Look at Claire go!!!!! Why the hell isnt't she the senate leader! Wow, Rec list. Thanks guys!
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How in the hell are repugs complaining about earmarks when every single one of them have earmarks in the bill? They are a joke!
Upadte- Reid stepping up below the bump.......
I am fucking sick and tired of Menedez and his bull on Cuba. You dont hold up nominess for that!
Explain to me how the repugs get to complain about earmarks, while they own 40% of the earmarks in the bill? Can we not strip their earmarks out and pass the bill with only Dem earmarks if they dont vote for it? Please forgive my ignorance. Much more after the bump........
Update #2
Get this, Reid is going after...........Democrats?
Senate Democrats are debating whether Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) should be punished for opposing a $410 billion omnibus.
Some Senate Democrats, including members of the Appropriations Committee, are angry that Feingold and Bayh have panned the massive spending bill after legislative priorities important to both lawmakers were included in the package.
One Democratic senator familiar with the discussions said his colleagues are irked that they "bent over backwards" to include provisions important to Feingold and Bayh, only to have both lawmakers slam the omnibus.
The question of whether the two senators, both of whom are up for reelection in 2010, deserve to be punished is important because it could determine future policy within the Democratic Conference.
One Democrat said several senators want Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to make clear to members of his conference that if they ask for favors in legislation, they will then be expected to support the bill.
Reid, for his part, seems none too pleased with Bayh.
When asked about Bayh’s critique, Reid grumbled: "I have 58 members of the caucus — I don’t run the caucus for Evan Bayh."
What kind of Dick is this guy?
Shouldn't repugs be required to pay a price for complaining about spending and earmarks while they put a bunch of spending and earmarks in the bill?
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Question: Hey, who are repugs to talk about earmarks when you have $70,000,000 earmarks for your state.
Answer: Mine are different. They are for a red state!
Is Harry Reid sabotaging? or is he a p#$$y? because it has to be one or the other at this point. Why is the senate so slow in confirming Obama's cabinet members and fucking up votes? The dems distracted the MSM with Rush stuff, Reid was spose to pass the spending bill. Now, he will put the bill off until next Tues:
Behind the scenes, Reid appeared to struggle also with one in his own leadership, Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), who was upset with Cuba-related provisions in the bill. Efforts were under way to try to win back the New Jersey Democrat with a letter from Treasury addressing his concerns, but these appear to have been unsuccessful.
The about face is an embarrassment for Democrats and leaves President Barack Obama exposed to another weekend of Republican calls on television news shows, demanding that he veto the $409.6 billion package filled with thousands of parochial spending projects
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Do-Over for Dems
Because repugs had nothing to do with this bill, right?
I remember watching CSPAN and Leahy stood up on a thurs and asked Reid for the vote to confirm holder. Instead Reid insisted on the following Mon. evening.
You can say what you want, but something fucked is going on behind the scenes. Think about all of the folk who were supposed to be confirmed pre- Jan 20th who were not. You had Clinton, with misterious backers of her husbands library passing, and then you have people having to drop out for $200 in taxes? Are the dems trying to get power from Obama? he was never the establishment's guy, remember? Now, reports are coming out that 2 people were sick of the process:
Annette Nazareth, who was expected to be tapped as Deputy Treasury Secretary, has taken her name out of the running for the job, these people said.
In addition, Mr. Geithner's pick for undersecretary for international affairs, Caroline Atkinson, has also withdrawn her name from consideration.
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President Barack Obama’s economic advisers are increasingly concerned about the U.S. Senate’s delay in confirming the nominations of Austan Goolsbee and Cecilia Rouse to the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Without Senate confirmation, the two economists are barred from advising the president as the administration tackles the worst financial crisis in 70 years and tries to advance the spending plan Obama submitted to Congress last week.
"It’s frustrating," said Christina Romer, who heads the three-member CEA. "These are hard economic times and we desperately want to get them through the Senate and definitely on the job."
"They are both superb economists," she said. "I can’t imagine what the holdup is."
Goolsbee and Rouse appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Jan. 15 and were slated for a full Senate confirmation on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, according to a senior administration official. Instead, they were approved by the panel Feb. 10.
Dongress holding up progress
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has placed a "hold" that blocks votes on confirming Harvard University physicist John Holdren, who is in line to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Oregon State University marine biologist Jane Lubchenco, Obama's nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to sources who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the matter, Menendez is using the holds as leverage to get Senate leaders' attention for a matter related to Cuba rather than questioning the nominees' credentials
I cant be the only one hungry as shit for 2010. I am gonna work soooo hard to get some of these folk out. I hope my wife doesn't mind!
Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ)
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(202) 224-4744
Web Form: menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Nelson, Ben - (D - NE)
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(202) 224-6551
Web Form: bennelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
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(202) 224-3542
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Gillibrand, Kirsten - (D - NY)
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(202) 224-4451
Bayh, Evan - (D - IN)
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(202) 224-5623
Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/WebMail1.htm
They are going after Obama's nominees:
Dem questions Obama appointee
The appointment of Chas Freeman to chair the National Intelligence drew not-unpredictable fire from the pro-Israel right, as Freeman favors a harder line on Israel and has raised money from the Saudis.
But a House Democrat, Las Vegas's Shelley Berkley, broke ranks today to question the appointment as well, joining GOP leaders Eric Cantor and John Boehner and other Republicans in a letter to the inspector general for the Director of National Intelligence:
"We ask you to fully investigate Amb. Freeman’s past and current relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – both personal financial disclosures and the list of all contributors to the Middle East Policy Council across all years that Amb. Freeman drew a salary from the foundation – and report back to Congress on any potential conflicts of interest," the letter says.
Questions for Obama
Seems as if my party has asked more questions of Obama in a month than they asked Bush in 8 years.
Hate to be sexist, but why are Dem. women so superior to the dem men, yet do not have more power?