Recent content by cjhowe

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Before you can have a reasonable discussion about any problem the government is trying to solve, you must first agree on some definitions. #1. Insurance IS NOT health care. Insurance is an instrument to reduce exposure to risk in exchange for a premium. If it costs "too much" that means the...

Who's this "we" you speak of? In a libertarian society, individuals would be on the moon already, but "we" wouldn't have put them there.

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There have been proposals for a gasoline sanction. Iran imports 40% of its gasoline because it does not have the refining capacity.

He has 234 cosponsors, it would seem that it could be an amendment to just about any germane bill.

More important than Kucinich, Jackie Speier is the 36th member of the Financial Services Committee to co-sponsor. That is now a majority (36/71 = 50.70%)

I don't think a discharge petition would be necessary. 35 committee members are sponsors (1 less than a majority).

How is Brad Sherman not a sponsor of this (he's on the committee)? Remember? YouTube - Dems Against Bailout: Chairman "Skeptics Caucus" Brad Sherman

Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 6/9/2009 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 6/9/2009 Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 6/9/2009 Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21] - 6/9/2009 Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 6/9/2009 Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/9/2009 Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 6/9/2009 Rep...

Rep. Paul Tonko [NY-21] Rep. Jo Bonner [AL-1] Rep. Leonard Boswell [IA-3] Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [NH-1] Rep. Bill Pascrell [NJ-8] Rep. Christopher Carney [PA-10] Rep. Travis Childers [MS-1]* Rep. Hank Johnson [GA-4] Rep. Harry Mitchell [AZ-5] Rep. Patrick Murphy [PA-8] Rep. David Dreier [CA-26]...

Throwing a wrench in the machine is the identity that I am most afraid we will lose as we get our people into political office. There needs to be a concerted thought towards civil disobedience so that the compromise are wrenches like this that don't end up putting people in jail.

One could easily argue that this is an effective means of political action. Gathering 50 people to hear a speaker and gather for two hours is 100 man hours. If those 100 man hours were instead used as disordlyvision did, it's likely his town would stop enforcing traffic laws in a manner that...

Him signing onto the bill before it gets tinkered with will demonstrate support for amendments returning the bill back to the original language. By Lewis sitting on the sidelines he's demonstrating either that he does not support the bill or he supports it being adulterated.

My blood pressure went up watching the state convention again...bump