Planned Parenthood finances campaigns of all but one Senator who voted against defunding

On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Senate concluded a historical vote. For the first time in history, a majority of U.S. Senators voted to defund Planned Parenthood, America’s abortion giant. The final vote was a successful 53 to 46, yet due to the Democrats’ filibuster, the vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to pass.
While we Americans who are concerned about the rife abuses and culture of inhumane death at Planned Parenthood are winning the battle, there is a large force standing in the way: the abortion lobby.


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Romney Would be Insane to Release More Tax Returns, Unless....

John Nolte: Romney should go on offense and make a deal with Obama and the corrupt media:

I'll give you three years of tax returns if Obama will release the names and addresses of the tens of thousands of undisclosed donors from the 2008 campaign who reportedly donated upwards of a couple hundred million dollars. There are alarming reports that a whole lot of that was foreign money. John McCain disclosed all the information on all his donors, Obama needs to do the same. ✧ If you want another year, Barack Obama needs to... [and it goes on]

Read all of John Nolte's article at Breitbart's Big Government... Read More......

2010: Meg Whitman to run for California Governor

Republican Meg Whitman, former chief executive of eBay, will run for the governorship of California in 2010. Whitman hopes to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican incumbent, who is blocked from running for a third straight term by term limits. Schwarzenegger's popularity has dropped dramatically due to California’s escalating financial crisis. Read More......

Facts about the Federal Reserve

HR1207 calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve, a private, non-transparent entity directed by a board of governors (private bankers). We should all know as much as possible about the structure of our financial and monetary system. CampaignForLiberty provides information: Fed Fact Sheet (pdf) (Hat tip: Lyn Riverstone)

HR1207 is sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul and co-sponsored by...

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/26/2009
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. [AL-4] - 5/6/2009
Rep Adler, John H. [NJ-3] - 5/6/2009
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 3/19/2009
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Austria, Steve [OH-7] - 5/6/2009
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 4/29/2009
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 4/28/2009
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 5/12/2009
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 5/4/2009
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 5/21/2009
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 5/20/2009
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 4/28/2009
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 5/4/2009
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 3/16/2009
Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 3/24/2009
Rep Bono Mack, Mary [CA-45] - 4/29/2009
Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] - 5/13/2009
Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 4/22/2009
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/26/2009
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] - 4/28/2009
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] - 5/20/2009
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 3/17/2009
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 3/19/2009
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 2/26/2009
Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] - 4/30/2009
Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 4/29/2009
Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 5/4/2009
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 4/1/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 3/31/2009
Rep Cassidy, Bill [LA-6] - 5/4/2009
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 3/17/2009
Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 3/6/2009
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 5/7/2009
Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] - 5/4/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 3/26/2009
Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4] - 5/6/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 3/23/2009
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/9/2009
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 5/6/2009
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/21/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 4/2/2009
Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] - 5/11/2009
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 3/18/2009
Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] - 5/12/2009
Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 3/23/2009
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 3/5/2009
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 5/11/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 3/30/2009
Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 4/23/2009
Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 4/28/2009
Rep Granger, Kay [TX-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6] - 4/22/2009
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8] - 3/11/2009
Rep Guthrie, Brett [KY-2] - 5/7/2009
Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 4/29/2009
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 5/11/2009
Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3] - 5/11/2009
Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 5/11/2009
Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] - 5/4/2009
Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 5/6/2009
Rep Hoekstra, Peter [MI-2] - 4/28/2009
Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] - 5/13/2009
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4] - 4/23/2009
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 5/12/2009
Rep Jenkins, Lynn [KS-2] - 4/23/2009
Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 4/22/2009
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15] - 4/23/2009
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 4/23/2009
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 3/6/2009
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 4/29/2009
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7] - 5/11/2009
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14] - 4/28/2009
Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 5/20/2009
Rep Linder, John [GA-7] - 5/6/2009
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 5/4/2009
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 3/19/2009
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Mack, Connie [FL-14] - 5/12/2009
Rep Maffei, Daniel B. [NY-25] - 5/12/2009
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 4/21/2009
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 3/11/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 4/22/2009
Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] - 5/4/2009
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 4/21/2009
Rep McClintock, Tom [CA-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 3/19/2009
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/29/2009
Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 4/30/2009
Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 5/4/2009
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 5/4/2009
Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] - 5/12/2009
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/7/2009
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 4/28/2009
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 3/24/2009
Rep Minnick, Walter [ID-1] - 5/13/2009
Rep Moran, Jerry [KS-1] - 5/4/2009
Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] - 4/29/2009
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 4/28/2009
Rep Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 4/30/2009
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 4/21/2009
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 5/14/2009
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 5/20/2009
Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] - 3/30/2009
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 4/21/2009
Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P. [VA-5] - 5/13/2009
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 3/19/2009
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 4/28/2009
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 3/19/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 2/26/2009
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 2/26/2009
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Putnam, Adam H. [FL-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 5/6/2009
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] - 2/26/2009
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 5/20/2009
Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 5/13/2009
Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 5/20/2009
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 3/6/2009
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16] - 4/22/2009
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 4/28/2009
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 5/21/2009
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 5/12/2009
Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 5/20/2009
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/6/2009
Rep Schauer, Mark H. [MI-7] - 5/20/2009
Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18] - 5/6/2009
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 5/7/2009
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 3/23/2009
Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] - 5/7/2009
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 4/22/2009
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] - 5/7/2009
Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] - 4/28/2009
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/22/2009
Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 4/28/2009
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 4/2/2009
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/26/2009
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 3/6/2009
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 3/30/2009
Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 4/22/2009
Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 5/21/2009
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 4/28/2009
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 4/28/2009
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3] - 5/13/2009
Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 4/29/2009
Rep Walden, Greg [OR-2] - 5/4/2009
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 5/7/2009
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 3/16/2009
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 5/21/2009
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 4/2/2009
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 4/29/2009
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 4/1/2009
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 3/6/2009
Total co-sponsors as of 5/24/2009 per THOMAS: 179
Check for updates.

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Poll: Harry Reid in trouble

OUR COUNTRY DESERVES BETTER Defeat Harry Reid Campaign, 5/22/2009 by Mark Williams - Liberal Senator Plunges: A new poll just released by the Mason-Dixon polling firm on behalf of the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper finds that only 35% of Nevada voters will vote to re-elect Reid, while 62% of voters would either definitely vote against Reid or consider voting for a challenger. Read More......

Outrage over bonuses puts focus on senators

Light shed on AIG as a political cash cow --WASHINGTON, 03/18/09 by Jerry Zremski — Congressional Democrats vowed Tuesday to strip away the $165 million in bonuses that American International Group paid to its executives with taxpayer bailout money. In doing so, they threatened to bite one of the many hands that feed the Washington campaign money machine. ⁂ “One way or another, we’re going to try to figure out how to get these [bonus] resources back,” said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. ∴ Dodd has accepted $280,238 in campaign cash from AIG’s political committee and employees in the last 20 years.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N. Y., said: “If they don’t give the money back, we will put in place a new law that will allow us to tax these bonuses at a very high rate so that it is returned to its rightful owners — the taxpayers.” ∴ Schumer has accepted $111,875 from AIG donors over two decades.

“They’re not going to get the financial benefit of those bonuses,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. ∴ Baucus collected $90,000 from those connected to the insurance giant that has received more than $170 billion in federal bailout funds.

As news of the bonuses rocked official Washington, AIG’s longtime connections to prominent politicians went largely unmentioned — except by Massie Ritsch, communications director of the Center for Responsive Politics, who posted details of the campaign contributions on the group’s Web site this week. “It’s hard to take politicians seriously as they wag their fingers at companies like AIG when for so many years, they’ve accumulated so much money from these companies,” he said.

Tuesday, though, there was plenty of finger-wagging.

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said AIG paid bonuses of $1 million or more to 73 employees at its Financial Products Division, which created the exotic “credit default swaps” whose failure made the company the largest recipient of federal bailout money. Eleven of the bonus recipients no longer work for AIG.

Cuomo subpoenaed information to determine whether the payments, which the company made over the last weekend, are fraudulent. Contracts written last year guarantee the performance bonuses for 2008 “despite obvious signs that 2008 performance would be disastrous in comparison to the year before,” Cuomo said.

In addition, Cuomo said he has subpoenaed the names of those who received the bonuses, and the Obama administration may do the same thing.

“I think the specific proposal about making public those names is something that the administration is looking at,” White House spokesman Robert L. Gibbs said.

The Obama administration also defended Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, who, in the view of some Republicans, let AIG get away with paying the bonuses.

“I don’t know if he should resign over this,” said Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala. “He works for the president of the United States. But I can tell you, this is just another example of where he seems to be out of the loop. Treasury should have let the American people know about this.”

Gibbs said President Obama continues to have confidence in Geithner, although the White House spokesman quickly added that the administration wants to work with Congress to recoup the bonuses.

Obama was one of four people who ran for the presidency who ranked in the top five of recipients of AIG employee and political committee donations over the last two decades. He pulled in $107,332, mostly for his presidential race.

Ritsch said presidential candidates routinely and understandably raise far more money from corporate sources than do lawmakers.

What’s important to note, he said, was that AIG was able to get away with so much while giving so much to the nation’s top politicians and parties—$9 million in 20 years.

“The indignation they’re showing now would have been helpful along the way as this company took unnecessary risks while flying under the regulatory radar screen,” he said of the federal officeholders.

Schumer was the only politician who has not run for president who ranked among AIG’s top five beneficiaries. Asked for comment, Schumer spokesman Max Young noted that Schumer has long called for increased financial regulation of companies such as AIG.

“Virtually all the contributions were made over five years ago, and nothing has been contributed since taxpayers needed to step in to save this company from itself,” Young said. “He hasn’t accepted donations since, and will not.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on the issue of AIG donations.

While significant, the AIG donations pale in comparison to those of the biggest sources of campaign cash — AT&T and the Association of Federal, State and County Employees, which each gave four times as much as AIG did to federal officeholders over the last 20 years.

The AIG contributions had a distinctly New York cast to them, with 10 prominent politicians from the state each receiving more than $10,000 from the company or its employees.

On top of that, former U. S. Sen. Alfonse M. D’Amato, RN. Y., signed on as an AIG lobbyist in 2005. Federal records show that D’Amato’s lobbying firm racked up $52,000 in expenses lobbying for the company, a pittance compared with the $47.73 million AIG spent on lobbying over the last five years.

Lawmakers from both parties are aflame with anger over the $165 million in bonuses.

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, RIowa, suggested in a radio interview Monday that AIG executives should do like failed Japanese business executives and either quit or kill themselves.

Grassley clarified his comments Tuesday, saying he didn’t literally want AIG employees to consider hari-kari.

Other members of Congress were content to merely try to get the bonus money back.

“The hardworking people of Western New York, taxpayers across the nation and members of Congress are united in our visceral disgust for AIG’s complete disregard for the taxpayer dollars we trusted them to spend prudently,” said Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.

Higgins and Rep. Eric J. J. Massa, D-Corning, were among the lawmakers who co-sponsored bills aimed at taxing AIG in a way that would, in effect, make the company pay the bonuses back to the government. “The American public demands action,” Massa said, “and that’s why I am working to get these out-of-control AIG executive bonuses back.”

News wire services contributed to this report. jzremski@buffnews.com Read the full story at the Buffalo News... Read More......

The Triumph Of The Creative Class

Forbes.com Commentary by Joel Kotkin

Barack Obama rode to his resounding victory on the enthusiasm of two constituencies, the young and African Americans, whose support has driven his candidacy since the spring. Yet arguably the biggest winners of the Nov. 4 vote are located at the highest levels of the nation's ascendant post-industrial business community.

Obama's triumph reflects a decisive shift in the economic center of gravity away from military contractors, manufacturers, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, suburban real estate developers, energy companies, old-line remnants on Wall Street and other traditional backers of the GOP. In their place, we can see the rise of a different set of players, predominately drawn from the so-called "creative class" of Silicon Valley, Hollywood and the younger, go-go set in the financial world.

These latter business interests provided much of the consistent and massive financial advantage that the Illinois senator has accrued since early spring. The term "creative class" was popularized by former George Mason professor Richard Florida, who used it to describe those with both brainy business acumen and a very liberal cultural agenda borrowed from the bohemians of the '60s. Read more at Forbes...

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Watch out for media disinformation... just VOTE!

Jaynee Germond, candidate for U.S. Congress, District 4, has referred this article : Three things the Obamedia will do to depresss GOP turnout and help Obama. In short, it says:

Head Games Coming Your Way:
• (1) Calls for McCain to just give up and quit, because the race is over.
• (2) Wild claims of Obama winning states that shock and surprise you.
• (3) Repeated insistance that blacks and young people will decide this election, and they are all going to vote in record numbers for Obama.

We've seen disinformation before so let's not let it make a difference. If you haven't voted yet, get your ballot in. See drop box information. Read More......

ACORN, Voter Fraud and Obama's Campaign

The Complete Guide to Voter Fraud by Jim Hoft, October 14 - And you thought 2000 was bad.

This year’s election is shaping up to be one of the most controversial in history. Just this week, a federal judge ordered Ohio’s top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents. The very next day a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside the federal judge’s order on verifying registrations.

Further igniting the voter fraud/voter registration debate was the news that a national community organizing group is being investigated in at least 14 states and several swing states for massive irregularities. This news would make headlines anyway, but what made it worse was that Barack Obama was a key player in this organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, in the past. Obama trained its local leaders, represented the organization in court, and worked to funnel funds to the organization. The Obama campaign also donated $800,000 this year to an ACORN affiliate.

What is ACORN? Read more HERE

Also recommended: Obama's ACORN Tree from GOP.com. Read More......

Allen Alley warns: OR Retirement Fund at Risk...

Allen Allen, Republican candidate for Oregon State Treasurer
Email Notice, Received September 29, 2008

Oregon Retirement Fund at Risk in Current Financial Crisis - The impact of the current US financial crisis will linger for years and will have a long-term effect on Oregon. Now is the time for strong, decisive and experienced leadership in the Office of the State Treasurer. That's why I need your vote and financial support.

As your State Treasurer, I will take action to restructure our investment portfolio in order to rebuild capital. This is critical because the PERS fund has already lost over $6 billion in the past year - and that was before this latest wave of bad news. The recent collapse of Lehman Brothers alone cost the fund another $124 million. It is imperative that we stop the bleeding and put PERS back on track.

If we fall behind on our obligations, the state will be compelled to make up the difference during a time when economic activity is stagnant or, even worse, in recession. This situation could also adversely affect the state's credit rating, which would make issuing bonds to invest in our schools, roads and other infrastructure more difficult. It is hard to overstate how high the risks are right now.

My opponent recently stated that he believes that Oregon investments are doing fine. That's when PERS had lost over $6 billion. In addition, he takes every opportunity to promote the idea of implementing a sales tax on Oregonians. My opponent is dangerously out of touch. Right now we need leadership and that's what I will bring as your next State Treasurer.

Sincerely,
Allen Alley (see new campaign ad) Read More......