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Slide show: More popular than Congress? Lice, cockroaches, root canals — even France
According to a recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, Americans have higher opinion on head lice and colonoscopies than of our lawmakers. …
Did California legislators vote their pocket book on raising taxes for the wealthy? Check their net worths
CA Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, a multi-millionaire who has repeatedly been ranked as one of the wealthiest lawmakers on Capitol Hill, is under attack for slamming the fiscal cliff tax bill — and failing to note his own personal tax stake in the measure. Media Matters took up the charge against Issa today, arguing that the […] …
Mitch McConnell: “very, very close” and tax part done
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the chief negotiator with Vice President Joe Biden, said a deal on the fiscal cliff is “very, very close,” with an agreement on the main issue, taxes, in hand. McConnell said the spending cuts in the sequester can wait, and urged everyone to take the deal on taxes, […] …
Rep. Sam Farr: House hijacked
The House is still waiting for the Senate to come up with a deal on the fiscal cliff, now down to negotiations between Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden. Obama is set to deliver remarks at 1:30 Eastern, 10:30 Pacific. Rep. Sam Farr, D-Monterey, attributed the breakdown in the House to a […] …
Nancy Pelosi to John Boehner: “figure it out”
At a press conference Wednesday, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, provided intriguing insight on her approach to leadership. Here it is verbatim: Q: Madam Leader, Speaker Boehner, this week, is being squeezed on the left and on the right on this deal. As a former Speaker, do you think that he can – […] …
Impassioned Nancy Pelosi: Do I detect a smirk?
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi ripped Republicans for a second day on the House floor, accusing them Wednesday in an extemporaneous speech of fiddling like Nero. Tuesday she indicated Democrats would staunchly oppose raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67. Medicare will not be used to “underwrite and subsidize tax cuts for […] …
Van Hollen: Boehner stringing out ‘fiscal cliff’ talks because of GOP politics
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, said Speaker of the House John Boehner might have to bring a plan to the table that could pass without majority support from the Republican caucus, but he expressed concern as to whether Boehner would make such a move before the official vote for Speaker on Jan. 3 …
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