March 2, 2012

Boehner Vows to Continue Contraception Fight

Source: NYT

1:30 p.m. | Updated The battle over whether to allow employers and health insurance companies to opt out of contraception coverage for reasons of religion or conscience may be over in the Senate, but House Speaker John A. Boehner signaled on Thursday that House Republicans would continue the fight.

Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/boehner-vows-to-continue-contraception-fight/

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Why do we allow our politicians to continue to fight over our contraception choices.....?

March 1, 2012

Wealthy would cash in under Romney tax plan

Source: CNN Politics

According to a new analysis from the Tax Policy Center, wealthy Americans would see their taxes fall precipitously under Mitt Romney's new plan - which scraps the Alternative Minimum Tax and cuts marginal tax rates by 20%.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/01/wealthy-would-cash-in-under-romney-tax-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29

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Ok, is it time to stop using our tax code as leverage to get elected and then do nothing substantial to change it for the common good.....

March 1, 2012

STOCK Act limps toward passage

Source: Politico

Congress is about to show what happens when it’s pressured into drafting new ethics rules for itself: not a whole lot.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73474.html#ixzz1npWObAfO

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73474.html

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Could we get our politicians to show some class and become examples to look up to instead of leading the 1% to the trough.....we can only pray that someday soon they will wake up.....

March 1, 2012

Geithner, Top Congressional Tax Writers to Meet

Source: WSJ, Washington Wire

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to talk about rewriting the tax code at a Thursday meeting with the chairmen and ranking members of Congress’s tax-writing committees. The meeting – apparently the first since the administration rolled out its plan for a business-tax overhaul – is expected to be a closed-door session.

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/02/29/geithner-top-congressional-tax-writers-to-meet/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29

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So maybe we can get the tax code down to just one bibles length long, unlike the current seven (7) bibles long.....did someone in the house say corrupt......nah...

February 29, 2012

Mitt Romney, 'welfare queen'.......

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122164215194680.html


Romney's wealth is based on the private equity business model, founded on tax-payer subsidies.

February 29, 2012

Ok, I finally found a deduction.......

http://hoh.rollcall.com/stachegate/

February 29, 2012

Why do they call it minimum wage....?

Can we start calling it a livable wage instead.....?


http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/nader_to_occupy_help_raise_the_minimum_wage_20120227/?ln

February 29, 2012

Well I guess if you say it for the rabid base and then apologize.....its OK with Jesus....

The White House appreciates Rev. Franklin Graham’s apology for questioning President Barack Obama’s Christianity even though it didn’t ask for one.

Mr. Graham, son of evangelist leader Rev. Billy Graham, made headlines earlier this month when he said on MSNBC that he wasn’t sure about Mr. Obama’s faith because he doesn’t know what’s in his heart.

Mr. Graham released an apology Wednesday, saying he accepts Mr. Obama’s word that he’s a Christian.

“We didn’t seek an apology,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said when asked about it Wednesday. “We certainly appreciate the sentiment expressed, and we’ll leave it at that.”


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/02/29/white-house-appreciates-franklin-grahams-apology/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29

February 29, 2012

The Comedic Council of America is praying that Combover will follow through.....

This election is so important, Donald Trump told the home crowd on CNBC, he would “seriously, seriously consider” running for president if Rick Santorum won the nomination.

Trump has endorsed Mitt Romney, but previously flirted with the idea of campaigning.

Despite polls that showed his endorsement to be more of a liability than a boon, Trump appeared to take credit for Romney’s win in Mormon-friendly Nevada. However the “Apprentice” host acknowledged that Romney hasn’t been able to get over the hump and it would be “impossible,” he says, for Santorum to beat Barack Obama in the general election.

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/donald_trump_again_considers_running_for_president_20120221/?ln

February 29, 2012

Growing Number Of Americans Can't Afford Food, Study Finds......

"About 18.6 percent of people -- almost one out of every five -- told Gallup pollsters that they couldn't always afford to feed everyone in their family in 2011."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/afford-food-hunger_n_1308020.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=022912&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief