Today’s Blogmarks
Posted on July 09th, 2009 in Quick Links
- Democratic Leader Laughs at Idea That House Members Would Actually Read Health-Care Bill Before Voting On It
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that the health-care reform bill now pending in Congress would garner very few votes if lawmakers actually had to read the entire bill before voting on it.
Just one more reason we need the Read the Bills Act!
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: Supporting Michelle Obama
The figures are in. As required by Congress since 1995, salaries paid to staffers employed in the West Wing of the White House must be publicly reported. Most of you won’t be pleased to learn that your tax dollars are paying $1,448,500 annually to provide the First Lady, Michelle Obama, with the staff she feels she needs.
Just goes to show you how out of touch the Obama’s really are. Unemployment is rising and Michelle is spending our tax dollars on too many staff who are paid way too much.
- Affordable Housing Debacle – Democrat Failures
The real tragedy of the government’s affordable housing policy is the impact on average Americans, particularly those of modest means. Millions of these borrowers, who were supposed to have been helped by federal affordable housing policy, have now been forced into delinquency and foreclosure. - Too Ugly to Run for President?
Though Sen. Jim DeMint’s new book has some talking about him making a possible presidential run in 2012, the senator told Washington Whispers he’s probably not attractive enough to run.
Well, the Governor of South Carolina isn’t going to run. Even if he isn’t good looking, we should still encourage DeMint to run.
- Will Courts Rein In TSA?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has become increasingly aggressive in expanding its responsibility from simply searching passengers to ensure no weapons or explosives are brought on board commercial aircraft. The agency, housed in the federal Department of Homeland Security, has moved in recent years to assume for itself the role of “behavioral cops,” by training and allowing its employees to spot “suspicious behavior” on the part of passengers and then subjecting those so tagged to additional scrutiny and questioning.
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