Robert Dobbs News

The Republican Health Care Reform Plan. If You Want to Call It That!

2009-11-06T01:47:08+01:00

Republican Minority Leader John Boehner released the Republican comeback to the Health Care Reform package being put forward by the Democratic Leadership. However, the CBO, Congressional Budget Office, ripped apart the Republican plan for everything it doesn't do.

We have been waiting for months for the Republicans to come up with

2009-10-26T23:41:55+01:00

I don't see this as an option to get the public option into the legislation but a way in which politicians without a spine can say they tried and when your State chooses not to participate, millions of Americans will once again go without coverage.

Why compromise, what is good and

The Party of "No" and How This Has Affected Millions of Americans!

2009-10-24T11:30:09+01:00

Senate Democrats are complaining and rightfull so, that an extension of unemployment benefits, a major Pentagon policy measure, the remaining spending bills and a series of nominations are being slowed by Senate Republicans who are interested in keeping Congress tied up for their own personal gain and deny Democrats any

GOP Senators Go Down in Flames for Stalling on Major Bills in US Senate

2009-10-22T20:44:00+01:00

The GOP Senators only have themselves to blame for going down in flames by their consistant stalling tactics in the US Senate. Senate Democrats will this week try to make progress on other initiatives that have been moving at a snails pace due to the stalling tactics of Senate Republicans.

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GOP Senators are Blocking Extension of Unemployment Because of ACORN Legislation and Real Estate Tax

2009-10-20T21:18:59+01:00

That's right, the unemployment extension bill is being held up by the Republicans so they can argue about ACORN, again, and attempt to get a Real Estate Extension Tax Credit. These two issues should be seperate from the unemployment extension bill.

The unemployment extension bill continues to sit and

GOP Senators Now are Blocking Extension of Unemployment Insurance

2009-10-14T13:47:32+01:00

Republican Senators are now blocking the unemployment extension that Democratic Senators were attempting to get passed this week. Dow Jones is reporting that Senate Republicans' plan to stall debate on the bill (H.R. 3548) -- which was expected to hit the floor this week -- because they object to its

The Question of Health Care Reform and Immigration

2009-09-23T19:42:59+01:00

The conservative right in Congress and in the mainstream are attacking the health care reform packages put forward by the President and Democratic Leadership as an enhancement for illegal immigrants. Furthermore the conservatives believe that any public option would attrack even more illegal immigration. This is absolutely false

Governor Sanford Vetoes Payday Lending Bill

2009-06-06T19:38:02+01:00

If the Governor of South Carolina doesn't make enough bad decisions already (rejecting Stimulus money, high employment, etc). Now Sanford does something even crazier, allowing payday lenders to continue their predatory lending practices, but the veto is done under the cloak of personal liberty and his libertarian beliefs. In fact, Sanford claims

What is the Condition of South Carolina?

2009-06-26T19:36:53+01:00

What is the condition of the State of South Carolina while every media outlet focuses upon Mark Sanford, his mistress, and his philandering.

South Carolina's unemployment rate rose to a record 12.1 percent in May, high level of foreclosures (ranked 16th according to USA Today, http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-06-10-may-home-foreclosures_N.htm#chart), and a consistant drop in state revenues.

According

Where Have All the American Jobs Gone?

2009-06-27T19:35:22+01:00

One disturbing trend continues to flow out of Congress and the past and current Whitehouse, the failure to protect and secure American jobs. Some thought the comments by Ross Perot concerning the "huge sucking sound" from American jobs leaving the U.S. due to NAFTA was pure hysteria. However, over the