Our elected representatives, Shaheen, Kuster, and Pappas behave as they do for three reasons. They love power. They like the sound of their own voices. And the GOP lets them get away with it.
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Recovering from Obamacare
During a Fox News interview HHS Secretary Azar claimed that “every single promise” of Obamacare was broken throughout the policy’s implementation . The former president received Politifact’s “Lie of the Year” award for his promotional efforts. He got that award for promising that Americans would be able to keep their doctor under the ACA. Slick … Read more
Social Security 2100 Act
Is a 19.35% increase in FICA big enough to do the job? A House Ways and Means subcommittee has held four separate hearings on the insolvency of Social Security. Subcommittee Chairman John Larson recently released a bill, the Social Security 2100 Act, to shore up Social Security’s funding. The bill, which 203 of his Democratic … Read more
When Jeanne Shaheen talks about “bipartisanship”
Shaheen hopes election leads to bipartisanship Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said the Democrats’ victory to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives shows “there are a lot of people who have not been happy with what’s going on in Washington.”…Voters on Election Day also showed “what they want to see is a check on this … Read more
So-Called “Bi-Partisan” Democrat Ann Kuster Voted with Her Party 94.5% of the Time
The Editors If the “Ann Kuster is a bipartisan” narrative sounds familiar to voters in New Hampshire Congressional District 2 that’s because it is. The candidate, her campaign, her state party, and all her PAC and lobbyist money are behind making the point in the weeks leading to Nov. 6. Ann Kuster is everyone’s candidate. … Read more
A fisking of US Senator Jeff Flake on the SCOTUS hearings
Two fortunate things came together – I found the charging cord to my Zoom Q4 camera (literally handsized) and found out that it makes a great camera with which to yank off clips from the TV (DVR’d of course) and that US Senator Jeff Flake decided to show up at St Anselm’s Institute of Politics this past Monday Night. Of course, WMUR just HAD (in their drift leftward) had to cover this “Conservative” who, they touted, derailed the confirmation of Brett Kavanuagh to the Supreme Court (even if just for a little mite of time). Of course, Flake is all pleased with himself and he made that quite clear to all. For not much at all, IMHO; let the fisking begin:
Oh, that picture and “who is that in that red circle?”. Note to Jeff Flake:
“Remember When Ray Buckley Handed Craig Benson a Person of the Year Award”
Bipartisanship: When a Democrat lets a Republican do something no Democrat would ever do in Return. Candidate for NH-GOP Chairman Jennifer Horn is slated to hand (now ex) Governor John Lynch the Salvation Army’s Person of the Year Award in February. If she is elected to the position she will be giving the award–to a … Read more