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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com January 19, 2011
Iowa Antimarriage Bill Introduced
By Advocate.com Editors
Legislation that would allow voters to strip Iowa same-sex couples of
marriage rights was introduced in the state house of representatives
Wednesday.
Iowa has had marriage equality since 2009, when the state supreme court
ruled unanimously that denying gay couples access to marriage violated the
state constitution. The new measure, which has been under discussion for
some time, would allow voters to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Posted on Advocate.com February 15, 2011
Two Md. Senators for Marriage Equality
By Julie Bolcer
Edward Kasemeyer Maryland state senators Edward Kasemeyer and Katherine
Klausmeier said Monday that they would support the marriage equality bill,
bringing the number of votes for the measure to 23. The bill needs 24 votes
to pass the chamber.
According to The Baltimore Sun, “Kasemeyer, a Democrat who represents
Howard and Baltimore counties, had not previously said how he planned to
vote on the bill.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com February 15, 2011
Colo. Civil Unions Bill Introduced
Colorado state senator Pat Steadman introduced a civil unions bill Monday,
as supporters sent legislators construction-paper “links of love” for
Valentine’s Day.
By Advocate.com Editors
Colorado state senator Pat Steadman introduced his much-anticipated civil
unions bill Monday.
Steadman had been talking about the bill for months, even wondering if he
should sponsor it, as he took into account the criticism that civil un... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 Posted on Advocate.com May 05, 2011 09:45:00 AM ET
Bill Clinton Endorses N.Y. Marriage
By Julie Bolcer
BILL CLINTON X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
President Bill Clinton endorsed marriage equality legislation in New York as
it appears increasingly likely that lawmakers will vote on the measure by
June.
Clinton, a popular figure in the Democratic Party, announced his support in
a statement released by the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday, saying that
the goal of achieving a “more perfect union” in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 5 Posted on Advocate.com June 08, 2011 06:50:00 PM ET
Queens United, Almost, for Marriage Equality
By Julie Bolcer
A substantial contingent of elected officials, labor leaders, and other
advocates hosted a press conference Wednesday to show support for marriage
equality in Queens, N.Y., a borough represented by two undecided state
senators key to passage of the legislation.
The event, which brought together federal, state, and local leaders,
signaled the start of the final, intensified push for ma... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 6 New York Assembly Passes Marriage Equality Bill
By Julie Bolcer
DANNY O'DONNELL X390 (SOURCED) | ADVOCATE.COM
The New York state assembly passed the marriage equality bill for the fourth
, and perhaps the final, time on Wednesday. The measure now awaits
consideration by the senate.
Lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled chamber passed the bill by a
bipartisan vote of 80 to 63 after four hours of impassioned but largely
civil debate. In wide-ranging remarks, with a heavy emphasis on religion,
spe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 7 Marriage Equality Momentum on Hold in New York
By Julie Bolcer
DEAN SKELOS X390 (.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
Following a three-hour meeting on Friday morning, the third such conference
in as many days, Republican senators in New York emerged with no decision on
whether to bring the marriage equality bill for a vote by the scheduled end
of session on Monday. In fact, majority leader Dean Skelos said that
concerns about the language of the bill supersede the questions of whether
and when to bring the mea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 8 Posted on Advocate.com June 20, 2011 09:40:00 AM ET
Deadline for Marriage Equality in New York
By Julie Bolcer
Monday is the last scheduled day of the legislative session in New York,
where the marriage equality bill, which remains one vote short of passage,
awaits a vote in the senate.
The New York state legislative session is scheduled to end on Monday, giving
the senate one more day to hold a vote on the marriage equality bill that
remains one vote short of passage. Following a series of majo... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 9 Posted on Advocate.com June 21, 2011 03:25:00 PM ET
New Yorkers United for Marriage Equality at Rally
By Julie Bolcer
NEW YORK State assemblymembers 20110621 X390 (JULIE BOLCER) | ADVOCATE.COM
New Yorkers from as far away as Buffalo and New York City traveled to the
state capitol in Albany on Tuesday to rally for an immediate vote on the
marriage equality bill, which remained one vote shy of passage in the senate
as lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared to be making progress in
negotiations b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 10 NEW YORK – Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York
state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize
gay marriage, saying that's what democracy's all about. But as expected, the
president stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage himself, instead
asking gay and lesbian donors for patience.
"I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other
couple in this country," the president said at a Manhattan fundraiser, his
first geared... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 Cheers for Cuomo at NYC Gay Pride March
By Julie Bolcer
An estimated two million people converged on Manhattan Sunday for the New
York City gay Pride march, an annual event that took on an “extra special”
meaning, in the words of the day’s star attraction, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who
signed the marriage equality bill into law Friday. Same-sex couples from
anywhere will be able to marry in New York beginning on July 24.
The bill passed the Senate Friday by a vote of 33 to 29, including support
from fo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 12 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110627/us-gay-marria
ST. PAUL, Minn. — With New York now gearing up for same-sex weddings, the
battle lines are forming for the next skirmishes over gay marriage – and
the most dramatic could come in Minnesota.
Gay-marriage supporters in the Land of 10,000 Lakes will be working
fervently to end a 31-state losing streak at the polls and defeat a proposed
amendment on the 2012 ballot that would limit marriage to one-man, one-
woman unions.
It's expected t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 Posted on Advocate.com August 27, 2011 09:05:00 PM ET
Is Washington State Ready For Marriage Equality?
By Winston Gieseke
WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL BUILDING x390 (.gov) | Advocate.com
Even though Washington State took almost 30 years to pass a gay rights law,
two gay Democrats think it’s about ready for marriage equality.
Sen. Ed Murray and Rep. Jamie Pedersen, both Democrats from Seattle’s 43rd
District, are considering a major push toward same-sex marriage legislation
in January.
According to t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 WASHINGTON -- Next month, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be voting on
legislation to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, an important step
forward in the fight for equality for same-sex couples.
"Next month, I will call up the Respect for Marriage Act for debate and a
vote in the Judiciary Committee," said committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-
Vt.) in a statement on Friday. "The Respect for Marriage Act would repeal
the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents thousands of American fa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 374 | 15 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/10/25/leahy-sets-doma-repea
The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee has set Nov. 3 as the start for
debate and a committee vote on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage
Act.
In a statement Tuesday, the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced
the committee “will begin debate on legislation” starting Nov. 3. The
Vermont lawmaker previously pledged to hold a panel vote on the bill in
November.
The committee begin its executive business meeting ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 16 Posted on Advocate.com November 18, 2011 08:58:30 PM ET
Bill to Give Federal Workers DP Benefits Introduced
By Trudy Ring
Legislation was introduced today in the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives to provide for domestic-partner benefits for federal
government employees.
Independent senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Republican Susan
Collins of Maine introduced the bill in the Senate, as they have in previous
sessions. Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, who is one of the four
openl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 17 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/07/ugandas-anti-gay-bill-r
KAMPALA, Uganda -- The Ugandan parliamentarian who first introduced an anti-
gay bill that carried the death penalty for some homosexual acts
reintroduced the bill on Tuesday, raising concerns among rights activists
who have been fighting the legislation.
Parliamentarian David Bahati first introduced the bill in 2009 but it has
never come before the full legislative body for a vote. Though widely
supported in Uganda, the bill's prog... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted on Advocate.com February 17, 2012 05:20:00 PM ET
Christie Vetoes N.J. Marriage Equality Bill
By Neal Broverman
CHRIS CHRISTIE 20120216 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
New Jersey's Republican governor Chris Christie made good on his promise to
veto a marriage equality bill, sending the legislation to its possible death
on Friday.
One day after the Garden State's general assembly passed same-sex marriage
legislation and four days after the state senate did, Christie stamped a big
no on the bill... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2596 | 19 Gay couples campaigning for civil unions in Colorado have claimed their
biggest victory yet as a key Republican-led House committee advanced a bill
it had previously opposed.
The newfound support means Colorado is likely to become the latest of more
than a dozen states to provide legal protections to gay couples similar to
marriage.
The measure approved Thursday evening faces two more committee votes, but
sponsors are optimistic they have enough support to get the legislation to
Gov. John Hicken... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 ENVER -- Chants of "shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered
through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker
Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions won't get a vote.
McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil
unions would die along with several other bills, including an overhaul of
school discipline policies and setting a blood-level marijuana limit for
drivers.
"We have reached an impasse," McNulty said. "It is unfor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Civil Unions Bill — Again
BY Editors
May 14 2012 11:07 AM ET
Colorado lawmakers are back in session at the behest of Gov. John
Hickenlooper on a range of bills, including civil unions legislation that
failed to reach debate last week.
Why the measure failed to get a vote depends on whom you ask. Advocates and
Democrats say that state house Republicans blocked the bill using procedural
stall tactics, while GOP leaders said the bill came up too late in the
legislativ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 22 A federal judge in Hawaii ruled Wednesday that the state’s ban on same-sex
marriages is constitutional, and said that any changes to the law should be
made by lawmakers or voters through a constitutional amendment process.
U.S. District Judge Alan Kay issued a 120-page decision that said court
involvement at this point would “short-circuit” the legislative activity
that has taken place against the issue. A civil unions law took effect in
2011, but the co-plaintiffs in the suit, Jackson v. Abercr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris plan to push the
legislation before the current session ends early next month.
The stage was set for a holiday showdown over marriage equality in Illinois
when state lawmakers announced plans Thursday to push for legislation before
the end of the current session in early January.
Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris said they would take
up the measure, known as the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, in
the closing d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 24 1. The Clucking Mess of Chick-fil-A
Georgia-based fried chicken chain Chick-fil-A became a national flash point
when it was revealed that the company had donated more than $5 million to
antigay groups, including a hate group as designated by the Southern Poverty
Law Center. Company president Dan Cathy added to the firestorm when he said
he opposes marriage equality and operates his fast-food chain according to
“biblical principles.” The resulting boycotts led conservative former
Arkansas governo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 Taiwan's legislature has held its first official hearings on whether or not
to legalise gay marriage, in a major step towards becoming the first Asian
territory to approve marriage equality.
The [proposed legislation] changes only articles 972, 973 and 980 of the
Civil Code, altering the words from ‘male’ and ‘female’ to gender-
neutral language.
But Hsu Li-ying, from the Judicial Yuan's (Supreme Court) Juvenile and
Family Department, said the new legislation ‘may need to be more
compreh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 26 Rhode Island moved one big step closer to marriage equality today with the
House of Representatives approving the bill.
On Tuesday it had moved out of committee for the first time in all of the
previous attempts made during the last 11 years and went to the floor of the
state House, where it passed 51-19 today, led by out House speaker Gordon
Fox and the bill's author, Arthur Handy. But next up is what is still
considered by many to be the legislation's greatest hurdle — the Senate.
Senate presi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 27 French Assembly Moves Toward Legalizing Marriage Equality
An important article that's part of legislation to approve same-sex marriage
and adoption by gay couples in France sailed through the national assembly.
Voting 249-97, the lower house of the French parliament approved the article
that would grant marriage equality to France's same-sex couples. The
remainder of the legislation, which includes a contentious article to
legalize adoption by gays, will be debated in the coming week. The huge v... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 28 那你再看看下面的报道,恐怕就不会相信这老头子有什么"进步"了.
(话说回来,你要是心底喜欢保守派,似乎也找错对象了,你应该感谢Ted Olsen这样的真
正的保守派,Scalia其实无非就是穿着法官黑袍的高级bigot罢了).
鉴于你的首贴factually wrong,你应该考虑删掉,免得在这里露怯.
Scalia Rages Against Supreme Court’s Gay Rights Ruling
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/scalia-doma-dissent.
Sahil Kapur June 26, 2013, 12:38 PM 7805
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a flaming dissent against the Supreme Court’s
5-4 ruling Wednesday invalidating the core of the Defense of Marriage Act,
the law that prohibits married same-s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1235 | 29 这篇文章解释得比较详细，也就是说AZ和GA的宗教自由法案，将宗教自由的优先度提高
到了其它反歧视法案之上。如果这个法案通过，其他历史上曾经通过的各种反歧视法案
将变成一纸空文。任何公司都将可以援引宗教自由在雇佣，租房，服务业等等领域公然
进行歧视。和Kansas, Tennessee, South Dekota的类似提案不同的是，AZ和GA
的提案都没有提到LGBT，这也意味着其破坏性更大，这个法案将允许种族歧视，性别歧
视，等等。
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/new-bill-georgia-would-al
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners
—Dana Liebelson on Mon. February 24, 2014 2:44 PM PDT
Welcome center: DanTD/Wikimedia Commons; Plank: Nuttapong/Shutterstock.
Photoillustration by Mat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1235 | 30 这篇文章解释得比较详细，也就是说AZ和GA的宗教自由法案，将宗教自由的优先度提高
到了其它反歧视法案之上。如果这个法案通过，其他历史上曾经通过的各种反歧视法案
将变成一纸空文。任何公司都将可以援引宗教自由在雇佣，租房，服务业等等领域公然
进行歧视。和Kansas, Tennessee, South Dekota的类似提案不同的是，AZ和GA
的提案都没有提到LGBT，这也意味着其破坏性更大，这个法案将允许种族歧视，性别歧
视，等等。
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/new-bill-georgia-would-al
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners
—Dana Liebelson on Mon. February 24, 2014 2:44 PM PDT
Welcome center: DanTD/Wikimedia Commons; Plank: Nuttapong/Shutterstock.
Photoillustration by Mat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2113 | 31
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/26/jan-brewer-vet
gay-bill.html
In the speech announcing her veto, Brewer bragged about her record
protecting religious freedom in Arizona and said Senate Bill 1062 "does
not address specific or pressing concerns related to religious liberty
in Arizona." She went on to say that she had "not heard one example" of
an actual problem that the bill would fix. Brewer went on to worry that
the bill was "broadly worded and could result in unintended and neg... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3096 | 32 在1994年之前，经过作者调研，全美没有发生过知名的校园大屠杀案件（一次死亡3人
以上）
1994年Gun Free Schools Act 通过，同时联邦政府迫使各州也通过了类似法律之后，
在全国范围内，任何公立中小学内携枪都属于federal felony, 同时校园屠杀案却如雨
后春笋一
般不断增加。从94年至今至今已发生14起，每两年一起。
不过就是在这个法案通过后，仍然有红州教职员工违法带枪到学校，制止屠杀的案例。
在此我要向这些教职员工致敬。
这些案例包括
1. In Pearl, Mississippi in 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham stabbed and
bludgeoned to death his mother at home, then killed two students and
injured seven at his high school. As he was on his way to another school
building , he was stopped by Assistant Principal J... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 里面第一页的message from CEO, 就狠狠扇了疤蟆一个耳光, 太有趣了.
CEO这么说的
The recently
passed health legislation is expected to increase the number of
people covered by health insurance and address one of the three
objectives of comprehensive health care reform articulated by
public officials. However, the legislation does little to address
the causes of rising health care costs or the quality gaps that
exist in the American health care system. Furthermore, a
number of provisions in the new legislation, such as the
in |
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发帖数: 29846 | 34 共和党2010年立法议程，包括永久性中止打击就业的加税，废除奥巴马医疗法案，把政
府支出压缩到各种“救助”前水平
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/22/gop-legislative-agenda-2010
GOP Legislative Agenda for 2010
by Chad Pergram | September 22, 2010
Rank-and-file House Republicans get their first glimpse at the GOP
legislative agenda tonight, one day before the leadership team showcases the
plan during a press conference and small business roundtable at a lumber
warehouse in suburban Virginia.
The game plan is culled from the Republicans' "Ameri |
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 奥巴马政府阻止美国各州挑战奥巴马医疗法案的企图失败，两起指控该法案违宪的诉讼
将得到庭审机会
Legal Setback to Obamacare Batters Democrats as Midterms Loom
Friday, 15 Oct 2010 01:44 PM Article Font Size
By: David A. Patten
The double whammy of constitutional challenges in Florida and Virginia
against Democrats' massive healthcare overhaul on the eve of the midterm
elections is shaping up to have major implications in tight races
nationwide, political commentators tell Newsmax.
On Thursday, a federal district judge issued a stinging order... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 All you need to know to determine your vote in November is that a vote for
any candidate endorsed by unions is a vote for higher taxes.
I am pleased to report that UAW 2865 Los Angeles has provided a perfect list
of who NOT to vote for with this endorsement
Dear UAW 2865 members,
The November 2nd election is just around the corner. This election will
decide the future of our state for many years to come. As educators,
students, and public employees, we have a lot at stake in the election... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10233 | 37 照大爱党自己的说法,很多人没了工作,在家没饭吃呢,让他们减点薪,救济一下穷人,跟
死了他Y亲妈一样.
Pay cuts for state legislators challenged again
Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) has filed a claim against the state
on behalf of all state legislators alleging that the 18% cut in pay and
benefits was illegal. The claim, filed with the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board, could result in taxpayers
reimbursing elected officials for millions of dollars in lost pay and
benefits.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/califor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 Top 10 Bad Developments For Global Warming Alarmists
by Kenneth Hanner
12/19/2010
Things keep getting worse for global-warming alarmists. Last year, saw the
collapse at Copenhagen, Climategate and the death of cap-and-trade. A recent
spate of bad developments added to their woes:
1. Cancun Play-Day: Following last year’s Copenhagen climate conference
which turned into a farce, another meaningless UN climate conference was
held this year in Cancun, Mexico. While little to nothing was accomplished... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 39 Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), one of the few pro-gun control Republicans in the
House, wants to make it illegal for someone to carry a gun within 1,000 feet
of certain high-ranking federal officials, including members of Congress.
“It is imperative that we do all that we can to give law enforcement the
tools they need to ensure the safety of New Yorkers and prevent an attack
before it happens,” said King, who is chairman of the House Homeland
Security Committee, during a press conference in New York... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-27/news/29479557_1_unions-ob
House votes to restrict unions
Measure would curb bargaining on health care
April 27, 2011|By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers,
teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain
over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for
financially strapped cities and towns.
The 111-to-42 vote followed tougher measures to broad... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 Game Over: WI Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law, blasts
activist judge
Jun 15, 2011
Late yesterday, the rule of law won, judicial activism lost. The Wisconsin
Supreme Court blasted a lower court activist judge from legislating from the
bench, and reinstated the union law passed by the legislature and signed
into law by Governor Scott Walker. From JS Online via memeorandum: Supreme
Court reinstates collective bargaining law
Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 42 By Carol Peracchio
In the early twentieth century, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, a Russian scientist,
became renowned for his landmark research of the digestive system in mammals
.
While Ivan Pavlov worked to unveil the secrets of the digestive system,
he also studied what signals triggered related phenomena, such as the
secretion of saliva. Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he
saw that the dogs drooled without the proper stimulus... For example, he
struck a bell when the dogs were... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 By Peter W. Dunn
Buried in an ostensible jobs bill signed by President Obama last year is a
little-noticed job-destroying government regulation that threatens to
trigger a massive outflow of capital from the American economy.
The U.S. economy is in bad shape. Many want the federal government to fix
it -- to end the deficits, create jobs, and get America back onto the track
of growth and stability. President Obama came to Washington with great
promises: to restore international respect for the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 posted at 10:50 am on December 7, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Two years ago, the Obama administration practically staged an airlift of
leading Democratic officials to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen.
Barack Obama himself made an appearance, as did Nancy Pelosi, Hillary
Clinton, and even Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, who went to represent the
AGW skeptics and demand answers to the then-breaking Climategate scandal.
In the end, Obama could only produce a non-binding agreement that even he
didn... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 45 A federal agency on Tuesday called for a ban on all cellphone use by drivers
— the most far-reaching such recommendation to date — saying its decision
was based on a decade of investigations into distraction-related accidents,
as well as growing concerns that powerful mobile devices are giving drivers
even more reasons to look away from the road.
As part of its recommendation, the National Transportation Safety Board is
urging states to ban drivers from using hands-free devices, including
wirele... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 46 Washington (CNN) -- The Senate on Saturday approved a compromise spending
bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year -- a day
after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature. Obama signed
a continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government funded
through next week while the bill's details are finalized.
The almost $1 trillion measure passed on a 296-121 vote in the House on
Friday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 The national political parties took more cash from lobbyists in the first
half of 2011 than in any other six-month period on record, even during the
wide-open election of 2008, and the Democratic Party’s committees have
easily outpaced their GOP counterparts despite President Obama’s
vilification of special-interest giving.
An analysis by The Washington Times found that the fundraising arms of the
Democrats took in 30 percent more in lobbyist donations than Republicans in
the first six months of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 Senator Chris Dodd Democrat is one of the two major culprits leading to the
housing meltdown. He kept the Senate from acting while Democrat Barney Frank
kept the U.S. House from taking steps to deal with scandals leading to the
collapse of CountryWide Mortgage and the scandals at Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac all led by Clinton Cronies and involving Rahm Emanuel.
In May 2007 Barney Frank and the Democrat-controlled House passed GSE reform
legislation. Legislation which was adamantly opposed by the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 49 Washington (CNN) -- The congressional impasse over extending the payroll tax
cut became a showdown Tuesday between President Barack Obama and House
Speaker John Boehner.
After the Republican-controlled House passed a measure calling for more
negotiations, Boehner made public a letter to Obama that urged him to order
the Senate back from its holiday break to take part in further talks.
Leaders in the Democratic-controlled Senate reject that idea, and Obama
agreed with them, telling reporters in a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 Barney Frank continues distorting the truth on his role in the financial
crisis
By Peter J. Wallison
December 29, 2011, 11:03 am
Soon-to-be former Congressman Barney Frank continues to try to defend his
record on Fannie and Freddie by distorting, or simply reversing, the truth.
Here he is in the TheAtlantic.com today on his history as he hopes we will
remember it:
In 2004, the administration of President George W. Bush began a
conscious plan of trying to increase levels of homeownership as p... 阅读全帖 |
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