Posts tagged senate

• 24 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Dollars and Nonsense

  Dollars and NonsenseYour Daily Politics Video Blog: For 0 billion, I'd sure want to know what I was getting. So what is the American economy getting for its 0 billion bailout? Well, it's kind of like a bazooka, or a mytholigical sea monster, or something like that.

• 30 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Down the Tubes

  Down the TubesYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Today is a special day for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK). Not only is it his first 24 hours in ignomy as the first sitting senator in over 20 years to be indicted on federal charges, it's also the one-year anniversary of the FBI raid on his Alaska home.

• 12 Jun

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Hit the Road, Joe

  Hit the Road, JoeYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Are the Senate Dems finally going to toss Joe Lieberman overboard? We ask the question in today's episode of TPMtv and look at one way grassroots Dems across the country may be able to give the final push that sends him over the edge.

• 10 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Marianas: I'm Loving It!

  Marianas: I'm Loving It!Your Daily Politics Video Blog: As we've been reporting, Colorado senate candidate Bob Schaffer (R) says we should remodel our national immigration policy on that of the Mariana Islands -- a program notorious for child prostitution, forced abortions, beatings, slavery, twelve

• 09 Apr

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: "Progress" Report

  "Progress" ReportYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Seven months after the start of the "surge," General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to update senators on the "fragile and reversible" progress in Iraq. We have the highlights.

• 08 Feb

  Blog: Veracifier

  Where's My Rebate! Stimulus Plan Passes

  If I'm going to get 0 because they want me to start spending money, they better do it soon. Like, before my trip to Budapest in March. So that I can spend my Economic Stimulus Rebate abroad. Last night Congress sent the much-debated bill to Bush, who indicated he'll give it his John Hancock,

• 25 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Lieberman's Bomb Iran Bill

  Lieberman's Bomb Iran BillDid you hear about the War on Iran Authorization bill the Senate is going to vote on perhaps as early as today? No, that's not how it's getting billed. But that's what the 'Kyl-Lieberman' amendment is. In fact, the supporters of going to war against Iran are using exactl

• 20 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Jumping Ship

  Jumping ShipForget about the presidential race. How are things looking for the GOP in the House and Senate for 2008? Not so good, at least when you add up the number of Republicans retiring and leaving once secure seats open to possible Democratic takeover.Report: GOP Congressman Jerry Weller Will R