Democrats failed on Wednesday to block Republican attempts to cut billions of dollars in food assistance to poor American families, having earlier denounced the plans as an “abomination” and “immoral”. The Republicans included the $16bn cut to the food stamp programme over the next decade as part of a five-year farm bill debated in the House… Continue reading House Republicans Cut $16 Billion From Food Stamps For The Poor
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Republicans Fall Short, Way Short Of Their Health Care Promises
Remember when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act also known these days as “ObamaCare” into law? Republicans all over this nation went wild, promising to the American people that they would “repeal and replace” the law. Well, we’ve seen multiple attempts – 33 so far, but whose counting – to “repeal” the law, but… Continue reading Republicans Fall Short, Way Short Of Their Health Care Promises
Republican Governor Rejects Voter ID Laws in Michigan
Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan surprised his fellow Republicans on Tuesday, refusing to sign two bills that would have required voters to show photo identification before obtaining an absentee ballot. The vetoes are an election-year rarity for the party, which has pressed for tougher voter identification laws nationwide. They were passed by lawmakers two weeks… Continue reading Republican Governor Rejects Voter ID Laws in Michigan
Presidential Weekly Address – Republicans Are Willfully Doing Nothing To Win An Election
President Obama spoke about our economic future, claiming that we have all the answers to our problems, but because of Republicans’ lack of interest in doing anything to help the economy, things are at a stalemate. Right now, we’re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The economy… Continue reading Presidential Weekly Address – Republicans Are Willfully Doing Nothing To Win An Election
Republicans Block Transparency in Political Ads
The opponents of a new rule to post political ad information online have opened up another front in a long-running fight, inserting language into an appropriations bill that would bar the Federal Communications Commission from implementing the transparency measure. The FCC voted in April to require television stations to put detailed data on political ad… Continue reading Republicans Block Transparency in Political Ads
Senate Republicans Are Determined To Make Women Second Class Citizens
Republicans are sticking to their guns on this one. Let’s try to understand exactly what is meant when politicians say “equal pay for equal work.” Let’s say there are two truck drivers, a male and a female. The both start at the same point, let’s call that point… point A. They drive the same road… Continue reading Senate Republicans Are Determined To Make Women Second Class Citizens
This Is Too Much Excitement for Mitt Romney’s Candidacy
They can’t contain themselves! These Romney supporters are beaming with excitement for their 2012 Republican hero as they proudly display their signs in support of the candidate. Anymore display of excitement and we may have to censor this group as rated R, wait no… X!
Republicans Hate Unions. Why Is That? – Video
The reason was always obvious, but hearing Rachel Maddow explain why Republicans hate unions put a level of simplicity to the topic that anyone and everyone should get… even Republicans.
The World is Rejecting Austerity – Republicans Push More Austerity in America
A day after voters in France and Greece toppled governments in a European backlash against austerity measures, Republicans moved forward with legislation to replace $78 billion in automatic spending cuts to defense and discretionary domestic spending with a much larger $261 billion cut focused only on domestic spending.
Arnold Schwarzenegger to Republican Leaders – Stop Being the Party of Right Winged Nuts
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger looked at his Republican party and decided to write an op-ed column in the Los Angeles Times, begging for his party to go back to the days of Reagan, to forget the right winged nonsense and be more inclusive. A recent decision by Nathan Fletcher – a Republican State Assemblyman and… Continue reading Arnold Schwarzenegger to Republican Leaders – Stop Being the Party of Right Winged Nuts
Government Is Not The Problem, Republicans In Government Is The Problem
An article in the Washington Post attempts to pinpoint where the problem lies in Washington, and the conclusion was what we’ve all been saying for a long time – Government is not the problem, Republicans in Government is the problem. Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured on video asserting that there are… Continue reading Government Is Not The Problem, Republicans In Government Is The Problem
Biden Tries to Save The Violence Against Women Act from GOP Block Party
Vice-President Joe Biden will Wednesday lead a Democrat push to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, the 1994 legislation that now faces opposition from some conservatives. Biden will be joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal and Sharon Love, mother of Yeardley Love… Continue reading Biden Tries to Save The Violence Against Women Act from GOP Block Party