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Archive for September, 2009

Reid cancels week-long break for Senate(Comments Off)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has canceled the traditional week-long Columbus Day break to keep working on health care. The Nevada Democrat told his colleagues Wednesday that it would be improper for them to take the break when there is…


Obama ‘Assassination Poll’ Proves Facebook is Asleep at the Wheel(Comments Off)

Facebook loves to add applications to their website, and millions of users jump right into every one offered. But Facebook also has a disclaimer onsite stating they are not responsible for these applications.

Senate votes to ban ACORN funding — again(Comments Off)

Congress continues to pass legislation to make sure no government funding makes its way to ACORN, the liberal community organizing group whose workers were found in videos to be helping people circumvent tax laws. Today, an amendment by Sen. Mike…


GOP governors fight back on health care mandates(Comments Off)

As they did with the stimulus bill, Republican governors are organizing a letter writing campaign to their congressmen to fight the current health care legislation in front of the Senate Finance Committee, The Hill reports. The letter focuses in large…


Poll: Hope and anger for health care(Comments Off)

A new poll released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests support may be growing for changing the nation’s health care system after a brutal summer for the legislation. Fifty-seven percent of Americans say tackling health care changes is “more…



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