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Congressman Tim Bishop Votes Against Bipartanship

by Bill O'Connell on October 13, 2011

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Democrat Tim Bishop recently sent an e-mail to his constituents blaming Republicans, although they only hold the House while Democrats hold the Senate and the White House, for being against bipartisanship. So what does Tim Bishop do when the opportunity for bipartisanship presents itself? He cements his far left credentials by voting against it.

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Are the Democrats Starting to Feel Tremors?

by Bill O'Connell on September 13, 2011

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Chuck Schumer by DonkeyHoley

 

Today in New York City, the bastion of blue, in the bluest of states there is an upset in the making. Republican Bob Turner is leading Democrat David Weprin for the Congressional seat vacated by the disgraced Anthony Weiner, a protegé of Senator Chuck Schumer.

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Phot by Amanda M Hatfield

Congressional members high tailed it out of Washington after passing a debt limit agreement, but Democrats Steve Israel and Tim Bishop wasted no time in holding a press conference at MacArthur airport on Long Island to blame Republicans for a crisis they created.

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The Debt Battle: Post Game Analysis

by Bill O'Connell on August 2, 2011

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A contentious battle has concluded today with the passage of the debt limit deal. It was a hard fought battle where no one is entirely happy with the outcome. Before we leave this field of battle, we should take stock of the accomplishments and the players involved.

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The Many Faces of Harry Reid

by Bill O'Connell on July 24, 2011

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Two-faced can be such an overused term, but on the other hand two doesn’t seem to be enough to capture Harry Reid.

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Congressman Eliot Engel writes a letter to the editor of the New York Times titled, “Banning Gun Imports.” He was prompted to write because of an editorial in the Times titled “Hypocrisy, Locked and Loaded,” but I’ll address that one later. Here is how Congressman Engel sees it. There is a tremendous illegal drug business in Mexico. It has gotten so big and contentious and violent that thousands are killed every year. His solution to the problem in Mexico? Ban the importation of guns into the U.S.

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In article in the New York Times titled, “Squandering Medicare’s Money,” the article itemizes a number of procedures that are routinely perfomed under Medicare, but have little or no medical value. So why are they done? One reason is alluded to in the article while another is not.

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Democrats Target Guns

by Bill O'Connell on April 25, 2011

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The Democrats have a new leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the New York Times is swooning that Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the new chairwoman of said committee is speaking out.

At a rally Monday for Mayors Against Illegal Guns…[s]he called as well for improving the information available to law enforcement about people with histories of mental illness.

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The Leadership Vacuum

by Bill O'Connell on February 28, 2011

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The order in the Middle East has been crumbling, but it seems that the only place President Barack Obama knows where to lead is on the dance floor or when ramming through his socialist programs. When it comes to real solutions to fix the economy or on foreign policy he is utterly lost.

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Republican Budget Battle Lines are Drawn

by Bill O'Connell on February 11, 2011

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The Republicans were swept into control of the House and took a major bite out of the Democrats control of the Senate on a program of fiscal responsibility.  Now as they work on their first budget, some of the tug-of-war was on display at CPAC’s opening day.

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