White House press secretary Jay Carney, quoted by The Hill, saying it was “a sign of sloth and laziness” that reporters bought into the GOP idea that federal spending increased dramatically under President Obama.
GOP = BS
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What Would Jello Do part 23 - Fraud in the Voting Booth
Ron Paul kidnapped? Compromised?
Stephanie Cutter is back with a new video taking down Karl Rove’s latest BS attack on the president—and she wants you to post it on your Tumblr.
Bernie Sanders leads protest outside Pete Peterson’s Fiscal Summit (05/16/2012)
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White House Threatens To Veto House GOP's 'Violence Against Women Act' | TPM Livewire
The White House on Tuesday issued a veto threat to the House Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act.
“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 4970, a bill that would undermine the core principles of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA),” reads a statement from the Office of Management and Budget. OMB griped about provisions that, unlike the Senate-passed version, exclude protections for Native Americans and LGBT domestic violence andundocumented immigrants.
The Administration urges the House to find common ground with the bipartisan Senate-passed bill and consider and pass legislation that will protect all victims. H.R. 4970 rolls back existing law and removes long-standing protections for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault – crimes that predominately affect women. If the President is presented with H.R. 4970, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill.
Advocating Progress: Which radical bum?
Just outside of a very small town called Graham, Georgia, I noticed a sign today: “Vote the radical bum out.”
Fine with me. But what radical bum might we be talking about? We have a very centrist U.S. president in Barack Obama, who still does his best in a gridlocked…
