The House of Representatives is not in session this week but many of the new chairmen of the major House committees are working on a plan that will quickly address the joblessness in America and the fact that Congresses of the past have spent this country into near bankruptcy. The President’s 7000 word State of the Union address last Tuesday night mentioned our country’s debt but clearly the theme seemed to be jobs. Jobs and the debt are clearly the main concern of the GOP controlled House…
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“Date night” on Capitol Hill went off without a hitch Tuesday night and the President’s State of the Union speech has been analyzed word for word by many. Meanwhile, the House and Senate chambers went back to work on Wednesday and continued their work this past week with the Senate finally concluding their opening day “housekeeping” resolutions and resolving the Senate Rules change impasse that had stalled much of the opening day routine matters. By week’s end, the Senate…
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“Health Care repeal passes the House…… Senate action unlikely.” These are the type of headlines and news crawls that have been flying around DC ever since the vote (link: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll014.xml) of 245 to 189 was announced in the House of Representatives last Wednesday evening. As a matter of fact, during the C-SPAN showing of the House vote, the crawl that ran at the bottom of the TV screen was a statement by…
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This week the House of Representatives will debate and vote on the repeal of the Obama Health care bill. The debate and vote on the repeal bill, HR 2 is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 19th. Also scheduled for House floor debate is the resolution, H.Res. 9, that calls for immediate hearings on an alternative health care…
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As the new 112th Congress begins to debate Health Care repeal this week in the House, I thought it would be timely to let you know how to really contact your Member of Congress (MOC) or any other Congress person this year.
We all know the following:
--MOC are constantly trying to "win" a popularity contest.............that is the nature of the job
--MOC read their local newspaper's "letters to the editor" or OP-EDS (especially if they apply to them & their…
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This past week the House conducted memorial services for those murdered and injured in the Arizona shootings last weekend. The House of Representatives also passed resolutions and conducted general speeches concerning this horrific act of violence earlier in the week. On Thursday, many members of Congress traveled to Tucson, Arizona for the national memorial service where the President and dignitaries addressed the nation. The memorial service was moving, inspiring and especially uplifting…
ContinueAdded by Elizabeth Baldwin Letchworth on January 14, 2011 at 12:00am — 30 Comments
First and foremost I know that all members and visitors of GradeGov.com will want to say a prayer for Cong. Gifford and the others killed or injured Saturday, Jan. 8, while the Arizona Congresswomen hosted her first town hall style meeting of the new Congress. We all hope that God will wrap His loving and healing arms around all affected so that they each feel His deep love and healing. As more news comes of this tragedy, we learn about the true angel-like actions of 20 year old…
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The 112th Congress convened to hearty cheers and some jeers
The Senate and the House convened the 112th Congress passing and adopting mostly routine housekeeping measures and conducting leadership elections.…
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The House has scheduled debate and a vote on the Obama health care repeal for Wednesday, Jan. 12.............and it is only 2 pages long............Ah!!
http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Media/PDF/HR__-Repeal.pdf
We all need to watch this vote and see how MOC (members of Congress) will vote next Wednesday. Tell MOC how you feel about this upcoming vote. Your GRADE and email gets thru…
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