Epstein Secrets

chain or rope, commonly used by gang members and muggers. As such only seven Republicans voted for her confirmation. One senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, said by way of explaining her "no" vote that her constituents had expressed "overwhelming concern"about Judge Sotomayor's views on the Second Amend

hn Boehner's failure to persuade rank-and-file House Republicans to raise taxes even on millionaires fits the fanatic's strategy exactly. It allowed Boehner to credibly claim he has no choice in the matter -- Republican fanatics in the House tied his hands and manacled his feet -- so the only way to avoi

became a pop cultural catchphrase -- it even has its own Wikipedia page and mentioned in the Urban Dictionary. EFTA00678664 - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), 2006 "And sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good, things like fruit fly research in Paris,

local governments need this funding." Voices of GOP pragmatists such as Rogers and Capito had been drowned out largely since early in the year when Boehner scheduled a succession of votes on bills advancing Democrats' priorities and raising tea partyers' hackles — a $600 billion-plus tax increase on the

low the President's lead at least partly because of his passivity as a tactical politician. It described how Mark Begich, a Democratic senator from Alaska, had asked for, and received, a crucial favor from the White House, but then, four weeks later, when Begich voted against the bill on background ch

cent of the popular vote. The President talked of the election breaking the "fever" in Washington. "We didn't expect the floodgates would open and Boehner would be Tip O'Neill to our Reagan," Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to the President, said. But reelection, he thought, had "liberated" Obama. The