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This is what ultra conservatives want in exchange for not destroying the economy

This is what ultra conservatives want in exchange for not destroying the economy

Conservatives have discovered that ending the career of the third most powerful public official in the world and hijacking the U.S. Congress is pretty easy. It doesn’t even take a majority of both houses — though Republicans have that — it just takes a few dozen House members who are ready to burn some shit down. Meet the House Freedom […]

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DCCC holding Republicans accountable for not passing new budget to prevent another #GOPshutdown

DCCC holding Republicans accountable for not passing new budget to prevent another #GOPshutdown

What’s the hold-up, Mr. Boehner? In about 60 days, the current agreement to keep our federal government funded will run out. This sets the country up for another battle with tea party Republicans dead-set on repealing the Affordable Care Act. With the power of the Republican-led House of Representatives apparently in the hands of Senator Ted Cruz, there is, apparently, […]

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In Washington and in Lansing, tea party zealots are costing us a fortune as they waste our hard-earned tax dollars

In Washington and in Lansing, tea party zealots are costing us a fortune as they waste our hard-earned tax dollars

This is what happens when you elect people who hate the government to run the government Whether it’s the Tea Party Nation, TeaParty.org, the Tea Party Express, the Tea Party Patriots, or any number of the myriad local tea party groups across the country, their message is the same: We hate president Obama Shrink government and lower our taxes. “TEA”, […]

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#GOPshutdown: How Michigan lawmakers voted to end the shutdown and raise the debt limit

#GOPshutdown: How Michigan lawmakers voted to end the shutdown and raise the debt limit

Photo by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog Here’s a rundown on how our Michigan Representatives and Senators voted last night on reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling: SENATE Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin both voted “YES” HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Democrats voting YES John Conyers John Dingell Dan Kildee Sander Levin Gary Peters Republicans voting YES Dan Benishek […]

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Tim Walberg’s hypocrisy continues, votes AGAINST ending #GOPshutdown after bragging he voted to end it

Tim Walberg’s hypocrisy continues, votes AGAINST ending #GOPshutdown after bragging he voted to end it

This level of hypocrisy is truly breathtaking Tim Walberg has sent out emails to his constituents twice in the past month bragging about his votes to “keep government running”. On September 20th there was this one: Then, on October 5th came this one: As I pointed out after first one, these weren’t votes to reopen government in any real sense. […]

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#GOPshutdown is killing Republican chances in 2014: Gary Peters and Pam Byrnes surge in polls

#GOPshutdown is killing Republican chances in 2014: Gary Peters and Pam Byrnes surge in polls

Thank you, tea party. May we have some more? Photos by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog As horrible as it is, the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government does have a silver lining: it’s positively KILLING Republicans’ chances of being winning in November of 2014. Two new polls show both Pam Byrnes, running for the 7th District Congressional seat […]

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Federal judge: “Tell Congress to go to Hell!” over #GOPshutdown

Federal judge: “Tell Congress to go to Hell!” over #GOPshutdown

Straight talk A couple of weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge Richard George Kopf from the District of Nebraska weighed in on his blog “Hercules and the Umpire” regarding the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government. In particular, he was addressing the issue of determining which government employees are “essential” and which ones should be furloughed while the tea party […]

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VIDEO: Dean of the House John Dingell takes Republicans to the wood shed over the #GOPshutdown

VIDEO: Dean of the House John Dingell takes Republicans to the wood shed over the #GOPshutdown

Let’s behave as a Congress of the United States, not an aggregation of petulant children! At the beginning of the current Republican shutdown of the United States government, Dean of the House, Michigan Congressman John Dingell, gave a speech on the floor of the House that took Republicans to task for their irresponsible dereliction of their responsibility to govern, lead, […]

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MI Republican Rogers calls the #GOPshutdown a threat to national security but won’t commit to ending it

MI Republican Rogers calls the #GOPshutdown a threat to national security but won’t commit to ending it

The height of GOPocrisy Michigan Republican Mike Rogers chairs the House Intelligence Committee and recently said the Republican shutdown of the federal government “is putting America’s national security at risk”. “Removing government funding is impacting intelligence staff which is making our nation less safe,” Rogers’ spokeswoman Kelsey Knight said Thursday. “He believes shutting down is putting America’s national security at […]

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Republicans now admit (a) it’s THEIR shutdown and (b) it’s killing the economy

Republicans now admit (a) it’s THEIR shutdown and (b) it’s killing the economy

Here, Republicans, have some crow. It’s delish. Graphic by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog Facing the fact that everyone in the country who isn’t a die-hard Republican thinks the current shutdown of the federal goverment and the impending crashing of the U.S. economy resulting from a failure to raise the debt limit are their responsibility, there are some interesting […]

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The GOP just can’t take “yes” for an answer: A reminder of what we’ve achieved under Barack Obama

The GOP just can’t take “yes” for an answer: A reminder of what we’ve achieved under Barack Obama

I see what you’re doing here. We all do. I think all of us are, like Amy described in her righteous rant yesterday, sick and tired of being held hostage by extremist right wing ideologues who behave like petulant children when they don’t get absolutely everything they want. What’s most infuriating about it is that these very same ideologues have […]

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