Senator Daniel Inouye loves those Earmarks

Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Defense Subcommittee, teamed up with ranking Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and other lawmakers to cut more than $3 billion from the bill to make room for the earmarks.

How did you Senator vote on the stimulus package?

Alabama
Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.
Alaska
Begich (D) Yes; Murkowski (R) No.
Arizona
Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) No.
Arkansas
Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
California
Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.
Colorado
Bennet (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.
Delaware
Carper (D) Yes; Kaufman (D) Yes.
Florida
Martinez (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.
Georgia
Chambliss (R) No; Isakson (R) No.
Hawaii
Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.
Idaho
Crapo (R) No; Risch (R) No.
Illinois
Burris (D) Yes; Durbin (D) Yes.
Indiana
Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) No.
Iowa
Grassley (R) No; Harkin (D) Yes.
Kansas
Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No.
Kentucky
Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No.
Louisiana
Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.
Maine
Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.
Maryland
Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) Yes; Kerry (D) Yes.
Michigan
Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.
Minnesota
Klobuchar (D) Yes.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) No; Wicker (R) No.
Missouri
Bond (R) No; McCaskill (D) Yes.
Montana
Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.
Nebraska
Johanns (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.
Nevada
Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Not Voting; Shaheen (D) Yes.
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.
New York
Gillibrand (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.
North Carolina
Burr (R) No; Hagan (D) Yes.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
Ohio
Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) No.
Oklahoma
Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) No.
Oregon
Merkley (D) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes

Pennsylvania
Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.
Rhode Island
Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.
South Carolina
DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) No.
South Dakota
Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) No.
Tennessee
Alexander (R) No; Corker (R) No.
Texas
Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) No.
Utah
Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) No.
Vermont
Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.
Virginia
Warner (D) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.
Washington
Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.
Wyoming
Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.

Rep. Rangel: Popular lawmaker with ethics issues

WASHINGTON — Rep. Charlie Rangel, the latest congressional titan with ethics problems, is described by a longtime House colleague as the guy who would make sure everyone put on oxygen masks during a flight emergency, but would have to be told to put on his own.

If Rep. Gary Ackerman’s characterization fits the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, then Rangel’s inattention to his ethical conduct has reached epic proportions.

The person most in charge of writing the nation’s tax laws neglected to pay taxes on rental income from his vacation villa in the Dominican Republic. He failed to report assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on his annual disclosure forms, including a hard-to-miss credit union account worth up to $500,000. And those are only some of his lapses.

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Obama Eyes Economic Triage for Unemployed

The Obama administration has begun talks with congressional Democratic leaders on moves to extend health insurance subsidies, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and jobless benefits, congressional and administration officials told FOX News late Friday.

After another grim jobless report, President Obama is turning his attention to extending a lifeline to the unemployed and making the case that his health care plan would create jobs by making small business startups more affordable.

The Obama administration has begun talks with congressional Democratic leaders on moves to extend health insurance subsidies, the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and jobless benefits, congressional and administration officials told FOX News late Friday.

Meanwhile, in his weekly radio and Internet video address Saturday, the president linked one of his biggest challenges — joblessness — with passage of far-reaching changes to the nation’s health care system.

FOX NEWS

Pelosi: GOP has double standard in health care rhetoric debate

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped congressional Republicans on Thursday for holding Democrats to a higher standard in the rhetoric employed in the often acidic health care debate.
Rep. Alan Grayson isn’t backing down from his controversial remarks made on the House floor.

Rep. Alan Grayson isn’t backing down from his controversial remarks made on the House floor.

“Apparently, Republicans are holding Democrats to a higher level than they hold their own members,” she said on Capitol Hill. “If anybody’s going to apologize, everybody should apologize.”

Pelosi made her remarks after being asked to comment on a controversial speech made this week by Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, who said on the House floor that Republican health care plans call for sick people to “die quickly.”

GOP leaders charged Grayson with crossing a rhetorical line and demanded an apology. Grayson responded by apologizing not for his remarks but for the government’s failure to enact health care reform sooner. Video Watch Grayson defend his remarks »

“I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in America,” he said.

Grayson cited a Harvard University study released this month that said 44,000 Americans die each year because they have no health insurance.

That prompted a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee to issue a stinging rebuke, saying Grayson is “doubling down on his despicable remarks, and he is dragging his party with him.”

On Thursday, a GOP legislative leader from Grayson’s home state of Florida criticized him for making light of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II.

“Regardless of one’s position on the issue of health care reform, comparing the American health care system to the systematic murdering of over 6 million Jews is totally outrageous and unfit for someone holding public office,” Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner said.

“Congressman Grayson should apologize to the Jewish community and the families of those whose loved ones were brutally executed. I’d also encourage Mr. Grayson to take a walk tomorrow afternoon to the U.S. Holocaust Museum so he can witness for himself just how offensive and inappropriate his statement is.”

Pelosi in turn argued that Republicans regularly make statements about health care on the House floor “that relate to death.” The “points have been made,” she said. “Now it’s time for us to keep the focus on health care.”

Grayson, a Democrat who represents a central Florida swing district that includes Orlando, defended his recent remarks Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room.”

“What I mean is, they have got no plan,” Grayson told Wolf Blitzer. “It’s been 24 hours since I said that. Where is the Republican plan? We’re all waiting to see something that will take care of the pre-existing conditions, to take care of the 40 million Americans who have no coverage at all.

“That’s what I meant when I said that the Republican plan is ‘don’t get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly.’ ”

Grayson said the Republicans who he believes are obstructing health care reform are “foot-dragging, knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.”
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Calling for universal health care, he slammed “whoever it is that’s causing the Republicans to fight tooth-and-nail against anything, absolutely anything.”

“Those are the people who are really disserving Americans,” he said.

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Henry Waxman doesn’t read his own bill

Author Senator. Henry Waxman On His Cap-And-Trade Bill: “I don’t know the details. I rely on the scientists.” The guy is pushing a bill he neither understands or has read. Brilliant (Guinness beer plug).. Brilliant

Roland Burris Monument to Himself

Illinois Senator Roland Burris, whom Gov. Rod Blagojevich chose to fill President Obama’s Senate seat, has already erected his “monument” in a Chicago cemetery. The future grave lists his accomplishments. Clearly, a legend in his own mind.

Barbara Boxer on the SF Earthquake

“Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, “Thank God, I’m still alive.” But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.”

Barbara Boxer Stupid Quotes

Could you say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am? It’s just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I’d appreciate it.

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