Posted on January 8th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Very, Very Disappointed | theledger.com
Very, Very Disappointed
The Republicans wanted to be clear. They were disappointed.
“We are disappointed,” said U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow.
“We’re clearly disappointed,” said Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri.
“I’m disappointed, as are some others,” echoed Rep. Key Granger of Texas.
“I am very disappointed,” sighed David Dreier of California.
Why were these forlorn Republicans [...]
Filed under: Congress, Dennis Hastert, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, democrat, dishonesty, politics, spin | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 13th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Until Bonilla became desperate last monday I wasn’t thinking there was a snowballs chance in hell that Ciro would pull this out. I was hoping he would but I have gotten very used to being disappointed in Texas politics. I try to understand why people in San Antonio and Texas, good hard-working people who are [...]
Filed under: Ciro Rodriguez, Congress, Congressional District 23, District 23, GOP, Henry Bonilla, Phil Ricks, San Antonio, Texas District 23, attack ads, bexar county, campaign, candidates, dirty politics, dishonesty, double-speak, election, politics, redistricting, run-off, runoff, sheople, texas, texas politics | No Comments »
Posted on December 6th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Congress will have five-day workweeks, shorter holidays | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress on Tuesday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January.
The horror.
Oh my gosh. Work five days [...]
Filed under: Congress, politics | No Comments »
Posted on December 3rd, 2006 by TechDigger
I really wish the San Antonio Express-News would spell out their criteria for endorsing a candidate.
MySA.com: Editorials
Bonilla, a seven-term congressman, is rightly criticized for putting the interests of his party over the needs of his constituents. That was well-evidenced when he sought to allow GOP House members, such as former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to [...]
Filed under: Bonilla, Ciro Rodriguez, Congress, Congressional District 23, District 23, Henry Bonilla, Runoff Election - December 12, San Antonio, San Antonio Express News, Texas District 23, politics, redistricting, run-off, runoff, texas, texas politics, voters guide | No Comments »
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by SS
From the Amnesty International Website:http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/sudan/index.do
Amnesty International has again raised the urgency of its work on Darfur in an effort to stop the atrocities taking place there, but we need your help to make peace and security a reality. Help us make a difference. Your voice is [...]
Filed under: Africa, Congress, Darfur, Genocide, Henry Bonilla, Holocaust, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, SaveDarfur, Sudan, Uncategorized, democrat, republican | No Comments »
Posted on November 16th, 2006 by TechDigger
We spend too much money on higher education already and low income and minority students would just waste their college education anyway.
Project Vote Smart - Representative Bonilla on Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Amendment
Official Title of Legislation:H Amdt 772 to HR 609: Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the language [...]
Filed under: Bonilla, Congress, Congressional District 23, Family Values, GOP, Henry Bonilla, election, financial aid, higher education, politics, republican | No Comments »
Posted on November 10th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
Key Republican joins Dems opposing Bolton nomination - CNN.com:
Along with Bolton’s nomination, Bush said he would like to move forward on legislation to retroactively authorize the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program.
Bush said he would like to see action on both issues before year’s end. The Democratic-controlled Congress begins its term in January.
But Republican Sen. [...]
Filed under: Congress, John Bolton, Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island, United Nations, democrat, ethics, republican | No Comments »
Posted on October 24th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
The ultimate drug deal:
The flaws in the Medicare Plan D program didn’t crop up without anyone seeing them coming. They are the expected result of the way Congress designed the program. So ask those who want to serve you how they’ll fix its flaws.The greatest of them arises from a feature inserted to protect drug [...]
Filed under: Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Barbara Radnofsky, Congress, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Libertarian, Medicare, Misdeeds, Plan D, Prescription, Scott Jameson, democrat, dirty politics, dishonesty, election, fake, fleecing of america, pharmaceutical, political stunt, politics, republican, scam, spin, texas, texas politics | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 23rd, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
CNN.com - House approves wiretap law before hitting campaign trail - October 2, 2006:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists.
“The Democrats’ irrational [...]
Filed under: Congress, John Boehner, Wire-tap, campaign, dirty politics, dishonesty, election, political stunt, politics, protest, republican, rhetoric, spin, vote, wiretap | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 19th, 2006 by TechDigger
CPR: April 2004: Off The Record:
GOP Seeks Minorities; Fails
Every few years, in between high-profile racial embarrassments à la Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond, the GOP makes a big show of reaching out to minorities and working to make their party more of a big-tent multicultural bastion of diversity and tolerance—you know, the Party of Lincoln! [...]
Filed under: American Dream PAC, Bonilla, Congress, Henry Bonilla, Katherine Harris, Ken Mehlman, Minority Candidate College, PACs, Phil Gramm, Tom Delay, campaign contributions, texas, texas politics | 4 Comments »
