As the details keep emerging, President Obama had this to say about the Fort Hood attack:
"We don't yet know all the details at this moment. We will share them as we get them. What we do know is that a number of American soldiers have been killed and even more" [...]
Below is an editorial from Walt Minnick (BlueDog-ID). It was sent by his Communications Director with a request that I consider it for publication. Since being elected as a freshman House member last year, Walt has voted against virtually everything the Democrats support (don't get me started on his health [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release November 5, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS BY AARP AND AMA
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
I read the following:
Dave Dudley saw his lay-off as an opportunity to live out an old dream and hit the highway -- permanently. The former software VP and his wife Joleen gathered up their three kids, hitched a 41-foot trailer onto the back of their truck, [...]
Late yesterday, after weeks of IIE dithering, the Senate approved the extension to unemployment benefits, 98-0. Claire McCaskill and Robert Byrd abstained. I'm not sure what the McCaskill deal was, but it's my understanding that Byrd was out sick. Earlier, the vote to end the filibuster passed 97-1. Jim DeMint, [...]
The Hill has compiled the whip count for the Pelosi bill coming to the floor in 2 days. This is their list updated as of last night. The Hill contributors/data gatherers are: Mike Soraghan, Bob Cusack, Mary Ann Dreas, Samantha Guthrie and Dan Randlett. The Hill will be updating as [...]
