I found a new blogspot called Brains and Eggs. They have a wonderful group of responses to the president’s 30,000 troop surge in Afghanistan. Among them was Eric Massa’s response:
And I would have to ask a question: Why 30,000 troops and not 40? Why 30,000 troops and [...]
The president is talking about sending up to 40,000 additional troops into Afghanistan. Stlo7 wrote about it today, Eric Massa talked about it on the floor of the house at the beginning of November, on the 2,950th day of that war and he spoke about it again 2 [...]
We know what the local “Tea Parties” look like. Check out this-a woman who lost her 7mo pregnant daughter-in-law because of lack of health insurance is heckled and laughed at in this Town Hall meeting.
My head hurts again.
Related posts:Eric Massa’s latest [...]
Eric Massa brought Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson to town. On Sunday, they met with some firefighters in Hornell. Yesterday, they visited Kennedy Valve, a manufacturing company in Elmira.
[...]Reader Elmer sends the text of the letter he received from Eric Massa explaining his healthcare vote. Text of the letter after the break:
Because you have previously been in touch about health issues, I am
writing to let you know why I voted "no" on the 2009 major health care
[...]
The 29th has seen a few close races, but neither Randy Kuhl nor Eric Massa poisoned the well the way Doug Hoffman just did. Citing an ACORN conspiracy, Hoffman revoked his concession, and now he's been fundraising on claims of "tampering" based on ordinary election-night screwups.
This is what happens [...]
Drilling the Marcellus Shale, which may contain the largest supply of natural gas in North America, was the topic of a meeting last night in Corning. Eric Massa's "strongly worded letter" was part of the meeting. The concern is that extracting gas from Marcellus requires huge amounts of water [...]
Tim Kolpien of the Reed campaign was kind enough to send over Tom Reed's financial disclosure report [pdf]. And, courtesy of Open Secrets, here's Eric Massa's [pdf].
[...]Tom Reed and Eric Massa both agree that trying accused 9/11 plotters in New York is the right thing to do.
Reed is smart to reject the craven hysteria of some of his fellow party members, who are spinning crazy scenarios to avoid using courts that have already [...]
So, what’s the story with the wind farms of Cohocton? Have you driven down there? There are something like 30 of them dotting the hillsides by Route 17 heading through the Southern Tier. I think they’re beautiful. I love the idea of renewable energy being produced on such [...]
Health Justice Forum:
Let’s discuss how to resolve the
disparities and inequities of the current
health care delivery paradigm
Featuring
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY)
with
Donna Smith, California Nurses Association
Jeff Cohen, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Steve Cobble, Founder of www.AfterDowningStreet.org
Dr. Emily Queenan, Physicians for a National Health Program
* * *
[...]
In a piece headlined "Masa [sic] used campaign funds to pay himself and wife", Jeremy Zremski of the Buffalo News reports that Eric Massa took a $15,000 salary from his 2008 campaign. Massa's wife Beverly was also paid $18,000 as campaign treasurer.
Mrs. Massa's salary was a minor campaign [...]
Tonight Rep. Eric Massa will appear on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” at approximately 6:00pm to discuss the tragedy at Fort Hood. Please check local listings for more information.
Related posts:Eric to Join Ed this evening on MSNBC[...]
Reader Elmer sends today's Corning Leader opinion page [pdf], which features Eric Massa's op-ed stating his reasons for voting against the House healthcare reform bill.
[...]Eric Massa has taken to local mail and media to explain his vote against the healthcare bill. The online Corning Leader has a story about Massa's plan to send letters to 40,000 constituents in the 29th. The Messenger-Post has a summary of Massa's reasons for voting against the [...]
(1) There are those who believe that while single-payer is ideal, we aren't going to get it anytime soon and that we shouldn't hold [...]
A slapfight is developing on regional blogs about Rep. Eric Massa’s refusal to vote for the Healthcare Reform bill. You have Phil Anderson, editor of The Albany Project saying that Massa is duplicitous and “full of shit”.
Today is D-Day for health care [...]
……….unlike the rest of the progressive caucus who voted in favor of this (piece of crap) bill.
The progressives blinked. Only two, Reps. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), lived up to the July pledge signed by roughly 60 liberals in which they vowed to vote against [...]
True to his word, Eric Massa voted against final passage of healthcare reform in the House. Earlier, he voted against the Stupak amendment which restricted use of insurance for abortions.
In the comments and via email, some readers are wondering if this was an "insurance" vote which would help [...]
Two days ago, I posted Eric Massa’s speech on the floor of congress. In that speech, he talks about the number of dead soldiers, killed in battle, thus far, in Afghanistan. He mentions that we don’t even know how many of our returning soldiers are committing suicide as a result [...]
But we need [...]
http://www.observer.com/2009/p...
[Representative Eric Massa is voting no on the health care bill, damn it, no matter what the outside consequences or what Barack Obama says.
"The president of the United States is coming to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning on a'" [...]
Congressman Eric Massa, Democrat from NY-29, will be voting against HR 3962, the current iteration of the health care reform bill. Whether you’re for or against health insurance reform of any kind, you have to hand it to Massa for standing on principle. At Netroots [...]
On a conference call, today, Congressman Massa has said that he will vote “No” on the new House Health Care Reform Bill because it will(paraphrased)
“…enshrine monopolistic powers of health insurance industry into law while failing to address,
How do we control costs? Interstate portability Waste and fraud (the inefficiency of, costing $700 billion [...]Here is Congressman Massa on the floor of the house, yesterday:
I expect we will be hearing more from Eric on this important issue. Let me repeat the question that our congressman asked,
“What does a victory look like?”
(Update: Read Eric’s diary on Huffington Post here and on DailyKos here.)
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