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Why Does Nancy Pelosi Have a Problem With Patriotic Music?

August 31, 2009 – 8:37 pm

After we were startled by the hold music when we called a House office recently, sources on Capitol Hill informed us this week that the Democratic House leadership has made a sweeping decision that congressional offices now have the options of “smooth jazz” elevator music or no music at all.

By Brad Jackson | Posted in Blogs, The Whip | Also tagged Congress, Democrats, flag pins, Fred Upton, patriotic music | Comments

Questions For Nancy Pelosi

August 29, 2009 – 11:04 am

Courtesy of Peter Kirsanow.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged CIA, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, National Security, Peter Kirsanow, Terrorism, War | Comments

“Most Ethical Congress In History”?

August 28, 2009 – 3:47 pm

Why is Charlie Rangel allowed to keep his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee–which, in the event you didn’t know it, plays a decisive role in crafting health care legislation–when his continued presence on the committee makes a mockery of Nancy Pelosi’s claim to keep things on the up and up in Congress?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Charlie Rangel, Congress, Democrats, Ethics, House of Representatives, Most Ethical Congress In History | Comments

Dead Public Option Sketch

August 21, 2009 – 4:03 pm

There has been a lot of back-and-forth on the issue of the public option, with most of the back-and-forth coming from the White House. Someone in the Administration–lately, both Secretary Sebelius and the President himself–goes out and basically states that the public option is not that important, and then the White House walks back the cat when liberals raise their voices in fury, and tell us that the public option is most certainly on the table, that no one should think otherwise, and that all talk to the contrary is just media generated hype.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Administration, Politics, Public Option, Republicans, Steny Hoyer | Comments

Obama’s JFK Mistake: All Glamour, No Game

August 18, 2009 – 9:47 am

When it comes to domestic policy, thus far there is no presidency that Barack Obama’s resembles more than John F. Kennedy’s. This is not a positive statement: Kennedy, equipped with a similarly strong majority on Capitol Hill, was nonetheless a legislatively frustrated president. By mismanaging his health care insurance reform, Obama now risks the same thing.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Congress, health care, Insurance Reform, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Sam Rayburn, Town Halls | Comments

“A Fan Of Disruptors”

August 15, 2009 – 2:49 pm

There was a time when Nancy Pelosi was in favor of “un-American” activities:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Slime And Smear, Steny Hoyer | Comments

Criticizing Democratic Health Care Reform Plans = “Un-American”

August 10, 2009 – 8:59 am

So claim Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer; never mind that the duo didn’t complain about “un-American” tactics when George W. Bush was being hung in effigy.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Slime And Smear, Steny Hoyer | Comments

Nancy Pelosi: Diplomat

August 4, 2009 – 10:47 am

Or, you know, not:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, House of Representatives, Lynn Woolsey | Comments

Villainous Money Welcomed

August 1, 2009 – 12:27 pm

You know, if I didn’t like or approve of a particular entity or industry, I would go out of my way to ensure that I had as few dealings with that entity or industry as possible. Ideally–assuming that I said something along the lines of how the entity or industry was made up of “villains”–the number of dealings we would have with one another would be zero.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Campaign Contributions, Democrats, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Companies | Comments

Summarizing Joe Biden

July 30, 2009 – 8:13 am

There is good news for the Vice President:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Politics, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Joe Biden | Comments

Speaking Of Unpopular Politicians: Meet Nancy Pelosi

July 27, 2009 – 1:05 pm

This is an ugly state of affairs:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, Politics, Polls, Popularity | Comments

Health Care Reform: Calling The House Democratic Leadership’s Bluff

July 24, 2009 – 3:24 pm

Because Blue Dog Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have joined up with Republicans in order to object to the House’s version of health care reform, committee Chairman Henry Waxman is now threatening to bypass his own committee, and bring a bill directly to the floor of the House for a vote. Otherwise, Waxman warns, Republicans on the committee may be “empower[ed].”

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Congress, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Henry Waxman, Higher Taxes, House Energy And Commerce Committee, House of Representatives, Obama Administration, tax policy, taxes | Comments

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