Senate Coverage -- (November - December '06)

THOMAS ^ | November - December '06

[Mo1]

Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House).

So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor and you don't want to start a new thread to ask if anyone else just heard what you heard, you can leave a short note on who said what and about what and I'll try and find it the next day in THE RECORD. Or if you see a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.

If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.

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Here's a few helpful links.

C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings.

C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.

C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.

C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.

OR FEDNET has online feed also.

A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).

THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]

Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Senate Majority and Senate Minority

And Monthly Calendars for the House Majority and Roll Call Votes can be found here.

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OTHER LINKS

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Congress.org

The Founders' Constitution

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)

LIVE DoD Briefings

NEWSEUM: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES

THE HILL

CNSNEWS

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

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[MNJohnnie]

Paging Mr Newt. Paging Mr Newt. Your Party is calling. Please pick up the White Emergency phone.....

[AliVeritas]

I'm in.

[AliVeritas]

Hey tol, what did I miss?

[ken5050]

Good..I hereby nominate YOU as FR team captain..

[tiredoflaundry]

Mel is gonna head the RNC.

[Txsleuth]

Do you know what I heard Bill O'Reilly say today..on his radio show?

He said that some poll had Hillary having 41% of Americans that said they would NEVER vote for her.

He said that was the highest of all of the potential candidates except Newt...he said Newt had the highest WON'T VOTE FOR poll numbers of the GOP....but he didn't say what percentage.

That doesn't sound good for Newt for POTUS..but for RNC Chairman..he would be great..

[Mo1]

Newt doesn't have a chance .. too much baggage

Some may forget why he resigned from office .. but I can guarantee you the Dems haven't

[Mo1]

BTW ... I couldn't help but notice with some of these speeches .. the Dems don't seem to be trying to reduce the spending and the deficit like they promised they would

Wow .. what a huge shocker ... / heavy sarcasm >

[Bahbah]

LOL. You noticed. Restore all cuts and add spending on top of that.

[Mo1]

The Judge was just on FNC talking about how the Dems have threaten to hold AG Gonzales in contempt of congress and put him under house arrest if he doesn't go under oath and answer the questions they want


Must have missed that thread

[Mo1]

My BIL was rubbing the election in my face through emails .. so I sent him the lists from this thread


Okay Dems, you better deliver, and then some.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734552/posts


And told him that since he made alot more money then me .. I wanted half his paid check and all the entitlements the Democrats promised us... LOL!

[Mo1]

dang dang dang!!!!! ... I need to proof read better :0(

paid check = pay check

[Txsleuth]

I saw that....and I had heard about the Rummy thing in Germany...but not the story about Gonzalez.

I betcha 10 bucks that that is on their list..right under impeaching President Bush and VP Cheney...

All of the talk about "reducing the deficit..and holding down spending" that the dems used in the campaign should have been followed by a laugh track...but, if you listen to even a LOT of conservatives on the radio, President Bush is the WORST of all of them....sigh

[Miss Marple]

Mel Martinez? Isn't he a Senator? I am so confused!

[tiredoflaundry]

Yup, Florida Senator.

[Miss Marple]

How in the world will he have time to oversee the RNC? Oh, wait, I forgot, he's a Senator. He probably has plenty of time!

You know, I have taken up both cooking and scrapbooking, since I can't garden until spring. I may have to pick up another hobby as well, just to keep my mind off all of this stuff.

[mystery-ak]

Are you compiling a pig list...if so add me please.

[mystery-ak]

Add me to the ping list please....It's gonna be awfully hard watching the Senate and House....

[Mo1]

Democrat Reid elected Senate majority leader
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738389/posts

[Txsleuth]

Thanks Mo1....