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Let’s hear it for John Boehner! (UPDATE: BILL PASSES HOUSE – THANKS TO 8 GOPrs)

I just got home, just unloaded the surprisingly light 32″ TV out of the car and into the house via a hand truck, am getting ready to do some “woman’s work” (cleaning, cooking, laundry) and “man’s work” (trimming shrubbery and getting rid of spider webs off a section of my back porch). But I wanted to quickly log on and see what was going on in DC, and when I did, I read that House Minority Leader John Boehner is filibustering the National Energy Tax on the floor of the House as I type this, by reading the entire 300-page amendment that was put into the bill at the last minute by Rep. Henry Waxman at the last minute......   [Read More]

Congress strongly condemns Iranian violence, Obama remains silent (UPDATE: O STARTING TO SOUND FIRM?)

And they did so overwhelmingly. It was a “toned down” resolution, of course – toned down by the Obama administration, who are taking the “wait and see” approach on Iran rather than coming out and strongly condemning the violence and murder taking place on the street against those who oppose the current Iranian regime......   [Read More]