Jun 7, 2006 – for the measure represent progress that gives the GOP's base reason to vote on Election Day... … the amendment was last voted on in 2004. … It was 49-48 on cloture, 11 votes short of the 60 needed to send the measure to an up-or-down vote.…

Jun 22, 2006 – AP: President Bush would receive greater power to try to kill "pork barrel" spending projects under a bill passed Thursday by the … Lawmakers voted to give Bush and his successor a new, weaker version of the line-item veto law struck down by the Supreme Court in … So much for throwing money at people and government institutions to alleviate poverty.…

Jul 18, 2006 – The vote was 242 to 120, just exceeding the needed two-thirds majority.The measure, part of a plan to keep trains, tracks, stations … Davis is proposing a costly exercise in trickle up economics to compel Americans across the country to subsidize the transportation … get to work.…

Aug 8, 2006 – keep their distance -- which they did -- until McKinney rolled down her window and motioned to a reporter. … Just voted at my polling station next to Oglethorpe University. … So we still have a long way to go until DeKalb County starts reporting some precincts.…

Aug 7, 2006 – Yes, it's a little scary to relinquish control to the editors of a comedy show, but politicians are already subject to misquotes and … Doing the show was a way to put a face, and a joke, to my name — and a way for my constituents to see me in something other than an … I hope no one listens to Pelosi (though now that I type that, it occurs to me I probably shoudn't worry.…

Aug 3, 2006 – reports that the Senate voted yesterday to fund a border fence after first refusing to do so. … Whether we want to concentrate on border security as opposed to some flavor of an amnesty/guest worker program to help solve the immigration … an "enforcement first" approach to immigration reform.Hawkins says this means momentum, and not for the "open borders" crowd.Common…

Jul 31, 2006 – John Hawkins gathers the "Least Favorites on the Right" list for 2006, as voted on by conservative bloggers. … I forgot to vote. Sorry, John!…

Aug 16, 2006 – Donovan Riley, running for State Senate in Wisconsin, voted twice in the 2000 Presidential election. … He waited in line to vote for Gore in the tightest election in decades. … Then he drove to another state and accidentally waited in line to vote for him again. On the same day.…

Sep 7, 2006 – They refuse to yield to justice. … If the challenge to us is to work with the UN, we will respond to it. … So this is a time for celebration, but it's also a time to look forward to unify and to reconcile.Our thanks go to the Coalition forces…

Sep 14, 2006 – The House on Wednesday passed by voice vote and sent to President Bush legislation to create a Web site that will give people ready … And, Senate and House rules allow pork to be used in that way without ever requiring Members to justify projects to the public. … At least now, we'll have the information to pay attention to!…

Sep 9, 2006 – Ladin (which would be close enough to the truth) or actually poised to kill or capture bin Ladin himself. … I, for one, am really proud to say that we are upset about them, and many have called for them to be corrected to better reflect what … the Left bloggers who-- you know I gotta say it-- voted for "fake but accurate" before they voted against it.…

Sep 21, 2006 – But Chavez does have another side to him: He continues to devise new schemes to use Venezuela's oil bonanza to benefit the needy … If there is any criticism of president bush, it should be restricted to americans, whether they voted for him or not. … I just want to make it abundantly clear to hugo chavez or any other president, but do not come to the united states and banked because…

Sep 19, 2006 – Listening to him makes my skin crawl. … He's speaking directly to the people of the Middle East about the propagandists telling them to go off and kill themselves to earn … The greatest obstacle to this future is that your rulers have chosen to deny you liberty and to use your nation's resources to fund…

Oct 3, 2006 – "It seems to me it's a major disincentive to comply with the Geneva Conventions if we're going to give them to those who disregard … Most members of Congress are not asked to answer to the media in D.C. … Ashcroft pointed out that 88 senators voted for the Patriot Act. "You can't get 88 Senators to agree it's Tuesday."…

Oct 1, 2006 – The issue is going to the House ethics committee. … It seems to me the liberals who are going to pile on this story should have to pick one or the other, or explain the discrepancy. … everything that needs to be known.…

Nov 6, 2006 – But Dem operatives are aiming to be all over the TV with this one tonight. … ," so Republican talking heads ought to be armed with something. … And, ABC seems to think any robocalls from Republicans constitute "attacks."…

Nov 3, 2006 – Click to cringe. … Neither helps the side it's meant to help, I don't think. People don't like being talked to like this, do they? … H/t on the ad to Katie Favazza.…

Nov 14, 2006 – Legalize your way back to the Majority! Don't adhere to principle or make a better case for yourself. … Just create new voters out of people who were formerly unable to vote, according to law. … "But Rove and Mehlman never said they were going to name these people as chairmen, and we never voted or even gave our opinion," the…

Nov 13, 2006 – "I"ve been a university president...I've had the opportunity to be a manageer, to try to make things work. … "I don't think we'd want to deny ourselves the ability to do that, out of hand."   … "We need to be sure that we're putting the maximum pressure on Democrats (refers to the conservative Dems again)...to make sure they…

Nov 7, 2006 – Some two-thirds said Iraq was very important to their vote, and they strongly favored Democratic House candidates. … PESSIMISTIC MOOD: Four in 10 voters said they expect life for the next generation to be worse than life today; three in 10 said … I wonder if that's because they just voted Dem. Self-awareness.…

Nov 7, 2006 – ARIZONA There were 60K more ballots submitted by Republicans before Election Day – and 41% of the state has already voted. … CONNECTICUT In the precincts that the RNC is tracking turnout, GOP precincts are turning out at 8% higher rate (42% to 34%) from … MISSOURI Of the precincts we are tracking, Republican precincts are turning out 2.6% higher than Dem precincts (42.3% to 39.7%)…

Nov 17, 2006 – Isn't that what you meant when you voted Republicans out of office? Good news. The Republican Party delivers! … Yeah, you guys had nooooothing to do with it, huh? … What better way to improve yourselves than to ignore every single one of your current problems, and spurn new leadership?…

Dec 5, 2006 – He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization … If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed … I am for no law to be passed to prevent Keith Ellison or anyone else from bringing any book he wants to his swearing-in, whether actual…

Dec 1, 2006 – to our war fighters." … (Apr 2006) Voted NO on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. … (Apr 2003) Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns.…

Dec 8, 2006 – Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and became a heroine of conservatives, has died. … All manner of explanations were offered to account for this anomaly, but it came down to the fact that not enough members of the commission … had voted for a U.S. presence.…