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Babagounj
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The Mass. Dems are stuck with her as their choice because they don't have enough time to get 10,000 certified signatures before the June 5th deadline.
However there is one possible alternative ( if this person can get at least 15% of the delegates at the Mass. Dem State Convention ) , and run against Granny Warren in the primary.
However there is one possible alternative ( if this person can get at least 15% of the delegates at the Mass. Dem State Convention ) , and run against Granny Warren in the primary.
THe election is very close and Scott Brown may lose. If he doesnt, its still a win for democrats as he has voted with the dems a majority of the time.
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It would be great if a republican could have done that, too bad there arent that many minority republicans in the establishment.
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Then you are saying that the MSM has not reported on this. NPR? ABC? CBS? AP? Reuters? These organizations have said nothing? Or have they not expressed suitable outrage and condemnation?
moreluck
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What I'm saying is MSNBC (for example) will only report one side of anything.
I like to see both sides and decide for myself.
If I was a Chris Matthews viewer, I would be having an affair with BO and I don't mean the dog.
As far as this phony squaw story goes.......this old bat is a lying, plagiaristic piece of work......trying to wedge in where she doesn't belong instead of just working hard and arriving at her goal on her own merit. That is my opinion after hearing both sides of the story.
moreluck
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It's liberal like almost all of MSM
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I'll bet Eliz. Warren is jealous of this !!!
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She spoke with a forked tongue??
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What a delusional 
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Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 1:01 pm | Elizabeth Warren: I Would Be Massachusetts’ First Native American Senator… This woman doesn’t know when to quit.
.................Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 1:01 pm | Elizabeth Warren: I Would Be Massachusetts’ First Native American Senator… This woman doesn’t know when to quit.
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(The Hill) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that Senate Republicans oppose equal pay for women, citing as evidence their expected opposition to the Democrats’ Paycheck Fairness Act in a scheduled Tuesday vote.
“They don’t agree with this, they don’t want women to make the same amount of money, so they’re filibustering this,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “They are filibustering us even getting on the bill.”
Reid spoke just a day before the Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. That bill would require companies to justify the wages they pay men and women, and show that any differences are not because of the gender a given worker. It would do this by requiring new reporting on wages by companies to the government.
The bill would also ask the Department of Labor to increase training for companies to avoid salary discrimination, and create a grant aimed at improving the salary negotiations skills of women.
Republicans and many business groups are opposed to the bill, in large part because it threatens penalties for different wage scales that might be legitimate and have nothing to do with the gender of the employee.
Dingy seemed unaware his fellow Senate Democrats are among the worst offenders when it comes to equal pay for women.“They don’t agree with this, they don’t want women to make the same amount of money, so they’re filibustering this,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “They are filibustering us even getting on the bill.”
Reid spoke just a day before the Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act. That bill would require companies to justify the wages they pay men and women, and show that any differences are not because of the gender a given worker. It would do this by requiring new reporting on wages by companies to the government.
The bill would also ask the Department of Labor to increase training for companies to avoid salary discrimination, and create a grant aimed at improving the salary negotiations skills of women.
Republicans and many business groups are opposed to the bill, in large part because it threatens penalties for different wage scales that might be legitimate and have nothing to do with the gender of the employee.
(WFB) — A group of Democratic female senators on Wednesday declared war on the so-called “gender pay gap,” urging their colleagues to pass the aptly named Paycheck Fairness Act when Congress returns from recess next month. However, a substantial gender pay gap exists in their own offices, a Washington Free Beacon analysis of Senate salary data reveals.
Of the five senators who participated in Wednesday’s press conference—Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—three pay their female staff members significantly less than male staffers.
Murray, who has repeatedly accused Republicans of waging a “war a women,” is one of the worst offenders. Female members of Murray’s staff made about $21,000 less per year than male staffers in 2011, a difference of 35.2 percent. [...]
Other notable Senators whose “gender pay gap” was larger than 23 percent:
Of the five senators who participated in Wednesday’s press conference—Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), Patty Murray (D., Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)—three pay their female staff members significantly less than male staffers.
Murray, who has repeatedly accused Republicans of waging a “war a women,” is one of the worst offenders. Female members of Murray’s staff made about $21,000 less per year than male staffers in 2011, a difference of 35.2 percent. [...]
Other notable Senators whose “gender pay gap” was larger than 23 percent:
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) — 47.6 percent
- Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.) — 40 percent
- Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.) — 34.2 percent
- Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.) — 31.5 percent
- Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.) — 30.4 percent
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) – 29.7 percent
- Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.) — 29.2 percent
- Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.) — 26.5 percent
- Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore) — 26.4 percent
- Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) — 23.2 percent
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Finally !!
Breaking: House Committee Rules Against Maxine Waters, Ethics Case Against Her To Move Forward…
Cries of racism in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1.
Via Briefing Room:
Breaking: House Committee Rules Against Maxine Waters, Ethics Case Against Her To Move Forward…
Cries of racism in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1.
Via Briefing Room:
The House Ethics Committee announced on Wednesday that Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) rights were not violated in its investigation of her and its case will proceed.
In a letter to Waters, the committee wrote to inform the lawmaker that it had considered the 12 allegations of misconduct her lawyer had presented against the panel and found that none of them was in violation of the House or committee rules.
“The outside counsel has concluded, and the Committee has unanimously found that you have been afforded notice and the opportunity to be heard,” wrote Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the panel’s acting chairman on the Waters case, and Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), the committee’s ranking member.
“As such, there has been no violation of the due process rights to which you are entitled. Even when the allegations are considered in their totality, there is still no violation of the process which you are due, and the Committee is entitled to continue its consideration of your matter,” the lawmakers wrote.
For more than two years, the committee has investigated whether Waters violated House rules after allegations surfaced that she secured funding for a bank in which her husband own stock. Waters has maintained her innocence.
In a letter to Waters, the committee wrote to inform the lawmaker that it had considered the 12 allegations of misconduct her lawyer had presented against the panel and found that none of them was in violation of the House or committee rules.
“The outside counsel has concluded, and the Committee has unanimously found that you have been afforded notice and the opportunity to be heard,” wrote Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the panel’s acting chairman on the Waters case, and Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), the committee’s ranking member.
“As such, there has been no violation of the due process rights to which you are entitled. Even when the allegations are considered in their totality, there is still no violation of the process which you are due, and the Committee is entitled to continue its consideration of your matter,” the lawmakers wrote.
For more than two years, the committee has investigated whether Waters violated House rules after allegations surfaced that she secured funding for a bank in which her husband own stock. Waters has maintained her innocence.
