Hat tip: USRepJoAnnEmerson

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“We have a crisis of confidence in this country because we see every day excesses of people that have more money than people can imagine wanting more money. Greed and selfishness can kill this great democracy and ruin capitalism. We need to have governance to make capitalism work for everybody.” – Dick Gephardt, former majority [...]

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On Sunday night, 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft asked President Obama during his interview, “Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was gonna be?” Obama responded, “I didn’t overpromise. And I didn’t underestimate how tough this was gonna be.” Perhaps the president has forgotten the promises he and his administration made about the nearly [...]

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Senate Democrats, working with President Obama, are currently threatening a government shutdown. They’ve decided to hold hostage an agreement on appropriations bills, which includes funding for our troops, over political considerations. As Roll Call reported yesterday, “With only three days left before a government shutdown, Democrats took a gamble Tuesday, strategically linking a package to [...]

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This editorial “written” by GED educated Rep. Jamilah Nasheed gave us quite a chuckle last week. Here’s a few excerpts with our comments: “When Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved term limits for state legislators in 1992, the idea was to prevent elected officials from becoming career politicians who lose touch with the wants and needs of [...]

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