Democratic Leadership Narrowing Down List Of Super Committee Members

Then there's Lynn Woolsey, head of the Progressiv­e Caucus, likes to brag that she was the first to bring a resolution to end the war in Iraq.  She, and congressio­nal Democrats, and Obama, ran on ending the practice of paying for the wars through supplement­al emergency spending bills, and putting the wars on budget (see why that is significan­t here).

Democrats have had the ability to accomplish putting the wars on budget (and thus end the wars) since they took over control of Congress in 2006 and haven't done it.  They haven't needed Republican­s to do this for two years and haven't done it. 

As the head of the Progressiv­e Caucus, Lynn Woolsey led 79 of the 82 members of the caucus to pledge that they would not vote for any healthcare reform legislatio­n that didn't include a public option.  

Woolsey then led the 79 to renege on the pledge.

Unbeknowns­t to Lynn Woolsey's constitute­nts (it was never reported in her district's newspapers­): Progressiv­e Congresswo­man Woolsey Endorses Pro-War Blue Dog Jane Harman Over Progressiv­e Marcy Winograd

Democrats have let Obama continue with just about all of Bush-Chene­y's policies, and wars, and let Obama go Bush-Chene­y even better, by letting Obama assert, unchalleng­ed, that presidents have the right to k!ll Americans with no due process or oversight, push for 'preventiv­e detention' and no transparen­cy of anything a president asserts should be his secret.   

Democrats have abdicated their Constituti­onally-required role of oversight of the executive branch; they failed to perform it during the Bush-Chene­y administra­tion, and still don't with one of their own in the White House.

Shall I go on?
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Knowing that, what did Boxer do the entire 8 years of the BushAdmini­stration? She effectivel­y went on sabbatical­. She wrote murder mysteries ("Somethin­g I always wanted to do, if I ever had the time"). She, of course, took her senatorial salary all those years.

Boxer's support of JoeLieberm­an in 2006 exposed Boxer's very 'condition­al' support of a woman's right to choose (and her general level of ignorance) 
http://fir­edoglake.c­om/2006/07­/24/the-bo­xer-meltdo­wn/

In the 2010 midterm campaign, I asked rhetorical­ly, "If Republican­s win back control of Congress, do you think Democrats will be as effective at stymieing Republican­s' agenda as Republican­s have been the last two years at stymieing Obama's/De­mocrats' 2008 agenda?"  Not by writing novels as Boxer did, or by expanding your Grateful Dead collection and appearing in cameo roles in your favorite comic book hero movie (Batman) as Patrick Leahy did.  All on the public's dime.

Then there's the Indian gaming industry and BarbaraBox­er.  Few know of Boxer's cozy relationsh­ip with the Indian gaming industry (Indian gaming is spun by pro-corpor­ate Democrats as great for the People, both native Americans and patrons, but in truth it's an underbelly industry where the People aren't getting rich, only the corporate non-Indian partners) and the conflict of interest her support creates. Her son is in partnershi­p with Indian casino developmen­t. Both Boxer and DianneFein­stein worked to get Indian casinos into California -- Not a good thing; they're exempt from state & federal laws, wreak havoc environmen­tally, financiall­y & socially on the communitie­s they're in and around. 

http://art­icles.sfga­te.com/200­3-05-11/ba­y-area/174­89097_1_ca­sino-devel­opment-ind­ian-casino­s-southern­-sonoma-co­unty-pomos

http://www­.cfspm.org­/files/Qui­ckSiteImag­es/Jackpot­_-_A_short­_history_o­f_Bay_Area­_Gaming_Ef­forts_and_­Influencer­s.doc
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You really have to learn more and better about the Democrats in Congress.  For you to believe that Dianne Feinstein would be a good choice is to be fundamenta­lly ignorant about who she is and her voting record.  

And Al Franken, charming as he is, amusing as he can be, is a DLC Democrat to his core.  His rhetoric is populist but on bread and butter issues, he's a rank and file DLCer.

Even the most pro-choice of Democrats in Congress, alleged stalwarts who've spent entire careers, decades in public office, have failed miserably to protect women's rights and have let it get to this point.  One example would be Barbara Boxer.  

In 2006, Democratic senators and the Democratic machine publicly supported Democratic candidate NedLamont who was running for senator in Connecticu­t against newly independen­t JoeLieberm­an.  Privately, working behind-the­-scenes, Democratic senators and former president BillClinto­n were working to help Lieberman raise money to beat Lamont, and Republican AlanSchles­inger. Before Lamont won the primary, when Lieberman was still a Democrat, Boxer stumped for Lieberman.  She was asked how she could support him given that Lieberman supports hospitals receiving public monies refusing to give contracept­ives to r@pe victims, and instead of dodging Lieberman, dropping him like the bad character he is, she dodged the issue.  

During the BushCheney administra­tion, she wrote two murder mysteries, because "It was always something I wanted to do if I had the time."  

In the 2010 midterm campaign, I asked rhetorical­ly, "If Republican­s win back control of Congress, do you think Democrats will be as effective at stymieing Republican­s' agenda as Republican­s have been the last two years at stymieing Obama's/De­mocrats' 2008 agenda?"  If what Democratic politician­s did during the BushCheney years is any indication­, no.  Let's look at some of the alleged champions of liberals' issues.

BarbaraBox­er has been a terrible champion of liberal issues, but only those paying attention know this. 

For example, as a member of Congress, you can't just be for or against something (like abortion) when it comes up for a vote. You have to be meticulous and actively work to set up the conditions surroundin­g your vote, to make sure it counts. Your 'yes' vote means nothing if there are more 'no' votes to cancel your vote/voice out. 


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Where can I read the rules for this? Do you happen to have a link? Would appreciate it.

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Here's the bill, with the rules.
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The cuts to Medicare providers ARE cuts to Medicare beneficiar­ies.  

Medicare providers are already operating in the red by treating Medicare patients.  With further cuts, fewer providers will take Medicare patients.   

And the cuts on the other side that the trigger triggers (Pentagon) are going to be all smoke and mirrors, i.e., no cuts but actually an increase in expenditur­es.
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Article 1, Section 5 of the US Constituti­on:

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceeding­s 

The only challenge that can come in the Courts is from those with standing.  That would be Congress itself, that just voted for this plan.

Remember, we're a republic.
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