Obama '08?

He probably doesn't even know how to indirectly criticize one A2Ker by addressing his post to another!

WASHINGTON (AP) " House Democrats on Tuesday stopped a Republican plan to force a campaign finance inquiry that likely would have investigated several influential Democrats. It was the eighth time since late February that the Republican move was halted.

One of the biggest recipients has been the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

The vote was 215-182 to stop consideration of a GOP resolution to initiate a House ethics committee inquiry. It called for an investigation into campaign contributions to House lawmakers by recipients of pet project money and their lobbyists.

Democratic leaders spoke to some of their newer members privately last month, to stop them from voting for the Republican initiative. Tuesday's vote showed they made little headway.

Twenty-nine Democrats voted with the Republicans on Tuesday in an unsuccessful effort to keep the GOP initiative alive and allow the investigation to begin. The first time the resolution was considered, in late February, 17 Democrats supported it.

The ethics committee doesn't need a House resolution to start an investigation. The committee usually operates in secret in the early stages, so it could be looking at the donations. However, some of the members who could face an investigation have said they have not been contacted.

The Republican resolution focused on a lobbying firm, PMA, which was raided by the FBI last year. The company's political action committee records were carted off, along with files of some of its lobbyists.

In 2007 and 2008, Murtha, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. and Rep. Peter Visclosky. D-Ind., directed $137 million to defense contractors who were paying PMA to get them government business.

At the same time, the three lawmakers received huge amounts of political donations from PMA lobbyists and their clients. Murtha has collected $2.37 million from PMA's lobbyists and the companies it has represented since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money. Visclosky has collected $1.36 million; Moran, $997,348.

Visclosky heads the appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development. Moran is on Murtha's defense subcommittee.

Let's pray we never again give the Reps total control to run the country down and undermine its important programs.

Is the stimulus plan actually doing anything yet?

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Is the stimulus plan actually doing anything yet?

Further bankrupting our kids and grand kids, we know that FOR SURE

Isent fiscal responsibility what Bush and company practiced for eight long years. My dissapointment lies in the fact that Obama is following the same game plan of super support of business and banking while he lets the middle class go down the drain. Where is the support for the people loseing thier homes because the banks gave them loans the bank knew they couldent pay back. For the banks this is a win because they will forclose on the homes and resell them when the economy recovers. When the government supports you with public money you cant lose but the public sure as hell can. Show me where Obama isent just another lieing politician who big business has bought.

55,000 helped by Obama mortgage rescue
Servicers are adjusting loans under Obama's foreclosure prevention program. The administration is expanding the program to help those that don't qualify for a modification.

Hundreds of thousands of American are still losing their jobs and homes every week; don't expect any plan to reverse this trend, because Obama is not a miracle worker - as some claim him to be the messiah.

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Hundreds of thousands of American are still losing their jobs and homes every week; don't expect any plan to reverse this trend, because Obama is not a miracle worker - as some claim him to be the messiah.

Plus he is incompetent. He is a Chicago street organizer, thats all, that made president because the media hyped one speech he made at the DNC. And he is even a lousy speaker if you take away the teleprompter. What do you have left? A poor reincarnation of Jimmy Carter.

Better than every single person the Republican party put forward. He beat your best, and not by a little bit. So if you think he is incompetent, what does that say about your group of losers?

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