By PUMA Pundit on August 19, 2009
The 52 members of the House Blue Dog Caucus of moderate to conservative Democrats are, like most other members of Congress, back in their home districts.
Members of this group — targeted by House Democratic leadership, the White House, and special interest groups — has largely been non-committal in public statements about whether or not they [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged blue dogs, obamacare
By PUMA Pundit on August 8, 2009
I guess the Queen Nancy Pelosi got tired of having to wait for the Air Force to provide her with a fleet of aircraft, so now she has decided to create ‘CongressAir’ by taking $550 million from the Pentagon’s budget to buy 8 Jet planes for the use of members of Congress .
The House’s plan [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged bill young, boeing co., c-17 globemaster III, congress, Department of Defence, department of defense, f-34 lightning II fighter, geoff morrell, House of Representatives, lockheed martin corp., Nancy Pelosi, Pentagon, robert gates
By PUMA Pundit on July 29, 2009
Oh my, the blame game has already started in the Democrat Party, with liberal dems blaming moderate ‘blue dog’ dems for preventing passage of Obamacare before the summer recess… Seems the reason for the Blue Dogs being in Congres is non other than the current White House Enforcer, Chief Of Staff, Rahm Emanuel…
Rep. Maxine [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged blue dog democrats, centrist democrats, democratic congressional campaign committee, healthcare reform, maxine waters, obamacare, rahm emanuel
By PUMA Pundit on July 27, 2009
It seems the Congressional Budget Office is not getting the same data Barack Obama is getting, I mean the memos that claim his Health reform plan shall save money over the course of time…
“In CBO’s judgment, the probability is high that no savings would be realized … but there is also a chance that substantial [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged barack obama, cbo, congressional budget office, democrats, GOP, henry waxman, medicare, mitch mcconnell, peter orszag, White House
By PUMA Pundit on July 8, 2009
The first stimulus was predicted to be a failure, and all signs indicate that it is, yet there is talk in DC about passing a second Stimulus. Thankfully, some Democrats in Congress are balking at the very thought of this.
Bloomberg
Democrats who control the levers of power in Washington are divided over whether to push for [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged barack obama, budget deficits, democrats, Economy, GOP, Harry Reid, jared bernstein, joe biden, republicans, Sheldon Whitehouse, steny hoyer, stimulus, unemployment
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