from oil . . .
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December 02, 2009 09:37 AM EST --
Afghan soldiers march during a graduation ceremony in Kabul on Oct. 18, 2008 MANPREET ROMANA / AFP / Getty
By Mark Thompson
President Barack Obama has tied his decision to order 30,000 . . .
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September 25, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
After a nerve-rattling week in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to the core, here's a simple question: Why on Earth would anyone want to be president right now?
Even . . .
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October 01, 2008 05:10 PM EDT --
By Jonathan Tasini
30/09/08 "Working Life"
There is a great economic emergency looming in our country. But, it seems to me that we—or at least our elected leaders—have only looked . . .
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October 02, 2008 07:25 AM EDT --
The mighty surge that murdered so many innocent people is now playing itself out and as usual the American public is deaf to the murder being carried out in their own name.
Suicide . . .
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October 07, 2008 12:01 PM EDT --
Hundreds of billions more in the last 2 years for a senseless military occupation, the FISA outrage, paralysis on impeachment or even enforcing subpoenas, and now a total surrender of the future of our . . .
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October 11, 2008 09:49 AM EDT --
I am amazed that so many people believe this “bailout bill” is going to help us on “Main Street.” Before the ink was dry on the check, CEOs of Lehman Brothers and AIG were likely lining their pockets. . . .
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October 24, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
During every presidential campaign for the last two decades, liberals have predicted an apocalypse in the Supreme Court. In their dire visions, as many as four justices are always about to retire, meaning . . .
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October 25, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
Sarah Palin: Role as VP will be to Ignore The Constitution.
How much Constitutional power does the vice president have? It seems Sarah Palin is very confused regarding the position of Vice President... . . .
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October 30, 2008 11:52 AM EDT --
By Lisa Lambert U.S. state leaders, trade groups and economists descended on the House of Representatives on Wednesday to help work out a second economic stimulus bill that one influential Congressional . . .
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December 02, 2008 09:11 AM EST --
Here's how to rescue Detroit without forcing them into bankruptcy.
Today, executives from Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors will submit reports on how they can restructure their operations. And . . .
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