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Obama open to newspaper bailout bill By Michael O'Brien - 09/20/09 04:24 PM ET The president said he is "happy to look at" bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses. "I haven't seen detailed proposals yet, but I'll be happy to look at them," Obama told the editors of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade in an interview. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced S. 673, the so-called "Newspaper Revitalization Act," that would give outlets tax deals if they were to restructure as 501(c)(3) corporations. That bill has...

Notes: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 15, 2009 Statement by the President on the Health Care Reform Legislation Passed Today by the Senate HELP Committee "Today, thanks to the unyielding passion and inspiration provided by Senator Edward Kennedy, the HELP committee he chairs has produced a proposal that will finally lower health care costs, provide better care for patients, and ensure fair treatment of consumers by the insurance industry. Like the legislation produced by the House of Representatives, this proposal would offer Americans...

At a committee hearing last week, Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland provided a classic example of a morally bankrupt legislator seeking to insidiously force Americans to cooperate with and fund an objectively evil cause. On Thursday, July 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee met to consider amendments to the legislation it is drafting to rearrange the entire U.S. health care system. While chairing the hearing, Mikulski offered an obscurely worded, two-part amendment. The first part required literally all health insurance companies in America to provide unspecified "preventive care and screenings" for "pregnant women and individuals of...

Senior Senate Democrats are objecting to the deal Majority Leader Harry Reid made with Sen. Arlen Specter, saying they will vote against letting the former Republican shoot to the top of powerful committees after he switches parties. Several Democrats are furious with Sen. Reid (D-Nev.) for agreeing to let Specter (Pa.) keep his seniority, accrued over more than 28 years as a GOP senator. That agreement would allow Specter to leap past senior Democrats on powerful panels — including the Appropriations and Judiciary committees. “I won’t be happy if I don’t get to chair something because of Arlen Specter,” said...

STERLING, Virginia (CNN) – Firing up supporters at a women’s rally with Joe Biden in Virginia Friday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski told the crowd, “Democratic women, we wear lipstick too!” referring to Sarah Palin’s now-famous joke that the difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom is lipstick. “You and I know that we women in America are mad as hell and we don’t want to take it anymore,” the spirited Maryland senator said. “I’m here today to say to you, we’ve got to get ready here, ok? Women, square your shoulders. Women, Democratic women, we wear lipstick too!” “We don’t...

  Home | Previous Page | Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/sep/07092403.html LifeSiteNews.com Monday September 24, 2007 Priest Blasts 'Usual Suspects' For Votes Against Pro-Life Policy FRONT ROYAL, VA, September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today blasted a gang of 16 Catholic senators for their votes on an amendment to HR 2764 to overturn the Mexico City Policy instituted by President Reagan to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding overseas abortions. "For the most part it's the usual suspects who claim to be Catholic while their consistent pro-abortion votes amount to...

Ten senators -- seven Democrats, two Republicans, and one independent -- have just returned with differing views from a tour of Greenland. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talked about the risk of Greenland's ice sheet "being lost." Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) said "melting Greenland ice would cause a 23-foot rise in sea levels worldwide." Bob Corker (R-TN) was more circumspect, saying only that "we're digging in to understand this issue." Sanders' and Mikulski's statements are reminiscent of Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, which contains a montage showing much of Florida disappearing as Greenland melts away. This wacko scenario has never enjoyed much...

"Senator Mikulski meets with John Travolta on the set of "Ladder 49" which was filmed in Baltimore"

I just got this response from Senator Barbara Mikulski about the Immigration Bill in the Senate: Dear Mr. Kolstedt: Thank you for contacting me about immigration and the current debate about immigration reform. I appreciate hearing from you about this issue. First and foremost, I believe our nation's immigration system is broken. Millions of people try to enter America illegally each year. At the same time, at least 12 million illegal immigrants live in the shadows of American society. I believe that we need to protect America 's borders. This means providing more resources to increase border security. It means...

ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday disclosed that former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have sought his input for their potential presidential campaigns, saying that his own re-election loss has not ended his career in Republican politics. Mr. Ehrlich, who was Maryland's first Republican governor in 36 years, also said he had not ruled out another run for state office, including a possible campaign in 2010 to replace Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a Democrat. "I would not eliminate that as an option," he said of a run to succeed Miss Mikulski,...

5 out of the top ten US House Recipients of contributions (1989- 2001) from Arthur Andersen are democRats. Their names and the amounts are listed below. And, according to dim logic, they are guilty by association and should have their names shining in the bright lights of Reuters, AP, Drudge, The Washington ComPost, and more. After all, this is a hit piece. Here you go, Klayman, chase this ambulance too! Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) $34,687 Martin Frost (D-Texas) $32,000 Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $24,200 James P. Moran (D-Va) $21,250 Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $19,225 Other Rats also receiving Andersen dirty money include: Rick...

A posting of an unredacted instant message sessions between Rep. Mark Foley and a former congressional page has apparently exposed the identity of the now 21 year-old accuser... ABC RELEASED TRANSCRIPT OF ONE CHAT BETWEEN FOLEY AND A MAN WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME OF THE INSTANT MESSAGE EXCHANGE.... NETWORK STATED THE MESSAGE WAS TO 'UNDER AGE' TEEN... DEVELOPING... ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER; FEATURED IM EXCHANGE WAS WITH 18 YEAR OLD

What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? "I enjoyed being a Girl Scout. We were taught that we could be anything we wanted to be, and that helped build our self-esteem. We were taught to respect ourselves and that no dream was too big and no goal unattainable. The friendships I developed with other girls in my troop were very important to me growing up. I knew I could count on them, and they could count on me." What did you want to be when you were younger? Did you always want to be a Senator? "When...

Welcome to the "Checklist for Change" website! As the nine Democratic women in the U.S. Senate, my colleagues and I believe that it is time for a change in Washington: change in agenda, change in tone, and change in direction. That's what our "checklist for change" is all about. This is what we women do - we need our checklists. And we challenge Majority Leader Bill Frist to make the issues on our checklist priorities for the American people this year. This is by no means a complete list of priorities, but these are challenges that Congress can meet right...

Senators Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) (R) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) celebrate at Mikulski's office on Capitol Hill in Washington after the University of Maryland beat Duke University in the Women's Final Four NCAA basketball championship April 5, 2006. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Court nominee Samuel Alito has the confirmation vote of at least one Senate Democrat but several other Democrats said Wednesday they had lingering questions about the nominee and will vote against him. Before Senate Democrats met to discuss the nomination, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., emerged from a morning meeting with Alito and said he would vote against President Bush's Supreme Court nominee as too far outside the mainstream of judicial thinking. "He's just not right for Montana, he's just not right for America," Baucus said. "He's very polished and he answered all of the questions I was going to ask....

Tribal Clients And Associates Of Jack Abramoff Have Contributed Over $3.1 Million To Democrat Party Interests Between 1997 And 2004. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 2005) National Democrat Party Affiliated Committees Received Over $1.2 Million From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005) The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Received Over – $430,000 The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)...

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. criticized yesterday Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, a rival in the governor's race, for praising a surreptitious Internet user who lured an Ehrlich aide into circulating rumors about the mayor's personal life. Speaking on his bimonthly WBAL radio show, Ehrlich said MD4Bush, the screen name of an anonymous visitor to a conservative Web site, discussed rumors about O'Malley and insulted Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, and should not be applauded. On Friday, O'Malley, a Democrat, said he wanted to thank MD4Bush for helping expose the role of an Ehrlich aide in talking about the mayor's personal life....

White House urged to 'come clean' in CIA leak case Maryland Democrat tells Bush to honor pledge to fire officials Saturday, November 5, 2005; Posted: 3:32 p.m. EST (20:32 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush should "come clean" about any White House officials involved in the leak of the name of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame and "honor his pledge to fire all those involved," Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address. "It's been one week since the vice president's chief of staff was indicted, and there are still very serious questions about how...

Sen. Barbara Mikulski Calls for White House to 'Come Clean' About CIA LeakWASHINGTON Nov 5, 2005 — President Bush should "come clean" about any White House officials involved in the leak of the name of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame and "honor his pledge to fire all those involved," Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland said Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address. "It's been one week since the vice president's chief of staff was indicted, and there are still very serious questions about how his White House misused and manufactured intelligence to sell and defend the war in Iraq," Mikulski said.

Baltimore Maryland (FR)-- Tonight at 6pm est on WBAL TV 11 a story will be aired about the latest developments in the MD4BUSH affair, a story detailing how the Washington Post is coming under pressure to conduct a "NY Times" styled self investigation after the paper admitted that one of its reporters used a FreeRepublic.com member's personal password to view confidential email. The emails are at the center of a scandal that has cost the job of an adviser to MD's (R) Governor Robert Ehrlich. One matter that will continue to be left out of the story, on direction of...

The people supporting Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination, who started out looking defensive, have acquired symptoms of outright desperation. Rather than strain themselves with the impossible task of justifying the appointment, they are now on the attack. They claim the critics oppose Miss Miers just because she's a woman. In truth, Miss Miers' sex was one of her two attractions for the president -- the other being her canine worship of him. But the complaints about her weak credentials would be made even if she had testosterone coming out of her ears. Miss Miers, after all, is by any standard...

Of all the Fox News personalities, Kiran Chetry certainly ranks among the easiest on the eyes. It is with a heavy heart, thus, that I must report on this PC-comment that she just uttered. Discussing the Miers kerfluffle, Chetry approvingly cited a recent statement by Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski [with whom Kiran would never be confused in a line-up] to the effect that the criticism of Miers is "sexist" and reflective of "a double standard." Please. If Miers were a man, there is no way she would have been nominated in the first place, and even if by some unimaginable...

Ignorance? Or Dishonesty? President Bush has used his recess appointment authority to appoint John Bolton as US Ambassador to the UN. Reading the reactions of Liberal Senators released today makes me wonder – Are some of these Liberal Senators ignorant of the Constitution? Or do they think they can lie to the American people with impunity? Sens. Reid and Kennedy must have collaborated. They both used the “abuse of power” attack. Reid: “[T]he latest abuse of power by the Bush White House.” Kennedy: “The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues.” What “abuse of...

"Well, you really botched it this time. Too bad your ego is bigger than your brain."

Victory is in sight thanks to your tremendous efforts! The House today passed by a vote of 368-58 the final conference agreement on the Emergency Appropriations Supplemental Act (H.R. 1268) with Rep. Sensenbrenner's (R-WI) REAL ID provisions largely intact. This is a major victory for homeland security and the fight against illegal immigration! These provisions will help keep driver's licenses out of the hands of illegal aliens and the terrorists among them, will close dangerous loopholes in our asylum system, and will improve border security by enabling the completion of the San Diego/Tijuana border fence. Your continuous faxes, emails, phone...

In 2001, Dems claimed to support Social Security reform -- as long as it meant sacrificing tax relief. ----- Did you know there once was a time when Democrats admitted they believed Social Security needed protection and reform? Of course, it's quite significant that, of the occasions they took to trumpet the need to fix the program, they were the loudest when they used Social Security reform to justify their strident opposition to President Bush's first tax relief package in the first few months of 2001. Juxtaposing the Democratic Party's lackadaisical position on Social Security reform today (remember, they actually...

Les Kuczynski, Executive Director of the Polish American Congress announced that thanks to strong pressure from Polish Americans, the U.S. Senate may pass a bill to abolish visas for Poles. The draft bill was submitted for debate by senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in September, 2003, and fast-tracked. It was subsequently blocked by an anonymous senator, but lobbying from Polish-Americans, the senator withdrew the objection. The so-called anonymous dissenter was reportedly Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)

..."It's not personal," Pipkin said. "It's about her voting record." Pipkin said his television commercials bashing Mikulski are based on congressional records. The ad claims Mikulski voted for higher taxes 350 times. Mikulski said that's just wrong. She said about half those 350 votes were procedural votes to simply hear bills and not necessarily to pass them. Pipkin's ad also claims Mikulski voted against military pay increases. Mikulski said the ad is true, but it's misleading. She said while she did vote twice against a military pay raise, she also voted for increases 17 times. "What you can do is...

STEVENSVILLE, MD – Maryland U.S. Senate candidate E.J. Pipkin has received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. “While my opponent has consistently voted to prevent law-abiding citizens from lawfully possessing firearms, she has sought fit to support legislation which infringes on the constitutional rights set by our forefathers-rights I intend to uphold,” says Pipkin. “It is time Maryland had a U.S. Senator who stands up for the rights of law-abiding citizens and supports legislation to put those criminals who commit crimes with a gun behind bars.” In 1994, Senator Barbara Mikulski voted against mandatory sentences for criminals in possession...

According to the Kerry campaign, any normal activity done in the year preceding a presidential election is off limits. This policy is notably something that the Kerry campaign has followed perfectly. Kerry has rarely showed up for Senate votes over the past year, making an exception only for important issues like the protection of partial birth abortion. When Bush offered Kerry an intelligence briefing, he refused, citing a busy schedule dealing with the selection of his running mate. When the same information offered to him was made public, he questioned the timing. When Bush recently announced a plan to remove...

  IT’S OUTING SEASON!  (Has Sen. Barbara Mikulski, just been outed?)Ready for the federal marriage amendment?By Michelangelo SignorileAs the July 12 date nears for a vote on the federal marriage amendment, an outing panic has gripped Washington's political and media circles. Some gay activists have vowed to expose those closeted members of Congress who are supporting the amendment, as well as the closeted gay staffers of any member backing it. And it's not only right-wing Republicans who should be on notice. After initially indicating that she would vote against the constitutional amendment that would make gays and lesbians into second-class...

On June 3, I asked Maryland's Gov. Robert Ehrlich about California's federal Judge Phyllis Hamilton's ruling that Congress' overwhelmingly passed law against partial-birth abortion is unconstitutional. And I also asked about what I thought was the ACLU – but later realized it was Americans United for Separation of Church and State (the Rev. Barry Lynn) who wrote the IRS to complain about alleged "electioneering" by the Colorado Springs Catholic Bishop Michael Sheridan's pastoral letter about Catholic politicians receiving Communion. QUESTION: Since there was no such objection to New Orleans Catholic Archbishop Joseph Rummel's excommunication of arch-segregationist Leander Perez in 1962,...

Washington, Mar. 26 (CWNews.com) - The US Senate yesterday passed a bill that will make criminals punishable for harm done to unborn children in the course of a violent crime. Ten Catholic senators voted against the bill, which was opposed by abortion providers. The legislation which the Senate approved on March 25 has already been passed by the House of Representatives. It now needs only the signature of President George W. Bush in order to become federal law. The President has indicated that he fully supports the measure, and is likely to sign it promptly. The measure passed despite the...

                                    U.S. Senate                                 Committee on Armed Services,                                Washington, DC, October 9, 1998.       The President,       The White House, Washington, DC.           Dear Mr. President: We are writing to express our concern        over recent developments in Iraq.           Last February, the Senate was working on a resolution        supporting military action if diplomacy did not succeed in        convincing Saddam Hussein to comply with the United Nations        Security Council resolutions concerning the disclosure and        destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. This        effort was discontinued when the Iraqi government reaffirmed        its...

Wed Oct 22,12:06 PM ET Sen. Barbara Mikulski (news, bio, voting record, and one-time White House intern), D-Md., speaks at a press conference with Sen. Hillary Clinton (news - web sites), D-N.Y., Sen. Bob Graham (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., and Rep. Ted Strickland (news, bio, voting record), D-Ohio, right, at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003. The officials spoke out in rejection of the new administration budget proposal for increased membership fees and higher co-payments for veterans medical care. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

DC Sniper Anniversary Brings Call for More Gun ControlBy Jeff JohnsonCNSNews.com Congressional Bureau ChiefOctober 02, 2003 Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Gun control activists seized on the first anniversary of the Washington, D.C., sniper shootings a day early Wednesday to press their call for expanding restrictions on the Second Amendment right of American citizens to keep and bear arms. Gun rights advocates said Thursday that no one should be surprised by the exploitation of a tragedy. Speaking about the sniper shootings Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) became so angry over the prospect that Congress might not extend a ban on military-looking...

The top two Republicans in the Maryland State Senate are asking Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-36-Upper Shore, to take on incumbent Democrat Barbara Mikulski in next year's U.S. Senate election. "We believe that success you have had in the past will translate into success in a U.S. Senate run in 2004," wrote Sens. J. Lowell Stoltzfus, the Senate Minority Leader, and Andrew P. Harris, the Senate Minority Whip, in a letter to Pipkin. "We hope you will consider seriously our encouragement and look forward to your future candidacy for U.S. Senate." In July, Maryland Republican Party Chairman John Kane also urged...

[ED. NOTE: Following are excerpts from the 1998 Congressional Record. They are EXTREMELY revealing as to who was wringing their hands over the danger posed to U.S. security by Iraq and its WMD just five years ago, and who was calling Iraq’s actions that year a "crisis." These debates led to passage of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, WHICH MADE REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ UNITED STATES POLICY. Please bear with this long post. It’s crucial ammunition for anyone who wants clear, unambiguous evidence of Democrat hypocrisy on Iraq and WMD.] [BEGIN EXCERPTS: Click link above to search the full...

Before you even read this piece, I want you to open a new e-mail and send the link to everyone in your address book. Yes, it's that big - and it's the kind of news you never would have heard about without the so-called new media. I've posted here a letter from the Senate Committee on Armed Services to President Bill Clinton on October 9, 1998. It reminds the president of the February resolution authorizing military force if Saddam failed to comply with UN Security Council resolutions "concerning the disclosure and destruction of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction." June 5,...

Analysis George W. Bush President George W. Bush continues to do very well indeed in Democratic-dominated Maryland, with a steady-as-she-goes 55% favorable rating (54% in January). Thirty percent of Maryland voters view him unfavorably, and 15% have a neutral opinion of Bush. Similarly, the President's job approval rating is, so far, rock solid in the Free State. Sixty-two percent approve of the job Bush is doing as president (63% in September 2002), and 31% disapprove, a two-to-one ratio. The remaining 7% offered no answer. Bush's numbers are certainly buoyed by huge figures among Republicans (91% approval), but he also does...

ANNAPOLIS -- Despite intense encouragement by some state and national Republicans, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele will heed the wishes of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and not challenge U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski in next year's elections. "No, I will not run for the United States Senate in 2004," Steele told The Gazette on Thursday. "I have to help my governor." The governor's opposition and Steele's unwillingness to run deflate the hopes in some GOP circles that Maryland's first black lieutenant governor would take on the entrenched three-term senator from East Baltimore. But by nixing the idea, Ehrlich (R)...