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Fox News Confronts Senator Over Vote for ACORN
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/16/fox_news_confronts_senator_over_vote_for_acorn
– As we reported on Monday, the Senate voted 83-7 to cut ACORN's access to federal housing funds.  … there, but I digress (for now).Fox News attempted to find out exactly what motivated Sen. … Not surprisingly, Burris didn't have much to say for himself:…
From Little ACORNs Big Problems Grow
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2009/09/16/from_little_acorns_big_problems_grow
– Why did they want to buy a house? To use as a … um … house of ill-repute. … According to the Fox News website The "pimp" later says that he and "Kenya" plan to bring up to 13 "very young" girls from … The Senate voted yesterday 83-7 to forbid HUD from doing business with ACORN.…
The Seven Senators Standing By Acorn
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jillianbandes/2009/09/16/the_seven_senators_standing_by_acorn
– The Senate voted to de-fund ACORN, but seven legislators voted to keep federal money flowing to them.…
Joe Wilson's Victory on Illegal Immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtancredo/2009/09/16/joe_wilsons_victory_on_illegal_immigration
– Obama admitted as much by proposing changes to the bill to limit illegal aliens’ access to Obamacare.  … Republicans twice introduced Amendments to require the SAVE program be implemented, and it was voted down by the same Democrats who … be required to show proof of U.S.…
House GOP Moves to Cut All Federal Funding to ACORN
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/15/house_gop_moves_to_cut_all_federal_funding_to_acorn
– The Washington Examiner reports: Today House Republicans will introduce a bill that would end all federal funding to ACORN and its … Republicans are also sending a letter to President Obama on the same subject. … Census cut its ties with ACORN, and yesterday the Senate voted 83-7 to cut off housing funds for the organization.…
Hutchison AWOL from Senate Vote on ACORN
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2009/09/15/hutchison_awol_from_senate_vote_on_acorn
– As the Dallas Morning News reports: The Senate voted Monday to cut off funding for ACORN, the anti-poverty group that has become a … The Senator made time to vote for a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, but when it came time to prevent tax dollars from going to … But this task is made nearly impossible when you fail to show up to work.   It's hard to imagine her calculus on this ...…
ACORN Crackdown: Senate Votes 83-7 to Deny Access to Housing Funds
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/14/acor…_crackdown_senate_votes_83-7_to_deny_access_to_housing_funds
– Senate overwhelmingly voted to deny ACORN access to federal housing funds.Reuters:The Senate measure, which passed 83 to 7 in the Democratic-led … The bill includes $165 million for housing-counseling programs and $4 billion to help poor communities weather the worst recession … The House and Senate must resolve differences before a final measure can be sent to Obama to sign into law.…
Why All the Fuss? Because America Remains a Conservative Country
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2009/09/14/why_all_the_fuss_because_america_remains_a_conservative_country
– Using data, I’d like to try to explain what took place. … Like many observers, including my liberal friends, I assumed America voted that way because the nation shifted to the left. … So, I went to the data, to the numerous exit polls widely available.…
Some Blacks Now Have Doubts About Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2009/09/14/some_blacks_now_have_doubts_about_obama
– Psychological risks, professional risks, and sometimes risks to personal safety. … Peeling off a black who voted for Obama means moving heaven and earth. … to bear the responsibilities of freedom.…
Race Card - R.I.P.
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2009/09/10/race_card_-_rip
– More voted for him because of his race than refused to do so for that reason. … Beck's popularity and fan base continue to grow. … Demanding and failing to get Beck fired stood to expose these "civil rights" groups and "black leaders" for what they are -- a spent…
Memo to President Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2009/09/10/memo_to_president_obama
– Talk of the national debt used to mean little to the average voter. … If I could suggest one overall theme you might adopt to bring comfort to uneasy Americans, Mr. … It's also why many didn't trust you to address America's schoolchildren and why you had to alter the speech's language to avoid the…
Liberal Lies About National Healthcare: Fourth in a Series
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2009/09/09/liberal_lies_about_national_healthcare_fourth_in_a_series
– Why does the government get to decide when the "trigger" has been met, allowing it to do something terrible to us? … claiming to have gone to an Ivy League university, rather than the bovine management school he actually attended … All Republicans and five Democrats voted for it, but 29 Democrats voted against it, killing the amendment.…
Because It's Such a Good Idea
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2009/09/09/because_its_such_a_good_idea
– After the meeting, as is the custom, they came out to speak to reporters. … I saw to that when we did our ratios. … Fox will advise viewers who want to watch the president's address to tune in to FNC.…
Reading, Writing and Rap Sheets
https://townhall.com/columnists/edfeulner/2009/09/09/reading,_writing_and_rap_sheets
– That’s because Congress, at the behest of powerful teachers’ unions, is working to end the popular program, which allows children to … Yet last spring, the Senate voted 58-39 to kill an amendment that would have allowed the Opportunity Scholarship program to continue … The amendment would have passed if senators who sent their own children to private school had voted for it.…
The Camp David Syndrome
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2009/09/27/the_camp_david_syndrome
– Bush chose that week after Thanksgiving to bring a wide range of Arab and Israeli negotiators to the U.S. … What we have yet to hear is why the U.S. should want a Palestinian state to be formed in the Mideast. … I was amazed to see President Obama come on TV so soon to call for a Mideast breakthrough.…
Green Problems Give Democrats the Blues
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2009/09/27/green_problems_give_democrats_the_blues
– Those constituencies are a lot harder to rail against, and they represent a lot of voters to alienate. … In their arguments to support the bill, Democrats could try to apply the “big business” mantra, but it’s not Wall Street or K Street … Senators are supposed to take the long view, to figure out the big picture.…
Why Obama Sycophants Are So Compromised
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2009/09/27/why_obama_sycophants_are_so_compromised
– They have openly confessed to murder, they have refused to allow independent investigations to look into their odd activities, they … As a result, the evidence produced forced both houses of Congress to vote to stop all funding to the group. … Then, when questioned directly on Fox News Sunday, the head of ACORN refused to admit that she would take any efforts to allow outside…
ACORN and Their Allies on the Left Lambaste Giles and O’Keefe’s Politics and Faith
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2009/09/26/acorn_a…_on_the_left_lambaste_giles_and_o’keefe’s_politics_and_faith
– For those who’d like to contribute to Hannah’s defense fund, go to defendhannah.com. … She voted this past election for McCain, she went to two YAF.org conferences as a teenager in ‘07 and ‘08, and she interned for the … For those who’d like to contribute to Hannah’s defense fund, go to defendhannah.com. O’Keefe’s defense fund is forthcoming.…
How to Lose Friends
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2009/09/25/how_to_lose_friends
– Hate to break the news to you, but there already exists a Jewish state of Israel with true security for all Israelis. … to shine through was in Gaza. … -- to rain rockets down on the civilians who voted to allow the first democratic Arab entity in history.…
Breaking: Massachusetts Governor Names Kennedy Successor
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/24/breaking_massachusetts_governor_names_kennedy_successor
– of the Democrat Party. [# More #]CNN Reports: Massachusetts lawmakers voted Wednesday to approve a measure giving Patrick the power … The measure would not go into effect for 90 days unless two-thirds of the state House voted to bypass the delay and enact the measure … But Patrick also has the power to declare an emergency, which would allow the provision to go into effect right away.…
Senate Finance Committee: Skating on Potomac River Ice in Middle of a "Snowe" Storm
https://townhall.com/columnists/tarrenbragdon/2009/09/24/sen…ttee_skating_on_potomac_river_ice_in_middle_of_a_snowe_storm
– " to the actual event to which it is referring. … It's not going to end well. … She continues to be accessible to folks back here in Maine, and her staff is speaking daily to doctors, state legislators, other health…
Liberal Lies About National Health Care, Part 5
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2009/09/23/liberal_lies_about_national_health_care,_part_5
to nationalize health care. … There are a lot of ways to get to a pregnancy besides flowers or a Bobby Brown tour, and a lot of ways to die without ever setting … That will tend to reduce the U.S.'…
BREAKING: IRS Severs Ties With ACORN
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/23/breaking_irs_severs_ties_with_acorn
– is severing ties with ACORN, the community activist group involved in a scandal after employees were caught on video giving advice to … The program offered free tax advice to about 3 million low- and moderate-income tax filers this spring. … The House and Senate voted earlier this month to sever federal funding to ACORN.…
Environmentalists Leave California Farmers Out to Dry
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2009/09/23/environmentalists_leave_california_farmers_out_to_dry
– Fish and Wildlife Service that required water to be cut-off to the area to protect the Delta Smelt--a three-inch minnow-like fish.  … Dianne Feinstein went so far as to compare Demint's amendment to let more water flow in her state to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor … do, to work together, to put Interior in the lead, not to handcuff Interior and that is the reason I object to the amendment."…
Congressional Takeover by GOP Would Save, not Wreck, Obama Presidency
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2009/09/23/con…onal_takeover_by_gop_would_save,_not_wreck,_obama_presidency
– Among the other nine, three were voted out of office (Ford, Carter, the first President Bush), one was driven to resignation in disgrace … use the Presidency as a counterweight to the power of Congress and to count on Congress to keep the President in line. … The GOP should field candidates who promise to pull the president back to the center, back to the mainstream and who decry the ultra-liberal…
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