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In Case You Missed It: From Voices from Heartland Blog: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2nd Amendment in Oklahoma Governor's Race -- Cong Fallin versus Lt Gov Askins As many voters around the Country understand, Oklahoma is a very pro-2nd amendment state. ... ... With that in mind, imagine the shock to learn this morning that Jari Askins, the Democrat nominee for Governor, is against concealed carry and believes we need to "change our values?" As a member of the OK House, Jari Askins was one of only 5 representatives to vote against a concealed-carry gun rights bills. According to the...

Posted April 1st, 2010 by Javier Manjarres The Shark Tank has just received word from a very reliable source that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio will receive an endorsement from one of the most prominent names in politics, and that it will be announced on Monday April 5th. The Rubio for Senate campaign will hold a press conference to make the formal announcement at: The Renaissance Ballrooms located at 2340 SW 32 Avenue in Coral Gables, Florida at 10:30 AM. All are invited to attend. As for who the mystery endorser is, ‘mum’ is the word for now. The editors...

by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor March 26, 2010 Tallahassee, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The first debate in the highly-publicized and contentious Florida Republican Senate primary is coming this weekend. As both candidates prepare to face off on Fox News on Sunday, the campaign of Marco Rubio is unveiling new footage of Charlie Crist showing him taking a pro-abortion position. Although Crist claims a pro-life position today -- saying he's “strongly pro-family and pro-life and has made these issues a priority throughout his career of public service.” Yet, he's upset pro-life advocates with weak abortion positions and supporting embryonic stem cell research....

Chris Casteel WASHINGTON — All five of Oklahoma’s U.S. House members voted against the health care bill. 03/22/2010 WASHINGTON — Ending a tense week of vote-counting, protests outside the Capitol and last-minute negotiations on abortion, House Democrats on Sunday... →Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore: "This deeply flawed legislation raises taxes, expands government control and kills job creation, but it fails to cut health care costs or meaningfully reform the insurance system. ... This $1.2 trillion monstrosity increases taxes by $569 billion and cuts Medicare by $523 billion.” →Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City: "I am not done fighting to protect Oklahoma’s families...

At the 13:34 mark, Dr Coburn dropped the bombshell that this will go straight to Court if the Democrats try reconciliation without it first being passed into law. All four are former House Members. You Tube Press Conference of Thune, Coburn, DeMint and Wicker on House Healthcare Scheming

David Gibson Posted: 03/13/10 The head of the national association of Catholic hospitals, which holds great sway in the health care debate, threw her support Saturday behind the contested Senate reform bill in a move that could give a major boost to the legislation's prospects. But the endorsement of Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, could also put the nun and her organization at odds with the Catholic hierarchy, which continues to oppose the bill due to its provision on abortion coverage. As Politics Daily has reported, the Senate bill does not appear to allow for abortion...

by Michael C. Bender | February 27th, 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, told The Palm Beach Post editorial board on Friday that, unlike many Republicans in Washington, he didn’t think President Obama should scrap his health care reform proposal: “There may be parts of it that you don’t have to scrap. There are three parts of it that I would like to see scrapped: It would raise taxes significantly, it would raise rates significantly and it would take half-a-trillion dollars out of Medicare. “I think the real issue here, as it relates to health care, is...

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Contact: Matt Dempsey Matt_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-9797 David Lungren David_Lungren@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-5642 SENATE EPW MINORITY RELEASESREPORT ON CRU CONTROVERSYShows Scientists Violated Ethics, Reveals Major Disagreements on Climate Science WATCH: Inhofe Releases Climategate Report During EPW HearingLink to Press ReleaseLink to EPW Minority Report on CRU ControversyLink to a Sampling of CRU EmailsLink: IPCC Gets the Science WrongLink: Endangerment Finding Based on Flawed Science Washington, D.C.-The Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works released a report today titled, "‘Consensus' Exposed: The CRU Controversy." The report covers the controversy surrounding emails and documents released from...

February 22, 2010 President Obama’s “new” health care proposal would still levy a new “abortion premium” fee and use government funds to subsidize elective abortion. Just like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) 2,074-page health care “manager’s amendment,” that passed the Senate in December, and just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), the President’s “new” proposal levies an abortion premium and does not fix the problem of government funds being used to subsidize elective abortions. Under the President’s proposal - released this morning at 10am and modeled after Senator Reid’s plan that passed...

A winter storm bludgeoning Oklahoma today has been responsible for at least three deaths so far, and Gov. Brad Henry declared a state of emergency, officials said. Christmas Eve in OKC All interstates closed in Oklahoma City; H.E. Bailey... 12/24/2009 EL RENO — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed eastbound Interstate 40 at U.S. 81 in El Reno because of several weather-related wrecks. Troopers closed... One person died in a weather-related crash on Interstate 44 near Geronimo, Comanche County officials said. At least two people died in a weather-related crash on State Highway 51 near Sand Springs, Assistant Police Chief Mike...

Press Release Email from Senator Inhofe (R-OK) Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Contact: Matt Dempsey matt_dempsey@epw.senate.gov 202-224-9797 Inhofe Begins Hadley Center "Climategate" InvestigationWarns Participants to Retain Documents Link to Press Release Washington, D.C.-Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today sent letters to several scientists, some of whom allegedly manipulated data to prove the scientific "consensus" of global warming, as well as to the inspectors general of several federal agencies, notifying them to retain documents related to the release of emails from the Hadley Center's Climate Research Unit. "The stakes in this...

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., explains why he voted against the health care bill By Nanette Light Senators will choke on a government-run health care plan, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., predicts. And that's about has far as his optimism reaches. He's anything but hopeful the health care bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 7, will survive its route through the Senate. "It'll be interesting to see what the Senate comes up with, where the rules of the game are different," Cole said in a telephone interview Friday, when he revealed the basis behind his "no" vote during a...

The Blue Dog Democrats have 53 members who are deamed to be considered Fiscal Conservatives, but the analysis of their three votes on the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Healthcare tell a different story for the vast majority. There are two members of the Black Caucus who are Blue Dogs: Rep Sanford Bishop (GS-02) and Rep David Scott (GA-13) both of who voted for all three bills. With so many people on here attacking Republicans for not doing more, decided to look into the numbers. Since the loss of a Republican seat on Tuesday to a Dem in NY-23, the...

"...liberal Democrats are choosing to ignore the clear voice of the American people in bringing forth this freight train of runaway spending, bloated bureaucracy, mandates and higher taxes." Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, gave the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives shortly before the vote on the Democrat health care bill: "After months of overwhelming public opposition to a government takeover of health care, liberal Democrats are choosing to ignore the clear voice of the American people in bringing forth this freight train of runaway spending,...

By American-statesman staff Thursday, November 5, 2009, 08:41 PM Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings, has not been killed and is in stable condition at a hospital, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a press conference at Fort Hood. He is in custody at an undisclosed hospital, Cone said. Col. Ben Danner said that the gunman was shot four times. He said he didn’t know where the man was hit, nor whether all four shots were fired by the same officer. Cone had earlier said that Hasan was killed in the incident. Three soldiers taken...

For Immediate Release November 4, 2009 Health Care Reform Bills will Hurt Oklahoma’s Seniors and Families by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. Over the past few months I've visited with thousands of Oklahomans who are concerned about how the health care reform bills moving through Congress will affect their lives and their families' lives. Politicians in Washington have talked a good game about pursuing common reform goals, such as reducing costs and improving access and quality. Unfortunately, the plan backed by congressional leaders not only falls far short of the goals of reform, but will place new burdens on families,...

Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile) Thursday, October 29th at 8:53PM EDT I am told reliably, but have not yet confirmed, that Governor George Pataki endorsed Doug Hoffman tonight at a Conservative Party event. As Matt Drudge would say: Developing . . . If this is so, this is huge. Pataki routinely won NY-23 by huge margins. He remains quite popular up there. UPDATE: IT IS CONFIRMED. Gov. George Pataki has endorsed Doug Hoffman for the United States Congress. Pataki’s statement: Statement from Governor George E. Pataki As someone personally engaged in the way of life in the Adirondacks and Northern...

Pence: "Defense Bill A Vehicle for Liberal Social Policies Wholly Unrelated to Our Country's National Security" Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following statement today on the House floor to oppose the Democrats' attachment of the hate crimes bill to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010: "Throughout my nearly nine years in Congress, I have been downrange with our troops every year in Afghanistan and Iraq. I have also supported every defense authorization bill that has come before this body. And so I rise with a heavy heart...

October 05, 2009 Categories: Florida Rove donated to Rubio NBC News’ Chuck Todd has the scoop that Karl Rove is supporting Marco Rubio, the conservative challenger to Gov. Charlie Crist, in the Republican primary for the Senate in Florida – at least with his money. Rove donated $1,000 to Rubio's campaign -- a sign of support for the underdog as he goes up against the governor, who holds a significant fundraising advantage. NBC's First Read also concludes that the donation as a sign of where former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's true loyalties lie: Many believe this is Jeb's way of...

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