Senate Votes to Fund Viagra for Child Molesters

S. Amdt 3556 would have, among other things,  prohibited Federal funding for Viagra for child molesters and rapists.  All but two Democrats voted to table the Amendment, thereby killing it.  So, who voted how?
The full text of the amendment reads as follows:
Question On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 3556) Amendment purpose To [...]

President, Cabinet and Congress Still Want No Part of Their Bill

During the Reconciliation Process the following amendment was offered which would have made the President, his Cabinet, White House Senior Staff, Congress and their staffs subject to the same health insurance scrutiny that they are subjecting the rest of us to. Here's the amendment.
Question On the Motion (Motion to Waive Sec. 313 of the CBA Grassley [...]

Max Baucus Lets the Truth Slip Out

Oops!
Max Baucus had one of those Maxine Waters moments last week when he let this slip out. "Too often, much of late, the last couple three years, the mal-distribution of income in American is gone up way too much, the wealthy are getting way, way too wealthy and the middle income class is left behind," [...]

Earthquake in Mass.?

Democrats Shaking As Lead Narrows
A Rasmussen poll, just out, shows the race to fill the vacant Massachusetts Senate seat narrowing. Democrat Martha Coakley still leads in the polls by a margin of 50% to 41% ahead of Republican challenger Scott Brown.  However, two months ago Coakley led by a comfortable 25 point margin. Among the [...]

Why Can’t I Find Reid’s Health Care Bill?

 
Senate Tricks Make it Hard to Find the Senate Health Care Bill
 
The Constitution requires that all revenue bills originate in the House of Representatives. This would make Harry Reid's health care bill unconstitutional from the very start, but as you may have already guessed, the Constitution is nothing more than an annoyance to Democrats. That's [...]

Senate Votes On Health Care Bill

Senate Cloture Vote Moves Health Scare Bill Forward
It may not be time kiss grandma and grandpa goodbye just yet, but it's getting closer. In a strictly party-line vote all Democrats and both Independents voted for cloture on the Obamacare bill. All Republicans voted no, except for George Voinovich (R-OH) who is either too cowardly or [...]

Update on David Hamilton Vote

Update: David F. Hamilton Confirmed to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Before posting the results for the Hamilton confirmation, let's attempt to understand how this judge was confirmed by the senate with only a simple majority. Only yesterday we discovered that once the cloture motion successfully passed with full majority support, only a simple majority was [...]

Judge David Hamilton Senate Vote Scheduled

Obama Nominated Anti-Jesus, Pro-Abortion Judge to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
We've already witnessed a number of controversial Czar appointments, and it appears the president is attempting to infiltrate our courts with far-left liberal activist judges as well. Keep in mind that since some judicial appointments are for life, an extensive vetting process for all nominees [...]

H. R. 3962 – Vote to Destroy American Healthcare Passes the House

There is no longer a need for Americans to fear creeping socialism in America. The days of creeping are over. It has now grabbed America by the throat and is gnawing at its jugular vein. Last night the Democrats in the House of Representatives voted 220 to 215 to socialize American medicine. Of course, they [...]

Transparency Means We Get to Read the Final Bill BEFORE the Vote; Right?

Still Waiting on Those Promises of Transparency

One of the many broken promises made by Obama during the '08 campaign was that his administration would be the most transparent in history. That sentiment became hugely popular among voters and was immediately echoed by other congressional Democrats, including House Speaker Pelosi, who vowed to end the "culture [...]

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