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Tag: House of Representatives

Speaker John Boehner and Co. to Rep. Justin Amash: SPIN ON IT!

By KG One, Section News
Posted on Fri Dec 14, 2012 at 05:20:03 AM EST
Tags: Speaker John Boehner, House of Representatives, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Whip Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Justin Amash, Reps. Tim Huelskamp, Rep. David Schweikert, Lindsay Lohan, "pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain" moment, Inside the beltway politicians, far removed from reality, republican kakistocracy, secret scorecard, no it doesn't exist, no wait...yes it does, republican war against Tea Party. (all tags)

It is a story that has fallen through the cracks with the coverage of Freedom to Work recently passed here in Michigan and the so-called "fiscal cliff" (which really isn't as much of as issue as the republican kakistocracy would like you to believe it is...provided they remember they still control the House and grow a spine). Don't dig any deeper. This is what is taking up most of the 22-minutes of air time the MSM wants you to pay attention to each day.

Well that, and Lindsay Lohan's most recent troubles with the law.

Got to stay focused on the paparazzi.

Actually, this one is a little more disconcerting.

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Short behind the scenes look at State of the Union

By Redwoodt10, Section News
Posted on Wed Feb 01, 2012 at 11:30:29 AM EST
Tags: McCotter, State of the Union, Congress, House of Representatives (all tags)

An interesting look at some of the 'not-so-known' things that happen during the State of the Union with Rep. Thad McCotter...

You can view it here....

http://youtu.be/c6CEDECs0ms

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

546 People vs. We The People

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Tue Aug 17, 2010 at 03:57:06 PM EST
Tags: U.S. Constitution, President, Vice President, Senate, House of Representatives, SCOTUS, federal incompetence, federal irresponsibility, federal mismanagement (all tags)

Charley Reese is a retired syndicated columnist (via King Features) who worked for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. On March 7, 1985, he wrote a column entitled, "Looking For Someone To Blame? Congress Is A Good Place To Start." This was a slightly updated version of his "Just 546 people to blame for U.S. errors," which was published on July 17, 1983, in the Elyria, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram. The column has been republished multiple times since then (notably in 1995 and in 2008), always with minor updating, and usually under the title "The 545 People Responsible for America's Woes," but with no change to the core point.

What follows is my best effort to effectively blend the most widely circulated versions of the original article; I only hope that I do justice to the original work.