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Senate HCR bill clears last hurdle before passage

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.

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News of First Major Progressive Legislation in 30 Years Enrages Liberals

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Ugh. Shut up , bill-killing liberals . You know who has more liberal cred than all of you

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Democrats’ health bill passes key Senate vote

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — After a long day of acid, partisan debate, Democrats held ranks early Monday in a dead-of-night procedural vote that proved they had locked in the decisive margin needed to pass a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system. The roll was called shortly after 1 a.m., with Washington still snowbound after a weekend blizzard, and the Senate voted on party lines to cut off a Republican filibuster of a package of changes to the health care bill by the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada. The vote was 60 to 40 — a tally that is expected to be repeated four times as further procedural hurdles are cleared in the days ahead, and then once more in a dramatic, if predictable, finale tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m

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No change : Senate committee renominates Ben Bernanke

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

12/17/2009 The Senate Committee renominated Ben Bernanke on Thursday, proving that the only change America has seen is a change towards even more government and monopoly control of our currency by the Federal Reserve. added by: shanklinmike 14 comments

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Senate Democrats clinch a deal on health bill

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said on Saturday that they had clinched an agreement on a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and that they were on track to approve the legislation by Christmas over fierce Republican opposition. As the Senate convened in a driving snowstorm, Democratic leaders said a breakthrough came when Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, agreed after 13 hours of negotiations on Friday to back the bill, making him the pivotal 60th vote

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Reid to unveil final version of Senate health Bill

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will make his final offer on healthcare legislation on Saturday morning, unveiling a highly-anticipated amendment to the Senate healthcare bill. Reid will unveil his amendment with a cost analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shortly after the Senate votes at around 7:30 Saturday morning to clear a Defense spending bill. “That’s the plan, soon after that vote because we want to file cloture on that quickly,” said Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

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Al Franken’s anti-rape amendment survives in Senate

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who deny victims of sexual assault the right to bring their case in court has survived attempts to dull its impact and seems poised to become law. The Senate Committee on Appropriation passed, on Tuesday, a defense appropriations bill that included the “anti-rape” amendment introduced by Sen.

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‘Porn virgins’ do not exist, claim scientists

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Scientists who tried to launch an indepth study of pornography ran into trouble when they couldn't find any men in their twenties who hadn't watched x-rated material.

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Comcast, NBC deal sounds alarm bells in Washington

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The marriage of the nation's largest cable and broadband provider with a Hollywood entertainment powerhouse has sent shock waves through Washington, D.C., as lawmakers and consumer activists are calling for an intense regulatory review of the deal. Cable behemoth Comcast Corp., which this morning unveiled a deal to take majority control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, is already gearing up for a long song and dance in Washington to get the acquisition approved

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New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The good news: the New York State Senate had an actual up-and-down floor vote on a controversial and important issue. Bad news: they voted down Gay Marriage . Nice work, everyone

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