Jun 17, 2011 – A “Labor Studies Curriculum for Elementary Schools,” entitled “The Yummy Pizza Company,” takes up to 20 classroom hours over a two-week … Members of the Pizza Makers Union may “vote to accept offer, negotiate further or strike.” … Picketers walked back and forth in front of our stand, strikers came up and sneezed on the cookies, and told the other kids not to…

Jun 17, 2011 – We need you to sign our Pledge and volunteer to support Strong America Now in your state, sign-up and volunteer today! … More than 15,000 Iowans have already signed on to the plan and have promised only to support candidates who take the pledge.   … New Hampshire primary vote.  …

Jun 15, 2011 – The early part of rate hike cycles tend to be bullish as they are a sign the economy is doing better. … The Fed's potential REALITY: The stock market continues to falter even before QE2 ends, the economy continues to show little sign of … to hike rates to contain inflation in 2012.…

Jun 29, 2011 – weapons in the hands of the world's leading sponsor of international terrorism might seem to be something that would sober up even … Hard as it may be to conceive how the kind of world that one has been used to, and taken for granted, can come to an end, it can happen … those with a stake in the viability and progress of the country, and the knowledge to cast their vote intelligently.In our own times…

Jun 27, 2011 – In every jurisdiction in the union where red-light cameras have been put up for a vote, they’ve been voted down. … Many locales begin to issue citations for minor infractions to make the cameras pay. … Trouble is, that kind of impulse yields to totalitarian oversight. There is a reason why voters vote down red-light cameras.…

Jun 25, 2011 – to come as long as I'm in this office. … "Reserves exist to help mitigate those kinds of disruptions and we helped to organize a coordinated global international response to … Would it be too much to ask for one (1) policy to come out of the administration that tries to leave the country better off than we…

Jun 20, 2011 – vote. … On the other hand, these tools are also available to those looking to advance their narrow interests by stirring up and otherwise exploiting … President Barack Obama may visit if the elections go well is yet another sign of the importance Nigerians ascribe to the elections.…

Jul 19, 2011 – Fully 235 GOP House members signed a pledge in 2010 not to vote for any tax increase. … It will put the GOP on record as to where it stands and provide the Tea Party Caucus a chance to vote its convictions. … For, from Greece to Ireland to Portugal to Italy, from California to Wisconsin to New Jersey to New York, the crisis of the West is…

Jul 15, 2011 – Default would be averted without Republicans being forced to vote for tax hikes. Conservatives are split on the idea. … The president will have the bully pulpit to blame the Republicans for all of this destruction," setting himself up for re-election. … His refusal to sign a short-term debt-ceiling extension is, according to him, an act of moral leadership, high-minded pragmatism and…

Jul 13, 2011 – If the debt ceiling is not increased by August 2, it is highly unlikely that even one member of Congress would vote to stop paying … He explained his vote at the time, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership … The House voted it down 319-97, and the Senate did not even bring it up for a vote.…

Jul 12, 2011 – Voters in California's 36th Congressional District are going to the polls today to elect a replacement for former Rep. … the DCCC would care to admit.  … promising sign for Huey’s absentee turnout effort.…

Jul 11, 2011 – Bush administration when congressional Democrats persuaded Bush to sign a bill increasing the luxury tax on yachts in exchange for … the weak, to aid them to become strong." … Another Coolidgeism: "Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."…

Jul 29, 2011 – Contrast President Obama's leadership to that of House Speaker John Boehner, who not only has worked diligently to come up with real … to come up with new ones that delivered what they promised. … As of this writing, the vote on the Boehner plan has yet to occur -- but win or lose, the speaker has demonstrated he's willing to…

Jul 28, 2011 – : Every Republican defection makes it necessary to find a replacement Democrat vote for debt ceiling legislation to pass.   … The more Republicans who defect, the more necessary it becomes to "moderate" the legislation to gain Democrat support.   … Republicans signing on, rather than forcing the President, and some Democrats, to sign a bill that is good-enough-for-now given the…

Jul 27, 2011 – The least likely outcome is that liberals will sign a suicide note by acquiescing, in the next week or two, to the enshrinement of  … Reid says the plan will not get a single Democratic vote in the Senate, dooming it to fail.  … Speaking at a Wednesday press conference, Reid would not say when he planned to bring his own bill up for a vote, saying he is going…

Jul 27, 2011 – This is a very savvy way to frame the vote.  It makes it very hard for strong conservatives to beg off.  … This vote is currently scheduled for tomorrow, but I wonder if House brass might prefer to push it up to today, now that they've seized … UPDATE - National Journal has an up-to-the-minute whip count HERE.…

Jul 26, 2011 – So if congress were to pass Boehner’s plan, and the president were to sign it, House appropriators would effectively be given an additional … and punts major reform to a commission of 12 that will only need 7 votes to raise taxes.  … "Shut up and vote yes" isn't particularly persuasive.…

Jul 26, 2011 – come up with ways to make humans suffer for being jerks to the planet. … A sign, perhaps, that the IPCC has given up on stopping livestock from passing flatulence -- the primary source of climate change gas … First, if it's going to heat up, we all need to have access to glacial air-conditioning.…

Feb 1, 2011 – constitution is shaping up to come in the form of whether to raise the debt ceiling. … The only way to get either party's policymakers to face the cold reality of financial doom is to back them up against a wall and force … Every time this vote comes due, Washington needs to be constantly reminded of just how close to peril we stand.…

Feb 17, 2011 – Feb. 16 passed a bill by a vote of 18-5, sending it to Democratic Gov. … Neil Abercrombie, who has pledged to sign it. … The Maryland legislature is expected to take up a "gay marriage" bill in the next week.…

Feb 16, 2011 – WACO, Texas (BP)--Baylor University's Board of Regents amended the school's bylaws Feb. 11 to allow up to 25 percent of the board to … , sending it to the state senate. … required to sign affidavits saying they won't discriminate on the basis of "sexual orientation" or "gender identity."…

Feb 15, 2011 – The final vote came to 277-148, which was not enough since the Republicans brought the bill up under a special expedited procedure … Republicans have until February 28th, when the Patriot Act expires, to bring it up for a simple majority vote without the special expedited … In 2003, Obama said in a political questionnaire he would vote to repeal the Patriot Act, according to Fox News. As U.S.…

Feb 13, 2011 – City Council is set to vote on a resolution to invite "one or two cleared" Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in Berkeley.Peace & … As a candidate, Obama happily referred to Guantanamo Bay as "a recruiting tool for al-Qaida." The left ate it up. … It is futile because what happens to Gitmo detainees is up to the federal government.…

Mar 1, 2011 – Someone has to stand up to the intimidation. Likewise the bullying of the Washington, D.C. … The truly conservative move is to negotiate concessions -- preferably pension reform or a spending cap -- because it's time to settle … (b) Voters aren't likely to vote for his tax package without real reforms.…

Feb 25, 2011 – SENATE -- Maryland moved one step closer to legalizing "gay marriage" Feb. 24 when its senate passed a bill by a vote of 25-21, sending … it to the state house, where a vote is expected to be close. … Martin O'Malley has pledged to sign it.…