Category Archives: Democrat

Why Congress won’t stop hurting you

By doris | Published: October 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com It’s a question worth asking as Democrats and Republicans threaten for the third time this year to shut down the federal government. Americans faced the same prospect during spring budget talks and the summer debt ceiling debate. Now it’s happening over what was expected to be passage of a routine bill [...]

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Disaster aid bill fails in Republican-led House

By doris | Published: September 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — House GOP leaders are regrouping after a surprise loss on a measure to provide $3.7 billion for disaster relief and prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week. Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said Thursday that he would meet with Republican lawmakers this afternoon on Capitol Hill [...]

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Republicans hope to seize Democratic House seat

By doris | Published: September 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time. The contest to replace disgraced Democratic Rep. Anthony [...]

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Obama preparing $300 billion jobs package

By doris | Published: September 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama is preparing to roll out a roughly $300 billion plan to strengthen the shaky economy and stimulate new job growth, Democratic sources said Wednesday. The plan would be paid for partly by closing corporate loopholes and raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans in the future, [...]

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Nanny State? Calif. May Force Parents To Pay Babysitters Workers’ Comp, OT

By doris | Published: September 6, 2011

Full Story at Los Angelescbslocal.com LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The next time you plan a movie night without the kids, you may have to provide more than just pizza for your babysitter. Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are fast-tracking a bill that would require workers’ compensation benefits, meal breaks and paid vacation time for all “domestic [...]

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Congress returns, unpopular as well as divided

By doris | Published: September 5, 2011

Full Story at Congress returns, unpopular as well as divided – politics – Capitol Hill – msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help lead. After a five-week break, Republican and Democratic leaders alike promise action to [...]

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Deficit “super committee” gets to work

By doris | Published: August 28, 2011

Full Story at CBS News With just a few short months to come up with a plan for significant budget savings, the leaders of the congressional deficit “super committee” said in a statement today that they’re busy devising a plan of action. “In our capacity as co-chairmen, we are engaging in serious discussions to determine [...]

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Democratic National Committee raises $6.7 million in July

By doris | Published: August 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee raised $6.7 million in July, hurt by the cancellation of fundraisers headlined by President Barack Obama as he negotiated a debt ceiling deal with Republicans. The party’s fundraising included $2.2 million for the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account by the DNC and Obama’s [...]

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Defense cuts loom large for ‘super committee’

By doris | Published: August 16, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — For the dozen lawmakers tasked with producing a deficit-cutting plan, the threatened “doomsday” defense cuts hit close to home. The six Republicans and six Democrats represent states where the biggest military contractors — Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics Corp., Raytheon Co. and Boeing Co. — build missiles, aircraft, jet fighters [...]

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Democrats fall short in Wisconsin recall elections

By doris | Published: August 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Democrats failed late Tuesday in their effort to gain control of the Wisconsin state senate as Republican incumbents won four of six recall elections. The outcome was a big setback for Democrats, organized labor, and progressive groups who’d sought retribution against six GOP allies of Gov. Scott Walker, who earlier this [...]

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Where are the Democrats’ ideas?

By doris | Published: August 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When Sen. Ted Kennedy died in August 2009, many Democrats wondered who would replace him as the voice of modern liberalism. With a Democratic president who was then fighting for an ambitious health care program, many felt Barack Obama would be that voice. But over the past few months [...]

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House passes Boehner debt ceiling plan

By doris | Published: July 29, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed Speaker John Boehner’s plan to raise the nation’s the debt ceiling and slash government spending, sending the measure to Senate Democrats who have promised to immediately defeat it. Boehner’s proposal was approved by the House in a sharply polarized [...]

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