Tim Melton
LANSING — It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s drama nonetheless at the Capitol today.
House Democrats held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. to vent their frustrations with Senate Republicans who walked away from a joint House-Senate conference committee last night. The committee has been working to [...]
Senate [...]
MIRS breaking news thingy:
Rep. Tim MELTON (D-Auburn Hills) said this morning that negotiations are currently stalled after Senate Republicans walked out of the room last night having tried to interject new issues into the negotiations. "I'm still at the table, as far as they know I'm still in the room" [...]
Republicans in the Senate are stymieing debate on the health care reform bill this afternoon by forcing the clerk to [...]
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good" [...]
And I am not talking about the Democrats on the “YES” list.. I am talking about Republicans.. So Called Republicans.. RINO. The Dems don’t get a pass, its just they probably could care less what this conservative Republican thinks. Its enough for me to note the lack of a sense [...]
I think it's a safe bet that the school funding cut reprieve will be poorly interpreted in certain corners. In fact, say it will be so and it will be so.
Ever since she announced a projected $292 per pupil cut months ago, the republicans have criticized her [...]
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at [...]
By Pat Garofalo
Today, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) appeared at the Economist’s World in 2010 conference (attended by ThinkProgress), where he took exception to NBC’s David Gregory characterizing Republicans as “not really a party of ideas, because they don’t want to be.” [...]
Does this sound like a Majority Leader on the verge of victory for ObamaCare?
"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right," [...]
The Michigan gubernatorial race is getting national attention — not surprisingly since Michigan is viewed as a key battleground state between Republicans and Democrats and the midterm elections could have an effect on who wins the 2012 presidential elections. The National Journal has an article about it, out of [...]
By Jamison Foser/Media Matters for America
For all the hype about energized Republicans and independents abandoning the Democrats and town-hall outrage over President Obama's agenda and tea-party protests, if you look closely, it seems the conservative media are getting a little timid.
Just a few months [...]
According to press release and Web site, former state Rep. John Stewart will formally join the race for the 7th Senate District in January. Stewart will join a field for the seat being vacated by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton) that currently includes two other Democrats but no Republicans. [...]
