From Thursday’s World-Herald, the Iraq supplemental spending bill will include $3.7 billion in drought relief, which is sorely needed for the farmers of Nebraska. It also includes a timeline for withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
But on a day where another Nebraska soldier was killed in Iraq, Nebraska’s Republican delegation is falling all over […]
Archive for March, 2007
Party Before the People: Nebraska’s Republican Delegation Puts Prolonging the War Above All Else
Published by March 21st, 2007 3 CommentsIt’s been at least a month since we last visited Lee Terry’s activities - we’ve spent quite a bit of time on Chuck Hagel and Jon Bruning here since then - so this post from the New Nebraska Network prompted me to take another look. Apparently, Terry is having a bit of a problem understanding […]
Part of the ongoing U.S. Attorneys scandal is a provision that was snuck into the Patriot Act renewal that allowed the administration to appoint replacements for vacated U.S. Attorney positions without Senate confirmation.
Today, Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen Arlen Specter’s (R-PA) bill to remove that loophole passed the Senate 94-2. Chuck Hagel was one […]
I don’t have any rants or speculation ready for today, so I’ll give you all a few links to read over.
The Legislature is considering LB 476, Ernie Chambers’ annual bill to repeal the death penalty. Remarkably, though, the debate seems to be fair, honest, and open. A rarity, indeed. UPDATE: The bill failed to advance […]
Don Walton today:
So what happens now?
Bruning launches his “ground game,” identifying and organizing supporters across the state.
And he begins the rather challenging task of attempting to raise funds for a campaign he may never wage.
Hagel loyalists in the Republican ranks are going to hold tight, one would guess.
Bruning loyalists will step forward behind their man.
And […]
On March 19, 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began. We are a year further down the road and still no closer to bringing an end to this unbearable tragedy. The numbers are staggering, the cost too high. That this could have and should have been prevented - a war of choice, a war based […]
Don Walton in the Journal-Star today:
It’s all relative now.
Nebraska still ranks as one of President Bush’s most supportive states.
Up there on a familiar list: Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, several Deep South states.
But even in Nebraska, where Bush swept to two landslide victories while narrowly winning nationally in 2000 […]
