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• CRS Report On ACORN Is Nonsense

  
  CRC Blog — Authority: 471
  Apparently Congressional Research Service employees are as good at research as ACORN employees are at registering voters. Not surprisingly, the new Congressional Research Service report on ACORN continues the Democrats’ coverup of President Obama’s favorite advocacy group. I’m on vacation so I haven’t ...
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• Tactics, strategy, and progressives

  
  Corrente — Authority: 637
  I think its very, very important in politics to separate questions of strategy and tactics. Strategy is pursued by organizations "on the ground": the media, academic organizations like think tanks, the blogosphere, activist organizations like Healthcare-NOW, and the public. Tactics is the province of people ...
  3 days ago

• Statement of Project 21’s Deneen Borelli on ACORN Report

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  or Release : December 23, 2009 Contact : David Almasi or Devon Carlin at (202) 543-4110 or e-mail project21@nationalcenter.org or Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 Statement of Project 21’s Deneen Borelli on ACORN Report New York, NY: Statement of Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli on Congressional Research ...
  5 days ago

• John Conyers Warned Us. We Didnt Listen!

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 463
  I had the opportunity to shoot video of Congressman John Conyers May 30, 2009 and he warned us that Barack Obama was back tracking on his Health Care reform commitments. John Conyers was right. Its too bad we didnt listen. I quote Congressman Conyers: "What kind of Health Care are we going to get?" Im here to predict ...
  5 days ago

• Report: ACORN broke no laws in past 5 years; video sting possibly illegal

  
  USATODAY.com Money - Block — Authority: 764
  ACORN broke no federal laws in the past five years, the Congressional Research Service has concluded.
  6 days ago

• Statement of Project 21’s Deneen Borelli on ACORN Report

  
  Conservative Zone — Authority: 129
  Photo from fOTOGLIF New York, NY: Statement of Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli on Congressional Research Service ACORN report requested by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI, which absolves ACORN of allegations of misusing taxpayer money received over the past five years: “Anyone who saw the video of undercover ...
  6 days ago

• BREAKING: Second Investigaton Finds That ACORN Broke No Laws (UPDATED)

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 134
  A little more than two weeks after the Harshbarger commission concluded that ACORN broke no laws , another investigation–this time by the Congressional Research Service–came to the same conclusion:A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn’t violated ...
  6 days ago

• Conyers criticizes health care reform bill

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 603
  The White House may be celebrating the fact that the Senate finally managed to overcome their arcane rules and schedule a vote on the health care reform bill — a vote that will almost certainly approve the bill — but Rep. John Conyers of Detroit is none too happy with what’s in the bill. The Detroit Free Press ...
  6 days ago

• The Health Reform Battle Yet To Come: Pelosi Must Face Off With Displeased House Left

  
  On The Hill — Authority: 500
  The endgame for healthcare reform likely soon will be in Nancy Pelosis hands, and the battle it may bring could make Harry Reids fight in the Senate look mild by comparison -- and may well define the strength of her speakership. With final passage of the Senate health reform package looking probable this week, action ...
  6 days ago

• Terms With No Meaning

  
  Corrente — Authority: 637
  "Blue Dog Democrat" Last I checked we had a "progressive" House Speaker and president and scores of "progressive" house members who "support" HR676. But did these quote-unquote progressives do anything to give single payer or a Hacker like Medicare public option a chance? They saved their half-assed tears until after ...
  1 week ago

• ACORN Cleared YET AGAIN of Wrongdoing...

  
  The BRAD BLOG — Authority: 134
  Earlier this month, a two-month independent investigation of ACORN, by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, found incidents of mismanagement, but no criminal wrongdoing by ACORN, the favorite whipping boy of Republican scammers such as Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Fox "News" and the GOP itself. ...
  1 week ago

• Report Finds No Recent Funding Violations By ACORN

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 777
  ACORN has been investigated 46 times by federal, state, and local agencies as of October 2009, and 11 of those probes are still pending, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service released today. But the report finds no cases in which ACORN violated the terms of federal funding in the last five years. ...
  1 week ago

• Granholm: ‘I was vetted for the Supreme Court’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 603
  LANSING — During her annual year-end press conference, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she was vetted for a post on the U.S. Supreme Court. “I know that I was vetted for the Supreme Court,” Granholm said when asked about persistent rumors earlier this year that she was being eyed for spots in President Obama ...
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• Conyers: Senate Bill "Must Be Improved"

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 794
  Heres what John Conyers has to say about the Senate bill, and what hell be pushing for leadership to do in conference. "Last night’s vote in the Senate should be applauded for what it was: an affirmative statement by that body that comprehensive health care reform legislation should not be held captive any ...
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• Rep. John Conyers: “without significant changes, this legislation will be reform in name only.”

  
  ProgressPolitics — Authority: 124
  Congressman John Conyers reminds the Senate how Congress works.Without material changes, this legislation will be reform in name only.snipLastly, I am troubled that some Senators believe that the House must accept the majority of the concessions embodied in this Senate bill. My message to the these Senators is this: ...
  1 week ago

• Positioning Already Beginning for Conference Committee

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 744
  (photo: PunkJr) With the votes to pass health care in the Senate a fait accompli , everyone has turned their attention to the conference committee, and the numerous knotty issues involved in reconciling the House and Senate bills and arriving at something that can pass both chambers. Democratic Senators spent the ...
  1 week ago

• Lots of Monday News on Concussions

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 122
  More good news – and a little fun – to exercise your brain as the end of the year approaches.…Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) has called another Congressional hearing on concussions set for Jan. 4, 2010 in Detroit. We understand that the NFLPA’s DeMaurice Smith is scheduled to appear and apparently even the ...
  1 week ago

• Health Care Constitutional or Not?

  
  Conservative Thoughts — Authority: 125
   The Question was asked by a reporter; Specifically where in the Constitution does Congress get its authority to mandate that individuals purchase health insurance? (CNSNews.com) – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that the individual health insurance mandates included in every health reform ...
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• Nation of Islam Official: “I Got My FOX News Girlfriend to Do” Pandering “Farrakhan Interview, Give My $ to Bush-Cheney”

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 669
  By Debbie SchlusselWhether or not you live in Detroit, you will find this of interest because it shows how easily the Nation of Islam (and any other such Islamic group) can infiltrate and bias the news coverage you see even more than it already is biased, how local media doesn’t give both sides in stories [...]
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• Bernanke-Bash of the Day

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  “In a more thoughtful body, he could lose his position.” That’s Rep. John Conyers (R-Mich.), speaking to Politico’s Victoria McGrane about the left-right coalition forming against Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. A campaign that united the likes of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders ...
  1 week ago

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