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发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking truth to power, doing that
which most other Republicans lack the testicular fortitude to say themselves:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Obama
has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates
for key Cabinet posts and by degrading the U.S. military.
“The performance now of Barack Obama as he staffs up the national security
team for the second term is disma... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 by Jordan Gonzalez
The Senate once again failed to pass legislation that would address the
doubled interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans on Wednesday, with Sen.
Harry Reid’s cloture vote to proceed failing 51-49.
The bill, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 (S. 1238), was the
Democrats’ latest attempt to return the subsidized Stafford loan interest
rates to 3.4 percent from the current 6.8 percent. It would have kept the
rates at 3.4 percent for another year.
Before the vote, Se... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/11/bipartisan_group_of_senators_c.html
Bipartisan group of senators calls for ethanol subsidies to expire
By Greg Sargent
In a clear sign of momentum against ethanol subsidies, a bipartisan group of
more than a dozen senators has signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders
to let the subsidies expire during this Congress, a move that could put many
officials in a tricky political spot and could even have ramifications for
the 2012 presidential race.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 Republicans Got It Right About Obamacare: 5 Predictions That Turned Out To
Be True
Republicans Got It Right About Obamacare: 5 Predictions That Turned Out To
Be True
Republicans were right about Obamacare and Democrats were wrong. Before
Obamacare was passed, when Democrats were telling the public that it would
make health care cheaper, better, and would cure cancer right after it makes
your bed in the morning and cuts your grass, Republicans were pointing out
the very flaws that the American pe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 美国众议院共和党3月17日（周二）公布10年财政预算蓝本， 在未来10年削减开支5.5
万亿美元。
据《今日美国》报导，众议院预算主席Tom Price向记者表示：“这种平衡的预算将使
得政府效率更高，更有责任。”
虽然共和党人在一系列财政问题上有争议，包括国防部开支水平。Price表示，他相信
众议院将在下周批准这一预算。
近10年来第一次，国会共和党人同时控制参众两院，负责制定预算。预算蓝本并不具有
法律效力，但是为多数党提供机会来设置开支重点、原则，并可能为削减赤字立法铺路
。这也是对共和党管理能力的重大考验。
众议院共和党将2016年的国防开支上限维持在5230亿美元，其中包括360亿美元的战争
帐户资金不受封存减支的影响。该预算还计划在未来10年逐渐增加国防开支3870亿美元
。
众议院军事委员会呼吁更高的国防开支预算。70位共和党人联名写信给众议院议长博纳
（John Boehner），警告说他们不会支持一个开支上限超过5230亿美元的预算案。
参议院共和党领导人Mike Enzi将在周三公布一份财政预算。参众两院计划于下周对预
算计划进行表决，他们计划在4月15日的法定期... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6361 | 6 周五，美国众议院投票批准启动废除奥巴马医疗法案的程序。尽管人们担心替代性措施
尚未准备就绪和取而代之的潜在金融成本，美国众议院共和党人“开始废除奥巴马医保
法案程序”的努力获得众议院227-198票投票批准。
废除奥巴马医保法案目前被共和党和当选总统特朗普视为首要任务。值得一提的是，并
没有任何民主党人支持该倡议。
路透社消息称，共和党人曾表示废除奥巴马医改或将需要几个月时间，而制定更换的计
划或需更长时间。但在特朗普的压力下，更换行动将快速推进，废除和更换应该基本上
同时发生。
昨天华尔街见闻报道，美国参议院通过预算决议，距离废除奥巴马医保法案更进一步，
投票结果为51-48。
过去几年，众议院曾投票超过60次试图废除或更换奥巴马医改，但在奥巴马执任期内，
共和党并无望废除。众议院共和党发言人Paul Ryan认为奥巴马医改正在迅速崩塌，对
于在奥巴马医保系统内有医保的人，“免赔额度如此之高让人感觉一开始就没参保。”
未来，立法指导委员会将在1月27日截止日期之前拟定法律文本草案，用于取代2010年
生效的可负担医疗保健法案（AHCA，即前述奥巴马医保法）。
参议院预算委员会主席Mi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 7 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for White House
budget director failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a
household employee, he admitted in a statement to the Senate Budget
Committee, the sort of tax compliance issue that has derailed cabinet
nominees in the past.
In a questionnaire provided to the committee, Representative Mick Mulvaney,
a conservative from South Carolina and vocal proponent of fiscal restraint
noted, “I have come to learn during the confirma... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 8 GOP Senators: No More Money for Common Core
By Alyson Klein on April 7, 2014 3:48 PM
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/04/gop_senato
Ten Republican senators don't want to see another dime of federal money
going to states in exchange for adopting certain academic standards. That
includes the Common Core State Standards, now embraced by 45 states and the
District of Columbia. The senators also don't want any more federal funding
going to develop assessments that go along with the c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4281 | 9 Symbol Current Volume 90-Day Average Price % Change
OGEN 167.1k 33.1k 38.46%
CAPN 83.8k 22.7k 37.29%
ROSG 14,463.4k 87.7k 31.51%
VISN 180.4k 11.9k 29.46%
SMLR 136.0k 13.0k 27.75%
EGRX 757.3k 68.5k 24.40%
NVGN 872.3k 464.1k 23.66%
ENZY 130.6k 38.5k 21.39%
TTS 2,301.3k 501.4k 20.77%
ESMC 18.9k 6.8k 19.00% |
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发帖数: 590 | 10 为阅读方便，将参议员们的联系地址删去，下面链接可查详细信息。
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.
参议员前有星号的为已经有人承包的，下面是本版ID承包人，欢迎认领其他未标明的。
Akaka, Daniel K. - (D - HI) Class I
***Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN) Class II
(会飞的绿猪已经承包，谢谢奉献余热)
Ayotte, Kelly - (R - NH) Class III
Barrasso, John - (R - WY) Class I
Baucus, Max - (D - MT) Class II
Begich, Mark - (D - AK) Class II
Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO) Class III
Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM) Class I
***Blumenthal, Richard - (D - CT) Class III
mqrlkr (m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1430 | 11 Votes on S. 3992 (2010). Grouped By Vote Position:
YEAs ---59
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Crapo (R-ID)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 498 | 12 Grassley, Boozman, Cruz, Inhofe, Kirk, Lee, Risch, Scott, Sessions, Shelby,
Vitter, Enzi, Barrasso, Crapo, Roberts.
All Democrats voted yes.
Some of the "aye" Republicans today won't be interested in voting for final
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发帖数: 68029 | 13 北京时间7月29日消息，据国外媒体报道，亚马逊将支持美国出台的一项法案，该法案
允许美国各州对该州消费者在大型在线零售店铺的网购征收销售税，包括亚马逊和
Overstock。
一般来说，用户在实体店购物时，商品价格会包含销售税，可是如今网购消费者也需要
支付一定居住州所规定的本地税了。
Overstock.com 总裁乔纳森·约翰逊（Jonathan Johnson）表示，“这感觉就像是一种
新税种，它就像是开始把手伸进消费者的口袋中掏钱一样。”
这项法案叫做市场公平法（Marketplace Fairness Act），由参议员麦克·恩兹（Mike
Enzi）、拉马·亚历山大（Lamar Alexander）和迪克·得宾（Dick Durbin）共同提
案。亚马逊表示支持该法案，虽然一开始曾经持反对的立场。美国宪法规定，允许国会
对州际贸易掌握管理控制权力。这项法案让州政府对网购销售税的征收与否掌握了生杀
予夺的权力，即可以自行决定是否对本州内在线购物征收销售税。交易额少于50万美元
的在线卖家将不再销售税征收之列。
该法案支持者声称，这将拉平实体商家和在线商家之间的差距，因为之前在... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11198 | 14 发给美国总统/100个参议员/美国国务卿（现任/前任）/联合国秘书长/德国总理的公开信
To: List of Recipients
Subject: Historical Call To Action
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to draw your attention to a matter of great significance as
human beings. A period of 19 years, to many young men or women, is their
prime time attending colleges, while, to a special girl, she would rather
die than live.
Nevertheless, she couldn't!
She is Ms. ZHU Ling. http://www.helpzhuling.org/
In 1994, when she was a college student at the China’s pres... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 16 GOP Senators: No More Money for Common Core
By Alyson Klein on April 7, 2014 3:48 PM
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/04/gop_senato
Ten Republican senators don't want to see another dime of federal money
going to states in exchange for adopting certain academic standards. That
includes the Common Core State Standards, now embraced by 45 states and the
District of Columbia. The senators also don't want any more federal funding
going to develop assessments that go along with the c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19398 | 17 GOP Senators: No More Money for Common Core
By Alyson Klein on April 7, 2014 3:48 PM
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2014/04/gop_senato
Ten Republican senators don't want to see another dime of federal money
going to states in exchange for adopting certain academic standards. That
includes the Common Core State Standards, now embraced by 45 states and the
District of Columbia. The senators also don't want any more federal funding
going to develop assessments that go along with the c... 阅读全帖 |
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