On Friday, the House passed Buck McKeon's tragically flawed National Defense Authorization Act, 315-108. All but 18 Republicans voted YES. The Democratic minority was much more split.
Both Beltway political parties have been having problems with their conservative wings. Inside Congress, ascendant "New Dems"-- the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- are making common cause with Republicans on a range of issues, many-- they claim, at the behest of Steve Israel who didn't learn any useful lessons from the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010.
This college loan rate we've been writing about is a big deal. On Wednesday we pointed out the hypocrisy of the Democratic leadership in playing politics with the issue.
A bunch of slimy New Dems-- your father's Republican PartyAlmost half the Members of Congress (48%) are millionaires and most of the rest are there at the sufferance of millionaires and billionaires who finance their miserable political careers. The median estimated net worth of all 535 Members is about $966,000, although higher among the freshmen-- $1,066,515.
Dangerous douche bags Huckabee and Crowley... with guitarsEarlier today, we mentioned in passing, that Joe Crowley is one of the most corrupt Members of Congress... in history, and that he's been facilitating corrupt relationships between freshmen New Dems-- he's the ex-Chairman of the Big Business-owned coalition of anti-working family Democrats.
Wall St. shills Crowley & Himes, leading freshmen to slaughterEarly this morning we saw how California voters drove the obstructionist Republicans away from the levers of power and made it impossible for them to obstruct government. And the result was a $60 billion deficit turned into a $4 billion surplus.
"What do you expect? 'Crook' is my middle name"Last election cycle the Wall Street banksters poured $83,722,946 into campaign contributions for congressional candidates, $55,447,942 for Republicans and $28,077,244 for Democrats. Their #1 agenda item was to get Congress to further water down Dodd Frank.
