Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
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PostHeaderIcon Healthcare bill hurdles the senate

11/22/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post


The democrat-dominated US senate has voted (60-39) to continue the healthcare bill debate towards making into a law on Satruday, November 11, 2009. There were 58 democrats and 2 independents who voted to clear the 2,074-page bill for the next stage of deliberations slated after the Thanksgiving holiday. All 39 Republicans rejected the bill.

Hailed by Pres. Barack Obama, the healthcare revamp which promises medical insurance coverage for 94% of the population needs about 1 trillion to finance is deemed too expensive. Those who oppose the bill worry more government control--- lesser Medicare services such as more taxes in insurances and payroll incomes, elective operations (cosmetic surgery,) and drug manufacture (i.e. H1N1 vaccine productin.) (Photo Credit: Hoffman, Brendan/ AFP/ Getty images) =0=

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PostHeaderIcon Election change proposal by Sen. Ted Kennedy smacks with partisan politics?

8/22/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post


Hampered by brain cancer, Sen. Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts-D) requested lawmakers in his state to change the law in anticipation of a vacancy that may occur if he dies in office. He wanted to do away with the current law requiring an election to replace the vacancy. Missing Washington due to his incapacity, he thought a delay in selecting his replacement can affect the voting outcome of a democrat-dominated legislature.

Yet back in 2004 when Kennedy’s fellow party-member John Kerry ran for presidency, he spearheaded and successfully junked the law of gubernatorial choice in replacing the vacancy because it was Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican and member of the opposite party who would choose a replacement if Kerry won as president.

So what he asks the Massachusetts lawmakers now is a complete turnabout, calculated to benefit his party. With a dominant Democatric party, Kennedy' proposal will likely be decided on his favor. However, many recall the controversies of selecting a replacement by the governor. The choices for Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in Chicago and New York when they became president and secretary of state respectively were marred by disappointments. Choosing somebody by election (vs. governor's choice) is more anchored on what is best for the people and not for the benefit of the party. (Photo Credit: www.dag.nl) =0=

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PostHeaderIcon Sonia Sotomayor nominated to the US Supreme Court

5/27/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post


Pres. Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a hispanic federal judge to be the replacement of Justice David Souter in the US Supreme Court. The 54 year old daughter of Puerto Rican parents with humble beginnings, Sotomayor grew up in a housing project in Bronx and studied in Primceton and the Yale Law School with the help of her mom, a nurse by profession. She married when she was a student, but was subsequently divorced without children.

Prior to her nomination on May 26, 2009, she worked as a NY assistant district attorney, a commercial litigator, and later a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York upon the nomination of former Pres. George HW Bush. Sotomayor will be the first Latina to sit on the bench of the US Supreme Court if confirmed.

"As Majority Leader, I will do all I can to ensure Judge Sonia Sotomayor receives a fair and respectful hearing and the Senate's quick confirmation." — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

"Senate Republicans will treat Judge Sotomayor fairly. But we will thoroughly examine her record to ensure she understands that the role of a jurist in our democracy is to apply the law evenhandedly, despite their own feelings or personal or political preferences." — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

"She must prove her commitment to impartially deciding cases based on the law, rather than based on her own personal politics, feelings and preferences." — Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, member of the Judiciary Committee."

As the confirmation process of Sotomayor proceeds, she will be under deep scrutiny from all sides of government and politics. Obama thinks she is well-qualified for the job and praises her as an “inspiring woman,” but conservative groups, reviewing her past, have started thinking if she is a liberal activist whose decision may be based on feelings rather than on constitutional ground.

With a clear Democratic majority in the senate and barring any serious issue against her, Sotomayor is likely to be confirmed in office.(Photo Credit: White House/ Pete Souza) =0=

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