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Steele and the secessionists have nothing but contempt for Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy, who are otherwise considered among the most liberal members of Congress. "They've done nothing to stop the wars," says Steele flatly. Thomas Naylor was more pointed: "Every time a Vermonter serving in the National Guard gets deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, likely to be hurt or killed, Bernie and Patrick are there to commemorate the departure and have pictures taken...
...care reform and out-of-control federal spending. The conservative protesters unfurled their banners and hoisted placards that read "Give Harry the boot" (with a real boot as a prop; and that would be Harry Mitchell, the local Democratic Congressman) and "Stop the Corrupt Health Care Bill - Drug Test Congress." (See pictures of Tea Party protest signs...
...Party tax-day rally on April 15 that drew more than 5,000 people to the state capitol, and he has been supporting various Tea Party groups around the state ever since. "If people show up and make a big ruckus, we can stop the health care takeover in Congress." Speaking through a bullhorn, Jenney asked drivers to honk if they want to stop health care reform...
...special assistant to Shehu Shagari, President between 1979 and 1983, warned: "People have to be very careful with their utterances not to overheat the polity and create the opportunity for some crazy people in the military to take advantage." But Lai Mohammed, spokesman of the main opposition party, Action Congress, told TIME that while "we must never wish for a coup" and "the worst civilian government is better than the most benevolent military regime," it is true that "we are doing things that 10 years ago would have been a reason for military takeover...
...choose to focus on these side issues when a major part of the problem is the fact that 28 percent of people in the 18-24 age group are uninsured, the highest of any group. There needs to be a voice telling students that the current healthcare bill in Congress will have a direct effect on our lives from the day we graduate until retirement. The healthcare system that has been handed down since World War II is certainly broken in many ways, but the current “reform” plans need to be fully examined for their...