Posts Tagged ‘House of Representatives’

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Daily Show : ‘We Live Sicker and Die Younger Than any Developed Nation’

In News, Opinion, Politics, TV, comedy on 16 July 2009 tagged Avian Flu, Comedy Central, Daily Show, government, Governor, H1N1, Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services Secretary, Health Insurance, Healthcare, healthcare provider, House of Representatives, Jon Stewart, Kathleen Sebelius, public healthcare, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Senate, US Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, Viacom, Video with View Comments

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was on the Daily Show tonight and Jon Stewart worked very hard to try to understand the three separate proposed bills (1 in the House and 2 in the Senate, each over a thousand pages long) for public healthcare in the United States. Though, some questions lingered and [...]

Is Nancy Pelosi Pouring Salt on Sheila Jackson-Lee’s Game or is She Concerned About MJ’s Reputation?

In Hip Hop, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, fame on 10 July 2009 tagged Andrea Fuller, Gail Collins, House of Representatives, House Resolution 600, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Memorial, MJ, MJJ, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives with View Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may be correct that the vote on House Resolution 600 could devolve into a debate about other parts of Michael Jackson’s life, but I don’t think there could have been enough objection to the Resolution to not have it pass. How cool would it have been had the Resolution [...]

Ron Paul on H Res 560 Condemning Iranian Government

In Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, citizenship on 19 June 2009 tagged #Iranelection, Barack Hussein Obama, Congress, Congressman, Democracy, egypt, H Res 560, House of Representatives, House Resolution, Iran, Iranian election, Ron Paul, Saudi Arabia, Texas with View Comments

While all of his colleagues in the House of Representatives voted to pass H.Res. 560 which is described as “Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of law, and for other purposes,” Texas Congressman, and former United States Presidential Candidate, Ron Paul has come [...]