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Biden: Time for a President to Act on Chinese Imports

December 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Senator Joseph Biden rejects the notion that in the face of dangerous Chinese-made products, there’s not much to be done:
With the WTO guidelines, we could stop these products coming in now. This president doesn’t act. We have much more leverage on China than they have on us.
Let’s get something straight here. We’re making them into […]

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Tags: economy · international relations

Biden and Obama Slam Bush’s Unreal Push for War

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Illinois Senator Barack Obama spoke yesterday on the Fall 2007 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran, which concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program far back in 2003:
It is absolutely clear that this administration and President Bush continues to not let facts get in the way of his ideology. And that’s been the problem […]

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Tags: democrats · international relations · peace and war · republicans

The Index of Unforgivable Votes

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Why isn’t just voting Democrat enough? Recent history is littered with legislative answers to that question.
We already have an index of legislative action for the U.S. Senate in the 110th Congress that looks at senatorial cosponsorships along with votes on important issues during the ten months of the current Congress. But there are […]

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Tags: democrats