Cloture Vote passed.

By Walter Alarkon - 04/20/10 08:50 AM ET Senate Democrats have written their budget resolution so they can pass jobs legislation using reconciliation, the controversial process used last month to move healthcare reform. The resolution does not specify what specific jobs measures could be covered, and does not explicitly allow for the use of reconciliation rules to pass energy legislation or the extension of George W. Bush-era tax cuts set to expire at the end of the ...

Trump states: "If you're in the White House, who wants to take a vacation?" he once asked a campaign crowd in Spencer, Iowa. Noting the limited time a president has there, he criticized President Obama for vacationing "when there's so much work to be done." ...

for their welfare recipients. What in the world do they think they are going to do with $25 at a time. Gave an example of a woman, I think she had one child, she gets $800. One would suppose perhaps to pay rent and utilities. What world do they live in that $25 is going to cover anything. It doesn't even cover a good run to the grocery store. But, we know that all welfare recipients have cars and they can just drop by the store back and forth to work, and ...

Russia, and the vote was 98-2. I think the two people who voted against it were Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders. Does anyone know the details of this? ...

could now be in even greater jeopardy of being arrested and imprisoned indefinitely, with no right to a trial? Pretty scary. And note, this is neither a Repub or a Dem issue, this is an issue that goes against the Constitution. Apparently at the last minute, it's being realized that language was taken out of the original bill, clarifying that US Citizens could not just be swept off the streets and imprisoned without due justice and a trial. Now the ABSENCE of that pa ...

My father passed away this morning. He was in the nursing home and had been in the hosptial a week or so ago with respiratory distress. Got better and went back to the nursing home. He went back in the hospital Wednesday with pneumonia and CHF. Yesterday the nurses told me he was stable and was improving a little. He died in his sleep. Please pray for us. I lost my mom 1 year ago in August, so this has been a rough year for all of us. &nb ...

Imagine that....some states actually care about the people who live there. What a concept. At least 37 states are looking into this. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/17/politics/main6308772.shtml http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/03/cuccinellis_office_confirms_vi.html ...

Well, healthcare (Obamacare) passed. What are your thoughts and how do you think it will affect the healthcare industry from the workers' point of view (not only MT but everyone). ...

Very sad. I loved her in "Everybody Loves Raymond." She was so funny. ...

Beau Biden's 2 young children and wife. ...

So many in such a short period of time. Jefferson Airplane/Starship were wonderful. When I think back on the music of the 60s they're at the top of the list. Sorry, but it's not showing the link below. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/arts/music/paul-kantner-of-jefferson-airplane-dies-at-74.html ...

written in English and pay attention to the Terms of Collective Bargaining section, starting on page 2. This document is quite readable compared to the full text I posted yesterday. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar2011/madi-m11.shtml ...

I spent the last few hours reading it (I really hate legalese-LOL) then did a search on collective bargaining. I did see where they wanted to tie raises to the CPI but can't find it now. Anyway, the pages that I found CB in the search are: Pgs. 955-964, 998, 1045, 1061, 1312, 1332-1334. So, tell me where they are stripping collecitve bargaining from the unions. Fair question. ï»¿http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/AB-40.pdf ...

They worked late into the night to pass it. It will cost $858 billion but it gives everyone a "breather" for a while. Reid pulled the Omnibus bill off the table; i.e., just died. John McCain, Tom Coburn, and Jim DeMint were the reason because they wanted the bill read page per page. Guess Reid didn't want the people to know what was really in the bill. I had forgotten some of the crap in there but thankfully, the John Murtha Foundation (biggest crook in PA) will not be funded, n ...

DNC must be proud. Obama must be thrilled about that. Gee, debt couldn't wait until after the convention, could it? ...

Republicans passed it. Democrats were against it because it still included the $85 billion sequester dollars. "The Senate isn't going to accept this bill," Senate Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during debate. Despite Democratic complaints, the House passed the bill easily in a 267-151 vote in which 53 Democrats supported it, likely because it will help avoid a government shutdown. Just 14 Republicans voted against it. Dems wanted Sequester, now they don't! ...

First, at 0:23, he talks about the Olympics being held in Russia and how, "if they want to uphold the spirit of the Olympics, every judgement should be made on the track, the swimming pool, or the balance beam." Aren't the Olympics in Russia going to be in the winter? Second, at 3:05, he was talking about the Panama Canal being widened to accomodate super tankers could come in,"if we don't deepen our ports all along the gulf, places like Charleston, South Carolina or Savannah, G ...

The U.S. government has just passed a new law called: "The affordable boat act" declaring that every citizen MUST purchase a new boat, by April 2014. These "affordable" boats will cost an average of $54,000-$155,000 each. This does not include taxes, trailers, towing fees, licensing and registration fees, fuel, docking and storage fees, maintenance or repair costs. This law has been passed, because until now, typically only wealthy and financially responsible people have been able t ...

She was such a gracious lady. May she rest in peace alongside her beloved husband and our beloved past president, Ronald Ragan. ...

Food for thought: “I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. For example, I am black. I know that. I also know that while I am black I am a human being. Therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people don’t know that. Every time I tried to go into a public place they stopped me. So some boys had to write a bill to tell that white man, “He’s a human being; don’t stop him." That bill was for the whit ...

From NJ.com: " Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions today and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law less than an hour after it won final passage in the Legislature, with supporters hailing it as a model for the nation and gun-rights activists condemning it as a knee-jerk piec ...

with one "present" vote, authorizing limited miltary action. It authorizes up to 90 days of military action and bars troop deployment. The White House is required to send lawmakers a plan for diplomatic solution to violence in Syria within 30 days of resolution enactment. They rejected Rand Paul's effort to impose further restrictions on the War Powers Act by a 14-4 vote. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/officials-press-lawmakers-to-approve-syria-str ...

Penalties: 228-195 with a couple Dems voting yes...and one who couldn't make up his mind. Voted yes, changed to no twice."Kate's Law" involved penalities for illegals convicted of criminal acts, deported, and re-entered the U.S. illegally, committing other criminal acts.....257-167. ...

I must go look at it now that it passed. There were stipulations that didn't rein in Wall Street but one article I read stated it does that. "The Senate passed the financial overhaul package in a final vote Thursday, ending more than a year of wrangling over the shape of the landmark legislation. The focus now shifts to the monumental task of implementing the new regulations over coming weeks and months. The 60 to 39 decision came just before 3 p.m, only a few hours after Democr ...

A Reminder of Obama and His Promises From His Own Campaign Reminder: The healthcare only passed because they changed the terminology of it from a penalty to a tax. Reminder: This video combines his campaigns from 2006(?) to the present. A lot of it everyone has seen over the years, but this has condensed all of it. Those of you who don’t want to believe he lied, don’t bother watching this video…but have a nice day anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJdhw ...

Cloture Vote passed.

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