Articles tagged with: Mitch McConnell
McConnell Blocks “Student Loan Bill” & Blames Obama
It should come as no surprise that the highly dysfunctional U.S. Senate was unable to reach a compromise on the so-called “Student Loan Bill”. Although most lawmakers in both parties agree that extending the low 3.4% rate on federally subsided Stafford Loans would be a good thing, the disagreement comes on how the $6.0 billion cost would be funded. As …
GOP Leadership Seething over Good Economic Data
It’s beginning to look like the year 2012 is going to be a solid year for economic recovery in the United States. Today, the much-awaited “retail sales” numbers were released by the Commerce Department, which showed a decent gain over the prior period. This follows other good news concerning housing starts, manufacturing activity, consumer confidence and employment. When combined with …
Republicans “Eat Crow” on Economic Recovery
Earlier this week President Obama delivered his third State of The Union address to Congress since becoming President in 2009. To his credit, the President’s speech was an upbeat assessment of how much conditions have improved in America since the waning days of the Bush Administration; when the U.S. economy was losing 500,000 jobs per month, and the country was …
Gingrich: The Bottom of the Republican Barrel
After the 2010 Congressional elections, when Republican Party candidates scored impressive victories against their Democratic rivals, the GOP developed a devious political strategy to win back the White House in 2012. This strategy was pretty well summed up by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell when he stated that Republicans would abandon all attempts to serve the American people and instead, …
Sen. Toomey Fails the Super Committee & Fails Pa.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, after less than one year in office, has managed to bring disgrace upon himself and his State by refusing to act in a bipartisan manner while serving on the so-called “Super Committee”. The fact that the ultra-conservative Toomey got elected to the Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010, a state that voted for Barack Obama …
America’s Tea Party : A Road To Destruction
Few people would doubt that Barack Obama was elected the forty-fourth President of the United States at a perilous time in American history. In fact, his timing could hardly have been worse. Financial markets had crumbled, major banks and insurance companies were descending into insolvency, millions of Americans were losing their jobs, economic recession was spreading across the globe, and …
Tea Party Rally Says “Dump John Boehner”
Along with a broad section of middle class America, I can say with confidence that I disagree with most, if not all, of the right-wing uttering of the Republican’s Tea Party faction. In addition, I can say with absolute certainty that I disagree with just about everything that Mark Meckler, leader of the Tea Party Patriots, has to say to …
There’s a New Sheriff in Town
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John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Congressional Republicans have made it crystal clear; no new legislation will be considered until two major, overriding issues are dealt with successfully. The first issue, the one with the highest priority, is extensions to the so-called Bush tax cuts. The second issue, the one with the most dire …
Political Gridlock in Congress : Part II
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This week the newly elected Congress began the orientation process for its newest members. This was in preparation for the swearing-in proceedings to be held in January 2011. A mere two weeks after the decisive victory that swept the Republicans into power, many of the “freshmen” representatives have pledged to stay true to the promises …
Did Anyone Find My Sanity at Jon Stewart’s Rally?
Not watching TV lately has kept me out of the loop but I still feel loopy, if you know what I mean. I cannot seem to get the voices of Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Sarah Palin or Christine O’Donnell out of my head. What if we are stuck with these people forever like an episode of the Twilight Zone? My sanity is at risk here, people.
