Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Friday, November 10, 2017

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski reminding everybody that she is still a Republican.

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of a pristine wil...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

New bill would force Donald Trump to submit to a mental health evaluation.

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require President Donald Trump to undergo a physical ...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

The next time somebody tells you that Obamacare is failing, read them this list of ten ways that Republicans worked to make it fail.

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1. CO-OPs short-changed from the start  Let’s start by considering the ACA’s Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, or CO-OPs. Early draf...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

New legislation in Alabama might allow a fundamentalist church to form its own police force. Wait, what?

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Courtesy of Salon :   Donald Trump’s election didn’t just empower the alt-right troops with their #MAGA hats and Pepe the Frog avatars. ...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Congresswoman Maxine Waters introduces legislation to investigate Trump's ties with Russia and cyberattacks.

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Man I was worried that people were forgetting about this. Here is Congresswoman Water's statement on this legislation :   Like s...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Before leaving office President Obama signs bill protecting Atheists and Freethinkers. I knew I loved this guy.

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Courtesy of the Progressive Secular Humanist :   For the first time, atheists and other nonreligious persons are explicitly named as a c...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

New York introduces new legislation to ban conversion therapy, names it after Mike Pence. Seems appropriate.

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Courtesy of the Daily Dot :   Erie County in Western New York will start debating a new piece of legislation this December that aims to ...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

New NRA ad claims that Hillary Clinton is going to allow home invaders to rape and murder you.

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Courtesy of Politico :   The National Rifle Association’s new spot is aimed at people who are already afraid, and hammers Hillary Clinto...
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Thursday, August 04, 2016

A number of conservative Republicans in Kansas primaried out in response to Governor Brownback essentially destroying the state's economy.

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Courtesy of ABC News : A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats as moderate Repub...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Conan O'Brien breaks a longstanding rule to keep his opinions about guns in this country to himself, and he is not alone.

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Now as gratifying as it is to see O'Brien breaking his silence and finally expressing the view shared by so many in this country, ther...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2016

So this what it looks like when Hell freezes over.

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Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch : The Alaska Senate late Monday passed legislation converting the Permanent Fund into an endowment and setti...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

NRA endorses Donald Trump. And now the battle lines are drawn.

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Courtesy of CNN :   Donald Trump on Friday told the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would take away the right to bear a...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Well I think this seems more than fair.

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Courtesy of Time :   A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require men who are seeking erectile dysfunction drugs like Vi...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Virginia lawmaker introduces legislation that would force public schools to check a students genitalia before allowing them to use the bathroom.

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Courtesy of Raw Story : A bill filed by a Virginia lawmaker this week would require schools to be certain that children are using the re...
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Monday, January 04, 2016

President Obama says that new executive orders to tighten gun control legislation well within his legal authority.

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Courtesy of Yahoo News :   President Barack Obama said on Monday his new executive actions to tighten gun rules were "well within...
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Republicans have introduced nearly 400 anti-choice bills in 2015. But remember, there is no war on women.

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Courtesy of The Nation :   State lawmakers introduced nearly 400 such bills in 2015, 47 of which passed, according to a report released...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Sarah Palin applauds newly elected Senator's guts after he suggests doing away with the Senate. Did I mention he is a newly elected Senator?

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'Now that's guts! I also admire electricians who want to do away with electricity." Courtesy of Glacier Gidget's Facebo...
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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Gun massacres garner all of the headlines, but statistically gun suicides account for far more fatalities.

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Courtesy of The New York Times :   The grisly carnage from mass shootings regularly attracts the nation’s focus as a public safety issu...
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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Andy Parker, father of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker, appeals to President Obama to fight for gun control legislation.

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Courtesy of the BBC :   The father of Alison Parker, one of two journalists killed live on air, has appealed to US President Barack Oba...
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Home schooling lobby "Make the anti-vaxxers seem rational."

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“I’ve never seen a lobby more powerful and scary,” said Ellen Heinitz, the legislative director for Michigan state Rep. Stephanie Chang, ...
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