As the media fixates on the partisan battle over renewing the soon-to-expire payroll tax cut, the imminent threat of a government shutdown seems to have been lost in the mix. In addition to the payroll tax bill, Congress is far from finalizing an omnibus spending bill that will prevent the federal government from shutting down Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Think Progress Discovery Date : 14/12/2011 17:42 Number of articles : 2
By msnbc.com’s Michael O’Brien Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Monday for a new law that would see members of Congress jailed for insider trading. Perry, in a web video posted Monday , seemed to trade off a “60 Minutes” report that aired Sunday evening, which accused leaders in Congress from both parties of possibly using privileged information to make smart stock picks. “Any congressman or senator who… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : First Read Discovery Date : 14/11/2011 22:25 Number of articles : 2
Attention, Beliebers: Justin Bieber, and free speech advocates everywhere, need your help. The 17-year old star is at the center of a campaign – aptly titled Free Justin Bieber – initiated by Fight for the Future, a fair-use advocacy group that’s urging citizens to vote against congressional law S.978. What the heck is congressional law S.978? It’s a rule that would make it illegal for individuals to stream/use copyrighted music in an online video. And where does Bieber come into this debate? He was discovered by Usher via a homemade YouTube video of himself covering a handful of R&B hits. If this law is passed, such an act might result in a prison stint. Instead of a record deal. “Tell Congress to get a clue and stop trying to jail people for singing,” the organization says in a statement, asking folks to sign its online petition. “Congress has no business making ordinary Internet users criminals for expressing themselves online.” Seriously. Under this law, five-year old Sophia Grace Brownlee would be a criminal.
Tell me Lefties, would you want the next Republican President bypassing Congress to get his own bills past? Then why should you be silent when Obama tries to do it and set a new precedence? Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Keyboard Militia Discovery Date : 12/10/2011 14:41 Number of articles : 2
Joseph Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, the man who sparred with then-candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign, is running for U.S. Congress. Plumber filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to run for Congress in Ohio’s Ninth District, and will soon launch an official “Joe for Congress 2012” site. The Toledo Blade reported in August that Ohio Republicans were encouraging him to run, and Joe said he was open to the idea. Looks like that report was accurate . Obama’s opponent, Sen. John McCain, tried to use Joe as a poster boy of sorts for the type of working American he claimed would be hurt by Democratic policies. It didn’t work, obviously, but Joe left his mark on Ohio politics. “Maybe we need some regular guys in there,” he said this August. “That’s what I’ve been doing the past two and a half years, encouraging regular Americans to run.” The conservative small business owner adds, “Tell the liberal media to go to hell and I don’t care what you guys say about me, I’m going to try to fix this country.” In addition to speaking at tea party rallies and conservative conferences in recent years, he most recently helped start an organization to help wounded veterans. He’s got his hands full if he expects to win in 2012 in any case. Democratic incumbent Rep. Marcia Kaptur has been elected 15 straight times, none of them close.
Looks like President Barack Obama has some backers and cosigners for his plan to get the economy back on track : Former President Bill Clinton urged lawmakers on Capitol Hill to focus on stimulating growth in the U.S. economy before efforts to reduce the deficit. “I think that we need to focus right now on putting the country back to work,” Mr. Clinton said Sunday in an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation. “I’d like to see the economic plan that (President Obama) talked about in his address to Congress enacted first, then when the economy starts growing again in a year or two, then I’d like to put the hammer down on this deficit problem,” Mr. Clinton told host Bob Schieffer. The former president praised Mr. Obama’s forthcoming proposal to raise taxes on the highest earning Americans, though he said he did not know the precise timing of when such a move would be implemented. “I think the president is doing the right thing,” Mr. Clinton said. Mr. Obama on Monday is expected to unveil a plan calling for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year, administration officials told CBS News. The notion is based on an argument made popular by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who has said that the current tax system gives an unfair advantage to his billionaire investor friends who do not pay as high a rate on their income as middle-class Americans. “If you look at the group that has had the biggest income increases and the benefit of most of the tax cuts of the previous eight years before the Obama administration took office, those of us in that income group, we’re in the best position to make a contribution to changing the debt structure of the country,” Mr. Clinton said, “I don’t think that’s such a draconian thing.” Mr. Clinton added that the economy will not start growing until the banks clear mountains of debt racked up in the mortgage crisis. “In the meanwhile I think a combination of the payroll tax changes that Obama recommended, setting up an investment bank and doing more in infrastructure and then looking at areas of specific opportunities to put people to work can really create million of jobs and get us out of hte worst of this doldrum,” Mr. Clinton said. Source
He’s done. This was pathetic. Obama tells supporters: If you love me, ask Congress to pass my jobs bill. Here’s the video: CBS News reported: President Obama continued pushing his jobs bill in battleground states on Wednesday, telling a fired-up … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 14/09/2011 21:21 Number of articles : 2
**Posted by Phineas If you’re thoroughly disgusted with Congress (and if you aren’t you haven’t been paying attention), let me recommend a few minutes of listening to Senator Rubio (R-FL) speak. In this case, it’s on the occasion of the Senate’s recess after voting to accept the debt-limit deal. Sit back and take it in; Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Sister Toldjah Discovery Date : 03/08/2011 19:19 Number of articles : 2
**Posted by Phineas If you’re thoroughly disgusted with Congress (and if you aren’t you haven’t been paying attention), let me recommend a few minutes of listening to Senator Rubio (R-FL) speak. In this case, it’s on the occasion of the Senate’s recess after voting to accept the debt-limit deal. Sit back and take it in; Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Sister Toldjah Discovery Date : 03/08/2011 19:19 Number of articles : 2
