News Team | June 30, 2010
Michael O’Brien, THE HILL.com | 6-30-2010 The top two House Republicans signed onto two petitions to force votes to repeal Democrats’ healthcare reform law in its entirety. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said they had signed onto discharge petitions set to be offered by members of their [...]
WebTeam | June 30, 2010
Michael Zak, BigGovernment.com | 6-28-10 in 1864, the Republican-controlled 38th Congress repealed the notorious Fugitive Slave Act. The law had enabled slave catchers to operate freely in northern states and to kidnap any African-American residing there. Merely by attesting that the person was an escaped slave, a slave catcher could chain him and drag him [...]
PierceGOP | June 24, 2010
News Team | June 23, 2010
WDSU.com | 6-23-2010 Nungesser Pleads With President To Allow Work To Continue NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico. The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department [...]
WebTeam | June 22, 2010
You can vote which was your favorite segment at Obama’s Chicago Network
News Team | June 22, 2010
Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk , Bloomberg | 6-22-2010 A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Drilling services shares jumped on the news. Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet on [...]
News Team | June 22, 2010
Jordan Schrader, TNT | 6-22-2010 ‘Great tool’: Dunn institute trains aspiring leaders As Republicans try to catch up to Democrats in political power in Olympia, they are catching up to the methods their opponents use to mold Washington’s future politicians. The résumés of five Republicans making strong bids for the Legislature this year have at [...]
News Team | June 21, 2010
Tom Murphy, ABC News | 6-21-2010 People who buy their own health insurance have been hit lately with premium hikes that far exceed increases in premiums for employer-sponsored coverage, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The nonprofit foundation, which is separate from health insurer Kaiser Permanente, said recent premium hikes requested [...]
PierceGOP | June 21, 2010
J. Richard (Dick) McEntee (September 23, 1935 – June 20, 2010) A life of Public Service: Fircrest City Council, 1969-1973 St. Joseph’s Hospital Trustee, 1981-1991 Governor Gardner appointment, Food Processing Council, 1987-1991 County Council appointment, Economic Development Corporation, 1992-1998 President, national trade association, 1993 President, St. Charles Parish Council, 1982 President, Tacoma Country Club, 1997 [...]
PierceGOP | June 20, 2010
Michelle Malkin being introduced by Northwest favorite Kirby Wilbur