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• in Politics
  Weiner-gate Closes
  Anthony Weiner resigns
  by amohit / on Jun 16, 2011
• in Politics
  USA Sinking Faster Than You Think
  Two wrongs do not make it right
  by amohit / on Jun 10, 2011
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  Porn Star Won't Run For Senate Because She's A Porn Star
  Stormy Daniels announces that she chooses not to run because the system won't let her win.
  by sussman / on Apr 18, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “david vitter”

 

• Waters vows action to avert unaffordable premium hikes blamed on flood insurance bill

  
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  WASHINGTON -- The co-author of legislation that Louisiana officials say is leading to significant hikes in federal flood insurance premiums promised Saturday to work with congressional colleagues and the Obama administration officials to resolve the problem.Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif."As one...
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• On the Hill: Does GOP bill help or harm workers?

  
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  Is it worker flexibility, or cut your pay bill?Heres another bill that Republicans and Democrats read and see totally different impacts. Its the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which passed the House last week with support from almost all...
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• Big Oil Uses the Republican Party to Subvert American Democracy

  
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  By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – In a surprise move, the eight Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday blocked a floor vote on President Obama’s nominee, Gina McCarthy, as U.S. EPA Administrator. In doing so the Republican senators broke their earlier promise to move ...
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• Higher bank capital ratios without eliminating distortions based on perceived risks, would make banks riskier

  
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  Sir, John Plender refers both to the draft legislation advanced by US senators David Vitter and Sherrod Brown , and to Anad Admati’s and Martin Hellwig’s “The bankers’ New Clothes” , in order to point out that “ Support is growing for higher bank capital ratios ”, May 8. Plender unfortunately entirely ...
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• David Vitter watch, day 2137, give or take

  
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  Today is a great day in the annals (two Ns, so shut up!) of Republican lying adulterers. Mark Sanford (R-only a sin to be a Democrat) will never again be seriously challenged by a Democratic candidate. According to those exit polls, Mr. Sanford held a three-to-one lead among voters who described themselves as ...
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• Boxer defends her deal with Vitter to streamline environmental oversight for Corps of Engineers

  
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  WASHINGTON -- The Senate began debating a bill Tuesday to set federal policy for federal flood control and harbor maintenance projects with a strong defense by the bills authors over criticism it shortchanges environmental review.Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., whose environmental...
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• Senate passes bill allowing states to collect sales tax from online merchants

  
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  WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 69-27 Monday to allow states to collect sales tax on online purchases. But prospects in the House remain iffy, with some Republicans labeling the bill as a "tax increase."According to congressional estimates, Louisiana could gain...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama administration objects to Vitter-Boxer water resources bill

  
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  WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration Monday raised objections to a water resources bill drawn up by Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and David Vitter, R-La. The White House specifically objected to some of the streamlining provisions Vitter added to the bill...
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• Dodd-Frank is finally being implemented. Will that be enough?

  
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  In 2010, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) wanted a leverage ratio written into law. Dodd-Frank didn’t include that. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) In early 2010, during the debate over the construction of the financial reform bill that would become Dodd-Frank, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) received a curious letter ...
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• Sen. David Vitter Tweeting Serious Flaws in Gang of Eight Immigration Bill...

  
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  The bill pretty much gives Janet Napolitano the power to do anything she wants. What could possible go wrong? #Gof8Fact pg 11 of #Gangof8 bill says that Secretary of Homeland Security can alter legal immigrant status of #DREAM and ag. workers. — David Vitter (@DavidVitter) April 30, 2013 #Gof8Fact pg ...
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• The Brown Vitter bill : Make banking boaring might be kind of fun

  
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  There are a lot of things you can read about the Brown-Vitter bill recently, though it’s a really nice day out and you probably shouldn’t. It’s not … it’s not like a real thing is it? When the text of the bill, which would raise the equity capital requirements on big banks to ~15% on [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Risk-weighting for risks already weighted for, well that is regulatory zealotry you can write home about

  
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  Sir, you write that “the Fed’s monetary policy [is] much more efficient than in those economies where the transmission of central bank money-printing to real economy remains broken” “ If th e Fed ain’t broke, don’t fix it ” May 1. Indeed but the reason of that is that the US never adopted as fully ...
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• Vitter/Boxer water bill drawing opposition after unanimous committee OK

  
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  WASHINGTON - Legislation drafted by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., to authorize projects and policies for the Army Corps of Engineers is running into some opposition after winning a unanimous vote last month by the Senate Environment...
  3 weeks ago

• Cassidy proposes bill to force the president and his cabinet to use health laws insurance exchanges

  
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  WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, introduced legislation Thursday that would require President Barack Obama and his cabinet to use the health care exchanges being created under the Affordable Care Act to help people purchase affordable insurance.He offered his...
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• Politics News – China, Iraq, Senate

  
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  China, France Vow to Promote ‘Multipolar’ World With Air Attacks, Sectarian Strife Intensifies in Iraq A risk including gay partners in immigration bill. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage. div#grabpreview { display:none ...
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• Vitter/Brown, odd couple of financial regulation, unveil their banking bill

  
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  WASHINGTON - The Senates odd couple on financial regulation Wednesday unveiled legislation to minimize the risks to taxpayers they say result from under-leveraged mega banks.The bill, offered by conservative Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and liberal Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio., would require...
  3 weeks ago

• Politics as Usual at Gina McCarthy Hearings

  
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  The April 11 th confirmation hearing of nominee Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency , was a robust exchange encapsulating the primary points of view consistently espoused on each side of the aisle. Questioned were the efficacy of the department, it’s standards, the alleged conflict between ...
  4 weeks ago

• Politics As Usual At Gina McCarthy Hearings

  
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  By Marcia G. Yerman The April 11 th confirmation hearing of nominee Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency , was a robust exchange encapsulating the primary points of view consistently espoused on each side of the aisle. Questioned were the efficacy of the department, it’s standards, the ...
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• Sen. David Vitter finding ‘lots of amnesty’ in Gang of 8′s immigration bill

  
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  Louisiana Sen. David Vitter is taking the unusual step of finding out what’s in the Gang of 8′s 800-page immigration bill before voting on it. Better yet, he’s tweeting each #Gof8Fact as he comes across it, and he’s not liking what he sees. The #Gangof8 just released their 844 page #immigration bill. Ill ...
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• Late Night FDL: The Onion, Come to Life

  
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  I guess in the end, it’s a chicken and egg question It’s funny, in the least funny of ways, how a week that began in unspeakable tragedy unfolded into one filled with so much absurdity and journalistic malpractice, along with a truly bizarre string of unrelated events, that the actual news was often so frankly ...
  4 weeks ago

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