Senate & House Coverage -- (January 2007)

THOMAS ^ | January 2007

[Mo1]

Thank you, OXENinFLA for putting together the below comments and links!

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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 ,

Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats

And Monthly Calendars for the House 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

[Mo1]

Ros-Lehtinen up again and mentions Maddy's leadership in the Balkins

How Powell was against using force and that Maddy said to him .. what's the point of having a great military if you aren't willing to use it

SLAM!!!

[Bahbah]

Does this mean she is starting to wake up?

I don't know about that in the broader sense, but she is certainly wide awake to what it would do to her program and hence her livelihood.

[Mo1]

Well she best do more to wake up .. I'm tried of her bashing

[Bahbah]

I'd like to send that woman a dozen roses. I have always liked her...now even more so.

[Mo1]

Woosely up now praising Maddy and saying how she is missed more then she knows

Now she's pimping her Bring the Troops home now.. calls the occupation a disaster and thinks the American people are with her

Woosley ask Maddy what authority she thinks the CIC has to going into Iran

Maddy says this a is a good debate to have .. that the CIC has to be very careful when expanding the war and there should be hearing to see if the CIC has the authority

Maddy says that the CIC has not honored our country well or the troops

She feels very strongly about this

Woosley asks if the CIC has to come back and ask Congress for authority

Maddy mentions the public has spoken in the Nov election and sent a message

[onyx]

White stuff is falling from the sky!!!!

[Bahbah]

Woosley asks if the CIC has to come back and ask Congress for authority

Maddy mentions the public has spoken in the Nov election and sent a message

Is it all non-sequitors like that.

Oh, and by the way, a whole lot of people voted Republican. What about what we want, which is victory.

[Mo1]

Maddy says we need to look at a map of Iran and how they have influecnce their neighbors

Ok .. let's look at that map Maddy

Sheila Jackson Lee up saying that we use to live in peace when Maddy and the Clinton Admin was in charge

BARF!

Where has this numbnut been .. did she miss all those bombings???

[Mo1]

jackson lee says it is congress who should define what victory is

[Mo1]

YEA!!!!


That's a good thing, right?

[onyx]

It weird. Some are flakes, but most of it is what we called "hail" in SoCal, only this is softer --- maybe called freezing rain or sleet? Whatever it is, it's not accumulating.

[Mo1]

Elise asked what the difference between the Balkins and Iraq

Maddy said nation building is not easy and doesn't happening in 5 minutes

Also says that we didn't occupy the Bulkins

[Mo1]

Ros-Lehtinen back up to aks a question

wants to know why it was ok to get involved in Bosnia civil war .. but not ok to be involved in Iraq's

SLAM!!

[Mo1]

sounds like sleet

[Txsleuth]

I appreciate your posts...

kaybugs will NOT even let me listen...or read your posts..she is being a brat..

SOOOOOO..I am going to pray that this hearing is replayed tonight...

If not...your posts are wonderful...thank you.

[Mo1]

kaybugs will NOT even let me listen...or read your posts..she is being a brat

I've been there many times and can relate

[Mo1]

Boozman up asking Maddy to explain what would happen to our allies if we pulled out of Iraq and the terrorists take control of that area

Maddy goes back to her we have to talk and debate the issue and figure out how to fix the mess

Boozman asks the question again .. because Maddy dodges the question

[Mo1]

Boozman admits to ask the question and again and starts to mention failure

Maddy chimes in and says she doesn't know how you define failure

[Mo1]

grrrr

Boozman admits = Boozman attempts

YEA .. it's over .. I don't think I could stomach any more of this

[Bahbah]

I LOVE Ros-Lehtinen.