October 12, 2007, 7:40pm
Sen. Pat Roberts gets a plug for re-election next year from fellow Republican John Ensign of Nevada, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in this NRSC video:
Categories: Kansas, Nevada, John Ensign, Pat Roberts, Senate 2008
August 3, 2007, 9:08pm
Congress is set to begin its annual congressional break this weekend, but a dozen Republican senators being tagged as obstructionists may not find it to be a relaxing vacation.
Americans United for Change and the Campaign for America’s Future today announced plans for a campaign aimed at calling attention to the tactics of those senators in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. An online video titled “The Plot To Bury Progress,” featuring actor Jason Alexander (George Costanza of “Seinfeld” fame), is part of the effort.
The campaign targets Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as “Senate Obstruction Leader” and lists 10 specific “obstruction votes.” The broader numbers for the year: 43 “filibusters” in seven months and 31 vetoes threatened by President Bush between May 1 and Aug. 1.
“The Republican minority in the Congress is now planning to use this August recess to rail against the ‘do-nothing’ Congress,” Campaign for America’s Future co-Director Robert Borsage wrote on the group’s blog. “Already the House and Senate minority leaders are trotting out laugh lines about the ‘post-office Congress’ that does nothing but name post offices and launch divisive witch hunts against the administration.
“This is akin to someone mugging the postman and then complaining that the mail isn’t delivered on time. In fact, the Bush White House and Republican minority have pursued a systematic and openly admitted strategy of obstruction.”
Categories: Senate, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Producer's Picks, Mitch McConnell, 110th Congress, Republicans
August 2, 2007, 10:16pm
Sen. Sam Brownback leaves no doubt in this video about his views on the right of Americans to bear arms. The presidential candidate tests his skills at a shooting range as he talks about the “precious” guarantee of the Second Amendment.
“I don’t like the violence that’s taking place,” Brownback said. “But the answer isn’t taking away the guns. The answer isn’t taking away somebody’s Second Amendment rights. The answer is to work on the people and the individuals.”
Categories: Kansas, Gun Rights, Sen. Sam Brownback, Sam Brownback
July 17, 2007, 8:54pm
Yesterday’s edition of HotlineTV called attention to the “pro-life, whole-life” catchphrase that Sen. Sam Brownback has been using in his presidential campaign. Now you can hear the Kansas Republican explain it himself.
Here’s an excerpt, followed by a 10-minute video from the campaign trail: “It’s about the life in the womb being sacred, unique, a child of the living God. But it’s about that applying to everybody at every stage in life. And it’s about that applying to Terri Schiavo. When she’s in that difficult situation, she nonetheless remains a sacred, living life, a child of a living God that should be protected and fought for. … We’re just asking people to recognize what life is. It’s an incredible gift.”
Schiavo’s brother endorsed Brownback as part of the pro-life, whole-life tour.
Categories: Kansas, Religion, Presidency 2008, Abortion, Sam Brownback, Social Policy
May 30, 2007, 4:55pm
Categories: New York, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Politics, Vern Buchanan, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hall, HotlineTV, House 2008, Nancy Boyda, Sam Graves, Heather Wilson
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