How’s that working out for you Senator?
Mar
7
2012
7
2012
Mar
1
2012
1
2012
Republican Assault on Women Co-Sponsored by Senator John Cornyn – Blunt Amendment
It’s time to change the old, white, white-haired men’s club. It’s time to change the agenda from culture wars to jobs, from wars against the middle class to jobs…and health…and education…and the environment. A recent spotlight on gender issues — including an all-male hearing on birth control and a number of hotly-contested state abortion bills [...]
Feb
17
2012
17
2012
Republicans: Don’t regulate the environment or big corporations BUT regulate contraception!
The “get the government out of your face Republicans” are once again trying to get into your bedroom. In the interest of supporting the Catholic Church’s stance on contraception, Republicans are attempting to exempt Catholic institutions from providing contraception to the female employees under employee health insurance programs. This is a big deal as Catholic institutions employee [...]
Jan
19
2012
19
2012
Why does Senator John Cornyn sound like Rick Santorum?
Maybe because he isn’t any smarter? Read the Tea Party Jesus blog here.
Nov
18
2011
18
2011
Cornyn Playing Softball with Lobbyist
Senator Cornyn seems to be proud of the video below as he sent it out in his Lone Star not-so-weekly newsletter. Watch it while keeping these points in mind. The interview is a setup! What a bunch of softball questions catering to the Senator. The interviewer couldn’t have made Senator Cornyn more comfortable if he [...]
Nov
8
2011
8
2011
Did You See Senator Cornyn’s Jobs Survey for Dummies?
Hey dummy…please choose from one of my talking points? I don’t know who created Senator Cornyn’s job survey which was published in his not-so-weekly Lone Star Weekly e-newsletter. If you participated in the survey and answered anything but other, you gave the Senator a talking point that he will use to enrich the rich. Let’s [...]
Oct
21
2011
21
2011
Senator Cornyn votes against helping Teachers and Firefighters
It’s really amazing. John Cornyn and the Republicans are against any kind of jobs bill, including the pared down version that they refused to even consider yesterday. Thursday’s $35 billion measure combined $30 billion for state and local governments to hire teachers and other school workers with $5 billion to help pay the salaries of [...]
Sep
25
2011
25
2011
Job Creators Foiled by High Taxes and Regulations
The Republican line on the wealthy is that they’re not just rich, they are job creators and therefore deserve a break on taxes, the environment, and government regulations. (Think Occupational Health and Safety regulations, OSHA, pollution regulations, air emissions, and labor laws.) Bill Maher has some thoughts that might help put the Republican line in [...]
Aug
24
2011
24
2011
Republicans Out to Kill the American Dream
Senator Cornyn and his fellow Republicans are out to kill the American Dream for everyone but their rich cronies on Wall Street. While protecting extraordinarily low tax rates for corporations, millionaires and billionaires, they are using budget deficits as an excuse to slash programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Some Texas Republicans want the [...]
Aug
8
2011
8
2011
S&P doesn’t believe Republicans have the will to let Bush Tax Cuts expire.
A very interesting line in S&P’s full report (.pdf) wherein it downgraded the sovereign debt of the US from AAA to AA+. Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012, remain in place. We have changed our assumption on [...]
