Nancy Pelosi should know "a total failure" when she sees one.

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10. The president signed a reauthorization that help to fight around the world such things as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

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This is Ms. Pelosi's greatest accomplish off all. The other side of the aisle wanted to talk about ways to lower energy prices but of course this was not a part of the Ms. Pelosi agenda so there was no vote.

In fact Ms. Pelosi took her ball and went home. They actually adjourned and actually shut off the lights in the house chamber and no member of the house was allowed to even talk to reporters.

And Ms. Pelosi lectures the people about the abuses of the current president. We are a country of great and very bold ideas and although I was not buying what Obama said in Berlin for a second I do have enough respect for him to let him say whatever he wants.

Hopefully over her vacation Ms. Pelosi will be reminded of why her country is so great in the first place. And no I am not talking about giving everyone health care, saving the planet, giving away benefits to people that do not really need them, pretending we have fixed the economy when we really have not, supporting alternative fuels such as ethanol that make other prices besides that of gas to go up, raising the minimum wage, throwing even more money into education no matter what the results are and I am sure that Ms. Pelosi has a few other items on her agenda as well such as taxing only the top 5% salary earners so that even more of her brilliant ideas can become law.

I am sure that Ms. Pelosi will want to take the credit for gas prices per gallon going down. But the congress has done almost nothing to absolutely nothing to make them go down yet. Boy was I wrong the price of gas in some states was above four dollars a gallon which reduced the demand. And when demand decreases the price decreases as well. Well thank you for that Ms. Pelosi. You are doing a great job.

Except for the fact that you only want to listen to a certain set of ideas which just happens to be a part of your own agenda Ms. Pelosi when it comes to matters that should be even heard in your precious house.

There is really no need to have a story about this because members of the house were not allowed to speak after what happened in the house in the part of the capital that members of house usually speak to reporters to. And of course the main stream media would not want to report of story like this any way because it might put Ms. Pelosi in a negative light and we can't that now can we?

11. Ms Pelosi on her own decides what should and should not be discussed in the people's house.

Well I guess it is still the people's house anyway.

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Well here is the story from my last post.

The main stream media probably took a while because there was no democrat in the house left to give them what to say.

"The protesting conservatives gave impromptu speeches and nearly filled the seats of the chamber with staffers, Boy Scouts and tourists in an attempt to pressure Democrats to hold a vote on offshore oil drilling and other GOP energy ideas. Republicans say about 45 congressmen took part."

How dare these people in bold touch Ms. Pelosi's floor. I would hope that Ms. Pelosi has surveillance cameras to watch the house floor at all times. The surveillance cameras would be needed because CSPAN was not allowed to show this part of the house proceedings because the cameras had been turned off. The surveillance cameras would be needed to see who these ordinary citizens on the house floor are so Ms. Pelosi would deal these people whatever punishment she alone felt was necessary. I would hope at the very least with regards to the actual republican house members there will be a real need for some incessant house ethics committee meetings to tell the people how wrong these republicans were in their own actions on the house floor no less.

It is pretty amazing that there were almost no democrats in the house chamber when actual ordinary citizens were on the house floor. It is incredibly rare for non members of the house to be on the house floor; even though there would be no house without the people. I can only think of three reasons when there have been non members of the house on the floor. The staff of members are allowed on the house floor many times to flip charts when members of the house are speaking on a whole number of different issues except of course to discuss some alternative energy sources but I am sure Ms. Pelosi would give the o.k. on some alternative energy sources but that would have to be a part of her own agenda. This does remind me of the republicans attitude when they ruled the house for over a decade as well. Ms. Pelosi acting like a republican; that for some reason does not really surprise me. The other occasion when non members of the house were allowed on the floor was during Ms. Pelosi's coronation early last year there were lots of family members of the members of the house on the floor at the same time. I thought that was amazing at the time because ordinary citizens were on the house floor but today for many reason may go down as one of the most memorable days in the recent history of the House of Representatives. There is other various members of staff as well. Just as an example there is a house reading clerk that reads the bills out loud.

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12. Well we have spending bill that is about $600,000,000,000 that I am sure has 0% pork in it.

That would be rather difficult though for this particular spending bill to have zero pork in it because this is the one of the last chances for congress to give the people reasons to vote for them in early November.

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And no this is not the rescue or bailout or whatever one wants to call it. That will be coming sometime latter on today I would hope.

This spending bill has 25 billion in loans to auto makers; about 25 billion for disaster relief including flooding and hurricane efforts, 2 billion for pell grants, and about 5 billion for low income energy assistance.

Math hat back on again. That is only about 57 billion that CNN wants to report about what about the other about 540 billion dollars what is that going to be spent on I am just asking.

CNN is also reporting that we may be getting another stimulus package as well. I guess we need another stimulus package because the first one this year must not have had the desired effect because of this horrible economy.

Do we even know the details of bailout yet or are we just supposed to just go along with whatever the congress comes up with?

I only ask this question because if we do not know what the details of this how are we supposed to make an informed decision if this is a good deal or not?

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Will this be the last gasp of one of the most pathetic sessions of congress in quite some time?

13. A bailout, rescue or whatever a person wants to call it bill with a little pork added by the senate so that the bill would eventually pass in the house four days after the house rejected the bill.

So last Thursday we had both presidential candidates along with congressional leaders, the president, and the treasury secretary in a meeting at the White House and nothing got done. Well Obama started to talk and the bickering started but of course it was McCain's fault because he was the one that "inserted presidential politics" into the discussion and of course Obama did no such thing of course.

So we move to this past Monday. Members of the house did not pass the so called rescue.

So the congress the senate passed a revised rescue bill and the house passed it overwhelmingly just yesterday.

So what were these revisions P?

Some regulations to make sure this type of thing does not happen again. No of course not that would be way to practical during an election year.

The revisions were actually pork so members of the house could go back to their districts and say we have revised the excise tax on arrows that are used by children and other such crap. Why am I thinking of atmospheric water harvesting for some reason?

So we have a bill that is either a rescue a bailout or whatever a person wants to call it and some pork added latter on as well so that the house will pass the darn thing.

If this is indeed the last gasp I think this bill is quite an appropriate ending for this particular congress.

This is not going to be fault of this congress oh no the president was the one that signed it into law and the president expressed he so wanted this bill as well.

I doubt people will even remember who was in control of congress a decade from now when we are right back where we started which is where we are now.

I find the title of this article rather interesting. The words 'threat to economy' are used in such a way that would indicate to me that there is no real threat to the economy whatsoever. So a question should be asked if our economy is not threatened then why would the congress do this particular bill in the first place? Just because the president says the bill is needed and the congress gives the president what he says he wants. How has that been going in the last little over seven years now?

I love how this article calls this a bipartisan effort. Well there have been three major pieces of legislation that have been called bipartisan since September of 2001 and they are the patriot act of 2001, use of military force in Iraq, and even though it failed last year the comprehensive illegal immigration bill was also a bipartisan effort before it fell apart. And as I just mentioned this particular bill is being called a bipartisan effort by none other than Speaker Pelosi as well. I think a much more accurate description of the word bipartisan when Washington says the word is screw the people and darn the consequences of our own actions.

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I never will forget back late in 2006 Senator Reid complained that the previous congress to the one we have now was a "do nothing" congress.

Well this congress has been doing something at least since January of last year.

And here is the list in the order that I talked about them since middle of July of this year when Speaker Pelosi called the president we have now a "total failure".

1. Renaming of a ton of post offices.
2. Requiring that compact florescent light bulbs will be mandatory by a certain year.
3. Protection of telecommunications companies when it comes to there role which in many cases involve the war on terror.
4. The America Competes Act that funds programs that deal with science, technology, and research; and it also funds state education grants as well.
5. Did provide funds to rebuild a bridge in Minnesota.
6. The so called "stimulus package" bill.
7. Increasing the average mph to be at least 35.
8. I am sure there has been at least one supplemental expenditure bill so that they feds can hand out Social Security checks and keep our wonderful national parks open as well.
9. Led's story talks about the feds bailing out people that those evil predatory lenders made people sign mortgages that they had no business signing in the first place.
10. The president signed a reauthorization that help to fight around the world such things as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
11. Ms Pelosi on her own decides what should and should not be discussed in the people's house.

Well I guess it is still the people's house anyway.
12. Well we have spending bill that is about $600,000,000,000 that I am sure has 0% pork in it.
13. A bailout, rescue or whatever a person wants to call it bill with a little pork added by the senate so that the bill would eventually pass in the house four days after the house rejected the bill.

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Well the president has been very busy signing his name.

14. Continue some sanctions against Burma, propose news restrictions [sanctions] against Burma, and extend import restrictions against Burma.
15-26. Renaming or naming something that does not have a name yet. These are a courthouse, a lock and dam, U.S. customs house, U.S. border patrol station, seven more post offices, and a port building.
27. Something to do with D.C. Water and Sewer Authority [WASA]
28. Amends the requirement for travel expenses with regards to Committee on Levee Safety.
29. Tougher air quality restrictions coming from ships.
30. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Board definitely needs some more directors.
31. Renaming part of road in Orchard Park, New York after former Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert.
32. Provide several new ways to provide 911 services.
33. Name a courthouse in Toledo Ohio.
34. Approve and ratify an agreement between Native Americans, the feds, and several California water districts about how water in a certain area should be used.
35. Congress wants to give a badge of bravery to a law enforcement officer.
36. Something about how a boat gets rid of its waste.
37. Extend programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for fifteen days.
38. "S. 3370, the 'Libyan Claims Resolution Act,' which facilitates the resolution of pending claims against Libya by United States nationals.
39. A bunch of changes are need with regards to Federal Aid Highway, Mass Transit, and Highway Safety Programs.
40. The Federal Acquisition Regulation be amended to provide that certain contracts includes language encouraging the donation of excess food.
41. Law enforcement can buy security related items from the feds.
42. A foreign government or international organization can not own certain property in the District of Columbia.
43. Amends which agencies can do what when it comes to the National Capitol Region.
44. All that is really need is a fingerprint when a person enlists in the U.S. Armed Forces when it comes to background and security checks when it comes to a person wanting to be naturalized which just means become a citizen of the U.S..
45. Funding our troops that are in harm's way.
46. A part of the Immigration and Nationality act talks about a person overseas can not enter the country if they are involved in terrorist or criminal activities but this part of the Act does not apply when it comes to activities associated with the African National Congress when it comes to activities in opposition to apartheid.
47. "S. 188, the 'Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006,' which further honors the service of Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia."
48. and 49. Constantino Brumidi and Edward William Brooke III both need a congressional gold medal.
50. The Clean Boating Act of 2008 exempts some waste discharge coming from a recreational boat to "count" towards the Clean Water Act.
51. Reauthorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission and give them more powers when it comes to products that are designed for children.
52. Reauthorize the "Higher Education Opportunity Act" and make some changes with regards to higher education programs.
53. "H.R. 6432, the which reauthorizes through FY 2013 the Animal Drug User Fee Act and authorizes a new user fee program for animal generic drugs."
54. An agreement between the countries of India and the United States called the "[T]he United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act " which as the president said, "This legislation will enhance our cooperation in using nuclear energy to power our economies; it will help us work together even more closely to reduce the danger of nuclear proliferation across the world."
55. Gives a name to the new federal courthouse in Richmond Virginia.
56. "H.R. 6456, which extends and modifies certain authorities of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors[.]"
57. "S. 2450, which limits the circumstances under which inadvertent disclosure of information results in waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work product protection."
58. An adjustment is needed when it comes to "pay, retirement benefits, and financial disclosure requirements for employees of the Government Accountability Office."
59. The American with Disabilities Act needs to be amended again. I am sure in order to generate more revenue in countless ways that can not be enforced. One of the ways more revenue will be generated is by broadening the definition of what a disability is in the first place.
60. "S. 2617, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act on 2008," which provides a cost of living increase for the beneficiaries of veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation."
61. The vice president, their spouse, and children under the age of 16 will for the first time get protection from the secret service for up to six months after the vice president leaves office. The secret service will also expand their powers to criminal laws related to computer fraud and identity theft as well.
62. "H.R. 1777, the "Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2008," which extends until September 30, 2015, the current exemption to antitrust law that permits two or more colleges or universities that admit all students on a need-blind basis to use common principles of analysis for determining the students' need for financial aid[.]"
63. An extension till late March of next year with regards to "collect taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; make expenditures from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; and make grants to airports under the Airport Improvement Program."
64. A F.B.I. building that is under construction needs a name right?
65. "H.R. 2608, the "SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act," which extends, for two years, the eligibility of certain qualified aliens, including refugees, asylees, and certain humanitarian immigrants, for Supplemental Security Income benefits; and authorizes the Department of the Treasury to withhold portions of a taxpayer's refund to collect certain unemployment compensation debt owed to States"
66-68 They are naming a post office in Commerce, Oklahoma after Mickey Mantle, a Veteran Administration Clinic in Alpena, Michigan needs a name, and they are giving the Post Office in Fort Pierce, Florida a name as well.
69. The lawyers for Poverty stricken, needy, poor, and the impoverished, in the District of Columbia need their pay increased.
70. "...Authorizes appropriations to the Library of Congress annually through FY 2016 for its sound recording and film preservation programs[.]"
71. "S. 996, which authorizes the use of passenger facility fees imposed at the Los Angeles International Airport to be used for noise mitigation projects for certain school buildings in the surrounding area that are adversely affected by airport noise."
72. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts need more $.
73. "S. 1760, the "Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007," which reauthorizes the Healthy Start program, which provides grants to communities with high infant mortality rates in an effort to improve prenatal care[.]"
74. Recruiting or using child soldiers is a federal crime now and person doing this activity can not be allowed into the country and may be deported as well under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
75. The Smithsonian Institution is authorized to support the VERITAS project and build a ground-based gamma ray observatory in Arizona.
76. "S.J.Res. 45, the "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact," which provides approval for an interstate compact to protect the water resources of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin."
77. "H.R. 923, the "Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007," which requires the Attorney General to designate individuals in the Justice Department's Federal Bureau of Investigation and Civil Rights Division to investigate and prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred prior to January 1, 1970, and resulted in death[.]"
78. Giving aid to children living in a home that methamphetamine or other controlled substances were manufactured, distributed, dispensed or used.
79. "...reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Authorization Act of 2004[.]"
80-82 Name three more post offices in Waterville, New York, Bremen, Georgia, and Odessa, Texas.
83. "H.R. 6889, which extends the authority of the Secretary of Education to carry out provisions of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 for one year, through June 30, 2010[.]"
84. A bill about foster care extending programs to help disabled children and older children get adopted, assist families when they first get a foster child, and allow funding for "child welfare systems" that are run Native Americans.
85 and 86. A post office in Lakeview, Oregon and Kansas City, Missouri need names also.

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87. "H.R. 2851, the 'Michelle's Law,' which requires that health plans continue to provide coverage for certain dependent children who take a medically necessary leave of absence from a post-secondary educational institution[.]
88. S 2840 A member of the armed forces has to have their naturalization application papers processed within six months of these papers being received; and an Office of the FBI Liaison needs to be established in order to hurry up background checks when it comes to these naturalization application papers.

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89. S. 3550 A part of a river in Virginia needs to be named after John Warner. I wonder if this is for the current senator from Virginia or his father?
90. An outpatient V.A. Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania definitely needs a name.
91. Reauthorize making it easier for some Native Americans to get affordable housing and also a new program for a guaranteed loans for community and economic activities by a tribe.
92. "H.R. 6098, the 'Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008' or the "PRICE of Homeland Security Act," which prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from imposing a limit of more or less than 50 percent on the amount of funds received under specified DHS grant programs that can be used to pay salaries and benefits for State and local personnel; and removes the limitations on the period of time that intelligence analysts can serve under awarded grants[.]
93. A member of congress needs a gift of life award named after her. This is Stephanie Tubbs Jones from Ohio if I am remembering correctly.
94. It is really bad to transfer mercury and that is now not allowed by federal agencies. We also can't export mercury as well. We also need a place to dispose of mercury as well.
95. Signatures are needed when certain pharmaceuticals are sold that could be used in the production of a methamphetamine when the records are being kept electronically.
96. The Justice Department needs to treat the mentally ill in its system appropriately.

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Originally Posted by P562045

89. S. 3550 A part of a river in Virginia needs to be named after John Warner. I wonder if this is for the current senator from Virginia or his father?pretty sure it's his father
90. An outpatient V.A. Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania definitely needs a name.duh...how about the Hermitage VA Clinic?freakin brain surgeons we have running things
91. Reauthorize making it easier for some Native Americans to get affordable housing and also a new program for a guaranteed loans for community and economic activities by a tribe.gee and here I thought that MANY of those tribes are getting all they want -or should be- as I'm pretty sure that all the casino/hotel properties are supposed to be sharing that profit with ALL tribemembers...I was told this by a guy I've met here in NC that received a fari amount of this $$$ and decided to quit his job.
92. "H.R. 6098, the 'Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008' or the "PRICE of Homeland Security Act," which prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from imposing a limit of more or less than 50 percent on the amount of funds received under specified DHS grant programs that can be used to pay salaries and benefits for State and local personnel; and removes the limitations on the period of time that intelligence analysts can serve under awarded grants[.]??????????????
93. A member of congress needs a gift of life award named after her. This is Stephanie Tubbs Jones from Ohio if I am remembering correctly.holy shiznit is that important
94. It is really bad to transfer mercury and that is now not allowed by federal agencies. We also can't export mercury as well. We also need a place to dispose of mercury as well. but no problem encouraging the human race to buy the energy saving flourescent bulbs to replace incadesant (sp?) that enough mercury in them making them too dangerous to dispose of safely.
95. Signatures are needed when certain pharmaceuticals are sold that could be used in the production of a methamphetamine when the records are being kept electronically. duh...another brain surgeon com,e up with this one?
96. The Justice Department needs to treat the mentally ill in its system appropriately.

there are KNOWN mentally ill folks in our justice dept? WTF?

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Originally Posted by rich76

there are KNOWN mentally ill folks in our justice dept? WTF?

Just a stab in the dark since I have no idea on the background on that, but perhaps something like bipolarism where you can work with that if medicated right (though still kind of worrisome), or maybe they count general depression as a mental illness in this day and age. And who wouldnt be depressed if the past 20 years you worked under Bush/Clinton/Bush???

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i'm pretty sure what peter's referring to is the mentally ill offender treatment and crime reduction reauthorization and improvement act passed by the Senate last month. and recently on the house floor.

basically the bill reauthorizes the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act for another five years. It also expands training for law enforcement officers to identify and respond appropriately to individuals with mental illnesses.

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"S. 2304, the 'Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008,' which reauthorizes a Justice Department grant program to assist mentally ill adults and juveniles accused of nonviolent offenses; and authorizes a new Justice grant program to help law enforcement personnel respond appropriately to mentally ill offenders."

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97. The new session of congress will start on Tuesday January 6th of next year. The electoral votes in the presidential race will be counted on January 8 of next year.
98. "H.R. 1714, which replaces the Coastal Barrier Resource System map relating to the Clam Pass Unit FL-64P in Collier County, Florida[.]
99. Native American code will be getting a congressional gold medal.
100. Bullet proof vests are needed on an annual basis.
101. Some stuff about NASA. "H.R. 6063, the 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008,' which authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Fiscal Year 2009; requires NASA to add to its baseline flight manifest two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station and take all necessary steps to fly a third additional Shuttle mission; requires NASA to take steps to ensure that the International Space Station remains viable through at least 2020; and affirms congressional support for U.S. space exploration policy[.]"
102. If a federal employee gets their salary by an electronic transfer they can get a pay stub electronically if they want one.
103. A national training program for State and local prosecutors.
104. "H.R. 6353, the "Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008," which amends the Controlled Substances Act to address online pharmacies[.]"
105. "H.R. 6469, the "Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008," which authorizes an increase in funding for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network[.]"

So how exactly are the feds going to be getting these organs and for what purposes?



106. "H.R. 6524, which authorizes the General Services Administration to take certain actions with respect to parcels of real property located in Eastlake, Ohio, and Koochiching County, Minnesota[.]"
107. "H.R. 7082, the 'Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008,' which authorizes the Treasury Department to disclose certain prisoner tax return information to the Justice Department's Federal Bureau of Prisons; and restores certain judicial survivors' annuities"
108. "H.R. 7177, which amends the Arms Export Control Act for the Republic of Korea and Israel, authorizes military assistance for Israel, and authorizes the transfer of U.S. naval vessels to foreign governments[.]"
109. "S. 3641, which reauthorizes funding for certain Department of Justice crime victims programs."

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And let's not forget San Fran Nan's statement, ""The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history."

William Jefferson, Democrat, Luisiana and his "cold cash"
William Jefferson, Democrat, Luisiana and his redirection of National Guard troops from rescuing Katrina victims to retrieve said "cold cash"
Tim Mahoney, Democrat, Florida and his mistress
Tim Mahoney, Democrat, Florida and his illegal use of public funds for a bribe to shut her up

Oh, and no censorship, disciplinary action or even a hand slap

But that's okay - they're Dems