Posts Tagged ‘Pete Stark’
LiveBlog for Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
• Comedian John Fugelsang calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• Rep. Brad Miller (D-CA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Harry Shearer calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the DVD release of “Spinal Tap: Unwigged and Unplugged.”
• Mourners filed by the casket of Sen. Ted Kennedy as he lay in repose yesterday in his slain brother’s presidential library, paying their respects to one of the longest-serving U.S. lawmakers and the last political giant of the Kennedy family. Kennedy’s body will lie in repose for a two-day public viewing.
• With a bugler playing taps, a rifle squad firing 21 volleys and pallbearers representing each branch of the military, Sen. Ted Kennedy will be laid to rest in a private funeral at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow. Plans call for Kennedy to be buried in early evening near his slain brothers John and Robert.
• Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday quashed rumors that he is considering running for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s open Senate seat. “Governor Romney’s focus right now is on helping other Republicans run for office, and that is how he will be spending his time,” a spokesman said.
• Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) suggested yesterday that moderate Dems who’ve pushed for changes in health care legislation are “brain dead” and out for insurance company campaign donations.
Tags: Brad Miller, Harry Shearer, John F. Kennedy, John Fugelsang, Mitt Romney, Pete Stark, Robert F. Kennedy, Spinal Tap, Ted Kennedy
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LiveBlog for Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
• Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the supplemental spending plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about Bill O’Reilly and the rise of fanatical, supremacist hate groups and crimes.
• Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the stimulus package.
• Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-CA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the accelerated stimulus package.
• A rifle-wielding white supremacist entered Washington, DC’s Holocaust museum yesterday afternoon, fatally shooting a security guard before being wounded himself by the return fire from other guards. Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as James Von Brunn, an 88-year-old neo-Nazi from Maryland.
• President Obama urged lawmakers yesterday to work through partisan differences that are threatening health care legislation just as it starts moving through Congress. He insisted they pass a bill this year that reins in costs and helps provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people.
• The Obama administration issued new regulations yesterday that set pay limits on companies that receive TARP assistance, with the toughest restrictions aimed at seven recipients of “exceptional assistance.”
Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Eric Boehlert, Health Care Reform, Holocaust Museum, James Von Brunn, Lynn Woolsey, Media Matters for America, Pete Stark, TARP
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