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“Lawmakers say that heightened election-year politics and harsher travel rules are behind the decrease in member CODELs over the Memorial Day recess,” The Hill writes. “‘It’s because of the optics in a political year -- if you go anywhere but a war zone you get whacked, which is too bad because there are important things to learn outside of combat zones,’” Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) is quoted as saying.
“The always-fractious relationship between House and Senate Democrats hit a dramatic low last week that resulted in Members leaving for the Memorial Day recess having failed to extend unemployment benefits or avert a pay cut for doctors under Medicare,” Roll Call writes.
“Minority Leader John Boehner said last week that he believes it will largely be Democrats who determine whether he becomes Speaker of the House next year. The Ohio Republican told Roll Call in an interview that the midterm elections will be 80 to 90 percent about the policies promoted by Democrats in Congress and the White House, having little to do with anything Republicans put forth.”
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That's because the Republicans haven't put forth anything! *chuckle*
I like your new format...if I can figure out how to use it.
me, too! and the ability to 'talk' directly to you is genius!
Hey Teahadist Paliban, what can Brown do for you? Stab you in the back! Looks like DADT is going down finally as America tells the evangelical christian lunatic fringe to get over it!
Crybaby Boehner is correct in saying that the elections will be driven by Democratic Party ideas as the Party of Sore Loser has no ideas on how to get our country out of the ditch they drove it into. Pinhead Pence was correct at showing that the repugnant one's America Freaking Out scam is just for finding clueless repugnant ones to fleece for more money.
I don't like it. Not sure if I'm going to stick with it. Simple was best for me. Feels like there are already too many layers to get to articles and posts. Why fix it if it wasn't broke?
Well, one cool part is that you can respond directly to a comment without having to copy, past into word processor and add response then wait for another FR piece so you can copy/paste and inject your response from the prior FR piece into it the new one...which is often a completely different subject. :)
I love it, I can talk directly to you, now! and when I click on your name, it pulls up your profile,...so I can see what you've posted recently. very cool features.
I'm not sure that the Republicans want "Agent Orange" as the House Leader.
I think the comment section is too light.
The Ohio Republican told Roll Call in an interview that the midterm elections will be 80 to 90 percent about the policies promoted by Democrats in Congress and the White House, having little to do with anything Republicans put forth.”
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And these people are paid between $100K - 200$K / year to do what exactly?