Polls close in crucial Massachusetts Senate race
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Economy, Events, Politics, Shera Crossan
Polls closed in a tight Massachusetts race for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that could threaten passage of President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda and scuttle his push for a sweeping healthcare overhaul.
What once looked likely to be an easy Democratic victory has turned into a desperate scramble after a surge by the Republican, state Senator [...]
2,074-pg Senate health care bill gets 34 hours to read
Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Health, Opinion, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
What’s even more interesting is that Senate Rule XIV (paragraph 2) states that every bill and joint resolution “shall receive three readings prior to its passage.”
Patient-protection-affordable-care-act (PDF)
The Oklahoma Republican has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules to force the Senate clerk (or more likely, a team of clerks) to read the massive bill before the [...]
Senate weighs long-term care program
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Education, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Politics, Shera Crossan
Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help the elderly and the disabled avoid going into nursing homes,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to incorporate the voluntary program in legislation to be unveiled as early as Wednesday,
Known as the Community Living Assistance [...]
…Losing Control of House on Illegal Aliens in H.C. Bill
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Health, Immigration, Politics, Race, Top Stories
President Barack Obama, working hard to prove he is not “A Liar”, has been quietly pressing the House of Representatives to ensure illegal aliens ARE NOT in the healthcare bill. Pelosi and her crew are turning a deaf ear to the President it seems, placing greater value on the twenty votes in the Hispanic Caucus [...]
Senate votes to block funds to ACORN
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.
2009-09-15_ACORN_Letter_to_President_Obama-1 (PDF)
The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
The action came as [...]
Hate Crimes Bill – who benefits?
Posted on 02. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Education, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Opinion, Politics, Top Stories
The United States Senate recently passed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA/S.909), a “Hate Crimes Bill” that provides authorities with the power to increase prosecution and punishment for crimes which were already covered under current laws but which will now receive special attention. The new American law ostensibly only covers “hate violence,” but, [...]
U.S. Senate OK’s $42.9 billion homeland security bill
Posted on 11. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Gun Control, Immigration, Politics, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
– The Senate on Thursday approved a wide-ranging $42.9 billion measure to pay for improving U.S. border security, clamp down on illegal immigration and beef up cyber security in fiscal 2010. The Senate voted 84-6 for the annual spending bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for the year starting October 1, and now [...]
Tenn. Senate speaker says reprimand appropriate for racist e-mail
Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Events, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said Tuesday that a “strong letter of reprimand” was the proper action to take against an employee of a Republican lawmaker who used a state computer to send a racist e-mail about President Barack Obama.
Sherri Goforth, a legislative aide for Senate Republican Caucus Chairwoman Diane Black, sent the [...]
NY GOP Coup Upsets Balance In Senate
Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Politics, Shera Crossan
The GOP power play involves two renegade Democrats and a billionaire businessman. Welcome to New York politics. What happened Monday night in Albany, a coup in the state Senate five weeks in the making, made for a unique kind of drama, pitting Senate Democrats against Republicans.
Out of power? Former Democratic State Senate President and Majority [...]
Hawaiians May Need Special ID to Buy Gas
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Rob Belatucadros in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Rob Belatucadros, Top Stories, War Coverage
In a move completely ignored by the corporate media, the state of Hawaii has introduced resolutions in the Senate and House to initiate a study by the Insurance Commissioner to determine how best to deny gasoline purchases to uninsured motorists.
In order to do this, the Hawaii Senate and House concur that “motor vehicle [...]
Military Slavery Law AKA The GIVE ACT Passes Senate
Posted on 29. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The GIVE ACT has been rubber stamped by the Senate making a domestic draft that legislates mandatory national service and creates an “army” of at least 7 million civilian enforcers. Imagine that, 7 million members of this civilian “army” equates to about one member for every 50 Americans, a similar figure to the number of [...]
“Are You Insane?”
Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Free Speech, Gun Control, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Top Stories
We had a major argument with someone last night about who in Congress leads the gun-control movement. We stated, as always, that one race of humans spearheads or leads the gun-control action in Washington, DC. And once again, we were greeted with suggestions of gross mental illness on our part. Yes, the person claimed, no [...]
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