Difference between revisions of "US/Congress/110"

Revision as of 00:59, 26 March 2007

This page is for tracking the progress of the Democrat-led 110th US Congress, elected in 2006 as part of a backlash against the abuses of the "do-nothing" Republican-led 109th US Congress and the corruption in the Bush administration.

2007-01-08 Democrats warn Bush on Iraq plans: "The newly-empowered US Democrats have warned President George W. Bush he will have to justify any plans to boost troop levels in Iraq." (ohnoes, those darn terrorist-lovers are making us come up with good reasons before we do stuff! why do they hate our freedom so much??)
2007-01-06 Dems prepare slew of oversight hearings: "From the war to environmental policy and secret surveillance, the Democrats who now control both the House and Senate are armed with subpoena power and ready to summon panels of witnesses."
2007-01-04 Leahy Introduces Bills To Combat War Profiteering, Public Corruption

2007.02.08 Playing Politics with Plane size? by Tim Moore
2007.01-02 The 2006 Elections and the Rightward Shift: "How should the Democrats’ 2006 recapture of Congress be interpreted in the context of the broader trends in American politics over the last decades?"

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 * '''2007-01-04''' [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200701/010407b.html Leahy Introduces Bills To Combat War Profiteering, Public Corruption]
 ===Discussion===
-* '''2007-02-08''' [http://disabilityblogger.blogspot.com/2007/02/playing-politics-with-plane-size.html Playing Politics with Plane size?] by Tim Moore
+* '''2007.02.08''' [http://disabilityblogger.blogspot.com/2007/02/playing-politics-with-plane-size.html Playing Politics with Plane size?] by Tim Moore
+* '''2007.01-02''' [http://newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2652 The 2006 Elections and the Rightward Shift]: "How should the Democrats’ 2006 recapture of Congress be interpreted in the context of the broader trends in American politics over the last decades?"