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*The Unsustainable Public Option in the "HarryCare" Bill - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 10:10 pm
by ALG News: The Harry Reid-Senate version of ObamaCare will start operating at massive budget-busting deficits starting in 2015, according to an Americans for Limited Government analysis of Congressional Budget Office data. By 2019, the 'public option” will have spent some $361 billion more than it took in via new taxes.
So, how then does the bill earn the moniker, 'deficit-neutral”? The same way the Pelosi-House version does: by rationing health care away from the nation's elderly—cuttin
Reid's Senate health care bill: No Improvement - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 9:48 pm
Heritage Foundation: Congress has outdone itself. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a health care bill weighing in at 2,074 pages, a new record. A vote on the bill is expected Saturday.
Heritage Foundation experts are still working through the specifics of the massive, $849 billion health care bill, as it is estimated to take up to 34 hours to read the entire thing. But they already know that "the major outlines of the bill are no different than the policy train wreck t
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 20, 2009 - Vote To Proceed is a Vote For Reid's Health Care Bill - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 3:59 pm
The Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 3590, the vehicle for Democrats' health care reform bill. The Senate will debate the health care bill all day, with time evenly divided between the majority and minority from 10 AM to 11 PM. Tomorrow, the Senate will be in session at 10 AM, and a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the health care bill has been scheduled for 8 PM.
Yesterday, the Senate voted 98-0 to pass S. 1963, a $3.7 billion veterans health care
*Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - It's Meaningless - Burris Should Resign - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 1:35 pm
The Washington Post: "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made under oath to an Illinois legislative committee -- in which he denied trying to raise any campaign contributions for indicted former governor Rod Blagojevich for his political committ
People Aren't Drinking the Global Warming Kool-Aid - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 12:04 pm
by William Warren:
William Warren's cartoons are a free service of ALG News Bureau. They may be reused and redistributed free of charge.
*Dick Morris says Sen Blanche Lincon is in trouble . . . - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 11:55 am
Dick Morris was in Arkansas yesterday speaking at the American for Prosperity "hands of our health care rallies in Little Rock at State Capitol and later in Conway and Hot Springs Village. Morris was the former political adviser to both President and former AR Gov Bill Clinton (D) and 2008 GOP& presidential candidate and former AR Gov Republican Mike Huckabee (R). He now is seen regularly on Fox News as a political analyst. He has authored many books and articles popular with middle America.
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Jobs Created in Mayberry & the Land of Oz - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 20, 2009, 9:19 am
By Gary Varvel
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 18, 2009 - Reid's 2,000 Page Bill Full of Tax Hikes, Medicare Cuts, Trillions In Costs & Budget Gimmicks - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 3:55 pm
The Senate will began consideration of S. 1963, a $3.7 billion veterans health care bill. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has offered an amendment to offset the cost by cutting contributions to some international organizations. At 2 PM, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. At 2:30, the Senate will begin a series of votes, first on confirmation of the Hamilton nomination, then on the Coburn amendment to S. 1963, then on
*Liberals' Establishment of Religion - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 4:13 pm
by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author: One of the reasons liberals are so hostile to public expressions of Christianity is because it threatens the monopoly that the religion of liberalism enjoys in the public square. The late Ted Kennedy was more than a leading senator, to liberal supporters. He was a secular saint. His appeal was essentially religious. He made it fairly explicit in his famous concession speech to the Democratic National Convention that re-nominated President Jimmy Carter. Kenn
*The Reviews On Vic Snyder's Healthcare Bill Are In - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 4:42 pm
A respected political commentator Michael Barone don't think too highly of Vic Snyder's reelection prospects: He leads of his article with, "Sometimes a poll result slaps you in the face. That was the case for me when I saw Public Policy Polling's results in the 2nd congressional district of Arkansas. PPP has the incumbent, Democrat Vic Snyder, leading three unknown Republicans (two-thirds to three-quarters of respondents could not describe their feelings toward them) by margins of 44%-43%, 4
*Breaking News - First Vote on Reid's Health Care Bill is 8 PM on Saturday - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 8:20 pm
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture and scheduled a vote on his 'mammoth" 2,074-page health care reform bill (H.R. 3590) at 8 PM on Saturday. The Democrats wish to rush the vote before Senators return home for Thanksgiving. If the bill passes then it would wind up in conference with the House and with only the Democrats crafting the final compromise bill suitable to just the Democrats because no Republican or Conservative democrat votes would be needed. Well now we will see
*By the Numbers - Pelosi's New Era of Irresponsibility - U.S. National Debt - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 6:06 pm
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*By the Numbers - Pelosi Led Democrats' Historic Budget Imbalance - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 6:28 pm
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*Arkansas' Non-Existent Congressional Districts Get Big Bucks - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 19, 2009, 12:41 am
Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist: "ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places that are incorrectly identified. Late Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused by human error."
24 Jobs at $951,895.83 each in Arkansas' '76th Congressional District. Wow - that kind of money would really stimulate Arkansas!
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*Is He Apologizing? - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 18, 2009, 6:12 pm
by William Warren:
"So ... Is he apologizing for Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"
"Either that or looking for his approval rating."
*By the Numbers - Continued Unemployment Claims Since Democrats' Stimulus - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 18, 2009, 6:30 pm
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*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 18, 2009 - Reid & Democrats Want Health Care Vote Next Week - What 's in the Bill? - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 18, 2009, 5:55 pm
Update (4:53 pm): The Washington Post: Reid to unveil $849 billion health-care bill
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Yesterday the Senate voted 70-29 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. today, a vote is expected on the nomination. After that, the Senate will take up S. 1963, a veterans health care bill.
Yesterday, the Senate voted 100-0 to pass H.R. 3082, the $133.9 billion fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affai
*By the Numbers - Obama's First 100 Day Spending Spree - Public Debt Outlook - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 18, 2009, 5:40 pm
Note: CBS News Reports: "It's another record-high for the U.S. National Debt ... topped the $12-trillion mark. Divided evenly among the U.S. population, it amounts to $38,974.34 for every man, woman and child. . . . This latest milestone in the ever-rising journey of the National Debt comes less than eight months after it hit $11 trillion for the first time. . . ."[Source]
*Headlines Proclaim Sarah Palin - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 18, 2009, 1:08 am
from eGOPnews:
NYT: Palin on Oprah, ‘Reloading' Before 2012
WSJ: In Palin Tour, No Sign of 2012 Run
WaPo: The Book of Sarah embraces God & Todd
WaPo: On the right: Unapologetic look at '08 race proves Palin's still a national contender
Hill: My focus is on '10, Palin tells Oprah
Politico: Sarah Palin tells Oprah 2012 run not on radar
Rasmussen: 59% of GOP Voters Say Palin Shares Their Values
Human Events: There's Something about Sarah
Rush Limbaugh: Scared State-Run Media Elites Go Bonkers Ove
*RPA Announces Leadership Summit and U.S. Senate Straw Poll - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 17, 2009, 11:39 pm
by Chase Dugger, Executive Director, Republican Party of Arkansas: The Republican Party of Arkansas announced their Winter Republican Leadership Summit will be held Saturday December 5th. This year's event will be held at The Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs. The Summit will include their Winter RPA State Committee meeting, grassroots training sessions, and a U.S. Senate Straw Poll featuring potential Senate candidates in the 2010 Republican Primary.
'We are looking forward to this weekend
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 17, 2009 - Polls Show Most Think Health Costs Will Increase Under Dem Bills - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 17, 2009, 10:15 pm
The Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3082, the $133.9 billion fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill. At 11:30 AM, the Senate began a series of votes on amendments to the bill. Around 2:15 PM, the Senate will vote on an amendment from Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) which would prohibit funding to outfit prisons in the United States to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. Following a vote on the Inhofe amendment, senators will vote on final passage of
*National Debt At All-Time High of $12 Trillion - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 17, 2009, 10:26 pm
Government debt has increased by $1.4 trillion—since January
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Tuesday regarding the news that the national debt now exceeds $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history:
'Americans got a double-dose of bad economic news this month. Days after learning that the unemployment rate ballooned past 10 percent, we learned that the national debt now exceeds $12 trillion for the first time in Amer
*By the Numbers - Obama's Stimulus Swindle - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 17, 2009, 10:46 pm
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*By the Numbers - Job Losses Since Start of Democrat Majority - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 17, 2009, 10:52 pm
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*The Obama-nation of Abortion Coverage - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 9:55 pm
Tony Perkins, FRC Washington Update: Health care may be on Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) Thanksgiving menu, but it could be awhile before the Senate talks turkey. The Majority Leader started the Rule 14 process last week, which basically means the House bill would be available on the legislative calendar by tomorrow. Of course, just because it's on the Senate calendar doesn't mean the chamber will do anything with it. In order to start considering the bill, Sen. Reid would need 60 votes on hi
*Mike Huckabee Popular Promoting New Book - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 8:32 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a GOP presidential contender in 2008, arrives for a book signing at Books-A-Million in Knoxville on Thursday. [Edited photo pulled from eGopMews.com - original photo was by Michael Patrick]Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who won the Republican presidential primary in Tennessee in 2008, was mobbed in Knoxville on Thursday when he arrived at Books-A-Million for a book signing. Many of the hundreds of people who stood in line to get his signature o
*Giuliani Criticizes 9-11 Terrorist Trials in New York & Obama - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 9:04 pm
from eGOPNews:
Wash Times: Giuliani calls Obama soft on terrorism
NYT: Giuliani Criticizes Terror Trials in New York
Politico: Rudy Giuliani slams 9/11 trial decision
Hill: Giuliani: White House sending message 'the war on terror is over'WNO: Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey Says Terrorist Jailed In NY Increases "Mischief In The Form Of Murder. "The question is not whether they are going to escape. The question is whether not only that particular facility but the city in the large will
*Welcome to Obamaville - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 7:19 pm
The WIRE: Most Americans didn't realize that when candidate Barack Obama promised he was going to create 5 million - or 2.5 million - or 20 gadzillion - or 3 -- or whatever it was -- new jobs that he intended to hang out a sign reading 'Bureaucrats Only Need Apply.” Nor that he intended to create all of these jobs with government make-work programs. Yet, even with all of that, his 20 gadzillion new jobs have failed to materialize. In fact, 4 million Americans have lost their jobs
*Dem Health Bill Increase Costs, Reduce Senior Benefits & You May Go to Jail! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 5:12 pm
Congress reconvenes. The Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3082, the $133.9 billion fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill. The Senate will vote on an amendment from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) concerning transparency and a motion to recommit the bill to committee offered by Sen. Coburn. More votes on amendments are scheduled for Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on the nomination of David Hamilton to the 7th Ci
Vic Snyder Ad on Health Care - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 16, 2009, 4:46 pm
Produced by 60 Plus Association; Jim Martin (President: 60 Plus Association) is joining the Americans For Prosperity Arkansas this weeks "Hands Off My Health Care Bus Tour" - COMPLETE SCHEDULE
*Pelosi's Constitutional Contempt - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 15, 2009, 8:55 pm
by Walter Williams: At Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Speaker Pelosi responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" The reporter said, "Yes, yes, I am." Not responding further, Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter. Later on, Pelosi's press spokesman Nadeam Elshami told CNSNews.com about i
*To Good to Pass Up - How many Heads of State bowed to Akihito? - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 15, 2009, 7:10 pm
The following animated image was provided by a reader and is attributed to Potlatch and Rose of Sharon on Free Republic in a post titled "How many Heads of State bowed to Akihito?":
*DeMint's Term Limits - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 15, 2009, 7:41 pm
by William WarrenDeMint Introduces 'Term Limits for All” Constitutional Amendment: 11/10/09 - U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) introduced an amendment to the United States Constitution that would apply term limits to all members of Congress, limiting U.S. Representatives to three terms and U.S. Senators to two terms in office. The amendment is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), and Sam Brownback (R-Kansas). As an amendment to the Con
Brigitte Gabriel Blasts Political Correctness - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 15, 2009, 4:44 pm
ACT! for America Founder and President, Brigitte Gabriel delineates the disastrous effect Political Correctness is having on our leaders and citizens in the fight against Radical Islam in America. She lambastes its debilitating power to render government and the military impotent in fretting out those who wish us harm. She lays the killings at FT. Hood at the feet of the PC mentality world. If you have not yet viewed the following video, Buckle up!
Brigitte demonstrates why CAIR has been usin
*Obama a Presidential Approval Index Rating Is Minus 9 - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 15, 2009, 12:14 am
The American must be enamored with all that bowing to kings and emperors. Not!
Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday:
Barack Obama performance as President:
38% Strongly Disapprove
29% Strongly Approve
Presidential Approval Index rating: -9
[The other 33% must be stunned into silence.]
Expect Obama's future negative numbers to be commensurate with the depth of his bows to other world leaders.
*Obama Bows Again! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 14, 2009, 10:34 pm
Even the Los Angeles Times noticed and reported on President Obama "progress" in bowing to foreign Kings, Emperors and potentates. Did he miss the history lesson that we don't do that anymore! The President of the United States according to international protocol usually hold the highest dignitary position in any photo op (head up and not butt out), reception line, etc. The reason is that the President of the United States is both Head of State and Head of Government. Whereas most other world
*Is God or Man in Control of the Earth? Christian Coalition Lie on Man Made Global Warming - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 14, 2009, 12:28 am
Ed Stoddard in story for Reuters reported:The Christian Coalition of America in the 1990s was an electoral force to be reckoned with as it mobilized millions of conservative Christians to vote for mostly Republican Party candidates and causes. It has since lost influence and political ground to other 'religious right” groups such as the Family Research Council. . . .
So it will no doubt surprise some to see that this week it has joined with the National Wildlife Federation ' whose 4 mill
*What Reggie Littlejohn Will Learn - Obama Is World's Premier Abortion Backer - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 14, 2009, 12:53 am
by Ken Blackwell, Contributing Author: Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has written a powerful commentary on the appalling issue of forced abortion in China. Miss Parker interviewed Reggie Littlejohn, a women's rights activist, who testified at Tuesday's hearings on Capitol Hill. Reggie Littlejohn is a petite woman who heads Women's Rights Without Frontiers. Attorney Littlejohn gave up a profitable practice to work for human rights.
Dr. Littlejohn showed how China's brutal policy
*Senate Dems Allowed 9-11 Terrorist & GITMO Detainees To Be Tried In NYC - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 13, 2009, 11:04 pm
by Sam Adams MMIV:The AP reports this morning, 'Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday.”
This is a terrible idea for a whole host of reasons. Last month, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey explained why in an essential op-ed for The Wall Street Journal. Mukasey wrote, 'The Justice Department claims that our cour
*Don't Copy Europe's Mistakes: Less Government Is the Right Way to Fix Healthcare - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 13, 2009, 12:27 pm
Eline van den Broek explains that government interference is driving up healthcare costs in America and warns that European style health "reform" will make the situation even worse. Based on what has happened in Europe, she explains that universal health coverage is not the same as universal healthcare, that insurance mandates mean more government control, and that price controls simply do not work.
H/T Boot Berry and America, You Asked For It!
*Michele Bachmann ' GOP Rising Star - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 12, 2009, 11:34 pm
n Sauerbrey: There is a new star in the GOP firmament and she is principled, savvy, articulate and beautiful. No, I don't mean Sarah, though the former Alaska Governor has already demonstrated the ability of a conservative woman to connect with the voters.
The rising star is Michele Bachmann, the Congresswoman from Minnesota, an outspoken media-savvy conservative, who is about as feisty as they come. Last week Bachmann asked people to pay a house call on Washington DC, and they came from all o
*Valerie Jarrett's 'Gangster Government” - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 12, 2009, 7:24 pm
'They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way.” — Jim Malone, The Untouchables.Call it 'gangster government”— an over-glorified protection racket that favors those who tow the party line, and viciously retaliates against those who dare to depart from the dogma of the Dear Leader.
Said Congressman Steve King in an exclusive interview with the Washington News Observer, 'In Chicago, you have gangster gov
*Jihad at Fort Hood - Part IV (14 Murdered) & Jihadists in the Military - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 12, 2009, 6:53 pm
by Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: The 'Crazy” Hasan - ABC and several other news outlets are reporting that Major Nidal Hasan, the Ft. Hood killer, had contacts with numerous Muslim extremists and had visited jihadist 'chat rooms” on the Internet. Anonymous FBI officials predict the details of his other suspicious activities will become public soon. I hope so. But there are a lot of important people, from the president to media mavens, who are obviously committed to convinc
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 12, 2009 - Post-American Democrats Don't Care What the People Want - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 12, 2009, 2:28 pm
Congress is in recess until Monday. Many of us are feeling these days: can they just stay home even longer? The Senate will then resume consideration of H.R. 3082, the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill, and begin working on amendments.
This past Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on the nomination of David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. A vote is currently scheduled for next week. Also, Reid began the
*H.B. 3962 - The Wrong Prescription for the Economy - Dick Morris Comming to Arkansas - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 12, 2009, 11:49 am
Americans For Prosperity Arkansas Director Teresa Crossland-Oelke and local medical professionals will be holding a hold a press conference today, November 12th, at noon, outside of Congressman Vic Snyder's Office in Little Rock, AR. Oelke said,
Congressman Vic Snyder's recent vote on what the Wall Street Journal has deemed 'the worst bill ever.” While our national economy suffers with over 10% unemployment and people are losing jobs, Congressman Vic Snyder rushed through a government take
ARRA Salutes Our Veterans & the Men & Women Serving in the Military - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 11, 2009, 12:09 pm
This note from a friend and is worth sharing with all our readers because her words are said and thought by many on this day:
Thank you for your service to our country, for preserving our precious American way of life, and for the sacrifices you've made in the name of Freedom! You are all my heroes ... Suzan [Video]
*THANK YOU, VETERANS! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 11, 2009, 9:00 am
by FTG-1 Norm Beznoska Jr., US Navy 1958-64, Strongsville, Ohio: When I was 17-years old, I proudly took the Oath of Enlistment in the United States Navy. Like the men and women who came before and after me, I took this Oath* seriously and its' words mean even more to me, today, some 50 years later:
'I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and tha
Happy Veterans Day - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 11, 2009, 9:30 am
This Veterans Day please take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by our nations heroes and their families. When our nation called they answered and we will forever be in their debt.
[Video] The quote is from Judge William S. Sessions, former FBI Director and Captain ' United States Air Force 1951-1955 - and read by his son, NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions.
*Veterans Day Created to Honor WWI Veterans - But Still No Memorial - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 11, 2009, 10:00 am
by TheSouthernJackAss: Veterans Day, usually observed on November 11, is a legal federal holiday on which we honor those who have served in the armed forces of the United States. The observation was originally designated in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as Armistice Day. Wilson selected November 11 because the Armistice ending World War I had been signed on this date in 1918. Wilson wanted to make sure that Americans did not forget the tragedies of the war. In 1938, Congress passed legislati
*Jihad at Fort Hood - Part III - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 11:59 pm
by Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: We now know that Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hasan sent between 10 and 20 messages to Anwar al-Awlaki, an Islamofascist cleric known for his exhortations for Muslims to rise up and kill the infidels. Counterterrorism officials intercepted the communications but concluded (are you sitting down?) that the e-mails were probably part of a research project on post-traumatic stress disorder that the psychiatrist had been conducting at the Walter Reed Ar
*Democrats' Health Care Plan - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 8:48 pm
by Lisa Benson
Flip Flop Blanche Lincoln - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 6:13 pm
NRSC released the following video which addresses Sen. Balnche Lincoln and national health care:
*20 Years After the Berlin Wall Fell - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 6:19 pm
by William Warren:
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 10, 2009 - Gallup: 54% Say Health Care System Will Not Improve Under Democrat Plan - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 5:55 pm
The Senate held a moment of silence for the victims of the attack at Ft. Hood. It will resume consideration of H.R. 3082, the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill. Last night the Senate voted 72-16 to confirm Andre Davis to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and 88-0 to confirm Charlene Honeywell as District Judge for the Middle District of Florida. Congress is in recess the rest of the week for Veterans Day.
As the health care deba
*The Huge Mistake - Climate Change Solutions 2009 - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 11:53 am
H/T to Leo_Pusateri on Twitter for promoting this The Heritage Foundation alert. Watch the video before it is taken down again. First some background information:The New York TimesThe Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration's climate change policy.The EPA lawyers did take their video down. But not before others reposted it. Read an op-ed the lawyers wrote for the Washington Post
*Who Got the Bribes for Obamacare Endorsements - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 10, 2009, 1:55 am
In the following article, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann reveal the truth behind the AMA, AARP, and Insurance companies -- strange bedfellows -- endorsement of Obamacare. The AMA endorsement is disturbing because they represent one of the five groups of people who are classified as "professionals" and who by definition are not supposed to be placing money above ethics and responsibility to their profession and their clients. This AMA endorsement has added to the growing tarnish on all medical pr
*Barbara Boxer Used Nuclear Option to Push Cap and Trade Through Committee - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 8:53 pm
Last Thursday while we all focused on the House Health care bill, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chair of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee used the "nuclear option" to push the Cap-and-Trade climate bill out of committee. The nuclear option is when a party proceeds without the minority party and votes on a proposed bill.
Although Committee rules require that two Republicans be present and vote, Boxer had warned she would not let this rule stop her from passing out of committee
Jihad at Fort Hood - Part II - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 5:38 pm
by Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: The evidence is now overwhelming that the Fort Hood murderer, Nidal Malik Hasan, is an Islamist who was trying to please Allah when he gunned down our American heroes. ABC News reported this morning that the CIA has evidence that he had tried to contact Al Qaeda in recent months. For normal Americans the news that he shouted 'Allahu Akbar,” the battle cry of jihadists, as he poured bullets into our sons and daughters was all we needed to know.
Bu
*House Health Bill Raises Taxes, Costs Too Much - CNN Poll 53% Oppose Dem Plans - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 4:20 pm
Senate is only scheduled to be in session on Monday and Tuesday this week due to Veterans Day. Today the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3082, the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill. At 4:30 PM, the Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Andre Davis to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. After an hour of debate the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination. Votes on the Milcon bill are possible afterwards.
*20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 2:14 pm
Today is the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a great day for Liberty that should not be forgotten. For those of us who remember that day, we remember the lesson that Communism does not work. For those who are too young to remember it first-hand, please take time to watch this video.
by Fred Smith, CEI President: On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came crashing down. Today marks the twentieth anniversary of that great day ' one of the greatest in the history of human
*Excuse me Mr. President. It was an act of terror! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 1:30 am
by John Allison, America, You Asked for It!: That's right! Even though the Apologist-In-Chief, the Great Empathizer with Radical Islam, the Socialist Leader of the United States doesn't want to call the latest slaughter of Americans on US soil by a Muslim Jihadist a terror attack, anyone who opens their eyes can now see this was exactly that!
Even the former Democrat Senator Joe Liebermann (I-CT) is now calling the murderous rampage by the American-born Muslim radical, Nidal Hasan, a terror at
*The Message From Last Night is That Democrats Didn't Get the Message - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 12:46 am
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, made the following remarks today on "Fox News Sunday" with host Chris Wallace:
Excerpts from this morning's interview:
Host Chris Wallace: Congressman Pence, what's the message from last night and what about those Democrats from conservative districts who ended up voting for the bill? Are you going to make them pay in the next election?
Rep. Mike Pence: Chris, I think the message from last night is tha
*Barack H Obama reminds us of George W Frederick and wistful for George W Bush - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 9, 2009, 12:26 am
Bill Smith, Editor: H/T to The Oracle who identified the article below and noted that President George W. Bush and his wife Laura making a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood, TX. President Barack H. Obama and his wife Michelle will attend the memorial service at Ft. Hood on Tuesday.
It is easy to to find something to criticize President Bush for after eight years in office serving his country. However, it is also easy to remember numerous favorable situations i
*Comply with Pelois Healthcare Plan or Go to Jail - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 8, 2009, 12:45 pm
H/T Boot Berry - by Publius, BigGovernment.com: Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail.
The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain 'acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose n
*Wrong Diagnosis and the Wrong Prescription - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 8, 2009, 12:53 am
Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA) released the following statement following the historic health care vote (220 to 215) in Congress:'After countless hours, days, weeks and months of debate, I have found there are certain things we can all agree on: we need to increase access to affordable, quality health care coverage.
'I have said in numerous town hall meetings and tele-town halls throughout my District that we do not need to turn the entire health care system on its head. Instead, we need to
*Valerie Jarrett: The Next Van Jones - Obam said: she can "speaks for me" - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 7, 2009, 11:08 pm
Ben Johnson, Front Page Magazine: Many have wondered how anyone as extreme as Obama's "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones ' a self-described "Communist" obsessed with racial conspiracy theories ' could have been named to head a federal agency. David Horowitz described the radicalization of the Democratic Party as the appointment's subtext. Closer to the fore, Jones owed his elevation to another new factor: the unparalleled influence of Valerie Jarrett. To call Jarrett a presidential adviser, even a
*Jihad at Fort Hood - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 7, 2009, 10:32 pm
by Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: Every American this morning should be outraged not only about the murderous rampage against U.S. soldiers in Ft. Hood, Texas, by Major Nidal M. Hasan, but also by the sickening effort of Big Media, and even some U.S. officials, to deceive us about what has taken place.
For eight years we have been fighting radical Islamists around the world, and we have been the victims of jihadist attacks by lone radical Muslims repeatedly here in the U.S. Ye
*What Obama Doesn't Understand - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 7, 2009, 10:40 pm
William J. Murray, Chairman Religious Freedom Coalition: On the first anniversary of his election, President Barack Obama still does not understand that Americas did not vote for him because they wanted to "fundamentally change America." He and radical leftist Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi both believe in their hearts that they were given a mandate to turn the United States into a socialist "utopia." Insiders in the White House say Obama has been "stunned" that there is so much resistance to
*This Little Piggie - Remembering Tea Party Patriots - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 7, 2009, 9:12 pm
With another major spending and liberty destroying bill (the Pelosi health care) before the the House of Representatives today, it seemed only right to remember the faithful 9-12 Washington, D.C. patriots and the above sign - This Little Piggie. Patriot Unknown but appreciated.
*Government-Run Healthcare at Your Fingertips - Inherited National Debt - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 6, 2009, 3:51 pm
Although Nancy Pelosi is no laughing matter, this video brings a chuckle:
Here is a video addressing Inherited National Debt:
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 6, 2009 - Record Unemployment Rate 10.2% - Pelosi Ignores Americans - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 6, 2009, 3:11 pm
The Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3072, the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Milcon-VA) appropriations bill. No votes are scheduled in the Senate today. Yesterday, the Senate voted 71-28 to pass the fiscal year 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill, H.R. 2847. Prior to final passage, the Senate rejected several GOP amendments to the bill. The Senate voted 54-45 to kill an amendment from Sens. Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT),
*This One Will Hurt - 24 Hours to Stop Pelosi - Contact Your Representatives! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 6, 2009, 12:31 pm
by William Warren:
Contact your representatives!
Newt Gingrich, American Solutions: This Saturday, Speaker Pelosi will try to ram her 1,990 page government health care bill through the House of Representatives. If you want to defeat this, you must make our voice heard. Urge him or her to vote NO on H.R. 3962. We don't need a government takeover of health care. Remember, the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen. Please take a moment and make the call. Remind Congress that in America,
*Choose Ye Whom Ye Shall Serve in the People's House - The People or Pelosi - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 6, 2009, 11:42 am
by Robert Romano, Senior ALG Editor: Yesterday, at noon, on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C., thousands of patriotic Americans gathered to express their heated opposition to the government capture of the nation's entire health care sector.
These individuals, many of whom traveled from across the country, were protesting the takeover of more than one-sixth of the nation's economy by a government that can't even balance its own budget. They were rightly wary of bureaucrats getting betw
*House Will Vote on Pelosi Health Plan this Week! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 6, 2009, 2:42 am
Eagle Forum: Last week, liberal Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) introduced her "new and improved" plan to facilitate a government takeover of the best health care system in the world, which just so happens to make up one-sixth of the U.S. economy. After months of witnessing an American uprising to oppose Congress' first health care proposal, famously remembered as H.R. 3200, liberals in Congress are now pushing a twice as long, yet almost identical bill under the guise that
Our Prayers Go Out to the Military and Their Families at Ft. Hood - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 5, 2009, 11:17 pm
At Ft Hood, Texas, an Army psychiatrist opened fire today on soldiers preparing to deploy to Iraq, killing at least 12 and wounding 30. Our prayers go out to the victims, their families, friends and fellow soldiers.
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 5, 2009 - Tuesday Results Should Make Dems Nervous About Obama Agenda - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 5, 2009, 12:05 pm
The Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2847, the fiscal year 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill. The bill provides $65 billion in funding, including $7.3 billion for the Census Bureau. At 12:15 PM, the Senate will vote on cloture on the substitute amendment to the CJS bill. If cloture is invoked, the Senate will then consider pending amendments to the bill. One of those amendments is offered by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Lindsey Graham
*Country On The Wrong Track - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 5, 2009, 9:30 am
by William Warren:
*Since April, 114 Children Have Died from H1N1 - 700,000 Have Died from Abortion - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 5, 2009, 10:00 am
by Karen Schuberg, CNS News: [H1N1] has claimed the lives of at least 114 children in the United States since April, according to the latest data available from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But an estimated 2,247 to 3,305 babies lose their lives to abortion each day, based on statistics compiled by both the CDC and the Guttmacher Institute, a private research foundation tied to the abortion industry.
A CDC report released last Friday placed the death toll from
*Pence Promotes House GOP Health Care Alternative - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 10:04 pm
Congressman Mike Pence appeared on the MSNBC program "Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan" to discuss the House Republican alternative proposal in health care reform. [Video]
Excerpts- Comments by Rep. Mike Pence: "Well Republicans believe we listened to the American people that don't want a government takeover of health care, but they do want Congress to act to lower the cost of health insurance and lower the cost of health care in the long-term. We think we do that by allowing Americans to pu
*House Republican Moms Speak on the Pelosi Health Care Bill - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 10:27 pm
Republican House Legislators who happen to be women and moms speak frankly about Speaker Pelois' $1 trillion dollar health care bill. [Video]
*Voices of Republican Doctors - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 10:43 pm
This video features the testimonials for House Republican Doctors on the ongoing health care debate. Seems it is time to listen to experienced doctors who agreed to also serve as our representatives verses listening to inexperienced liberals who seek expanded government bureaucracy, increased taxes, limiting services, and interjecting government (be it an agency or an official) between us and our doctors and between us and our health insurance plan.
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 4, 2009 - Yesterday's Elections Results Show Disapproval of Obama's Policies - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 2:22 pm
Senate will resume consideration of the unemployment insurance extension bill, H.R. 3548 and move to vote to invoke cloture on H.R. 3548. In the House, Speaker Pelosi still pushing for a vote this week on her bill. Capitol Hill news media are reporting that immigration remains one of the reasons that Pelosi still can't count 218 votes to pass the bill. Many Democratic Representatives are balking at supporting the bill until the verification against illegal aliens is stronger. With the the p
Valerie Jarrett: The Slumlord Millionaire - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 1:03 pm
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*Democrats defeated in both New Jersey and Virgina. - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 4, 2009, 1:58 am
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: Chris Christie's gutsy win in New Jersey puts the arrogant big spender Jon Corzine in his place. But it is the election in Virginia that probably has more to say to marginal Democratic congressmen who are considering how to vote on health care reform.
Obviously Christie's victory is a body blow to Obama after Corzine outspent the Republican by 5:1. Corzine's defeat sends a message that the nation is moving sharply against Obama. But it is the Virginia result
*Dismantling America - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 11:23 pm
by Thomas Sowell: Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50% or 90%?
Did you think that another "czar" would be talking about restricting talk radio? That there would be plans afloat to subsidize newspapers — that is, to create a situation where some newspapers' survival
Hi, I'm Government Healthcare - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 9:15 pm
The truth about government healthcare: If you don't have insurance you will be taxed $1,000... excuse me a "fine." [video]
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 3, 2009 - Dem's Actions on Health Care and Cap-And-Tax Contribute to America's Frustration - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 4:34 pm
This morning, Senators and Representatives attended a Joint Session of Congress in the House chamber for an address from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Senate will resume consideration of the unemployment insurance extension bill, H.R. 3548 and post-cloture debate of the Reid-Baucus substitute amendment. Yesterday, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the Reid-Baucus substitute amendment to H.R. 3548. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has also filed cloture on the underlying bill.
*They Opted Out - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 3:23 am
by William Warren:
*Join With Us in Taking a Stand Across Arkansas! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 2:39 am
by Teresa Crossland-Oelke, Director, Arkansas Americans for Prosperity: If Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi thought they were wearing us down, last week we proved them WRONG. Our health care town halls with Fox Correspondent John Stossel were a huge success. We began our meetings before day break in Texarkana with over 350 people and ended after dark with more than 550 people in Jonesboro. In Little Rock, we had almost 900 join with us to say 'Hands Off My Health Care.”
Even though Arkansans
*America! Enslavement is at the Door! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 3, 2009, 2:03 am
Bill Smith, Editor: As you watch the below video and listen to the past voices of both Democrats and Republicans who served our country as president, ask yourself is this the message of today's President and today's leaders of Congress? Have we as a Nation fallen into such covetousness that we would seek (even if through the actions by the government) to take from our fellow citizens in order to maybe benefit ourselves?
Is this present generation, unwilling to protect the gift our forefathers
*Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 2, 2009 - Americans rise up and let your voices be heard - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 2, 2009, 4:34 pm
Senate will resume consideration of the unemployment insurance extension bill, H.R. 3548. At 5 PM, the Senate will vote on cloture on the Baucus-Reid substitute amendment, which includes the unemployment benefits extension and an extension of the first-time homebuyer's tax credit.
In the Senate, Harry Reid continues to push for his "behind the doors" health care bill. It has been sent to the CBO for scoring and he plans to bring the bill to the floor in hopes of getting 60 votes. Also as detai
*Arkansas ARRA Delegation Attends NFRA 2009 National Convention in Reno, NV - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 2, 2009, 12:28 am
by Patrick Briney, President Arkansas Republican Assembly (ARRA): The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) hosted its Rigth4america Convention at the Atlantis Resort in Reno, NV on October 23-25. The ARRA was represented by Patrick Briney, President; Duane Neal, VP; Michelle Blaty, National Committeewoman; and Gerald Holland, National delegate.
At the convention, two NFRA board meetings were conducted: the first on Friday morning and the second on Sunday morning just prior
*NFRA Announces Board Members for 2009-2011 - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 1, 2009, 11:29 pm
The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA): New national leadership for 2009-2011 was elected at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) 2009 Convention in Reno. Members of the Board are:
Executive Committee
President Rod D. Martin
Executive Vice President Chris Brown
Vice President, Northeast Region Will Ricci
Vice President, Eastern Region Tom Dodd
Vice President, Southern Region Shawn Mitchell*
Vice President, Midwestern Region Bruce Buwalda
Vice Pres
*Reading Guide — Pelosi Health 'Reform” Bill - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 1, 2009, 10:59 pm
In order to assist people seeking to read and review the health 'reform” legislation (H.R. 3962) introduced by House Democrats, the Republican Conference has compiled a list of important page numbers and provisions in the 1,990-page 'Affordable Health Care for America Act:”
Page 94—Section 202(c) prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through the federal government
Page 110—Section 222(e) requir
*Mr President, this isn't the change Americans wanted! - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Nov 1, 2009, 4:53 pm
Just ask them!
John Allison III
*Scozzafava Drops Out of New York Congressional Race - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Oct 31, 2009, 3:49 pm
Liberal Republican (RINO in our neck of the woods) Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District seat. This should help Conservative nominee Doug Hoffman against Democrat Bill Owens.
According to Fox News, "Scozzafava's team pulled the plug on the campaign after viewing the Siena poll." Ken Spain, a spokesman for the NRCC, said Scozzafava will now release her supporters to vote for Hoffman. House Minority Leader John Boehner, Minority Whip Eri
*Trick or Treat - Happens Every Year - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Oct 31, 2009, 11:45 am
*Halloween Message from Speaker Pelosi - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Oct 31, 2009, 12:00 pm
Up Yours America!Enjoy my nationalized health care plan.
I should have been president!!!
And, Reid, I'm next in line to be president after that idiot Biden. I have the BIG plane, so keep your bony fingers off of me.
~ Nancy Pelosi
*Who is Obama's Rasputin in the White House? - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Oct 31, 2009, 9:29 am
Bill Smith, Editor: Who influences President Obama? I am sure that many would like to lay claim to influencing the president. In recent days, we have had seen reports on the Obama czars. Czars may have the ear of the President but in fact, they are really carrying out the agenda of the President. Even though the czars provide insight into the beliefs, values and associations of President Barack Obama, they are not the power brokers. We already know about David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel. But
*Pelosi's Health Care Plan Unveiled - ARRA News Service - Arkansas Republican Assemblies (ARRA) Oct 30, 2009, 9:11 pm
Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families: Yesterday, on the steps of the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi and her liberal colleagues unveiled their healthcare plan, H.R. 3962, just in time for Halloween. And, trust me, it's scary. Here are my thoughts on what transpired at the press conference, and the content of the bill. Pelosi's press conference was an hour long, and only people on her personal 'RSVP list” were allowed to attend. Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) said, 'The striking thing that
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