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30 Mar 09
D.C. Voting Rights Act is Clearly Unconstitutional « Republican Ranting
Last Thursday, the Senate passed the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009, which gives the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives and eliminates the position of D.C. Delegate, who represents the District now. Currently, that delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, can only vote when her vote does not affect the outcome; however, she is allowed to introduce bills, and this bill was introduced by Norton. The bill would also give an additional seat to Utah, so that the partisan makeup of the House stayed the same.
20 Mar 09
The Bill that Nobody Read: The Economic Stimulus Package (H.R. 1) « Republican Ranting
So, I know it's been a while since Congress passed H.R. 1, the economic stimulus plan, but C-SPAN finally uploaded and categorized all the videos, so better late than never. I wanted to show you all just how much the Democratic leadership tried to hide the details of the latest stimulus plan
12 Mar 09
Live Analysis of Governor Granholm’s Michigan State of the State Address « Republican Ranting
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The Michigan State of the State address is about to begin. I will be live blogging the event, giving my analysis (so my apologies for any spelling errors - I’ll fix them eventually).
Alright, she’s entering the chamber (I’m not sure if this is the House or Senate - probably House since it’s bigger).
05 Mar 09
Vladimir Putin Warns U.S. Not to Fall into Socialism « Republican Ranting
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Well, it appears as if Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin knows more about economics than President Obama. The following is an excerpt of Putin’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (transcript courtesy of the Wall Street Journal). The full speech can be found here
24 Feb 09
Kansas Can Now Afford to Pay Tax Refunds and State Employees « Republican Ranting
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Yesterday I was watching America’s Newsroom, and Megyn Kelly did a story about the budget crisis in Kansas. According to the Governor, Kathleen Sebelius (D), the state was not going to be able to pay tax refunds or state employees on time. Sebelius wants to borrow money from other state accounts within Kansas; however, Republican legislators want budget cuts because they feel Sebelius’s solution is irresponsible. Republican leaders in the state House and Senate (both where they’re in the majority) argued that the internal borrowing wasn’t legal until the Kansas had a balanced budget for the fiscal year (the fiscal year ends June 30).
Obama Bitter that Republicans Rejected the Stimulus Package? « Republican Ranting
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So, I was just watching the news, and they were talking about a picture and caption of the White House website. Neil Cavuto (FOX News) was asking if the following caption was a cheap shot at Republicans. Here’s the picture (I’ll discuss it below and ask for your opinion) (see here for the original picture; it’s picture 4: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photogallery/The-story-of-the-economic-recovery-package/):
17 Feb 09
President Obama Signs $787 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan « Republican Ranting
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Moments ago, President Obama singed H.R. 1, the economic stimulus package into law. Unfortunately, I was taking a phone call during the beginning of his speech, so I couldn’t live blog it, but I did catch some key parts (I’ll do a summary of the whole speech later).
14 Feb 09
Breaking: Senate Passes Revised Economic Stimulus Plan: 60-38 « Republican Ranting
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Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) just got back from Ohio, where he was attending his mother’s memorial services, and has casted an “Aye” vote for the economic stimulus package. That was the 60th Aye vote needed, since Ted Kennedy (D-MA) was not voting. The 3 Republicans who sided with the Democrats before, Arlen Specter (R-PA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Susan Collins (R-ME) voted with the Democrats.
Live: Senate 1 Vote Away from Passing Economic Stimulus Package « Republican Ranting
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This is breaking news, the Senate began voting on the new version of the stimulus bill around 5:30 P.M. (I was gone). The vote so far is 59 AYE votes, and they’re waiting in Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who is expected to vote AYE. He was at a wake for his mother (funeral services will be tomorrow). He’s expected to reach the 60 vote mark.
House of Representatives Approves Revised Stimulus Bill: 246-183 « Republican Ranting
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A little over an hour ago, the House of Representatives approved the revised economic stimulus package (that’s the package where the joint conference hammered out the details between the Senate and House bill differences). 246 Democrats voted for the bill; all 183 Republicans voted NAY, with 7 Democrats joining them. 1 Democrat also voted present, and 1 Democrat and 2 Republicans were not voting.
House of Representatives Debates and Votes to Congratulate the Pittsburg Steelers for Their Superbowl Win « Republican Ranting
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Today, the House of Representatives (at least for the first half of the day) considered and discussed 4 suspension bills (bills passed under suspension of the rules), where debate is limited to 40 minutes. Today, they agreed to 4 resolutions, the first of which was to congratulate the Pittsburg Steelers on their 6th Super Bowl win (officially House Resolution 110: Congratulating the National Football League champion Pittsburgh Steelers for winning Super Bowl XLIII and becoming the most successful franchise in NFL history with their record 6th Super Bowl title, sponsored by Representative Michael Doyle [D-PA14-Pittsburg]). For those of you who would like to see it, here’s the C-SPAN video of that debate
Déjà vu : Senator Judd Gregg Withdraws Nomination for Commerce Secretary « Republican Ranting
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Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) has just withdrawn his nomination for the position of Commerce Secretary. This is breaking news coming in now, but there’s not yet word on the reason behind it.
Happy 200th Birthday to Abraham Lincoln « Republican Ranting
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Well, as most of you know, today is Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. The government has been celebrating this all day, and I’ve been watching the Bicentenial Celebration that the Congress has been holding in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since I got back from class.
13 Feb 09
Senate Passes $838 Economic Stimulus Bill: 61-37 « Republican Ranting
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Just moments ago, the Senate passed the economic stimulus bill, 61-37. Here’s how the votes fell:
Akaka (D-HI) - Aye
Alexander (R-TN) - Nay
Barrasso (R-WY) - Nay
Baucus (D-MT) - Aye
Bayh (D-IN) - Aye
Begich (D-AK) - Aye
Live: Senate Voting on $838 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill « Republican Ranting
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The Senate is now voting on the $838 billion economic stimulus bill. This vote will be on the Collins/Nelson (Susan Collins [D-ME] / Ben Nelson [D-NE]) substitution amendment (basically an amendment that made a bunch of changes instead of the old bill being amended 1 by 1). It’s still a terrible bill.
03 Feb 09
Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary « Republican Ranting
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Just moments ago, President Obama accepted former Senator Tom Daschle’s (D-SD) request to withdraw his name from the nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
30 Jan 09
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Has Been Removed from Office « Republican Ranting
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Voting has just started to remove Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) from office and the Senate has just achieved enough votes to officially remove him from office (40 votes). So far, no one has voted Nay.
House of Representatives Passes $819 Billion Economic Stimulus Package « Republican Ranting
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On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, H.R. 1, Congress’s latest economic stimulus package. That bill passed 244-188; 11 Democrats broke ranks, while all of the voting Republicans voted against it. First, I would like to commend the 11 Democrats who voted against the $819 billion “stimulus” bill. This bill is an atrocity to the Congressional system of appropriations. Instead of focusing on true STIMULUS (after all, it is an “economic STIMULUS package”), the Democrats in the House packed the bill with billions of dollars of un-stimulating spending. For those of you who want to read the sources, here’s the version of the bill as it was introduced (it has been slightly changed, but not too much), here’s the summary from the House Appropriations Committee, and here’s the cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. And here’s the link to the roll call vote, Roll number 46.
26 Jan 09
Joe Biden Makes Joke About Justice Robert’s Memory After Inauguration Slip-Up « Republican Ranting
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Yesterday while swearing in the senior staff, Vice President Biden made a joke about his memory not being as good as Chief Justice John Robert’s, making a joke about Robert’s mistake during Obama’s oath of office administration. Here’s a video courtesy of Politico
23 Jan 09
Barack Obama Issues Executive Order Increasing Presidential Transparency « Republican Ranting
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Yesterday, President Obama issued his first (or second) executive order, rescinding Executive Order 13233, issued by President Bush. Obama’s executive order restored some transparency to the White House, back to the levels before President Bush.
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