Posted on 04/09/2007 7:03:04 AM PDT by 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 we will 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 us know.
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.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)
Harry Reid said yesterday that he would NOT meet with Pres. Bush...who issued an invitation to meet with him next Tuesday at the White House...Pelosi also declined because Bush said he wouldn’t compromise on a timetable for withdrawal..
During today’s WH press briefing..Dana said that Reid’s office did ACCEPT the invitation.
Well...the two leaders got together this afternoon and sent a letter to the WH asking for Pres. Bush to INSTEAD, COME TO THEM on Capitol Hill on Friday!!
During a presser Harry Reid was asked about why they sent that letter, since his office had accepted the invitation.
Reid paused and acted like he couldn’t come up with an answer or was going to cry....and then said that the reason Bush should come to THEM is because...
“the President is isolated...he is isolated from even the Republicans....he is MORE isolated than any POTUS in history, even Richard NIXON, when he was holed up in the White House”....
LOW BLOW!!!!
Pretty desparate if Reid had to pull out Nixon’s name
Loser
Oh FGS, I hope he doesn’t go. OMG, I absolutely hate democrats.
Oh FGS, I hope he doesn’t go. OMG, I absolutely hate democrats.
Reid and Pelosi are beginning to look more and more ridiculous, petty, mean and power hungry.
So, what do you all think of the stem cell vote??
Also...what do you think Bush will do, regarding that meeting??
I hope POTUS doesn’t go. I think I’ll send an e-mail and call tomorrow.
What was the stem cell vote?
More like an idiotic blow; this comment will blow right back to Harry. There is no denying the fact that Pelosi wants to meet with dictotors Assad and Ahmadinajad and refuses to meet with the President. Even the old media won’t get away with covering this in favor of Reid and Pelosi.
The GOOD bill was 70-28
Harry Reids was 64-33, I think.
The President will veto the Bill
And he will not go to them for a meeting ... HE is the President of the US .. not them
Pelosi and Reid are acting like spoiled 5 yr. old brats
Yes...I agree with both.
He got a majority...a bigger majority on the bill he said he would sign.
As far as the meeting....he better NOT go.
BTW...Obama was ridiculing McCain today for his speech about Iraq...saying McCain doesn’t have the wisdom...
But, Obama MAY be the one that got IMUS fired...
what did Obama do?
I haven’t really paid attention to the news today
Obama just hurt himself
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmFlNjdhODE3MDhhM2E3OWMxN2Q0NjdhNThiMTM3Y2U=
I accidently listened to Savage for about 5 minutes awhile ago...and I heard him go OFF in President Bush for “abdicating his job”..and how Bush doesn’t care about how the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is going...
I was shocked..then he said something about how he read in National Review that the WaPo had said that Bush was looking for a war czar (that was what they asked at the WH briefing today), so that he wouldn’t have to do his job anymore!!!
I was hot..and went to find the column...here it is. I didn’t read the actual WaPo article...just this.
BUT, BUT...how many ways can the MSM and idiots like Savage pick apart this President??
Sorry....I have been reading the Imus thread and dang...this country is about as TENSE as I can remember.
I just get the feeling it is about to BLOW!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/11/AR2007041101633.html?hpid=topnews
Okay...check out the latest Biden bombast!
Thune is up talking about the Supplemental.
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