There Is No Poison Pill. Yet.
Since this is inevitably going to be the next outrage-cow to be milked in the name of faux-accountability, it makes sense to get out ahead of it. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate voted on Saturday to...
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Keystone is Dead
As predicted, the Keystone XL pipeline has now been officially rejected by the Obama Administration after the Republicans chose to hasten the timeline for approval with a rider inserted into...
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Still Laughing
Artist – Joe Heller In other news, Speaker Boehner indicated today that House Republicans intend to take an infrastructure bill and payroll tax-cuts hostage and their ransom demand will be the...
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Marvelous
Artist – Monte Wolverton In other news, according to a report form Roll Call, Speaker Boehner is planning to attach the Keystone XL pipeline to the next 90-day extension of the transportation funding...
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There is no evidence that that’s true. The most realistic estimates are this might create maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline, which might take a year or two, and then after that...
View ArticleMcConnell: We’ll Raise the Debt Ceiling if You Approve an Oil Pipeline
Congressional Republicans have more or less already given up the game by declaring that the nation will not default under any circumstances, but their rhetoric is still worth highlighting for its shear...
View ArticleIt All Began With Benghazi… and Keystone XL
Everyone has their own theory for why the Russian invasion of Crimea is Obama’s fault. Senator Lindsey Graham says it all began with Benghazi, but Representative Paul Ryan thinks it probably has...
View ArticleWashington Post Editorial Board Prints Absurd Keystone XL Rant
After the Obama administration announced a couple Fridays ago that we are postponing the decision on the construction of the proposed 1,100-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch across the...
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Artist – Jen Sorensen In other news, soon-to-be Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his first priority in the next session of Congress will be to approve the Keystone XL pipeline extension. Get the...
View ArticleMcConnell Will Stay Up Way Past His Bedtime for the Doomed Keystone Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is threatening to hold the Senate open until midnight tonight if Senate Democrats will not cease their objections to the Keystone bill. “Some of our...
View ArticleParty of No
Artist – John Darkow In other news, Representative Bob Latta (R-OH) has introduced a bill to prohibit the FCC from declaring that internet providers are a utility. Latta claims that internet providers...
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There is no evidence that that’s true. The most realistic estimates are this might create maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline, which might take a year or two, and then after that...
View ArticleMcConnell: We’ll Raise the Debt Ceiling if You Approve an Oil Pipeline
Congressional Republicans have more or less already given up the game by declaring that the nation will not default under any circumstances, but their rhetoric is still worth highlighting for its shear...
View ArticleIt All Began With Benghazi… and Keystone XL
Everyone has their own theory for why the Russian invasion of Crimea is Obama’s fault. Senator Lindsey Graham says it all began with Benghazi, but Representative Paul Ryan thinks it probably has...
View ArticleWashington Post Editorial Board Prints Absurd Keystone XL Rant
After the Obama administration announced a couple Fridays ago that we are postponing the decision on the construction of the proposed 1,100-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch across the...
View ArticleThought Experiment
Artist – Jen Sorensen In other news, soon-to-be Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his first priority in the next session of Congress will be to approve the Keystone XL pipeline extension. Get the...
View ArticleMcConnell Will Stay Up Way Past His Bedtime for the Doomed Keystone Bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is threatening to hold the Senate open until midnight tonight if Senate Democrats will not cease their objections to the Keystone bill. “Some of our...
View ArticleParty of No
Artist – John Darkow In other news, Representative Bob Latta (R-OH) has introduced a bill to prohibit the FCC from declaring that internet providers are a utility. Latta claims that internet providers...
View ArticleThe Terrorists Win
According to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), if Democrats don't attend a partisan speech delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the terrorists win. “One of our strongest ally’s Prime...
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