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• Twelve Anti-Family Gifts From Congress

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 537
  By Kiki Bradley As Congress wraps up its final business for the year, there are at least a dozen detrimental policies included in the omnibus spending bill recently signed into law by the President. Taken as a whole, these policies devalue human life, weaken civil society, and undermine the family. Unfortunately, ...
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• ‘Guantanamo in Illinois’ Not a Done Deal

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  So reports the Chicago Tribune’s Katherine Skiba and Peter Nichols : the $626 billion defense spending bill that just passed Congress doesn’t include money to convert the correctional center at Thomson, Illinois to a federal prison. The White House announced a week ago that it wanted to resettle Guantanamo Bay ...
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• Quote of the Year 2009-2010

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  At this time, the end of the first year of the Era of Obama, and in recognition of the job our elected leaders in Congress have done since being handed almost unfettered power, I offer the following as a look back over the last year and a look forward to what cannot be allowed [...]
  5 days ago

• Obama budget director: Well cut pork after 09 spending bill (3/8/2009. Obamas a LIAR!)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Facing mounting criticism of a spending package packed with billions of dollars in earmarks, the Obama administration made a vow Sunday: This president will bring a halt to pork-laden bills. "[Such bills] will not happen when the president has the full legislative and appropriations process in place," Peter Orszag, ...
  6 days ago

• Democrats: It’s about the perception of power not the good of the country.

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  Or else a better bill could have been complete after the holidays when there is time to be more prudent about ruining out nation.Via Who’s responsible for the Senate’s middle-of-the-night vote?:By the way, when the 1 a.m. vote took place, the Reid Amendment had been public for about 36 hours, and the public had ...
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• Government Budgets Grow As Financial Situation Deteriorates

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 433
  Anyone else besides me concerned about the following? From what I’ve seen/heard, there hasn’t been much of a fuss made over this. From the Associated Press on Wednesday night: President Barack Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 ...
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• Storms, Senate Action Dominate Weekend Plans (CQPolitics.com)

  
  enUws — Authority: 471
  CQPolitics.com – With a winter storm watch in effect for much of the weekend, the Senate is expected to clear … See original here: (CQPolitics.com)"> (CQPolitics.com)">Storms, Senate Action Dominate Weekend Plans (CQPolitics.com)
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• Holdout Sen. Nelson rejects abortion compromise (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  AP - A moderate Democrat whose vote could be crucial said Thursday an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obamas health care overhaul by Christmas.
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• New jobless claims rise unexpectedly

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  Add to these numbers the people who quit looking for work and you cannot say it is good news:The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation’s battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts.The Labor Department said Thursday ...
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• Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law

  
  The Contemporary Conservative — Authority: 146
  From the AP: President Barack Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 percent, including health, law enforcement and veterans programs....Obama signed the bill privately at the White House on Wednesday after receiving the bill from ...
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• US lawmakers approve jobs package (AFP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 471
  AFP – As US workers continue to struggle with double-digit unemployment, the House of Representatives narrowly approved a… Read the rest here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">US lawmakers approve jobs package (AFP)
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• Return to Feudal Times

  
  Mario Burgos — Authority: 118
  People who work for the government work for us - the taxpayers. Ultimately, were their bosses. I know, based on some interactions you have with your employees it seems that they conveniently forget this fact. Be that as it may, it truly works much the same as any business. We, the tax-paying bosses, produce revenue ...
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• U.S. House of Representatives approved a $636 billion military spending bill

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 137
  WASHINGTON,  – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Wednesday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also includes money to extend jobless aid for two months.By a vote of 395 to 34, the House approved the bill and sent it to the...
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• Blogs Comment On Omnibus Spending Bill, Abstinence-Only Funding, Other Topics

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries… Source: Blogs Comment On Omnibus Spending Bill, Abstinence-Only Funding, Other Topics
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• Obama posts ‘historic’, ‘unprecedented’ approval numbers

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  In comparison to the approval ratings for modern elected presidents in December of their first year in office, Obama’s standing is the worst, though he’s close to Ronald Reagan. In December 1981, Reagan’s approval rating was also 49%, though his disapproval rating was a bit lower, 41%.via The Oval: Tracking the ...
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• 2010 Appropriations and the “Deficit Hawks”

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  There is a lot going on in an article by the Washington Post’s Paul Kane about Congress’s last-minute efforts to fund the federal government in 2010. Embedded within the piece is a demonstration of the hypocrisy of so-called deficit hawks, who publicly say reducing the national debt is an urgent national ...
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• So Heres a Thought

  
  Mario Burgos — Authority: 118
  The union appears to be a little riled with Governor Richardson over the nonnegotiable forced furlough of state employees as one tactic to plug the state budget gap: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18 says Richardsons administration violated the law by refusing to ...
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• House GOP warns Pelosi on DOD bill (Politico)

  
  enUws — Authority: 471
  Politico – They say they won’t vote forDOD spending bill if a hike of the debt ceiling is tacked on. Read the rest here: (Politico)"> (Politico)">House GOP warns Pelosi on DOD bill (Politico)
  2 weeks ago

• The Professor: Why Are We Tiring of Obama?

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  via Works and Days Victor Davis Hanson examines the rapid decline of Obama in: Why Are We Tiring of Obama?Something of the same is happening with our President. He is experiencing the sharpest popularity decline in the history of first-year administrations. The problem is not just that he inherited a bad economy; ...
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• Can’t you just feel the HOPE® and CHANGE®?

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 135
  via ‘Welcome to Obamaville’ Sign Marks Colorado Homeless Tent CityOh, and then there is this in Missouri:
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