The Truth Shall Out - Obama , PNAC ,Cheney

[kelligesq]

and the jailbird training Obama volunteers.

What I especially liked was this, speaks volumes about who Obama is. I've been waiting for his mask to come off.

Robert Kagan, a leading neoconservative and co-founder of the New American Century,(along with Cheney) the group which called for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein,(and demanded we attack Iraq) has praised Obama fulsomely


http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/16/143326/350

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Ann Coulter endorses Hillary. n/t

[robbedvoter]

3. Actually, she just said she hates McCain more

[kelligesq]

5. read mydd and learn a little cause

a retort of Ann Coulter endorsing Hillary is just plain non sequitor

[NanceGreggs]

8. No, actually, it is directly on point.

If you want to make an issue of who endorses who, this is fair game.

[goldcanyonaz]

37. Ann Coulter played the "endorsement" game to get people to vote for Obama.

This has been their grand scheme all along. Get Clinton out and go for the easy kill, Obama.

They have been voting for him since Iowa, and are now being told to vote in Texas for Obama to get Clinton out of the game. You truly believe that the Republicans aren't geniuses at this political game? They're playing us like fools.

[GarbagemanLB]

51. Wow. You can read minds?!? Please, tell me what I'm thinking!

[Mags]

92. Your are right on this. I believe it with all my heart.

[NanceGreggs]

95. Yeah, geniuses all ...

... they've 'geniused' themselves into still pushing a war that the majority of Americans want out of, an idiotic president who can't even be mentioned by GOP candidates for fear of being associated with Mr. 24% and his scatterbrained schemes that have sunk the country, its economy, its world standing, its educational system, and its infra-structure - but, oh yeah, there's the Math, which lost them the Senate and House majorities in '06.

And now they're stuck with McCain, a man quickly slipping into senility who can't even get his own party members to support him.

Genius!

[jackson_dem]

10. That's what they do when facing cognitive dissonance

[MadBadger]

2. The Truth Shall Out

Wha????

[Tellurian]

38. Obama's Chicago District. LOOK at how well he took care of his Constituents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqu3u9ISctA

WHERE'S....."THE CHANGE"???

[kelligesq]

52. well , he didnt say what kind of change ...

[FrenchieCat]

4. aren't you tired of throwing the mud?

Obama didn't buy into the "cakewalk"...if you remember.

He didn't buy into Kyl-Lieberman. Remember?

But there was someone who did...and it ain't Barack!

Delivered on 26 October 2002 at an anti-war rally

I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.

That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

Now let me be clear – I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity.

He’s a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.

I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.

I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president today. You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure that the UN inspectors can do their work, and that we vigorously enforce a non-proliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of nuclear material, and that nations like Pakistan and India never use the terrible weapons already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.

Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.

The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not – we will not – travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack_Obama's_Iraq_Speech

[kelligesq]

6. aren't you tired of repeating mantras

[FrenchieCat]

16. You mean.....the truth? Nope. The truth eventually wins.......

even when lies and inuendos are told over and over again in order to attempt to confuse the truth with playing the lies you tell.



What Obama is not for in addition is having Cluster bomb mines laying around in civilian areas. Hillary of course, is for it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rees/clinton-obama-and-clust_b_84811.html

[jackson_dem]

12. What did he say about Kyl-Lieberman before the vote if he didn't "buy into it"?

Or how about after the vote during the debate when he was asked about Iran?

[FrenchieCat]

17. and......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4306591

[jackson_dem]

24. I take that as he said nothing? He had no position on a "vote for war"?

How does that work? He couldn't muster a view on whether to go to war or not? Or did he vote present and then follow the polls after seeing the traction Edwards got from denouncing it?

[stillcool]

94. that whole Kyl-Lieberman thing again?

I thought that was all understood by now. Obama was in DC when Reid tabled the bill and said it would not be coming to the floor anytime soon...I believe there is video on C-Span.org...Later, while at at campaign event in NH, he was told that Reid had decided to bring the vote to the floor within an hour. He then issued a statement condemning the bill, and spoke about it at the event. Make of it what you will.

[Seeker30]

15. Who's speech really was that?

[FrenchieCat]

18. It sure in the fuck wasn't Hillary Clinton's, that we know for sure.......

[Tellurian]

46. No- he HOPED to STEAL Hillary's Plans and Hoped (some more ) it would GO UNnoticed

Jake Tapper was on GMA to talk about Obama using Deval Patricks’ speeches.

Here are few instances of Obama copying Hillarys plans:

Hillary’s Gulf Coast Recovery Plan:

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=5784

Infrastructure Bank:

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=5949

Stimulus Plan:

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=5386

[FrenchieCat]

54. He didn't steal shit......Hillaryis44

here's discussion on the real thief! http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/20/clinton-ripped-off-edwards%E2%80%99-health-care-plan-says-wife/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2007/09/25/2007-09-25_clintons_tanked_90s_health_plan_for_clou-3.html

[Tellurian]

63. Grow-UP.. and behave like a civilized poster..

and stop your childish bullying people with your potty mouth...we're sick of you fouling up the board with the filth you spew on a daily basis! Get used to it! Obama is a second string candidate and will NOT be the nominee!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

75. you go girl!

[FrenchieCat]

83. Don't speechify me.......

You candidate is a second rate riding on her husband's coattail.

That is your problem that a majority sees that now.

[Mags]

93. Thank you,thank you, thank you for that post.

[Straight Shooter]

47. He didn't even bother to vote on Kyl/Lieberman, so he could have it both ways if he needed to.

The man has a problem with committing himself on the record.

[FrenchieCat]

56. NO, but your Clinton sure did........

So how is he the PNAC one, yet she votes with them?

[FrenchieCat]

7. More.....

These two videos from 2002 compare and contrast the mental faculties and foreign policy capabilities of the two candidates:

Sen. Clinton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0

Sen. Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXzmXy226po

[Chasing Dreams]

22. Thanks Frenchie for the links.

It is time to end the Bush-McCain-Clinton Iraq War.

[kelligesq]

9. wake up

unless you're one of the trainees

[FrenchieCat]

11. More....

Obama Says Gitmo Facility Should Close

The Democratic presidential hopeful pledged to work side-by-side with the rest of the world on issues like nuclear proliferation, poverty, economic development in Latin America and the violence in Darfur.

"While we're at it," he said, "we're going to close Guantanamo. And we're going to restore habeas corpus. ... We're going to lead by example _ by not just word but by deed. That's our vision for the future."

Habeas corpus is a tenet of the Constitution that protects people from unlawful imprisonment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/24/AR2007062401046.html

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Human Rights Should Be Bigger than Politics
Senator Barack Obama delivered this speech on the floor of the US Senate, in reaction to Senate passage of S. 3930, Military Commissions Act of 2006, which approved US torture of detainees and strips Constitutional rights away from detainees.
Senator Obama decries the placement of politics over human rights, and condemns S. 3930. He states, "This is not how a serious Administration would approach the problem of terrorism."
http://usliberals.about.com/od/extraordinaryspeeches/a/ObamaTorture.htm

excerpts from Obama's statement...

In the five years that the President's system of military tribunals has existed, not one terrorist has been tried. Not one has been convicted. And in the end, the Supreme Court of the United found the whole thing unconstitutional, which is why we're here today.

We could have fixed all of this in a way that allows us to detain and interrogate and try suspected terrorists while still protecting the accidentally accused from spending their lives locked away in Guantanamo Bay. Easily. This was not an either-or question.

Instead of allowing this President - or any President - to decide what does and does not constitute torture, we could have left the definition up to our own laws and to the Geneva Conventions, as we would have if we passed the bill that the Armed Services committee originally offered.

Instead of detainees arriving at Guantanamo and facing a Combatant Status Review Tribunal that allows them no real chance to prove their innocence with evidence or a lawyer, we could have developed a real military system of justice that would sort out the suspected terrorists from the accidentally accused.

And instead of not just suspending, but eliminating, the right of habeas corpus - the seven century-old right of individuals to challenge the terms of their own detention, we could have given the accused one chance - one single chance - to ask the government why they are being held and what they are being charged with.
http://usliberals.about.com/od/extraordinaryspeeches/a/ObamaTorture.htm

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html

For one thing, under an Obama presidency, Americans will be able to leave behind the era of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and "wiretaps without warrants," he said. (He was referring to the lingering legal fallout over reports that the National Security Agency scooped up Americans' phone and Internet activities without court orders, ostensibly to monitor terrorist plots, in the years after the September 11 attacks.)

It's hardly a new stance for Obama, who has made similar statements in previous campaign speeches, but mention of the issue in a stump speech, alongside more frequently discussed topics like Iraq and education, may give some clue to his priorities.

In our own Technology Voters' Guide, when asked whether he supports shielding telecommunications and Internet companies from lawsuits accusing them of illegal spying, Obama gave us a one-word response: "No."

[islandmkl]

13. who'da ever f***in' thought?...gotta rethink the whole program now...

f***in' neocons alluding ANYTHING about the LEFT is preposterous and laughable...This shit belongs in DU: GENERAL DISCUSSION: RIGHT WING COMEDY

[kelligesq]

14. more from the article: 'THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE, I JUST DIDNT

"There is a sucker born every minute, I hear.

I just didn't realize they'd all join up at once and chant, "Yes We Can!"

[FrenchieCat]

19. You are a smear peddler. Remember your name......

cause no one else will.

[kelligesq]

20. The Blogger Who Wrote This Cracked Me Up

How do you believe in someone who says he'll agree to public campaign financing and now is taking it back?

How do you believe in someone who claimed not to have PACs and now is found to have donated more than 4 times what Clinton did to Super Delegates? $10,000 each

How do you believe in someone who says he's for gun control in one state and against it in another state?

How do you believe in someone who claims not to be playing the race card and then gets caught circulating a memo detailing how to do just that?

How do you believe in someone who sends Jesse Jackson Jr. to intimidate black candidates who support Clinton?

[FrenchieCat]

26. This is what makes you a smear peddler.......

Obama doesn't have to honor a goddamn thing....he ain't even the Nominee at this time. So kiss his ass on that one.

Only the most ignorant wouldn't know that what you are talking about is who helped which candidate and by how much while that candidate was running. Hillary Clinton took $4,200 from Obama's PAC....that he donated to help her win her fucking senate seat. Yes, he was more generous in helping us regain the fucking senate.......but try to confuse everyone, you smear peddler....you and your politics of hate.

The memo circulating was a diary/journal of the race baiting that had been done by the Hillary camp.

Here's another one of those that the Obama camp didn't even bother with....

“The Hispanic voter—and I want to say this very carefully—has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates.” —Clinton pollster Sergio Bendixen
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/01/12/clinton-pollster-latinos-too-racist-to-vote-for-obama

Clinton at Root of Racist Stereotyping - Hispanics vs Blackswashingtonpost.com — Where did this come from? "Hispanics traditionally do not like Blacks." Since when? This is a racist, divisive falsehood that the Clinton Campaign has created and nurtured as a 'historical statement' in an attempt to pit the political arena against Obama. First mentioned by a Hillary pollster and then affirmed by Clinton herself. There is no proof.
http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Clinton_at_Root_of_Racist_Stereotyping_Hispanics_vs_Blacks

A few weeks ago, Sergio Bendixen, a Clinton pollster and Hispanic expert, publicly articulated what campaign officials appear to have been whispering for months. In an interview with Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker, Bendixen explained that "the Hispanic voter - and I want to say this very carefully - has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates."

The spin worked. For the last several weeks, it's been on the airwaves (Tucker Carlson, "Hardball," NPR), generally tossed off as if it were conventional wisdom. And it has shown up in sources as far afield as Agence France-Presse and the London Daily Telegraph, which wrote about a "voting bloc traditionally reluctant to support black candidates."

The spin also helped shape the analysis of the Jan. 19 Nevada caucus, in which Clinton won the support of Hispanic voters by a margin of better than 2 to 1. Forget the possibility that Nevada's Hispanic voters may have actually preferred Clinton or, at the very least, had a fondness for her husband; pundits embraced the idea that Hispanic voters simply didn't like the fact that her opponent was black.

But was Bendixen's blanket statement true?

Far from it, and the evidence is overwhelming enough to make you wonder why in the world the Clinton campaign would want to portray Hispanic voters as too unrelentingly racist to vote for Barack Obama.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=713782







you guys are despicably fucking desperate!

[Tellurian]

50. yeah, Cry me a river when Obama gets his ass handed to him in the next few weeks...

Hillary will be gracious and throw him a Pity Party!

Obama is not worthy for the Top Job... not because he's black, but because he is unqualified!

[FrenchieCat]

58. Ok Hillaryis44.org person......

whatever.

Hillary ain't qualified to do shit except to ask her husband for permission....and drag him on her job interviews with her. That's not progress.

She ain't anymore qualified than is Obama.......

OBAMA Senate bills sponsored :
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
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S.CON.RES.53 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that any effort impose photo identification requirements for voting should be rejected.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/20/2005) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 9/20/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


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S.697 : A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve higher education
, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 4/5/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/5/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.918 : A bill to provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 4/27/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.969 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic
, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 4/28/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.1180 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize various programs servicing the needs of homeless veterans for fiscal years 2007 through 2011,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/7/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2005 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.


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S.1194 : A bill to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish guidelines and procedures for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods and segments.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/8/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.1426 : A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize and extend provisions relating to contaminant prevention detection, and response.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/19/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.1630 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the National Emergency Family Locator System.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/7/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/7/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


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S1638 : A bill to provide for the establishment of programs and activities to assist in mobilizing an appropriate healthcare workforce in the event of a health emergency or natural disaster.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/8/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/8/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.1685 : A bill to ensure the evacuation of individuals with special needs in times of emergency.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/12/2005) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/12/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


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S.1770 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit for 2005 in order to provide needed funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to stimulate local economies.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/26/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 9/26/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.1920 : A bill to amend the Clean Air Ac t to establish a renewable diesel standard, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 10/25/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 10/25/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.1975 : A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/8/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


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S.2045 : A bill to provide incentives to the auto industry to accelerate efforts to develop more energy-efficient vehicles to lessen dependence on oil.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.2047 : A bill to promote healthy communities.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.2048 : A bill to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/17/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


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S.2125 : A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 12/16/2005) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations; House International Relations
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 109-456


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S.2149 : A bill to authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 12/20/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/20/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.2179 : A bill to require openness in conference committee deliberations and full disclosure of the contents of conference reports and all other legislation.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 1/18/2006) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 1/18/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


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S.2201 : A bill to amend title 49, United States Code , to modify the mediation and implementation requirements of section 40122 regarding changes in the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 1/26/2006) Cosponsors (38)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


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26. S.2247 : A bill to promote greater use of information technology in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/6/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2006 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.


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27. S.2257 : A bill to provide for an enhanced refundable credit for families who resided in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area on August 28, 2005.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/8/2006) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/8/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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28. S.2259 : A bill to establish an Office of Public Integrity in the Congress and a Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/8/2006) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Major Action: 2/8/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


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29. S.2261 : A bill to provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/8/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/8/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


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S.2280 : A bil l to stop transactions which operate to promote fraud, risk, and under-development, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/14/2006) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


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S.2286 : A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to eliminate the separate work participation rate for 2-parent families under the temporary assistance for needy families programs.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/14/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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32. S.2319 : A bill to provide for the recovery from Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 2/16/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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33. S.2348 : A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a licensee to notify the Atomic Energy Commission, and the State and county in which a facility is located, whenever there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of allowable limits.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/1/2006) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Senate Reports: 109-347
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.


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34. S.2358 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/2/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


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35. S.2359 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative under the Medicare program to assess and report on health care quality in hospitals.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/2/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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36. S.2441 : A bill to authorize resources for a grant program for local educational agencies to create innovation districts.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/16/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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37. S.2446 : A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/16/2006) Cosponsors (2) Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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38. S.2484 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the disclosure of tax return information by tax return preparers to third parties.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/30/2006) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.2506 : A bill to require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 4/4/2006) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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S.2984 : A bill to require certain profitable oil companies to expend 1 percent of recent quarterly profits to install E-85 fuel pumps in the United States.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 5/23/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


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S.3475 : A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/7/2006) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/7/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


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S.3554 : A bill to establish an alternative diesel standard,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/21/2006) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.3627 : A bill to prohibit the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy from selling, distributing, or transferring elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/29/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 6/29/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.3631 : A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/11/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 7/11/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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S.3694 : A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/19/2006) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.3757 : A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the "Katherine Dunham Post Office Building".

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/27/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/27/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Note: For further action, see H.R.5929, which became Public Law 109-333 on 10/12/2006.


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S.3822 : A bill to improve access to and appropriate utilization of valid, reliable and accurate molecular genetic tests by all populations thus helping to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 8/3/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


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S.3969 : A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities in the United States,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/28/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 9/28/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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64. S.3988 : A bill to amend title 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism
, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 9/28/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/28/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


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S.4069 : A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/16/2006) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


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S.4102 : A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of telecommunications devices for the purposes of preventing or obstructing the broadcast or exchange of election-related information.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 12/7/2006) Cosponsors (None) Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 12/7/2006 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


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S.AMDT.159 to S.CON.RES.18 To prevent and, if necessary, respond to an international outbreak of the avian flu.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/15/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 159 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.390 to H.R.1268 To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 4/13/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 4/14/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 390 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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S.AMDT.670 to H.R.3 To provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 5/11/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 5/12/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 670 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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S.AMDT.808 to H.R.6 To establish a program to develop Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuels from Illinois basin coal.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/20/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 6/23/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 808 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.851 to H.R.6 To require the Secretary to establish a Joint Flexible Fuel/Hybrid Vehicle Commercialization Initiative, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 6/22/2005) Cosponsors (1) Latest Major Action: 6/23/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 851 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.1264 to H.R.3057 To support a United States contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/18/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1264 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.1362 to S.1042 To require a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/21/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1362 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.1453 to S.1042 To ensure the protection of military and civilian personnel in the Department of Defense from an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/25/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 11/8/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 1453 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.2301 to H.R.3010 To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 10/26/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 10/27/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2301 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

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S.AMDT.2605 to S.2020 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should immediately address issues relating to no-bid contracting.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 11/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 11/17/2005 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2605 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.2930 to S.2349 To clarify tha t availability of legislation does not include nonbusiness days.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/7/2006) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2006 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2930 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.


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S.AMDT.2965 to S.2349 To ban employment negotiations to become lobbyists by Members of Congress and required recusal for senior congressional staff while in office.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/8/2006) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2006 Amendment SA 2965 ruled out of order by the chair.


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S.AMDT.2995 to S.2349 To expand the prohibition on lobbying in the year after leaving service to the Senate to include a prohibition on paid coordination activities.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/9/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2006 Amendment SA 2995 ruled out of order by the chair.


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S.AMDT.3144 to S.CON.RES.83 To provide a $40 million increase in FY 2007 for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and to improve job services for hard-to-place veterans.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/16/2006) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2006 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 3144 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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OFFICAL SENATOR BARACK OBAMA EXPERIENCE THREAD
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4027627


Obama - Handy guide on the issues
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/zulchzulu

More....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3957420

[Tellurian]

69. Here is the SUM of Obama's accomplishments in less then 2 minutes..

Why would anyone VOTE to turn over the country to a man that couldn't affect change in his own legislative district? It's not gonna happen..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqu3u9ISctA

[FrenchieCat]

61. and....

Words: Obama believes that corporations should be responsible for work conditions and pensions and that there should be tax incentives for corporate responsibility. He feels we should close tax loopholes for companies that relocate abroad and end tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs.

Actions: Obama voted AGAINST reforming bankruptcy to include means testing and restrictions (2005) and FOR repealing the tax subsidy for companies that move jobs offshore (2005).
http://www.issue2008.com/obama-on-corporationsregulation/
--------------
Levin, Coleman, Obama Introduce Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
Bill targets $100 billion in lost tax revenue each year from offshore tax dodges

WASHINGTON – Today, citing $100 billion in revenue drained from the U.S. Treasury at the expense of honest, hardworking American families who pay their fair share, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., introduced comprehensive legislation to stop offshore tax haven and tax shelter abuses.
...
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act is a strengthened version of a tax reform bill that Levin, Coleman, and Obama introduced in the last Congress. The legislation was strengthened as a result of a year-long Subcommittee investigation which resulted in a hearing and report on August 1, 2006, examining a series of case studies showing how U.S. taxpayers are using offshore secrecy jurisdictions to dodge U.S. taxes.

the 68-page bill would:

ESTABLISH PRESUMPTIONS TO COMBAT OFFSHORE SECRECY by allowing U.S. tax and securities law enforcement to presume that non-publicly traded, offshore corporations and trusts are controlled by the U.S. taxpayers who formed them or sent them assets, unless the taxpayer proves otherwise;

IMPOSE TOUGHER REQUIREMENTS ON U.S. TAXPAYERS USING OFFSHORE SECRECY JURISDICTIONS by listing 34 jurisdictions which have already been named in IRS court filings as probable locations for U.S. tax evasion;

AUTHORIZE SPECIAL MEASURES TO STOP OFFSHORE TAX ABUSES by giving Treasury authority to take special measures against foreign jurisdictions and financial institutions that impede U.S. tax enforcement;

STRENGTHEN DETECTION OF OFFSHORE ACTIVITIES by requiring U.S. financial institutions that open accounts for foreign entities controlled by U.S. clients, open accounts in offshore secrecy jurisdictions for U.S. clients, or establish entities in offshore secrecy jurisdictions for U.S. clients, to report such actions to the IRS;

CLOSE OFFSHORE TRUST LOOPHOLES by taxing offshore trust income used to buy real estate, artwork and jewelry for U.S. persons, and treating as trust beneficiaries those persons who actually receive offshore trust assets;

STRENGTHEN PENALTIES on tax shelter promoters by increasing the maximum fine to 150% of their ill-gotten gains, and on corporate insiders who hide offshore stock holdings by increasing the maximum fine on them to $1 million per violation of U.S. securities laws;

STOP TAX SHELTER PATENTS by prohibiting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from issuing patents for “inventions designed to minimize, avoid, defer, or otherwise affect liability for Federal, State, local, or foreign tax”; and

REQUIRE HEDGE FUNDS AND COMPANY FORMATION AGENTS TO KNOW THEIR OFFSHORE CLIENTS by requiring them to establish anti-money laundering programs like other U.S. financial institutions, under regulations to be issued by the Treasury Department.
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/newsroom/release.cfm?id=269479




Words: Obama believes that corporations should be responsible for work conditions and pensions and that there should be tax incentives for corporate responsibility. He feels we should close tax loopholes for companies that relocate abroad and end tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs.

Actions: Obama voted AGAINST reforming bankruptcy to include means testing and restrictions (2005) and FOR repealing the tax subsidy for companies that move jobs offshore (2005).
http://www.issue2008.com/obama-on-corporationsregulation/

US presidential hopeful Obama targets hedge funds with tax haven bill
http://www.hedgeweek.com/articles/detail.jsp?content_id=49947&livehome=true

Levin, Coleman, Obama Introduce Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
Bill targets $100 billion in lost tax revenue each year from offshore tax dodges

WASHINGTON – Today, citing $100 billion in revenue drained from the U.S. Treasury at the expense of honest, hardworking American families who pay their fair share, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., introduced comprehensive legislation to stop offshore tax haven and tax shelter abuses.
...
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act is a strengthened version of a tax reform bill that Levin, Coleman, and Obama introduced in the last Congress. The legislation was strengthened as a result of a year-long Subcommittee investigation which resulted in a hearing and report on August 1, 2006, examining a series of case studies showing how U.S. taxpayers are using offshore secrecy jurisdictions to dodge U.S. taxes.

the 68-page bill would:

ESTABLISH PRESUMPTIONS TO COMBAT OFFSHORE SECRECY by allowing U.S. tax and securities law enforcement to presume that non-publicly traded, offshore corporations and trusts are controlled by the U.S. taxpayers who formed them or sent them assets, unless the taxpayer proves otherwise;

IMPOSE TOUGHER REQUIREMENTS ON U.S. TAXPAYERS USING OFFSHORE SECRECY JURISDICTIONS by listing 34 jurisdictions which have already been named in IRS court filings as probable locations for U.S. tax evasion;

AUTHORIZE SPECIAL MEASURES TO STOP OFFSHORE TAX ABUSES by giving Treasury authority to take special measures against foreign jurisdictions and financial institutions that impede U.S. tax enforcement;

STRENGTHEN DETECTION OF OFFSHORE ACTIVITIES by requiring U.S. financial institutions that open accounts for foreign entities controlled by U.S. clients, open accounts in offshore secrecy jurisdictions for U.S. clients, or establish entities in offshore secrecy jurisdictions for U.S. clients, to report such actions to the IRS;

CLOSE OFFSHORE TRUST LOOPHOLES by taxing offshore trust income used to buy real estate, artwork and jewelry for U.S. persons, and treating as trust beneficiaries those persons who actually receive offshore trust assets;

STRENGTHEN PENALTIES on tax shelter promoters by increasing the maximum fine to 150% of their ill-gotten gains, and on corporate insiders who hide offshore stock holdings by increasing the maximum fine on them to $1 million per violation of U.S. securities laws;

STOP TAX SHELTER PATENTS by prohibiting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from issuing patents for “inventions designed to minimize, avoid, defer, or otherwise affect liability for Federal, State, local, or foreign tax”; and

REQUIRE HEDGE FUNDS AND COMPANY FORMATION AGENTS TO KNOW THEIR OFFSHORE CLIENTS by requiring them to establish anti-money laundering programs like other U.S. financial institutions, under regulations to be issued by the Treasury Department.
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/newsroom/release.cfm?id=269479

[FrenchieCat]

64. and.....

Obama's Global Poverty Act of 2007, passed out of committee just a few days ago

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) today hailed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's passage of the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. This legislation was introduced in December. Smith and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sponsored the House version of the bill (H.R. 1302), which passed the House last September.
http://obama.senate.gov /


what people are saying about this bill:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1302.html#usercomments

http://www.fantasycongress.com/legislation/S.2433

Legislation would aim to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) today hailed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's passage of the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. This legislation was introduced in December. Smith and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sponsored the House version of the bill (H.R. 1302), which passed the House last September.

"With billions of people living on just dollars a day around the world, global poverty remains one of the greatest challenges and tragedies the international community faces," said Senator Obama. "It must be a priority of American foreign policy to commit to eliminating extreme poverty and ensuring every child has food, shelter, and clean drinking water. As we strive to rebuild America's standing in the world, this important bill will demonstrate our promise and commitment to those in the developing world. Our commitment to the global economy must extend beyond trade agreements that are more about increasing corporate profits than about helping workers and small farmers everywhere. I commend Chairman Biden and Ranking Member Lugar for supporting this bill and moving it forward quickly."

"Poverty, hunger, and disease will be among the most serious challenges confronting the world in the 21st century," Senator Hagel said. "This legislation provides the President of the United States the framework and resources to help implement a comprehensive policy to reduce global poverty. It is the human condition that has always driven the great events of history. This is a responsibility of all citizens of the world."
http://obama.senate.gov/press/080213-obama_hagel_can_1 /

[LowerManhattanite]

102. “Obama is not worthy for the Top Job... ”

“...not because he's black, but because he is unqualified!”

Was anybody discussing race in this particular exchange? Where did THAT come from?

Someone's...fixated, apparently. Sad, that.

[kelligesq]

23. some more Kicks & Recs guys, this one is really funny

"There is a sucker born every minute, I hear.

I just didn't realize they'd all join up at once and chant, "Yes We Can!"

[DesEtoiles]

21. You have GOT to be kidding!!!!!

<---------------------- Shhh! He's a SPACE ALIEN determined to destroy the world! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[democrat_nanny]

25. NOT Robert Kagan, Robert Cremer - huge difference

Bob Cremer is the husband of Congresswoman (and Obama Campaign Chair) Jan Shakowsky. I went through Bob's little training camp in 2000 when he was supporting Gore. Bob is a major dirtbag. His training "academy" bordered on being one giant human rights violation. I couldn't even believe it when I saw that the Obama campaign had chosen any association with Bob. And, after the way Bob has treated his employees (calls it an internship, pays $100/week - and didn't manage to report this to the IRS hence the stay in the Federal Pen-, makes you work 100 hours a week) I continue to be surprised every time I see him "pop up" alongside a union endorsed candidate.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Do you have a link for that?

Thanks!

[kelligesq]

30. link

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/16/143326/350

[FrenchieCat]

33. Do you have a reputable source. I don't do mydd.

anymore.

[kelligesq]

48. Yah? Do you do Joe Conason? but

I doubt that you would believe anyone,

either paid provacateur or truly a kool aid victim

[FrenchieCat]

84. Barely.....He's a Clinton lover......

remember?

[democrat_nanny]

43. A link for what?

Sorry but my experience with Bob Cremer is not available via internet link. Not sure what you want. Google Robert Cremer. It's not like criminal convictions are a secret.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=20089

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/U.S.Rep.2.320652.html

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-31-congresswoman-husband_x.htm

[kelligesq]

28. You cant re-write the article - says Robert Kagan PNAC

[BlackVelvet04]

29. Some of us aren't surprised....

it's a very old trick...one that Atwater himself used.

But, no, the Obama supporters are so sure Obama has just swooned all of those republicans to his side.

[kelligesq]

32. The Manchurian Candidate - either way we

get a republican in the wh

[BlackVelvet04]

35. Yep. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

36. I know that Hillary WAS a Republican........

but that was a long time ago.

[kelligesq]

72. so that's a big secret? - pssst - the world knwe that for the past 40 years

[goldcanyonaz]

31. WOW, this is what so many of us have been screaming about these past few months. We're fucked now.

:cry:

[FrenchieCat]

34. Maybe you are......

if you believe the bullshit!

Are you drinking that yellow Kool-Aid? Me thinks so.

[BlackVelvet04]

40. The question that begs to be answered for me is...

WHY did John Kerry and Ted Kennedy push Obama to the forefront?

[kelligesq]

42. Teddy's ego

JFK started the civil rights, wants to finish the circle by installing the
first black prez - wants family name to be prominent

[BlackVelvet04]

44. And Kerry? n/t

[Tellurian]

74. Teddy and Kerry want unfettered access to POWER!

neither one of them need money. It's a "POWER GRAB" all day long.

Why do you think they're supporting OBIE the Puppet? Obama doesn't know his ass from his elbow how to run his own district and affect the "CHANGE" he yammers about! Obama is a failure because ALL he cares about IS Obama~

[kelligesq]

39. What comes after

the Kool-aid?

they'll all join the moonies - perfectly set up for it

[CorpGovActivist]

41. Understand very clearly: fair warning...

... you guys start this crap, the Vinod Gupta datafile is out.

- Dave

[BlackVelvet04]

45. what? n/t

[kelligesq]

49. oooewww, so

:scared:

l

[CorpGovActivist]

59. It's beneath an Edwards supporter to tag team Obama like that...

... I saw Edwards staring a hole thru Hillary when he mentioned the "status quo," and I think it's quite telling he hasn't come out against Obama, or for Hillary.

But - by all means - do launch that smear campaign, and see what it reaps Hillary.

- Dave

[kelligesq]

76. Truth is never a smear. Some people just need to believe in anything - even

Hitler, Stalin, Lennon, Marx, Idi Amin

hang onto anything

[CorpGovActivist]

87. This here is the high limit table. Fold, or lay down your cards.

Seriously, this sort of thing will - WILL - only cause the "held-in-reserve" data vaults on the Clintons to pop their failsafes.

So, I call.

- Dave

[kelligesq]

53. Yes We Can !!! Can what? I always wonder yes we can what?

I cant believe they run around all excited about sentences that say nothing.

[GarbagemanLB]

55. Kind of like how Hillary touts her 'record'. What record?!!?

[kelligesq]

70. not a hill bot, but at least she's a wonk and goes into detail, not slogans -

yes we can
yes we can
yes we can duh duh duh

[FrenchieCat]

85. That's exactly what she does.....

She has attempted to emulate Obama in her every move. It is really apparent to anyone who has paid attention. That's why she now screams and points and claps. :rofl:

[cooolandrew]

57. No, no don't beleive our own eyes he isn't packing out stadiums to over flow it's our imagination.

[GarbagemanLB]

62. We're all mindless zombies! Only the Hillbots know the truth!

[kelligesq]

78. some are, and some are

paid, like the kids that packed the caucuses.

Of coures the attorney generals of Washington, Iowa, South Carolina and a few
other states have begun to look into that game

[kelligesq]

79. 250 bucks each

[kelligesq]

66. Yep, with bused in kids

[ElsewheresDaughter]

73. don't confuse them with facts...they put you on ignore and play with themselves

[ElsewheresDaughter]

60. I knew this was what it is...I have been screaming it from the rooftop and few even care

[kelligesq]

67. It's okay Else, I think the whole sham is going to break open now

[casus belli]

65. Yawn.

At what point does the "Mr/Mrs XXXXXX who is the spawn of Satan endorses candidate XXXXX" end? Seriously. The candidates aren't choosing who supports them.

[Eurobabe]

68. Another one for the ignore list, BYE!

When is this going to be over?? *groan*

[ElsewheresDaughter]

71. why do you like your circle jerk so much...I don't understand blind faith

[FrenchieCat]

81. You support Hillary Clinton, who's achievements are

Supporting NAFTA, Bankruptcy Reform, Welfare Reform, Telecommunications acts, Cluster Bombs, IRan Resolutions, Lobbyists, supporting a philandering husband, etc., etc., etc.

You are the one supporting all of the things wrong with this country.

Here's Hillary and the defense industry:

Defense Industry Embraces Democrats, Hillary By Far The Favorite

The defense industry this year abandoned its decade-long commitment to the Republican Party, funneling the lion share of its contributions to Democratic presidential candidates, especially to Hillary Clinton who far out-paced all her competitors.

An examination of contributions of $500 or more, using the Huffington Post's Fundrace website, shows that employees of the top five arms makers - Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics -- gave Democratic presidential candidates $103,900, with only $86,800 going to Republicans.

Senator Clinton took in $52,600, more than half of the total going to all Democrats, and a figure equaling 60 percent of the sum going to the entire GOP field. Her closest competitor for defense industry money is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R.), who raised $32,000.

Insofar as defense workers making political donations reflect the interests of their employers, the contributions clearly suggest that the arms industry has reach the conclusion that Democratic prospects for 2008 are very good indeed. Since their profits are so heavily dependent on government contracts, companies in this field want to be sure they do not have hostile relations with the White House.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/17/defense-industry-embraces_n_68927.html


Weapons Industry WarLords Back Hillary Clinton, along with Wall Street Investment Bankers: her position on wars is like Lieberman Options
http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences/browse_thread/thread/72ddcef300b05e2a


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101907O.shtml

[ElsewheresDaughter]

86. you darl'in need to seek peace within....and let some of it shine out once in a while....honestly

[AntiFascist]

77. I disagree with the OP's basic premise...

Obama's foreign policy advisor Brzezinski has turned away from neoconservatism, calling for the peaceful bringing together of moderates in the ME and stressing that the Israeli-Palestine situation is central to solving broader conflicts.

What seems to be happening is that more fiscally conservative paleo-conservatives (who oppose neoconservatives) are willing to cross party lines in order to vote for Obama.

[kelligesq]

80. You cant disagree with the OP cause he didnt write the article you didnt read

[AntiFascist]

82. What I meant to say, then, is that I disagree with the article...

which I did click on and read through.

[Beregond2]

88. Whatever...

In Washington State, we went for Obama by a huge margin across all demographics, by caucus, not primary, so that undermines the whole theory you are positing.

18,000 people turned out for his rally in Seattle, and not one of them was paid. 3000 more were turned away.

And there is this: every Republican knows perfectly well that Hillary would be a much weaker candidate against McCain or any Republican. They haven't spent the past 18 years demonizing her to no purpose. It is, I suppose, possible that they are so clueless that they think it is still impossible for a black man to be elected President in this country. And therefore, they have decided to change horses in midstream and manipulate events so that Obama becomes the Democratic candidate. But they would have to have been clairvoyant, considering Obama's candidacy was not taken seriously by most people until fairly recently.

But come on; this kind of elaborate conspiracy just isn't realistic. Anyone who could buy this story probably also believes that the Illuminati run the world, and the dollar bill is a totem of Masonic skullduggery. There is medication for this kind of paranoia.

[kelligesq]

96. Joe Conason is a respeccted writer and author

with credentials

and you?

[eridani]

89. Both candidates are foursquare in favor of continued military imperialism

We have to choose between them on other grounds, and hope that the reality that we can no longer afford it may sink in after the election.

[kelligesq]

97. wll That's not what they say. WE have a choice to believe

whether they are telling the truth.
Clinton sounds sincere after her talk with Edwards.

Are you saying you dont find Obama believable?

[eridani]

101. I'm saying that neither one of them--

--has the slightest objection to the "oil law," which is nothing but overt theft, nor to defending "our" interests by hanging on to a slave labor built Vatican sized embassy.

Both want to increase the size of our military at a time when it is becoming clear that we can no longer afford military domination of the rest of the world. I find neither believable, and think that they both offer a kinder, gentler imperialism.

That said, organized pressure from below has a greater chance of influencing either compared to McCain, who is a borderline psychopath, IMO.

[avrdream]

90. Heh, heh. A quick view of thread participants shows me lots of ignored.

You must be pissing off certain Obama supporters with the truth.

It is going to come out people, whether here or there, BO is going to have to answer some questions. Are we ready to lose our Democratic Presidential slot to someone who isn't ready to answer the questions that are going to come up about him?

Give it a go, peeps. See what you can find that is new and shocking about Hillary. You can't or won't and the Repubs won't either.

[goldcanyonaz]

91. So very true, all her dirty laundry has been aired, even on this "Democratic" forum.

[kelligesq]

99. Yep, she is probably the most swift boated candidate there ever was.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

98. true that!

[LadyVT]

100. Great Post. The chorus grows louder...

and all it will take is one credible-seeming story on Obama's drug use, or affair with a man or woman, or shady dealing, or fundamentalist beliefs (all of which have been hinted at over the past many weeks), and WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE TRUE, there Obama will fall. It's happened so many times in the past. Argh. The young voters are set up for such a fall.

[LordJFT]

103. losing sucks doesn't it?

[faithfulcitizen]

104. Wow, over 2000 posts in 2 months! Maybe you should win a prize?

[incapsulated]

105. I've felt this all along

Like sheep being led to the fucking slaughter.

[theboss]

106. And the punchline is: John McCain as the nominee

First of all, I don't believe Republicans are as stupid as you make them out to be. But if they are, they got what they deserved: John "Amnesty" McCain.

If you put a gun to my head and asked me which Republican I wanted as the Republican nominee, it would be McCain.

Two reasons:

1. He hates conservatives and conservatives hate him. So, I don't think we are going to see a lot of running to the right to secure the base if he - god forbid - gets elected. I am pretty sure that I will easily survive a McCain presidency.

2. I think he will ultimately be a poor candidate come crunch time. He can't secure the base. He's a thousand years old. He looks like hell. I just think that by September, he is going to be running on fumes while whoever we nominate will be peaking.

[kelligesq]

107. Do they even know what PNAC is