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Posted on 02/01/2005 5:01:00 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: katieanna; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
Next Senate meeting: Wednesday, Feb 2, 2005
9:15 a.m.: Convene.
9:30 a.m.: Proceed to Executive Session and resume consideration of the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General.
8:40 p.m.: Proceed as a body to the House Chamber for the President's State of the Union Address.
Title: Nomination Hearing
Date: 2/2/05 |
Time (EST): 10:00 AM |
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
Hearing to consider the nomination of the Honorable Michael Chertoff to be Secretary of Homeland Security. The nominee will be introduced by Senator Jon Corzine and Senator Frank Lautenberg Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (live link here) |
To: OXENinFLA
Good morning..do they vote today on Gonzales? I know that Dheets has an hour scheduled to bloviate..I won't be here this morning.. I think you should start a live thread..it was popuar yesterday..and put it in BREAKING...regards..
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posted on
02/02/2005 4:46:42 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: ken5050
To: All
To: Mo1; Bahbah
OMG
"THE WHEEL OF MISFOUTUNE"
Mikulski was up with a Roulette poster.......
To: All
Dems on the war path against privatizing SS today........
To: Mo1; Howlin; Bahbah
Boxer on the floor..............
To: OXENinFLA
Boxer on the floor..She thinks the stock market might just go away. I was there for the first SS fix. I am no genius and pretty much a dunce when it comes to numbers, but I said even then, this is not fixed, it is just delayed.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:24:10 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
Ya know what I think the dems really fear about private SS accounts?
I think they're scared that when people die the money they have doesn't go to the Gov't but rather it gets passed on to their kids.(As long as the death tax get abolished for good!)
So over time people will become less and less dependent on the Gov't.
To: OXENinFLA
I have no doubt you are correct. It's even more than that though, I think. All of this money pouring in through the FICA tax is completely at the disposal of the government. The diversion of even a little bit of that is just not acceptable to them. It is THEIR money after all.
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posted on
02/03/2005 6:33:33 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
HILDABEAST on the floor.............
To: OXENinFLA
HILDABEAST on the floor.........How infuriating to have gotten a business call just as she rose to speak. I could hear her shrieking in the background but did not catch anything of it. ;(
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posted on
02/03/2005 7:14:45 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
Bennett up..........
I'll have to post this, he's nailing the dems to the wall........
To: OXENinFLA
He correctly interprets the booing. We are not willing to talk. I agree it's a big mistake.
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posted on
02/03/2005 7:19:04 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: Bahbah
And everyone watching saw it too.........
To: OXENinFLA
I'm late to the show .. what did I miss??
Santorum is up now
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posted on
02/03/2005 8:33:26 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
To: OXENinFLA
So over time people will become less and less dependent on the Gov't. BINGO
Same reason why they freaked out about Welfare Reform
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posted on
02/03/2005 8:40:38 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
To: OXENinFLA
And I heard her heiney saying that the President stated that Social Security was in IMMINENT danger of collapse. Yup, I caught that. I'll probably post her comments tomorrow.
To: OXENinFLA
I noticed the other day in an article re Hillary Clinton's fainting spell, that she had assembled her entire staff, from New York and Washington, to a luncheon at a hotel in Westchester. The number cited was 60 staffers.
I also recently read where top staffers of legislators earn upwards of $155,000. So, if I were to assume that Hillary's 60 staffers average $100,000 per year in a loaded wage, (cost of benefits included), then her staff costs the US public $6,000,000 per year.
Assuming all senators spend a like amount on staffers, then the cost to the American public for senator's staff is $600,000,000 per year.
I don't know how large a US Representative's staff is, but for the sake of the argument, assume it to be 25 people. That equates to $2,500,000 per US Representative. With 435 US representatives representing their constituents, the cost to the US Public is $1,087,500,000.
Combining both houses of government the cost is staggering. It exceeds $1,687,500,000 per year. This is for wages alone, not mention business expenses, office space, computer support, computer hardware, parking spaces, etc.
I would venture a guess that no ill effects to the general populace would be felt if legislators' staff were cut in half. The savings would be significant.
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posted on
02/03/2005 1:10:45 PM PST
by
FLCowboy,
(President Bush -- Got er done!)
To: khenrich
Are you suggesting that these Congressmen/women actually WORK?!?!? Bite your tongue!!
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