The White House last night began releasing state-by-state reports detailing how the sequester will unroll (it’s worth noting some Republicans are already challenging some of the state-specific numbers). According to the Texas fact sheet, here’s some of what we can expect to happen this year in the Lone Star State unless Congress intervenes...
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Tags: budget cuts, CONGRESS, sequester, texas
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In a new attack ad, the Congressional Leadership Fund attacks Gallego for his backing from “radical environmentalists” and their “job killing agenda.”
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Tags: CD 23, CONGRESS, Francisco "Quico" Canseco, pete gallego, Quico Canseco, texas
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Today is the day. The day that websites across the internet have shutdown, gone black, to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Imagine a life without lolcats to soften your brain drain. No giggles from browsing the missed connections on Craigslist. SOPA also has an evil twin named PIPA. A...
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Tags: blackout, CONGRESS, Freedom of speech, lolcats, PIPA, satx, sopa
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“I think oil companies, which have served this state well, and wealthy people, who have benefited — my sense is they would not mind paying their fair share."
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Tags: afghanistan, budget cuts, CONGRESS, defense spending, iraq, jobs, lamar smith, moveon.org, san antonio
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WOLVERINES cure it with their minds!
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Tags: 9/11 truth, Carlos Estevez, Chaim Levine, Charlie Sheen, Chuck Lorre, cocaine, CONGRESS, Drug Abuse, Drug Czar, Emelio Estevez, Gil Kerlikowske, Health Care Reform, Hot Shots, John Stamos, Mel Gibson, Prostitution, Ramon Estevez, Sheen Addiction, The Banking Industry, the Rookie, Tiger Blood, Two and a Half Men
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Earlier today, February 19, 2011, the House voted 235-189 to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The CPB is a federal non-profit agency responsible for distributing support to over 1,300 local public broadcasting stations. According to a statement released by FreePress today, several Democrats countered with a proposal to restore $460 million in...
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“And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest...
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Tags: aclu, Christine Garza, CONGRESS, contemporary xicana, dadt, dream act, esperanza peace and justice center, hrc, repeal, san antonio current, stonewall democrats of san antonio
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Representative Waxman introduced a net neutrality draft bill which would prevent the FCC’s power to enforce prohibitions on discriminatory behavior, and would prohibit Title II reclassification of broadband. READ MORE –> Net Neutrality Bill Might Be More About Message Than Action.
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Tags: BROADBAND, CONGRESS, FCC, LEGISLATION, NET NEUTRALITY
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