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Leading Member Of Congress Advocates Pursuing Policies “In Keeping With Values Of Jesus”

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. Filed under Catholic Church, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Religion

Except it’s not who you think it would be:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she believes she must pursue public policies “in keeping with the values” of Jesus Christ, “The Word made Flesh.”
Pelosi, who is a Catholic and who favors legalized abortion, voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion that was enacted into law in [...]

Democrats Favor Separation Of Church And State, Except When They Don’t

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Filed under Democrats, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Religion

The same Democrats who spent much of the 80s, and the Bush Administration, complaining about Republican Party ties to the Religious Right are now themselves courting the Religious Right to advance their agenda:
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have turned to evangelical Christians in a last-ditch effort to move immigration reform and climate [...]

Mid-Term Madness

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Virginia’s own Larry Sabato talks about the upcoming Mid-term elections:

H/T: United Liberty

Report: FBI Arrests Man For Threatening Speaker Of The House Pelosi

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 7th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Nancy Pelosi, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Another day, another threat against a politician:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press the FBI has arrested a northern California man for making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform.
Charges against the alleged caller have yet to be disclosed.
Several federal officials say the man made dozens of [...]

Senate Passes Reconciliation Bill On Health Care Reform

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, March 25th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Senate passed the Reconciliation Bill this afternoon, but thanks to a parliamentary ruling, it will have to go back to the House of Representatives one more time:
The Senate passed the final piece of President Obama’s landmark health-care package Thursday and sent it back to the House after Republicans identified two minor violations of reconciliation [...]

The Evidence Is Clear; The American People Did Not Want ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

In addition to the CNN poll I wrote about yesterday, there is now a CBS News poll showing that the public is, at best, sharply divided over the bill that passed the House Sunday night:
Before the House vote Sunday, nearly half of Americans, including eight in ten Republicans, said they disapproved of the health care [...]

Once Again Congress Proves That It Is America’s Only Distinctly Native Criminal Class

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 22nd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Don Boudreax pretty much sums up how I’m feeling today:
These people look like serious adults; the timber of their voices make them sound like serious adults; and their titles are ones that are assumed to be reserved for serious adults. But, in fact, these people – from Obama to Pelosi to Hoyer to Reid [...]

House Passes Reconciliation Health Care Bill

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 21st, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The final step in the bizarre kabuki theater that has been the House of Representative’s consideration of health care reform has been completed:
11:30 p.m.: The House has passed the package of fixes meant to reconcile differences between the bill the House passed last year and the Senate bill it passed earlier Sunday night.
Those vote was [...]

The Official ObamaCare Theme Song

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 21st, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

White House And Stupak Reach Deal On Abortion, Health Care Reform

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, March 21st, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Stupak bloc is now a yes,  according to this report from Politico:
The White House and anti-abortion Democrats have reached an agreement to defusethe controversy over abortion in the health reform bill – planning a series of steps that will secure the support of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and other Democrats to give party leaders [...]

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