Posts Tagged ‘Gregory Meeks’
LiveBlog for Thursday, September 17, 2009
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Comedian John Fugelsang fills in for Steph today, with the Mooks sitting in as well!
• Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners calls in at 7:05am Pacific to discuss the need for more spirituality in the debate on health care reform.
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about accusations of racism against President Obama, and Fox News smearing ACORN.
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) unveiled the Senate’s version of health care reform yesterday. The plan would require all Americans to have health insurance, but lacks a public plan option or even a trigger for a public option.
• The White House says President Obama doesn’t believe he’s being criticized because of his race. They were asked about the topic following comments on Tuesday by former President Jimmy Carter. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says some people have disagreements with some of Obama’s decisions but that those concerns were not because of his race.
• ACORN, an advocacy group under fire after some employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman’s profession to get housing help, said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation and is refusing new admissions into its service programs.
• Mary Travers of 1960’s folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, has died, according to her publicist. She was 72.
Tags: ACORN, Barack Obama, Eric Boehlert, Gregory Meeks, Health Care Reform, Jim Wallis, Jimmy Carter, John Fugelsang, Mary Travers, Max Baucus, Media Matters for America, Robert Gibbs, Sojourners
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LiveBlog for Thursday, July 9, 2009
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the economy and the stimulus.
• Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:35am Pacific to talk about the economy and the stimulus.
• CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, according to a letter from seven House Democrats to Panetta made public yesterday. The letter contained no details about what information the CIA officials allegedly concealed of how they purportedly misled members of Congress.
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Tuesday he would consider supporting a second economic stimulus bill, but said people need to give the package that passed in February more time to work.
• Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said yesterday that lawmakers still need to come up with $320 billion over the coming decade in taxes to pay for health care reform. The remaining cost of the bill would be paid for through savings in Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs.
• The leaders of the G-8 nations issued a joint statement last night expressing serious concerns about the post-election violence in Iran, as well as its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, but the G-8 will not push for new economic sanctions or tougher enforcement of those that exist, the Obama administration announced yesterday.
Tags: Barack Obama, CIA, Eliot Engel, G-8 Summit, Gregory Meeks, Iran, Leon Panetta, Max Baucus, Steny Hoyer
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LiveBlog for Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Be sure to join Producer Chris in the StephSpace Chatroom shortly after the show today at 12 Noon Eastern / 9am Pacific ! Now’s your chance to ask him anything about the show!
ALSO: Be sure to check out Steph on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” (now a part of John King’s “State of the Nation”) this Sunday at 10am Eastern / 7am Pacific!
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about Congress’ passage of the omnibus spending bill.
• Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) calls in at 8:06am Pacific to talk about his offer to debate Rush Limbaugh.
• Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier (Frangela) have fallen ill today, and won’t be able to do their regular “Fridays with Frangela” segment. They will be filling in for Steph and the Mooks during their vacation later this month, however!
• Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy yesterday, declaring the national crisis is “not as bad as we think” and his plans will speed recovery. He said that Americans shouldn’t be whipsawed by bursts of either bad or good news and he was “highly optimistic” about the long term.
• President Obama and Vice President Biden yesterday rallied a gathering of state officials yesterday, telling the people he is counting on to help turn around the economy and warning anew that he will not tolerate wasteful spending of his $787 billion economic stimulus package.
• GOP national chairman Michael Steele said yesterday that he’s opposed to abortion and that Roe v. Wade should be repealed, commenting a day after GQ Magazine quoted him as saying abortion was “an individual choice.”
• Admitted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff pled guilty to 11 felony counts of fraud yesterday and a Manhattan judge ordered him handcuffed and taken straight to jail. He faces a 150 year sentence.
Tags: Angela V. Shelton, Barack Obama, Bernard Madoff, Brad Sherman, Chris Lavoie, Frances Callier, Frangela, Gregory Meeks, Joe Biden, Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh
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LiveBlog for Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about President Obama’s stimulus plan and the economy.
• Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to discuss how President Obama’s stimulus plan is faring on Capitol Hill.
• Vincent Bugliosi, author of “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” calls in at 8:30am Pacific to discuss whether Obama will hold Bush accountable for war crimes.
• President Barack Obama will face the first real test of his push for a stimulus package today, as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the bill later today. Policy experts believe the bill will pass easily, since Dems have an overwhelming majority in the House. The Senate will vote on its version of the bill next week.
• Closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is necessary and President Obama’s decision to set a one-year deadline on doing so was probably the only way to get it done, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
• Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was absent again yesterday from his Senate impeachment trial, but state senators who will decide whether to remove him from office heard him loud and clear on FBI recordings of his phone calls. Only 4 snippets of conversations were played, and all pertained to quid-pro-quo on horse-racing legislation.
Tags: Barack Obama, Byron Dorgan, Gregory Meeks, Robert Gates, Rod Blagojevich, Vincent Bugliosi
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