Congressional Quarterly - Democratic Revolt May Slow Obama Agenda - Have conservative Democrats in the House had enough of Deadbeatonomics? »
Posted By pc25 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsDemocratic Reps. Jim Matheson of Utah and Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona have joined a quiet revolt in the House that could slow some of President Obama's fast-moving priorities.
The two are among 49 Democrats from congressional districts that backed Republican Sen. John McCain 's 2008 presidential race and whose support for the Democratic majority's progressive agenda is increasingly not assured.
Read Full Story at cqpolitics.com »
354 Views Share Story 29 Comments Report
Who Also Submitted: All »
RSS Join the Discussion
+ Add CommentComments So Far: 29 (view all)
-
80%
pc259 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Blue Dog revolt in the House?
Reply
Have conservative Democrats in the House had enough of Deadbeatonomics? Congressional Quarterly reports that almost 50 members of the Democratic caucus may start blocking key points of the Barack Obama agenda. Not surprisingly, they hail from districts Obama failed to carry in 2008:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/03/blue-dog-rev...
2010 is starting to look better every day -
78%
pc259 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
To further complicate matters for Obama dissension is starting to surface in the Democratic Party. 'Gentry' and 'populist' factions square off on energy and the environment.
Reply
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123578533109798571...
This is the Democratic Party's moment, its power now greater than any time since the mid-1960s. But do not expect smooth sailing. The party is a fractious group divided by competing interests, factions and constituencies that could explode into a civil war, especially when it comes to energy and the environment. -
-
PsychoHosebeastComment removed: Spammer, Abusive1 Reply
-
-
-
73%
Wolfie20079 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
I like this comment.
Reply
"I don't agree with the administration about letting all those tax cuts expire for upper-income families," said Harry E. Mitchell , D-Ariz. He argues for retaining the current 15 percent rate on capital gains and for permanent reductions in the estate tax." -
73%
nostalgia9 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Looks like Harry Reid is having problems with some Democrats in the Senate too
Reply
Bayh, Feingold Slam $410 Billion Omnibus Bill
Two prominent Democratic senators announced Wednesday they will vote against the $410 billion, earmark-laden discretionary spending bill, suggesting support for the measure may be weakening across party lines.
Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind., now both say they oppose the legislation, which increases federal spending by 8 percent and contains approximately 9,000 earmarks.
Also Wednesday, Feingold, a frequent ally of Sen. John McCain, announced he was joining with the Arizona Republican in opposing the discretionary funding measure.
I'm going to vote against it. I'm not going to vote on this, Feingold told RollCall.com.
A third Democratic defection may come from Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill. She was the lone Democrat Tuesday who supported an amendment by McCain that would have frozen federal discretionary spending at last year's levels.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/bayh_feingold_s... -
-
100%
rimbaud9 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Obama's got to be happy that the legislators are themselves opposing earmarks, since they are the ones that own them. With the urgency of getting an economic stimulus package out the door, he was willing to let the "pork" go with it, but, with this budget (hey, it's not really last year's business if you can change it, now), he has the opportunity to challenge the legislators to put up or shut up, put the money where your mouth is: if you oppose earmarks, take them back (out of the budget)! Let's see who will step up and actually do that (you'd think Republicans would be the first to step forward, eh?). Write your representatives and ask that they do just that!
Reply -
67%
willottica9 months, 3 weeks ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
I think it's a good thing that members are voting their conscience rather than the party line.
Reply
I don't agree with their statements in the article, about preserving the tax cuts and keeping capital gains and estate taxes low. But that's a difference in ideology, not integrity. -
sonofreasonComment removed: Hard Banned
-
Add a Comment
Sign In With Your Propeller Account
Please keep your comments relevant to this story.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.