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.…

Feb 23, 2011 – They’ll have to pick up their checks in person on the Senate floor during a session. … They fled the state to stall a vote on an anti-union bill, and have threatened to stay away until Republican Gov. … Scott Walker agrees to compromise. Tuesday’s vote was along party lines.…

Feb 23, 2011 – He inched up over the holidays to about even, and then in early January (before Congress was getting back into the controversial matters … over the weekend when the head of the teachers union urged teachers to go back to work. … The Democrats seem to be prepared to defend the idea of not dealing with the deficit crisis.…

Feb 22, 2011 – He knows how to use words that will sound wonderful to people who do not bother to stop and think. … If fancy words and lofty visions are enough to get the voters to go along with more spending, then expect to hear a lot of fancy words … However, history shows that, when tax rates go up to very high levels, people put more of their money in tax shelters, so the government…

Feb 22, 2011 – His courage propelled him to the vice presidency and eventually to the presidency. … They are refreshingly living up to their promises. … Republicans seem to be getting more support now in their quest to force us to live within our means.…

Mar 11, 2011 – for a voice vote for the bill to be recommitted back to a committee. … Martin O'Malley had pledged to sign it. … She said "my faith tells me" to vote against it.…

Mar 7, 2011 – Mark Miller said the Democrats intend to let the full Senate vote and potentially pass Gov. … "We are now looking at returning to the state capitol and requiring the senators to take a vote and have them declare who they're with … Kasich is eager to sign. …

Mar 6, 2011 – The district was created to serve as the federal government’s seat, thanks to Philadelphia’s refusal to provide protection to the Continental … to it. … “We are thinking something like, “Give DC Statehood Avenue,” to be used as a ceremonial street sign that could be placed under existing…

Mar 21, 2011 – And so they wind up having to spend most of their time, if they want to see a physician, waiting for hours in a hospital emergency … They want to have Washington tell physicians, "this is the way you're going to practice, we're going to set up all these institutions … Back in November, it was a huge, huge motivator for people to go to the polls and vote against anybody who voted for this legislation…

Mar 19, 2011 – have been able to negotiate with these bills. … The Democrat-controlled Senate will not vote to pass a stop-gap bill that includes defunding all of ObamaCare, and President Obama … Pro-life provisions were put into ObamaCare as a ruse in order to persuade pro-life Democrats to support ObamaCare.…

Mar 17, 2011 – “I’m not going to lie to you, this is going to get ugly.” … Republicans returning to vote had to have police protection. … She planned this past weekend to go to an inner city Milwaukee restaurant with a friend and put a sign on a table saying: “Republicans…

Mar 14, 2011 – In an anecdotal sign of Nebraskans’ disenchantment with their senior senator, in the wake of his Obamacare vote, Nelson was booed out … A January survey found that “only 37 percent [of Michiganders] approve of Stabenow’s job performance, and 23 percent would vote to … Gabrielle Giffords to win the seat, if she’s well enough to run – which remains a major “if.”…

Dec 20, 2021 – It was made comfortable, there was a discussion about what to do, and the Democrats decided to muck it up. They killed it. … "I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything possible. I can't get there." … #BuildBackBetter — many of their Democrat colleagues are opposed as well, but afraid to speak up.…

Dec 20, 2021 – I think this is a sign, folks. When a committee is established on a bed of lies, this is what's going to happen. … It was set up to go after Trump, not to uncover the truth about the riot that occurred last winter. … vote and have it go to the SCOTUS," the message said.…

Jan 3, 2022 – Yet Democratic leadership still aims to bring the bill up for a vote in the Senate, Alayna Treene reported on Sunday for Axios. … The thought process behind the move s to give members a chance to vote on to, and to force Manchin to go on the record voting against … "They figured, ‘Surely to God we can move one person. Surely, we can badger and beat one person up.…

Jan 3, 2022 – It comes as no surprise that Republicans can't wait to exercise their right to vote in the midterms. … caring to work. … They sign up, show up, and serve!…

Jan 2, 2022 – are we going to be running on to help us win? … , but have been able to do so thanks to the filibuster remaining in place.  … Some polls even have the GOP up by 10 percentage points, which is a particularly good sign and indicates that a red wave is a very…

Dec 17, 2019 – “The kind that says to heck with it, keep spending money we don’t have and leave it to our kids and grandkids to clean up. … that President Trump plans to sign the spending measures.  … Yet was just noticed we will vote at 1:10-1:25 p.m today - less than 24 hours later. I will vote no on both bills.…

Dec 17, 2019 – While the House Judiciary Committee was voting in favor of impeaching him and setting up a full House vote last week, the president … But it took months even to get them to the table. As Rep. … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled plans to hold a vote on 13 more of Trump's judicial nominees as soon as Wednesday.…

May 19, 2012 – to it, both sides of the morality debate have taken that as a sign to mean the American people are poised to affirm it. … Last week’s overwhelming vote to affirm marriage in a state President Obama won four years ago, and polls had shown he was capable … Instead, the little ball of hate suspended his campaign to aid and abet the larceny, and ended up getting trounced.…

May 18, 2012 – The buyer also has the option of extending the inspection period for up to five additional 30-day periods upon direct payment to the … Before the closing of the sale, the Executive Board will have up to eight months to vacate the property, Turner said. … Following the unanimous vote to sell the property, Davis characterized the milestone as "a significant, historical, game-changing day…

May 18, 2012 – Adelson believed his employees should vote as to whether they wanted union representation. The union brass would have none of it. … You don't need to know how to make a Bloody Mary to start a successful saloon. … Lehrer goes on to point out that to be creative over time, "to not be undone by our expertise — is to experiment with ignorance, to…

May 18, 2012 – He sent a $3.8 trillion smoke-and-mirrors budget up to Congress in February and this week the Senate rejected it by a bipartisan vote … This is a tough election year and no one was willing to take one for the team, even Democrats who are not up for re-election. … But when House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio had the temerity to suggest that when the debt-ceiling increase comes up later this year…

May 16, 2012 – Would you happily sign an IOU for $126,000 to allow Barack Obama to keep his Big Spender status going? … In some ways, that’s the bottom line on how people are going to vote on November 6th. … Hoover fought the Great Depression with public works projects, raising taxes on the affluent (bringing the top rate up from 25% to…

May 15, 2012 – I trust him to do the right thing, to do the moral thing, to do what's best for our country. … You can't forget the fact that a lot of people who voted for him last time I need to have vote for me this time." … And we are going to have to dramatically cut back on the scale and influence of government, or else we're going to become a second-tier…