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Entries from November 2011

Video: Loesch Debates CA Congressman on Illegal Immigration

November 30th, 2011 · No Comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/xbItDix0MBA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Related: Rasmussen Reports: Rep. Clay: “Immigration is Not Just a Matter of Law; It’s Also a Test of Our Humanity”

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Senate Republicans Demand Obama Set Politics Aside, Decide On Keystone Pipeline; Even AFL-CIO Says It “Begins And Ends With One Word: JOBS”‏

November 30th, 2011 · No Comments

At a press conference this this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, joined by Sens. Dick Lugar (R-IN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), David Vitter (R-LA), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), called on President Obama to make a final […]

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Senate Dems Still Pushing “A Burdensome And Onerous Tax Increase On America’s Small Businesses”‏

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments

Yesterday, MarketWatch reported, “Senate Democrats said Monday they’ll seek a tax of 3.25% on incomes of more than $1 million to pay for a one-year extension of a payroll tax cut, setting up a fresh clash over tax policy with Republicans. ‘Americans want us to cut taxes on the middle class, and ask millionaires to […]

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FLASHBACK VIDEO: “Margarita” Montee: “You’re Outta Control Tonight!”

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments

Looks like the apples didn’t fall too far away from the Montee tree: The children of Missouri Lt. Gov. candidate Susan Montee became caught up in a melee outside a St. Joseph bar.Capt. Kevin Castle says the daughter failed to disperse and officers charged her with disorderly conduct. Montee says her sons returned to help […]

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STL Mayor Stokes City/County Merger Talk

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments

“If it takes the City of St. Louis reentering St. Louis County to make us globally competitve….that’s what I’m all About.”–– Charlie Dooley Here we go again! MayorSlay.com: Publicly, privately, and at every opportunity, I am a supporter of undoing the Great Divorce of 1876 that separated the City of St. Louis from St. Louis […]

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Tags: Mayor Frances Slay · St. Louis · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley

WashPo Calls For Kagan’s Recusal: “If She Were Still In [Her Last] Job, Kagan Would Be Defending The Health-Care Law…”

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments

The Washington Post reports yesterday, “Just a little more than an hour after some House Democrats recently demanded an inquiry into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s ethics, Senate Republicans stepped up the pressure on Justice Elena Kagan to take herself out of the court’s decision on the health-care reform act. . . . Federal law […]

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Senate GOP Judiciary Leaders Demand Answers From Holder On Kagan’s Role In Defending Obamacare‏

November 21st, 2011 · No Comments

On Friday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Whip Jon Kyl, Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley, and Committee member Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) sent what National Review Online’s Ed Whelan described as “a strong letter” to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to comply with Congressional oversight requests regarding former Solicitor General (now Supreme […]

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Who Is Deborah L. Price?

November 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Berger’s Beat: Numerous Sunshine requests have been sent to Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon’s office to obtain records regarding staffer/lawyer Deborah Price, according to the columnist’s Jeff City stringer.  Price is headquartered in the governor’s office. Among the requests is Price’s time sheets.  Also, curious observers want more information about an auto accident that occurred in […]

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Wash. Post Fact Checker On Sec. Chu’s DoE Loan Program Statements: “Three Pinocchios”‏

November 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Last week, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations about the $535 million taxpayer loan to the bankrupt solar power company Solyndra and other Energy Department loans. Reporting on Chu’s testimony, The Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein noted, “Chu acknowledged before the House Energy and Commerce […]

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After Two Months Of Bus Tours & Speeches, Obama’s Approval Rating On Economy Falls Further‏

November 14th, 2011 · No Comments

More than two months after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress urging them to pass his new stimulus bill, polls show that Americans’ approval of his handling of the economy has dropped even further. After two months of bus tours, rallies, and campaign-style events, Americans see the same failed economic policies from the […]

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