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What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

Originally published February 28, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

I couldn’t miss the

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, In the News, Nebraska, US Senate Tagged With: a bob kerrey song playlist, bob kerrey, campaign for senate, campaign humor, candidate filing deadline, candidates for u.s. senate, dancing in the dark, dave heineman, democratic party, election signs, former u.s. senator bob kerrey, general election, governor bob kerrey, governor dave, governor of nebraska, harry reid, have you ever had to make up your mind?, is bob kerrey running for senate?, kerrey rethinking run for senate, kerrey senate campaign, lincoln journal star, music and politics, nebraska democratic party, nebraska elections, nebraska filing deadline, nebraska politics, nebraska senate race, nebraska senate seat, nelson, playlists for politicians, senate elections, senate majority leader harry reid, senator ben nelson, senator bob kerrey, u.s. senate, united states senate, will bob kerrey run?

Deserving of Darts: Debt Ceiling Trial Balloons From Dems and GOP

Originally published July 18, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 7, 2014. 1 Comment

Deserving of Darts: Debt Ceiling Trial Balloons From Dems and GOP

Considering that most of the wheeling and dealing involved in government goes on behind closed doors, more likely than not, most of what we Americans hear and see playing out in the media is simply maneuvering. These P.R. battles seem to provide politicians the ability to “throw some red meat” to their respective bases of […]

Filed Under: Budget, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Taxes Tagged With: 14th amendment, 14th amendment debt ceiling, balance of powers, bipartisan gangs, bipartisanship, boehner's obama gamble, budget cuts, bush tax cuts, call democrats bluff, chuck schumer, chuckie schumer, circumventing constitution, class warfare, clinton gingrich government shut down, congress closed door meetings, corporate jets, cutting federal government, debate, debt ceiling, debt ceiling debate, debt ceiling scare tactics, debt ceiling showdown, debt default, debt limit, debt limit negotiations, debt negotiations, democratic scare tactics, dick durbin, dollar compared to gold, eat the rich, economic collapse, economic uncertainty, federal spending, financial market stability, gang of six, government shut down, government spending, grand bargain, grand bargain on debt limit, green jobs, harry reid, hatchet vs scalpel, health care law, high speed rail, history of debt limit increases, history of dollar value, house of representatives, interest payments on national debt, john boehner, lame duck session of congress, legislative functions, legislative powers, mcconnell debt limit proposal, michael bennett, mitch mcconnell, money bubble, obama - boehner, obama raise debt ceiling, obamacare, political maneuvering, political trial balloons, politicians hot air, powers of legislative branch, president obama, president social security, prioritizing spending, regime uncertainity, revenue and appropriations bills, scalpel vs hatchet, senate minority leader, senator lindsey graham, separation of powers, separation of powers doctrine, social security, speaker boehner, speaker john boehner, spending cuts, stimulus funds, tax hikes, tax the rick, tim geithner, timothy geithner, treasury secretary geithner, u.s. constitution, u.s. debt interest, u.s. default, u.s. house of representatives, u.s. tax revenues, unspent stimulus money, value of u.s. dollar, why republicans lose debates

Ben Nelson Received $500k From DNC For Post Health Care Vote TV Ads

Originally published August 20, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 20, 2010. Leave a Comment

Ben Nelson Received $500k From DNC For Post Health Care Vote TV Ads

Ain’t it grand? Nebraska’s Ben Nelson apparently is better at cutting deals than a Persian bizarre rug salesman. In addition to securing “The Cornhusker Kickback” in exchange for his health care vote, it seems Nelson also made sure he obtained some big money to provide himself with political advertising cover. The Democratic National Committee provided […]

Filed Under: Bar Room Banter, Featured, Stirred Not Shaken Tagged With: Ben Nelson, ben nelson healthcare vote, chuck schumer, constitutional liberty coalition, cornhusker kickback, democratic national committee, dnc, dnc tv ads nelson, Facts are Stubborn Things, Featured, free enterprise, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, harry reid, limited government, nebraska, nelson, nelson 60th vote, nelson ads, nelson cloture vote, nelson deals, nelson holiday bowl, nelson votes, political ads, sen. nelson, senator ben nelson, senator nelson, shelli dawdy, sleazy deals healthcare, stubborn facts, tv commercials nelson, washington politicians

URGENT: Senator Nelson Health Care Updates AND Rally Tuesday 12/22 MORE To Come

Originally published December 19, 2009, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. Leave a Comment

Included in this post: * Updates regarding status of health care bill * Advice to Nebraskans from Senator David Vitter on influencing Sen. Nelson * Tuesday, December 22 Rally at Senator Nelson’s Office in Lincoln * Support from other states ______________ * Updates regarding status of health care bill (Links for the information noted below […]

Filed Under: Action Alerts, Ben Nelson, Events, Federal Legislation, Grassroots in Nebraska, Health Care Tagged With: Ben Nelson, christmas eve healthcare vote, cloture, cloture vote, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, grassrootsne, harry reid, Health Care, health care reform, healthcare, healthcare rally, healthcare reform, lincoln, lincoln ne, lincoln rally, ne, nebraska, nebraska grassroots, nelson's office, sen. ben nelson, sen. nelson, senate, senator, senator nelson, senator reid, Tea Party, teaparty

In the News: Week of September 23-30, 2009

Originally published October 2, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated October 2, 2009. Leave a Comment

In Nebraska

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