By Daniel Tencer
Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore has called for a boycott of the state of Connecticut if voters there don't start an effort to unseat Sen. Joe Lieberman."People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country?" Moore asked in' [...]
Who do you believe? Harry Reid and his claim he's virtually nailed down the 60 votes he needs to pass some sort of Health Care Reform legislation? Of course, having reportedly gutted the bill of its expansion of Medicare to those as young as 55 and removed the "public option" [...]
With two surveys of Michigan voters now finding strong opposition to House Speaker Andy Dillon's proposed mandatory state government-run health insurance plan, it's little wonder hearings on legislation to implement the plan have been halted and key witnesses have not been [...]
In case you weren’t glued to C-SPAN on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted to include a provision in a key spending bill that paves the way to a first-ever light rail system for the Motor City.
The vote signaled a decisive turning-point for the long-stalled light rail project along [...]
The liberals that want to nationalize the healthcare system in this country talk plenty, but fail to mention one inconvenient truth - the nightmare of nationalized healthcare in other countries. Canada and the U.K. come to mind. As a matter of fact, the survival rate for [...] 
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Museum for Mules, Lobster for Dogs — Michigan's congressional delegation votes in favor of absurd pork spending.
School District Consolidation Talk in Lansing — Mackinac Center studies and articles explain what will and will [...]
The compromise exempts Detroit's three casinos and so-called cigar bars, but gaining approval of the same version of the bill from both [...]
I guess when you don't have a substantive campaign to run, better build one on demagoguery. Todd Heywood from Michigan Messenger:
In the e-mail alert, McManus argues that her Senate Campaign and Election Oversight Committee will take up her legislation to “to clamp down on voter fraud by groups [...]
From MLive:
The Senate this afternoon approved, 24-13, the smoking ban, but concurred with House carveouts for cigar bars, specialty shops and the gaming floors of Detroit's three commerical casinos.
Since the House passed this bill the first time with a vote of 73-31, it's very likely that the Senate version [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s proposal to sell $250 million in debt reduction bonds cleared its first major hurdle then the state House Appropriations Committee approved the sale by a 19-8 vote on Wednesday. The bonds be backed by future state revenue sharing funds and future property tax receipts, [...]
Sen. Michelle McManus, who is a GOP candidate for Secretary of State, put out a “special alert” Wednesday afternoon declaring she was “taking on ACORN.”
In the e-mail alert, McManus argues that her Senate Campaign and Election Oversight Committee will take up her legislation to “to clamp down on voter fraud [...]
For weeks now, polls have been popping up all over concurring that President Obama's approval ratings are going south - big time. Despite his continued whining that everything bad that's happening is George Bush's fault and something Barack unfairly inherited, the voters are waking up to what all that Hope [...]
Late Tuesday, House Speaker Andy Dillon of Redford Township said his fellow Democrats who control the House will have to accept the bitter medicine of deep cuts with the hopes that the Republican-controlled Senate would muster votes for new taxes or fees to restore programs they [...]
Mike Bishop says we may yet get a vote on the workplace smoking ban this week. He himself prefers that we leave things up to Magic Market Fairies to sort out.
“I think the House will pass just about whatever we send them,” Bishop said. “I think that really [...]
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at [...]
