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JULY 22ND

*** Today is Tuesday, July 22, the 204th day of 2008. There are 162 days left in the year ... in Jerusalem, killing 90 people.In 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore ... to mold the Internal Revenue Service into a friendlier, fairer tax collector.Five years ago: Saddam [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 19:00:01

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Auto Industry Bailout Appears Unlikely

The chances of any bailout of the auto industry passing during the lame-duck session of Congress that starts tomorrow appear to be pretty slim: ... on her plan. “The House is ready to do it,” said Representative Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat ... WASHINGTON — Top Republican senators said Sunday they will oppose a Democratic plan to bail [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 20:54:55

Federal stimulous and a few packed restaurants

Last week Democrats in the US House of Representatives unveiled an $825 billion economic stimulous plan, ... Inchioski of Engineering News-Record, "about $135 billion of the spending portion of the plan would go toward construction. Additionally, construction firms would benefit from the plan’s tax [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:23:00

FIGHT BACK: Contact your Senator about SCHIP

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world… indeed, it is the only thing that ever has! ... Legislation The expansion of SCHIP, H.R. 2 , passed the House of Representatives on January 14 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:59:07

FIGHT BACK: Contact your Senator about SCHIP

Date: 2009-01-20 12:59:07

Congressional Motors Introduces 2012 Top of the Line

The New Detroit - An aerial view of the Capitol Building in Washington, where the Democrat Party-controlled House of Representatives conduct the public’s business. If the actions of Congress pass the proposed $14 billion bailout package for GM, Chrysler, and Ford [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:05:00

Stimulus Package 2009: Lightning Round Reactions

The Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced legislation this week containing $825 billion in new tax credits and government spending, ... OPEC. $16 billion to repair public housing and make key energy efficiency retrofits. I’m not seeing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:30

Proposed House Stimulus Package Also “Supports The Troops”

In my “In Farewell Address, Bush Touts Homeland Security and Rightly Praises Our Military, But…”, ... the House of Representatives is drafting for action next week, including: A $500 payroll tax credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:38:52

Thine Is The Power

Today Americans have the opportunity to overthrow Big Media power and their stooge Barack Obama. Americans will vote for their choice in 35 Senate races, 435 races for the entire House of Representatives, 11 governorship races as well as several odious ballot initiatives including a ban [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 21:31:57

Guest Blogger: L. Song Richardson

It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome L. Song Richardson (right) as today's guest blogger ... in the U.S. House of Representatives. She became an international figure as a vocal critic of the war ... , women’s rights and the rights of the urban poor.In addition, as prior IntLawGrrls posts have noted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:02:00

Is ‘Purposefully Crisp’ the new metaphor for No Comment?

As always, I spend my morning cup of coffee with the NY Times, my favorite blogs, ... . and Representative Rahm Emanuel, the new White House chief of staff, offered no new specifics ... at work in search of solutions. Little Guidance, Saying only, narrow window of room to adjust Mr. Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 17:40:40

Obama Plans Disarmament Talks With Russia

Here's trouble. From Russian news agency NovostiMOSCOW, December 20- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to resume talks on strategic arms reductions with Russia ... in an interview posted on CQpolitics.com website. Tauscher, the chairwoman of the House of Representatives [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 04:24:00

Is ‘Purposefully Crisp’ the new metaphor for No Comment?

As always, I spend my morning cup of coffee with the NY Times, my favorite blogs, ... . and Representative Rahm Emanuel, the new White House chief of staff, offered no new specifics ... in search of solutions. Little Guidance, Saying only, narrow window of room to adjust Mr. Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 17:46:52

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20Jan09Congratulations President Barack Obama! By thepopeofpentecost Categories: Secular News Barack Hussein Obama II ( ... an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Obama was elected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:03:02

Florida Dem Files Complaint With FEC, Charges Party-Selected Opponent of 'Rovian Dirty Tricks'

A Democratic candidate running in a contested primary for the U.S. House seat representing Florida's 24th Congressional District, has filed an official complaint with the Federal Elections [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 22:22:53

China’s first spacewalk: no cold-war race this time

Fifty years after the dawn of the Space Age, China is solidifying its position as only the third nation to launch humans in orbit ... to China’s weapon test, members of the US-China Working Group in the US House of Representatives [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:44:34

Defense Spending - The Financial Crises Silent Bedfellow

As Congress votes on the proposed bailout plan, the Dow Jones has fallen 600 points today, with oil dropping below $100 dollars a barrel ... Street, the House of Representatives passed a $612 billion defense authorization bill for 2009 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 18:58:53

Taylor Momsen: No “Little Kid”

... on Gossip Girl, but in real life, this 15-year-old already considers herself a grown up- or so she’d like us to believe. “I don’t leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself. But I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:46:47

Puno: Keep off judiciary Kampi solons may back impeachment

By Norman Bordadora, Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Christine AvendañoPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 01:01:00 01/12/2009MANILA, ... an incumbent House member despite the concurrence in mid-2008 of 14 justices.An impeachment complaint ... impeachment, which requires the vote of one-third of the 235-member House of Representatives. Once [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:45:47

Sarah Palin and Joe Biden Complete Debate Transcript

The Ticket had a live-blog during this entire event, which is available here. Here's a quick video of some non-verbal language ... follow-up from Governor Palin. The House of Representatives this week passed a bill, a big bailout bill [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 04:30:02

Holt declares state senate candidacy

Holt declares state senate candidacy By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter www.co.hunterdon.nj ... to succeed Calling himself as a fiscal conservative and social moderate in the mold of state Sen ... to the U.S. House of Representatives. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 18:47:00

Project Humanbeingsfirst Index

Date: 2008-10-02 15:20:00

Entrepreneurial Voices: 24 New Congress Members Have Small-Business Background

... company. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), owner of a computer-repair company. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), lawyer ... Warner (D-Va.), telecommunications and technology venture capitalist. House of Representatives [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:31:00

Entrepreneurial Voices: 24 New Congress Members Have Small-Business Background

Date: 2009-01-06 10:31:00

Offshore Drilling: Two-Tenths of 1c Price Reduction in 18 Years

The US House of Representatives has just passed legislation that lifts the ban on offshore oil drilling ... -documented: theme parks. But the state is also home to other attractions, such as a wide array [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 15:37:23

Sarah Palin Joe Biden vice presidential debate. Transcript

Transcript courtesy Federal News Service VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE PARTICIPANTS: SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN (D-DE) ... , with a 90-second follow up from Governor Palin. The House of Representatives this week passed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 04:30:28

A $50-Billion Warship Mystery

The DDG-1000 Zumwalt (navy.mil) The DDG-1000 Zumwalt (navy.mil) There was tension in the House of Representatives hearing room July 31 as Rep ... . And it turned upside down the Navy’s expensive, delicate plans to boost the size of its fleet [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:00:19

Biggest Boondoggle in American History

Still believe this is about reinvestment?...:rofl2 Biggest Boondoggle in American History Quote: We are living in a historical moment that in some ways represents uncharted territory ... out an email on the House Democrats' ridiculous $825 billion "stimulus" bill. It is worth reproducing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:38:43

Who is George W. Bush?

George Walker Bush orn July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States ... for the United States House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangersbaseball [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:43:00

President Obama’s Rise Due to “Blue Blood” Ancestry or power of American Dream?

J.R. / Infowars.com | January 21, 2009 As of noon EST today, January 20, 2009, ... for the U.S. House of Representatives to four-term incumbent Bobby Rush by a margin of two to one http [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:55:15

Morning Brief: Is Kim Jong Il dying?

Morning Brief: Is Kim Jong Il dying? Wed, 09/10/2008 - 9:10am Top Story Photoillustration by Elizabeth Glassanos Is Kim Jong Il at death's door? ... that of 2007. The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to end a program that gives Mexican [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 12:20:10

The Weekly Carboholic: anti-oil speculator resolution useless political theater

On June 26, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 6377, ... Restoration Act”, out of the Agriculture Committee and voted on it instead. Instead, the House [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 12:30:32

Ira Artman’s Sterling Slivers: Once They Were Gods - If We Make Every Bank "Too Big To Fail", Does The Crisis Go Away?

Source: At Left, Bombeta de Llum, Wikipedia/User 1997, 2006 ... ’s Banking System, 30 Years After Cleveland’s Default, US House of Representatives, 15 Dec 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:46:58

New York’s Next Senator

New York’s Next Senator Eric Trager - 12.19.2008 - 3:09 PM In politics, ... of New York’s House representatives have any name recognition beyond their districts, and those [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 20:09:26

Notes from the Field: New Orleans Loses a Valued Leader

Rev. Marshall Truehill, a staunch ally in our battle over the demolition of the New Orleans public housing developments, and more recently, ... of this confident preacher. As the representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in New Orleans ... about saving and re-using old buildings, that it was really about whether housing policies for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:45:36

Day 1: Free at Last

The first day of a legislative session always has the festive atmosphere of a high school reunion, but this one had something extra ... speakership represents an attempted restoration of the old order—the Laney years—in which the House was run ... that the bad old days are over. It seemed to me that just as the physical restoration of the chamber [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:28:01

Scenes From Election Day

Scenes From Election Day By New York Times GREENWICH, Conn.| 4:23 p.m. Representative Christopher Shays, a moderate Republican, is fighting to hold onto his House seat, but heavy voter turnout by Democrats on Tuesday could throw the election to his Democratic challenger, Jim Himes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:53:57

House Democrats Introduce National Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energy Projects

U.S. Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), and Mike Honda (D-CA) introduced landmark legislation ... have been passed into law. The International Energy Agency, the European Commission and the United Kingdom’s Stern Review have determined that feed-in tariff policies in Germany, Spain, France and other E [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 21:49:37

Mr. Potter’s Last Win

He leaves nothing behind, not even a shadow: A federal judge yesterday rejected the claim by a coalition of historians and nonprofit groups that ... representing Cheney — lost. But the groups, including the American Historical Association ... on the White House’s behalf and lifted a five-month-old injunction mandating the preservation of Cheney’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:11:04

Straus Now at 88 Pledged Votes

Time is running out for Tom Craddick and John Smithee. Joe Straus has added three more to his list. As KT reported earlier, Straus announced a list of 85 pledged votes. With the addition of the below mentioned Representatives, Straus is sitting on 88 or nearly 60% of the entire Texas House [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:40:25

Students seeing through Obama hype

H/T NRO Obama may have flopped away the unwavering support he had among college kids ... he represented a few short months ago. ---As such, it’s understandable, given his historic fundraising ... capitulation to the White House. As disconcerting and disappointing as Obama’s rhetorical gymnastics [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:34:53

A Self-Fulfilling Thing In Florida

The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “A federal bankruptcy court this month approved the sale of 122 acres that were once planned for vacation ... of these folks mortgaged their house to come up with the down payment. Some of them are retired. It’s not easy for them,’ said attorney Nick Bangos, who represents about 106 investors.” The Palm Beac [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:10

I'm Just A Bill, Yes I'm Only A Bill...

But it still represents a promising start for ocean conservation for the 111th Congress!On January 6, Representative Brian Baird (D-WA) ... rise into comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges (H. Con. Res ... and referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.Another important ocean conservation bill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 07:32:00

What will the next iPhone look like?

Image via CrunchBase Every year or so, Apple comes out with a new version of the iPhone ... t capture light very well. It’s not clear that Apple has the in-house expertise to do something better, but then again, no one knew they could build a phone either :) A better display. The current [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:43:41

Blip Festival 2008 - Dec 4-7 @ the Bell House in Brooklyn

DOWNLOAD: Nullsleep - Fearless Flight (MP3) Archaic game and home computer hardware is recast into the unlikely role of musical instrument and ... & home computer hardware as modern artistic instrumentation. Devices such as the Nintendo ... underground, taking care to represent as many as possible of the genre's surprisingly diverse styles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 18:16:52

Ultimate Characters talent management

Ultimate Characters talent management is modelling and talent agency which represents genuine talents such as models, actors, dancers, singers, presenters, pantomimes, performers, voice- overs and many more. We could submit any sector of talent to you with tailored to your chosen specifications. We can offer in-house purpose studio space [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:55:29

Did President Bush Use CondoDomain?

The Blog Rumors are out that CondoDomain represented President Bush in his new Preston Hollow home purchase in Dallas! ... Cuban. The new pad is a modest 8,500 square foot home with guest house on 1.1 acres in prime north ... to their ranch in Crawford only a few hours by car or shorter in the air being only minutes to Love Field [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:38:52

Psychobabblers for Peace

The Huffington Post has an article from a representative of a group called "Conflict Analysis Professionals for Enduring Security" who attempt to place the Israel/PalArab conflict in terms of modern psychobabble.It is a fairly ... . I daresay that there is evil.You recently said, "If my daughters were living in a house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:12:00

Pre-Weekend Foolery: Confirmed-Soulja Boy Got JACKED!+LeToya Jackson Goes “Big Brother” On Us

A representative for Soulja Boy has confirmed reports the rapper was the victim of assault earlier this week ... up plan in addition to his ringtone money. In other news– LeToya Jackson is the newest ... into the BB house today. She makes that ish almost guaranteed must see TV. Especially if big brother [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 22:29:28

What should I buy? (searching for products that represent my personal brand)

What should I buy? (I just made like a hundred dollars doing some freelance design) ... about life.' S0 tough to be a consumer in our modern world with s0 many choices, yall... Should I buy ... /meaningful-core/Iranian-Power-Pop and traditional French House music. Whenever u buy a computer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 19:55:45

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