Redefining Iraq Part 1

Nov 10th 2007

By: Summer

In: Politics

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So many of our citizens have heard so much about the war in Iraq that they have become even more apathetic than normal. How do you know which side to believe? After all this may be the single most redefined issue ever in the history of American politics. So I am going to explore the [...]

Update On Water Bill

Nov 9th 2007

By: William

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The other day I wrote about Bush vetoing a highly popular water project bill. At the time I wrote that the bill would be overridden due to its extremely high support in both parties. Well, that veto override became official yesterday as the Senate voted 79 to 14. This follows a vote [...]

Spend and Spend Republicans

The other day I wrote about the President’s veto of a highly popular water projects bill. In that piece I attacked Bush for making a partisan political ploy out of the serious issue of fiscal responsibility. After never vetoing a single spending bill while his Republican cronies were in power, Bush has now [...]

Bush Vetoes Highly Popular Water Bill

Bush has vetoed a bill authorizing hundreds of important water related projects. This bill, like the SCHIP expansion, enjoyed strong bipartisan support and is highly popular. Unlike the last veto this bill looks to have the votes needed to hand Bush his first veto override. This bill passed the house and senate [...]

Bush Will Again Veto SCHIP

Oct 25th 2007

By: Summer

In: Politics

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Although the revised bill costs the same, 35million dollars over 5 years, Democratic leaders say that they have addressed the concerns brought up by the President who vetoed the original bill and the members of the House who voted no on overriding his veto.
Namely it will not allow coverage to families who make more than [...]

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