Are you a conservative Tea Party Republican in Orange County and pulled Chuck DeVore’s name for your Secret Santa gift? Perhaps you’re struggling to buy the perfect present for OC Tea Party grandfather Shawn Nelson. Are you trying desperately to…
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Senate Delays Dream Act Vote
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
While the U.S. Senate was supposed to vote on the Dream Act today, the vote has been postponned until a vote can be talen on the controversial tax cut compromise worked out between the GOP and President Obama. The Dream Act,…
Dream Act Passes the House
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
 The Dream Act, legislation designed to give undocumented residents an easier path to citizenship, narrowly passed in the House of Representatives tonight. The legislation moves on to the Senate where Senate Majority leader Harry Reid will push for passage.…
It Actually May Not Be So Bad
by Bill Spaulding • • 3 Comments
Or it could be worse. But hear me out. The House. Incoming committee chairs are so polluted by donations from the companies/industries they affect/oversee/regulate that legislation originating in the House will likely be as besotted as the new chairs. John Boehner, by all accounts, built his reputation on pragmatic compromise.
Coakley’s loss is not a referendum on President Obama
by Chris Prevatt • • 16 Comments
The stunning loss of the Massachusetts Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy since 1962 speaks more to the failure of the Democratic Party candidate than it does to slipping confidence in President Obama’s legislative agenda.
Senate Health Care Reform Moves Forward As GOP Filibuster Fails
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
In the early hours of Monday morning, the Republican effort to block the Senate version of Health Care Reform legislation failed on a 60-40 vote. There will be several votes to follow, but this was the big one. Later this week the final bill will be the subject of a simple majority vote, which is expected to pass and send the bill to conference committee to reconcile with the House bill.
Brother, Can You Spare Five Dimes?
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
One of the best known songs of the Great “Republican” Depression “Brother Can you Spare a Dime”was written in 1931. Viewed as the anthem of the shattered dreams of the Depression era, considering our current economic recession and our shattered dreams of Change, this song seems to be strikingly relevant.
