http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pelosi/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:12:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286471/posts Amazingly, neither Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D, Nev) nor Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif) want to give Congress or the public much time to read the upcoming Healthcare bills they are rushing through their respective chambers before forcing a "yes" or "no" vote on them. In a recent interview, Senator Reid was asked if he'd commit to giving the Senate and the public a week to digest any healthcare "reform" bill before he brought the bill up for a vote. Reid however, refused to make such a commitment. Reid allowed less than two days before forcing... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286471/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:12:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286376/posts Liberals (ie: Democrats) are either mentally ill, ignorant or liars (or all three). It used to be this was just conjecture, but now there are facts to support that statement. The conservatives who are reading this are all nodding their heads in agreement and the liberals are wishing they were conservatives, so they could get their guns and become self-righteous and indignant. Sorry liberals, reality is what it is. Get a helmet. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286376/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:15:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271357/posts The goal seems to be nothing short of eradicating American farms and self-sustainability. Even DEMOCRATS are opposing the Obama Energy Bill. Climate change legislation will be utterly devastating for American farmers. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) of the House Agriculture Committee says that not only will he not vote for it, but no one else on his committee will support it either. The bill would increase the cost of everything that farmers depend on, such as diesel fuel, gasoline, fertilizers, pesticides, and a host of other things. It would raise taxes on energy by $846 billion over the next ten years.... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271357/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:23:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285691/posts Representative John A. Boehner came to Washington in 1991 as a rabble-rousing Republican willing to disrupt the House to score points against powerful Democrats. Now, as the House Republican leader in a town again dominated by Democrats, the Ohioan is back to his old tricks. Trying to build opposition to a climate change measure being considered as the Fourth of July recess loomed, Mr. Boehner commandeered the floor for an hour to mount an unofficial filibuster and ridicule the legislation. He has sanctioned efforts by rank-and-file Republicans to tie up the House with dozens of procedural votes. During the debate... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285691/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285359/posts Members of Congress said Thursday that details of their expense claims wouldn't be posted online before mid-November at the earliest -- two and a half months later than the deadline previously set for publishing them in an electronic format for the first time. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the House Chief Administrative Officer to put information about expenses claimed by members of the House on the Internet "at the earliest date," in an announcement reversing a longstanding policy of providing the information only in books totaling about 12,000 pages a year. The chief administrative officer, a congressional employee, set an... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285359/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:54:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285053/posts Harry Reid Won't Commit to Giving Public a Week to Read Health-Care Bill Before Senate Votes on It Friday, June 26, 2009 By Monica Gabriel and Marie Magleby Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) at a pen-and-pad news conference, June 25, 2009. (CNSNews.com photo/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.) will not commit to giving senators and the public a full week to read and review the final version of a health-care reform bill before he holds a final vote on it. Reid confessed at his Thursday news briefing that he did not have “a lot... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285053/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:35:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284436/posts WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands. The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago. The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284436/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:57:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284453/posts WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands. The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago. The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284453/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284311/posts WASHINGTON -- Republicans seized on downbeat economic news to say the $787 billion economic stimulus plan isn't working as advertised and took swipes at President Barack Obama's broader agenda, while the White House vowed to do "whatever it takes" to revive the still-struggling economy.The unemployment rate rose to 9.5% last month, as nonfarm payrolls sank by 467,000, disappointing numbers that raise questions about when the long-awaited economic recovery will finally begin. Since the recession started at the end of 2007, the economy has lost 6.5 million jobs. The jobless rate -- already at its highest level in a quarter century... Wall Street journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284311/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284273/posts Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 07/02/2009 Pelosi Statement on June Job Numbers Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on unemployment numbers for June issued today by the Department of Labor. “Today’s unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly educated and innovative workforce in the world—and years of delay on affordable health care and the clean energy jobs and industries that will sustain our economy for years to come. In full partnership with President Obama, Congress must continue to strengthen and... speaker.house.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284273/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283865/posts Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth - normally solid allies of the Speaker from San Francisco – called out the House Democrats’ special-interest handouts last month, stating that Pelosi’s energy tax is “the triumph of industry influence over the public interest.” And Clive Crook, writing in the Financial Times this week, noted that Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax “creates a vastly complicated apparatus, a playground for special interests and rent-seekers, a minefield of unintended consequences – and the bottom line for all that is business as usual.” THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283865/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:44:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283852/posts Liberals: Are They Born That Way?July 1, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I gotta deal with something here. August 1st will be 21 years. And for about 20 of these -- maybe 21 of the 21 and-a-half years, there hasn't been a day go by that I haven't been asked, "Rush, why are liberals the way they are?" Now, you take a look at the Supreme Court decision on the Ricci case, the firefighters in New Haven, four human beings, four Americans saw no discrimination against the white firefighters in the case when it was obvious. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283852/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:12:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283758/posts Michelle Bachmann gets it. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283758/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:15:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282683/posts It was Nancy Pelosi’s star turn. (The blindingly white pant suit — Armani? Lovely.) The House speaker giving the closing argument at the end of the cap-and-trade debate that she personally pushed to the floor. The final pitch. “Just remember these four words for what this legislation means: jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Let’s vote for jobs.” Then the victorious vote. The greatest achievement of her legislative career. “An extraordinary piece of legislation,” said President Obama. But what did Pelosi really accomplish, other than momentarily satisfying the powerful Green Lobby? 1) Getting major energy and environmental legislation passed in the House... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282683/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282576/posts There is a popular myth that Al Gore invented the Internet. Never to be out done, he went on to be the father of Green, won a noble prize, Emmy etc. The man is a genius, so he thinks. Bob Metcalfe, is the inventor of Ethernet (as in he has the patent, not a noble prize) which is a critical foundational technology for the Internet. His classmates at MIT were key players in Email, FTP, TCP/IP, etc. And no, Al gore was not in their graduating class at MIT. Metcalfe's perspective on how to solve the energy problem is radically... 4 Your Country http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282576/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282133/posts Duke University Official Caught in Alleged Child Sex String. College kids go through hell on rape charge. Pedophile gets a free ride from the new media. Well not tonight on the Bobby D Show. Tune in 10pm EST - 12 m For Your Country http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282133/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:47:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282108/posts Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. This, we know. It would be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that would take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers payrolls. This, we also know. BUT WHAT DON'T WE KNOW? Here are some facts you may not know about Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax: HOMEBUYERS BEWARE. Trying to save up for a new home? You may have to save up a little longer for your... Ohio's 8th Congressional District Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282108/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281961/posts A Colombian associate of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is once again linked to FARC terrorists and Marxist Dictator Hugo Chavez with the revelation of damning new messages concerning Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba that are currently being investigated by Colombian military officials. Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281961/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:12:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281916/posts Well before Barack Obama brought hope to the White House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was adamant that something new and different and wonderful had arrived. In 2006, the incoming Speaker pledged that hers would be the "most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history." At the time, we were skeptical -- to say the least. Our refusal to accept her rhetoric was roundly vindicated last week. That was when Madam-Speaker used every dirty trick at her disposal to coldly ram a 1,500 page global warming bill through the House of Representatives. The Speaker chose to stifle the usual observances... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281916/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281552/posts Open Letter To: President B. Hussein Obama, Corrupt Nancy Pelosi, Dingy Harry Reid, Congress and the main stream media (MSM) President B. Hussein Obama is a liar. You know it, I know it, and anyone who uses alternative media knows it. Oh, and you know it Mr. Obama. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281552/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:17:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts Pelosi Won't Give Public a Week to Review Text of Health-Care Bill Before House Votes on It SNIPPET: "At her press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi was asked whether the health-care bill would be handled differently than the stimulus bill, which came up in February. The 1,071-page final text of that bill was posted on the House Appropriations Committee’s Web site late on a Thursday night and then voted on the next day. “When the stimulus bill came out earlier this year, members and citizens had less than two days to review the final version that came out of the conference... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281423/posts What may have been a vote for the highest tax increase in the history of the United States, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” by a vote of 219-212. It came after a passionate filibuster-like speech by Republican Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, pleading with members of the House to vote down the bill. Congressman Boehner questioned a bill that puts massive new energy restrictions on industry, on a national level, as opposed to worldwide cooperation in dealing with carbon monoxide pollution. In other words, neither China nor India, the largest polluters... The San Francisco Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281423/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:33:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281128/posts Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a few choice words about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) landmark climate-change bill after its passage Friday. When asked why he read portions of the cap-and-trade bill on the floor Friday night, Boehner told The Hill, "Hey, people deserve to know what's in this pile of s--t." The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281128/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:22:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281018/posts Only after the Republicans gained control of the House in 1994 were there budget surpluses for which Bill Clinton took credit, even though he too had never been a member of Congress. The elder Bush administration and Clinton administration benefited greatly from Reagan's military spending, winning of the "Cold War," and creating a huge peace dividend that made Clinton's budget surpluses possible. Reagan should get at least some of the credit for mid-90's budget surpluses. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281018/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:29:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281003/posts One would think that after months of complaining, and being cynical about how this trustworthy a tax-and-spend liberals could be, that Congressional Democrats could not possibly do anything that would make me more disappointed in them. But they have. The latest legislation to be bulldozed through Congress without details, no specifics, abetted by lies is to do good, feel-good legislation known as climate change. Formerly known as global warming, the name had to be changed because the science no longer backed up the propaganda. Also known as climate change caused by man, it is the latest economy wrecking bill being... The Waukesha News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281003/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:07:53 GMT