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War surtax: 'Pay as you fight'

I don't see why not. Tax the rich. After all, it's their profits that are being protected. Just ask Dick Cheney and Halliburton. I don't see why not. Tax the rich. After all, it's their profits that are being protected. Just ask Dick Cheney and ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dick Cheney,  Halliburton,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Hard math for Dems - and middle class

Counting to 60 in the Senate is only the beginning of the tough math that bedevils Democrats these days as they try to pass health reform, survive a bad economy and appeal more to the middle-class voters whose support they’ll need in the 2010 elections. ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid,  Barack Obama,  Jim Clyburn (politician)

Pelosi: Job help must be 'right'

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she hopes to move on a jobs bill next month but cautioned against rushing in before Democrats have found the 'right initiative' to deal with what’s proved to be a very stubborn, deep recession for workers. ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  AFL-CIO

Bishops reprise old abortion fight

Thirty-three years ago this fall, a bitter, race-tinged fight over abortion matched Roman Catholic bishops and the House against the nation’s first popularly elected black senator, Republican Ed Brooke of Massachusetts. Now, with health care reform on ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  U.S. Republican Party,  Nancy Pelosi,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Henry Hyde

Wild Garlic take out business opens in Amesbury

From the moment you enter Elizabeth Fischer’s take out eatery on Friend Street, you cannot help but notice that something smells good-good-good. And that first impression is important to the German-born chef who opened up her newest food-based business, ...

From DAVID ROGERS, Amesbury News,  13 Nov 2009

Amesbury artists prepare studios for this weekend's public tours

Artists throughout Amesbury will be opening their doors to the public this weekend as part of the 13th annual open studio tour. The tour gives people the opportunity to not only see the places where diverse and eclectic artwork is conceived, created ...

From DAVID ROGERS, Amesbury News,  13 Nov 2009

Rogers: Stupak amendment smart for Dems

It would be political suicide to admit this if he truly felt this way, but President Obama should be grateful Congress last weekend passed the universal health care bill as it did, with limits on funding for abortion, even if that provision has raised ...

From DAVID ROGERS, Amesbury News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bart Stupak,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Inouye balks at war funding fix

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye put the brakes on Pentagon speculation Monday that new funding for additional troops in Afghanistan could be quickly inserted into year-end spending bills pending in Congress. Such a strategy ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  White House

Amesbury readies for Veterans Day

Veterans from several wars will be marching through the streets of Amesbury next Wednesday, Nov. 11, as part of the town’s annual Veterans Day parade. The parade is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. outside the Amesbury Fire Department, on School Street. ...

From DAVID ROGERS, Amesbury News,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Moore,  Veterans of Foreign Wars

W.H. feels pressure on jobs, spending

Caught between Tuesday’s election results and Friday’s unemployment numbers, the White House faces increased pressure to slow spending next year but also to produce more Main Street jobs to match Wall Street’s recovery. Going into the 2011 budget ...

From DAVID ROGERS, The Politico,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Labor Department

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