Daily Archives: June 8, 2009

Jun 8 2009

Obama’s War funding bill has been put aside!

Barack Obama’s penchant for last-minute demands, and a rebellion by liberal allies over his efforts to block the release of detainee abuse photos, have combined to sidetrack his bill to pay for an expanded war in Afghanistan as well as continuing military operations in Iraq.
The $100 billion measure is awaiting a House-Senate conference committee after winning easy approval last month in both chambers, but an emerging compromise on the bill has become caught in the crosscurrents coming from both Obama’s left and right on Capitol Hill.
The upshot is that the administration faces a choice: Drop the line of credit to the International Monetary and win back Republicans, or give into the liberal revolt and quit using all means to block the release and publication of photos detailing harsh treatment of terrorism detainees.

“It’s a bill-killer, especially if the administration wants IMF (funding),” Frank said of the FOIA exemptions the White Houses wants for the detainee photos. “I’ve conveyed that.”
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The honeymoon is over and now Obama has to get down off his mountain and work at getting bills passed! His spending spree has not worked and congress will read bills now before voting on them.

Jun 8 2009

N.Y. Republicans Win Senate as Democrats Switch

New York Senate Republicans regained control of the Senate as two Democrats switched sides.

“We experienced five months of failure,” Espada, who became the Senate’s new president pro tem, said when explaining his actions at a press conference. In that time, Democratic leaders developed the budget in secret and “punished members to vote a certain way,” he said. The new coalition government “will be focused on reform.” Read More

The same should happen in the U.S. Congress as the democrats are developing bills behind closed doors and shutting out the republicans from having a chance to vote! Maybe we the people will make a change in the U.S. Congress come 2010 after we have seen enough of the corruption by the democrats! What you think people?

LINKS:

(1) DOJ Denies Georgia Voter Fraud Protection by
rjjrdq’s America II

(2) Two Democrats in New York abandon ship, give GOP control of state SenateBy Michelle Malkin

Jun 8 2009

Sarah Palin slaps Obama on missile defense cuts

Sarah Palin admonished the Obama adminstration on Saturday for proposing cuts to Alaska’s missile defense network, a move she said would leave her state and the rest of the country vulnerable in the case of a future attack.

“Reducing Alaska’s defense readiness in these perilous times is a show of weakness, it is not a sign of strength,” Palin said
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Obama is another Jimmy Carter, so yes Sarah Palin is right to say that Obama is weak and making America weak with his defense cuts!