Tag Archive: Dick Cheney

LiveBlog for Friday, October 23, 2009

• Comedian John Fugelsang joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Fridays with Fugelsang.” • The Senate has long been seen as opposing the public health care option in health care reform, but now senior Senate Dems and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure, but would permit…

LiveBlog for Thursday, October 22, 2009

• Christian Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and the progress it’s making. • Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the economy. • Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific…

LiveBlog for Wednesday, August 26, 2009

• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 8:05am Pacific for another edition of “Humpdays with Hal.” • Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late last night at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77. “We’ve lost…

LiveBlog pour Mardi, 14 Juillet, 2009

• House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the Sotomayor hearings. • Ian Millhiser, Legal Policy Analyst for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. • Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) calls in at 7:30am…

LiveBlog for Monday, July 13, 2009

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), both on the Senate Intelligence Committee, suggested yesterday that the Bush administration broke the law by ordering that a CIA counterterrorism program be concealed from Congress. They are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture policies. • Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward appointing…

LiveBlog for Friday, May 29, 2009

• Comedian Hal Sparks joins us in studio at 7am Pacific for two hours to talk about the news of the day and to promote his upcoming gig at the Brea, CA Improv next month. • Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, calls in at 8:06am Pacific to talk about President Obama’s plan for national…

LiveBlog for Friday, May 22, 2009

• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 8:20am Pacific to talk about Obama’s and Cheney’s speeches yesterday, as well as passage of the credit card relief bill. • Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier (Frangela) join us in studio at 8:30am Pacific for another edition of Fridays with Frangela! • President Obama and former…

LiveBlog for Thursday, May 21, 2009

• Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the economy, torture, and the Gitmo controversy. Also, check out what Rep Ellison has to say on the Healthy Families Act here. • Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about the economy, Gitmo, credit card relief, and…

LiveBlog for Friday, May 15, 2009

• Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier (Frangela) join us in studio at 8:30am Pacific for another edition of Fridays with Frangela! • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bluntly accused the CIA yesterday of misleading her and other lawmakers about its use of waterboarding during the Bush administration, escalating a controversy grown to include both political…

LiveBlog for Monday, May 11, 2009

• Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the economy, the mortgage crisis, and the bank stress tests. • President Obama called the April jobs numbers showing the nation lost another 539,000 jobs last month “encouraging” yet still a “sobering” economic toll. “It underscores the point that we’re still in…