Americans solidly opposed to unconditional Iraq funding
A new poll released by Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s One Voice PAC has shows nearly 70% percent of Americans strongly oppose Congress providing more money for Iraq funding without conditions...
View ArticleLegislative Week in Review VII
Speaker Pelosi has announced the House of Representatives will vote next week on four-month, $50 billion Iraq war “bridge fund” that would require withdrawal to begin immediately on passage, with a...
View ArticleLegislative Week in Review VIII
The House of Representatives voted 218-203 in favor of a $50 billion Iraq funding bill that would require that the U.S. initiate troop withdrawals within 30 days of its passage and agree to the goal of...
View ArticleLegislative Week in Review XI
Congress voted for an omnibus spending bill that capitulated on both President Bush’s spending caps (and in a separate bill for SCHIP) and his demand for more war funding (to a tune of $70 billion)....
View ArticleCapitol Hill Update VI
In the House, Speaker Pelosi split the next war supplemental into separate votes; funding for the war actually failed 141-149 and a new Dec. 31st, 2009 troop withdrawal deadline passed. the House also...
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In the Senate, Republicans continued their obstructionist streak and prevented the Senate from voting on a bill that would have extended energy tax credits. In the House, Democrats inexplicably...
View ArticleLegislative Update XIV
Congress sent President Obama two bills this week aimed preventing foreclosures and regulating the credit card industry, though with the price of allowing guns in national parks. Both chambers of...
View ArticleLegislative Update XV
The House of Representatives passed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act which would provide four weeks of paid leave for federal workers following the birth or adoption of a child (currently...
View ArticleLegislative Update XVII
After lots of arm-twisting on anti-war Democrats in the House of Representatives, Congress voted to approve funding for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan in an emergency supplemental. This is supposed to...
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