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The "Drill Now" issue advantage will become moot if Pelosi allows a vote before the election. This is now obviously in the Dems gameplan. Getting ANWR into the bill will accomplish one of two results. Either, we get ANWR approved, or backlash will get more Republicans elected.

At a press conference given by some House Republicans a short time ago, we were reminded (and I had totally forgotten about it) that it has been 5 weeks since Speaker Nancy Pelosi gaveled the House of Representatives to a close for their summer vacation without giving Republicans an "up or down vote" on their energy bill. Republican Congresspeople have been taking turns going back to Washington to demand Pelosi reconvene and allow a vote for the sake of the American people. Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio reiterated that their bill will provide Americans a more diverse supply of...

In July, federal authorities indicted Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on corruption charges on the grounds that Alaska's Prince of Earmarks concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars of gifts and improvements to his Alaska home provided by a powerful oil services company. Also this summer, amid the mortgage meltdown, newspapers reported that a number of senators -- including Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Kent Conrad, D-N.D.; and Barack Obama, D.-Ill. -- were the beneficiaries of sweetheart home loans. In June, the Senate Ethics Committee began an initial look into Dodd's and Conrad's discounted Countrywide Financial VIP loans, as is...

WHY DOESN'T THE REID-PELOSI CONGRESS RECEIVE ANY ECONOMIC BLAME? The Obama campaign seems to be taking a cue from the '92 Clinton playboo-"It's the economy ,stupid". However the recent slowdown didn't begin untim the democrats took power and the price of oil rose. McCain-Palin should run against the congress that won't drill and is happy to send 700 billion a year to Bin Laden Land . What Gives?

House Democrats to yield on offshore drilling By Jared Allen Posted: 09/06/08 11:18 AM [ET] House Democrats are ready to propose an expansion of offshore drilling as part of a broader energy bill they plan to introduce this month, according to a top Democrat. Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman John Larson (Conn.) said the majority is prepared to back “responsible” offshore drilling through a bill that could be brought to the floor as early as next week. But the Democratic energy bill will also include past provisions pushed by the party – but that failed to pass the House with the...

Representative Charles B. Rangel paid no interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic, according to Mr. Rangel’s lawyer and records from the resort. The loan was given to him by the resort development company, in which Theodore Kheel, a prominent New York labor lawyer, was a principal investor. Mr. Kheel, who has given tens of thousands of dollars to Mr. Rangel’s campaigns over the past decade, had encouraged the congressman to be one of the initial investors in the project. The loan, which...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretarySeptember 6, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       In Focus: Energy      In Focus: Hurricane PreparednessTHE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Throughout the past week, Americans anxiously watched weather conditions in the Gulf Coast region. The people of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas were well prepared for Hurricane Gustav -- and the coordination between these States and the Federal government was strong. Now, we're focusing on the relief effort. Gustav caused damage to infrastructure, forced tens of thousands into shelters, and left more than a million people without power. The Federal government is...

While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree.

The Left has watched uneasily as power drains away daily from the CBS Newses and the Time magazines of the liberal mainstream media and flows toward a more politically pluralistic array of new media alternatives that range from (mostly) conservative talk radio to (Fox-dominated) cable news to the ceaselessly expanding (thoroughly bi-partisan) Internet. And make no mistake: liberals want to snuff out this exciting, democratic world of analysis and debate and return to the good old days, when you got up in the morning with The New York Times and had dinner with Dan Rather—and basically kept quiet while your...

What does Washington have against Texas women? Every election year, Washingtonian magazine surveys about 1,700 Capitol Hill staffers regarding members of Congress, asking them to pick gold, silver and bronze medalists in competitions ranging from "Least Likely to Star in a Scandal" and "Member I'd Like to See as President in 2012," to "Most Clueless" and "Most Likely to Star in a Scandal." The theory is based on the ancient notion that nobody knows a man like his butler, and that butlers talk to each other. Finally first: Jackson Lee This year our own Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – House Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, failed to report $75,000 of income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his attorney said on Friday. The Democratic congressman, who has represented New York City's Harlem district for 38 years, plans to file an amendment to his previous tax returns and likely has no federal tax liability on the investment, lawyer Lanny Davis said. Rangel probably owes nothing to the federal government because of depreciation and foreign tax credit, but he may owe a few thousand dollars to the state...

Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 09/05/2008 Pelosi: ‘With Unemployment Rate at Five-Year High, We Must Take Immediate Action to Strengthen Our Economy’ Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released its employment report for August showing a loss of another 84,000 American jobs, and an unemployment rate that climbed to 6.1 percent – the highest since September 2003. The economy has lost jobs for eight straight months, with a total of 605,000 American jobs lost this year: “The economic policies of President Bush and the Republicans...

Representative Charles B. Rangel has earned more than $75,000 in rental income from a villa he has owned in the Dominican Republic since 1988, but never reported it on his federal or state tax returns, according to a lawyer for the congressman and documents from the resort.

WASHINGTON // The Hillary Clinton diehards are still at it. Even with the presidency and vice presidency out of reach and despite Mrs Clinton’s full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention, a contingent of her most passionate loyalists are still pushing for her to be elected – this time as Senate majority leader.

 THANK YOU REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN!JOB WELL DONE!WE, THE AMERICAN, PEOPLE THANK YOU!FIVE FULL WEEKS! STORM DC with your CALLS FOLKS!Hit the Dems- THIS IS JOB ONE!-- GET TO IT SLACKERS!THANK OUR GOP HOUSE FOLKS FOR STAYING AND FIGHTING THE FIGHT!For Anyone Who has Not Met Congressman Broun from GAYOU WILL LOVE HIM!! Click HERE and Learn About HisFOUR WAY TEST! Please continue prayers for Jim Robinson and TrueblackmanPalin Video on Drilling!Randy Evans LIVE from RNC talks Palin and Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!!Randy wants to get you the answers! Freepmail me if you would like Randy to talk to anyone as...

Announcing Our “Congressional Scorecard” Posted by max cardozo at 9/2/2008 11:19 PM Visit our News page Announcing Our “Congressional Scorecard” Find Out How Your Members of Congress Have Voted By Brigitte Gabriel Dear Max Cardozo You may recall that earlier this year we informed you of our plan to research congressional voting records and post a “Congressional Scorecard” on our website. We have all experienced the frustration with elected officials who have “sold out” to the lobbyists and foreign interests. And far too many of our elected officials talk out of both sides of their mouth. They say something in...

High energy prices have become a bitterly contested political issue. Republicans are bashing Democrats for standing in the way of drilling for more oil and gas at home, while Democrats retort that their rivals are misleading the American public by saying that such drilling would significantly lower prices. Yet amid the partisan bomb-throwing over America's future energy policy, Washington is actually making a rare effort to forge a compromise. Over the summer a group of five GOP and five Democratic senators, dubbed the Gang of 10, hammered out a comprehensive energy proposal. And now, after taking withering heat from both...

At the Democratic National Convention last week, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., complained the American dream has been derailed by "a tax system that rewards the rich and few." He forgot how the tax code also is ignored from time to time by the rich and few. Like Charlie Rangel. In addition to the four rent-subsidized apartments he owns in New York City, he has a three-bedroom Caribbean villa at the Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic. His is one of the resort's most popular rentals and is "booked solid" from Dec. 15 to April 15 every year, resort officials...

For all the political intrigue surrounding his speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, eight years after he accepted the Democratic vice-presidential nomination by excoriating the GOP for all manner of imagined evils, Sen. Joseph Lieberman addressed the convention not to advance bipartisanship or to put "country first," but to rescue his floundering political career. Knowing him as we do made his address difficult to watch because we knew nothing was as it appeared. Contrary to the ravings of the far left, Sen. Lieberman is a reflexive Northeast liberal Democrat and always will be. From his earliest days as...

HARTFORD — Political observers in Connecticut say U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman sealed his political fate but aren't sure what destiny awaits the self-styled independent Democrat. There is a sense in his home state that Lieberman either winds up in the White House cabinet or marginalized in the Senate for the next four years. "I think his political future entirely rests on the outcome of the presidential election," said Ken Dautrich, a professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut. Lieberman endorsed Republican John McCain and assailed Democrat Barack Obama in a televised speech Tuesday to the Republican National Convention....

Be sure to READ THIS!!Please continue prayers for Jim Robinson and TrueblackmanPalin Video on Drilling!Randy Evans LIVE from RNC talks Palin and Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!!Randy wants to get you the answers! Freepmail me if you would like Randy to talk to anyone as the Conventionfor information or any quesitons you may have. He will be joining us LIVE all week.Poll: 74% Support Drilling CONGRESSMAN MIKE PENCE Joins Bill Collier of DontGo on BTR!Today, Tuesday, August 26th at 4:30 pm EDT!DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!  Brokaw, Pelosi and Pickens"Media" Tries to Downplay Pelosi's Abuse of PowerBut the REAL Media Says "NOT...

Pelosi Statement on Comprehensive Energy Plan of New Direction CongressTue Sep 2, 5:43 PM ET **SNIP** WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to President Bush's comments today on energy: "For too long, the President's and Republicans' 'drill only' energy policies have reflected the demands of Big Oil. "The New Direction Congress is crafting a comprehensive energy strategy that will provide relief for consumers, end our dependence on foreign oil, create millions of jobs and grow our economy. The Democratic plan will promote efficiency and invest in renewable sources of energy, responsibly increase...

Make certain you vote on Nov 4, BUT...DON’T REELECT ANYONE in Congress! Congress is dominated by frauds who only want a cushy job with no boss or accountability. At the heart of this problem, is the growth of a class of career politicians, whose only purpose is to be reelected forever, not to govern well. We, the voters, have it within our power to easily destroy these career politicians, and to never let them rise again. All we have to do is ALWAYS VOTE, BUT REELECT NOBODY! Wow! That’s a pretty drastic idea! Soon we would wind up with only...

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - While pundits roundly panned Sen. Joe Lieberman's (I-CT) convention speech on Tuesday as ineffective, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) seems to think it had sharp enough barbs to merit a statement. Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2000, repeatedly impugned Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) message of change and post-partisanship during an address that keynoted the GOP's first full day of convention activities. "Both presidential candidates this year talk about changing the culture of Washington," Lieberman said. "But only one of them has actually done it. Only one leader has shown the courage and the...

AMY GOODMAN: When Obama selected Joe Biden to be his running mate, Nader dubbed Biden the “MasterCard Senator” because of his close ties to the credit card industry. Biden was a key architect of the 2005 bankruptcy law which made it harder for consumers to file for bankruptcy protection. Nader has also criticized Biden for helping to create the modern drug war by pushing the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act.RALPH NADER: .....what we call him is “Senator Plastic,” because he is the champion of the credit card industry. MBNA is in Delaware. It’s a huge credit card company. It’s given more...

No one begrudges Rep. Charles Rangel a lucrative beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic - as long as he's upfront about it.....what the law requires. But fresh from the disclosure that he was enjoying four rent-stabilized apartments in a Harlem luxury building - one unit was his campaign office - it now appears that Rangel has been less than forthcoming about his vacation hideaway.......financial-disclosure forms over the past 20 years tell a confusing tale about the three-bedroom villa......inconsistencies about what he owns and what it's worth......the most glaring inconsistency concerns income Rangel gets from the property, which is rented when...

Be sure to READ THIS!!Please continue prayers for Jim Robinson and TrueblackmanRandy Evans LIVE from RNC talks Palin and Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!!Randy wants to get you the answers! Freepmail me if you would like Randy to talk to anyone as the Conventionfor information or any quesitons you may have. He will be joining us LIVE all week.Poll: 74% Support Drilling CONGRESSMAN MIKE PENCE Joins Bill Collier of DontGo on BTR!Today, Tuesday, August 26th at 4:30 pm EDT!DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!  Brokaw, Pelosi and Pickens"Media" Tries to Downplay Pelosi's Abuse of PowerBut the REAL Media Says "NOT SO FAST!"  DON'T STOP...

Sentencing postponed for Congressman Bill Jefferson's sister by The Associated Press Wednesday August 27, 2008, 8:38 AM **SNIP** Brenda Jefferson, the youngest sister of Bill Jefferson, pleaded guilty in June to helping three of her relatives conceal an alleged scheme to pocket more than $600,000 in state and federal grant money. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon agreed to reschedule Brenda Jefferson's sentencing from September 24 to February 11. She pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony. Prosecutors said they need more time to evaluate her cooperation in the case against her sister, New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson;...

OREGON CD-1: Businessman Joel Haugen announced Tuesday he was withdrawing as the GOP nominee but would remain in the race against Congressman David Wu (D) as the nominee of the Independent Party. Although a registered Republican, Haugen had been running with dual ballot spots. Haugen came under fire in recent days when he announced his support for Barack Obama. The deadline for GOP to replace a nominee has passed, so they will not be able to field any candidate against Wu on the November ballot.

Congress: If anyone still thinks Democrats can provide leadership on the No. 1 issue of the day — energy — then Harry Reid's remarks to their party's convention last week should dispel the notion for good.Last month's invasion by Russia of neighboring Georgia showed the utter bankruptcy of the Democrats' energy policies. With its attack, Russia seized control of the main non-Russian pipeline from the energy-rich Caspian to Europe, giving it a stranglehold over nearly a third of Europe's energy supplies. So what do the Democrats have to do with this? Plenty. By refusing to let companies drill for energy...

My son, who is in Army National Gaurd, was behind a Marine in traffic and came back to report this bumper sticker to me. "I'd rather have 400 Iraqi insurgents in front of me than a democrat congress behind me."

With the natural disasters of Hurricane Gustav and the expectations of Hurricane Hanna and possible a third hurricane, perhaps we should take time to recall a tragic disaster which this Democratic Controlled Congress has still failed to address. From April to the first weeks of June Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Indiana and states throughout the Midwest suffered through some of the worst flooding in 100 years. Iowa, in particular was especially hard hit with nearly 1/5th of the States' land being underwater in early June. Yet, despite the media attention of early June and promises of quick relief by both...

Summary: The debate over energy and environmental policy has taken a surprising turn. With gasoline hovering around $4 a gallon, environmental groups are on the defensive. Americans want lower gas prices but environmentalists want to use high fuel prices to force dramatic changes on society. Many greens continue to oppose all new energy production, but the major environmental groups have a new strategy. They think their allies in Congress can convince the public that more oil won’t lower gas prices. ... Today’s green activists take their cues from professional pessimists like Paul Ehrlich. He’s the Stanford University professor who famously...

Be sure to READ THIS!!Please continue prayers for TrueblackmanPoll: 74% Support Drilling CONGRESSMAN MIKE PENCE Joins Bill Collier of DontGo on BTR!Today, Tuesday, August 26th at 4:30 pm EDT!DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!  Brokaw, Pelosi and Pickens"Media" Tries to Downplay Pelosi's Abuse of PowerBut the REAL Media Says "NOT SO FAST!"  DON'T STOP FOLKS!!JUST SAY NO TO GANGS!!Congressman John R Carter of Texas says Gang of 10 a "Bad Deal"Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed a total lack of our "Establishment Media/Misinformation Socialist Monarchy" reporting on the price of gas and food for the past 2 weeks?New FTC Rule Could Apply...

As the Democrats held caucuses on energy policy behind closed doors at their Denver convention last week, House Republicans continued their energy revolt, putting forth solutions to America’s energy crisis to a steady stream of vacationers seated in their colleagues' seats in the House chamber. GOP members continued their invitation to their Democrat colleagues to join the discussion and have an up-or-down vote on an all-of-the-above energy strategy. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, was none too thrilled with what he believes will be constructed by Democrats behind closed doors to then be dumped on Congress without...

WASHINGTON -- If John McCain becomes president, he will be confronted by a Congress with significantly larger Democratic majorities than today's -- majorities furious about high hopes dashed by an eighth Republican victory in 11 presidential elections. And if the normal pattern of off-year elections obtains in 2010, those majorities will expand. So McCain would have to deal with a hostile legislature for four years, as Arnold Schwarzenegger has done for almost five years. For that reason, and because these two self-styled post-partisan, reach-across-the-aisle mavericks admire one another -- McCain has given Schwarzenegger a starring role Monday at the Republican...

TOKYO (AFP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set this week to be the highest-ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, which bitterly divides opinion six decades later. No sitting US president or vice president has ever paid respects to the dead of the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, a sore point for many survivors in Japan. Pelosi will travel to Hiroshima for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidency, is a member of Barack...

With another hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the so-called “bridge to nowhere,” championed by Alaska’s Congressional delegation on behalf of the people of Ketchikan, just won’t go away. Three years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the plan to spend hundreds of millions to connect Ketchikan with its airport on Gravina Island became a national symbol of Congressional excess, much to the dismay of Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young. Sen. John McCain has made it a habit to ridicule the bridge project during his presidential campaign. McCain has promised to veto any bill sent to...

"I am very disappointed," says US Senator Jon Kyl. Kyl is upset because money he wriggled out of the federal government four years ago to pay hospitals for illegal immigrant care has dried up. "I'm not at all happy. There's nothing I can do," he says. Kyl was able to get Congress to appropriate a billion dollars over four years to pay hospitals all along the US Mexican border from California to Texas. It was part of the Medicare reform bill. It's called 1011 money. "My hope was we could just keep extending it until we got some comprehensive immigration...

For 20 years, Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has owned a beachfront villa in a sun-drenched Dominican Republic resort, yet has only sporadically declared income on the property in federal filings. Rangel Beach Villa Photo Gallery While the villa was rented to paying guests for the past two years, for instance, Rangel reported no income from it in 2006 and 2007, The Post has learned. As a congressman, failure to fully list all income and investments can result in civil penalties or criminal charges. The powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman, a Democrat, owns "casita" No. 412 on the Caribbean Sea...

It's bad enough that American taxpayers have to bail out the privately owned, tax-exempt Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac. But it's truly outrageous that tax dollars will also go to groups involved in voter fraud and illegal immigration. The small print in the $42 billion bailout passed by Congress and signed by Bush requires those two government-sponsored mortgage giants to deposit 4.2 percent of all new mortgages they underwrite into the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Here's the catch. The Trust Fund - the largest expansion of federal housing assistance since LBJ's Great Society - is required to make grants...

What Senator Obama and almost everyone else have been overlooking is that the president doesn't have the authority to pass laws regarding the economy or anything else, for that matter. It is the responsibility of the Congress to propose and adopt such laws. It is the responsibility of the president only to approve or veto any congressional legislation.

 For 20 years, Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has owned a beachfront villa in a sun-drenched Dominican Republic resort, yet has only sporadically declared income on the property in federal filings. While the villa was rented to paying guests for the past two years, for instance, Rangel reported no income from it in 2006 and 2007, The Post has learned. As a congressman, failure to fully list all income and investments can result in civil penalties or criminal charges. The powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman, a Democrat, owns "casita" No. 412 on the Caribbean Sea at the Punta Cana...

Powerful Ways And Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel has questionable filings on rental income on a vacation home he owns in the Dominican Republic. Charlie is silent on these earnings which he says don’t exist contrary to other claims.

A response to: Archbishop Wuerl on the Church and Abortion Because of Mrs. Pelosi's scandalous comments last Sunday and [then] defying the teaching of the Church, all the pro-life Democrats ought to be asked to speak in defense of life. This includes especially Senator Robert Casey, Jr., whose father was proudly a pro-life Democrat. It is now that all should witness to their beliefs and not fear reprisal from pro-abortion Democrats. These last have all but silenced pro-life Democrats. For the sake of the Catholic common good, the public stance of politicians on abortion issues must be made public. In...

The early days of the air war, Americans rejoiced at film footage of Patriot missiles knocking Iraqi Scud missiles out of the sky. Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney commented, "A decade of gloom-and-gloom reporting made a lot of people forget that we do, in fact, lead the world in advanced technology." The Patriots, made by Raytheon, hit 45 of the 47 Scuds launched by Iraq. It is a complex weapon utilizing sophisticated radar and electronics and requiring quick thinking by soldiers who operate it. While our media couldn't ignore the Patriot's success, the Gannett news service was one of the...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryAugust 30, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       In Focus: EconomyTHE PRESIDENT:  Good morning.  This weekend, millions of Americans will celebrate Labor Day.  This holiday marks the traditional end of the summer season.  It is also an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of hardworking Americans all across our country - from teachers, farmers, and health care professionals, to firefighters, police officers, small business owners, and workers on the assembly line.   The American workforce continues to be the marvel of the world.  Yet many working families have been weathering tough...

Considering that this election is the most important thus far in our nation's history and that there is a media love affair with Obama and Demonrats by an obviously biased media, it is important that the Republican party/conservatives give their all and not be intimidated by the typical stereotypes and lies that the left will inevitably throw at our candidates this election. What should the strategy be for Republican candidates this election?

Be sure to READ THIS!!Please continue prayers for TrueblackmanPoll: 74% Support Drilling CONGRESSMAN MIKE PENCE Joins Bill Collier of DontGo on BTR!Today, Tuesday, August 26th at 4:30 pm EDT!DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!  Brokaw, Pelosi and Pickens"Media" Tries to Downplay Pelosi's Abuse of PowerBut the REAL Media Says "NOT SO FAST!"  DON'T STOP FOLKS!!JUST SAY NO TO GANGS!!Congressman John R Carter of Texas says Gang of 10 a "Bad Deal"Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed a total lack of our "Establishment Media/Misinformation Socialist Monarchy" reporting on the price of gas and food for the past 2 weeks?New FTC Rule Could Apply...

Democrats and Republicans have scripted their conventions as tightly as possible. But after delegates return home with buttons, badges and banners, the curtain will rise on a more unruly drama: the fall session of Congress. And it could affect the November election more than the conventions. The House and Senate return to Washington Monday, Sept. 8. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hope it will be a short session, ending on Sept. 26. That will allow members to go home and campaign, not to return until after Election Day. Good luck. Congress hasn't yet passed any...