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Democrats concede on Guantanamo Bay

In a clear setback for President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats moved Tuesday to both wipe out $80 million in new funding for the closing the Guantanamo detention facility and bar the administration from moving prisoners to U.S. soil until there is a more detailed plan provided to lawmakers.

Read more here.

Where is all the liberal outrage?

I haven't hear any, so it must mean they agree with President Bush on Gitmo.

3,000,000 Jobs?

Obama promised his "stimulus plan" was going to save or create 3,000,000 jobs.

Notsomuch.

Not the Change Kenosha was Hoping for

From Congressman Sensenbrenner

(emphasis added)

Washington, May 11 -

The “restructuring” of jobs at the Chrysler Kenosha Engine Plant is a prime and realistic example of why I voted against the bailout funding, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the other mass amounts of spending Democrats have done over the last few months in the name of “economic recovery.”

Since the spend-a-thon started, I’ve held many Town Hall Meetings. At each of these meetings I hear how the people of Wisconsin are fed-up with their hard-earned taxpayer dollars being spent on subsidizing failing corporations. In my opinion, no corporation is too big to fail.

But now, the President has added insult to injury. Despite many vocal objections, the Obama Administration approved the restructuring plan with Chrysler’s bankruptcy filing on April 30, 2009. What this means is that the 800 employees of Chrysler’s Kenosha Engine Plant will face “restructuring” (read: lose their jobs), AND they, along with their fellow Wisconsinites will be paying for their jobs to be relocated to a facility in Mexico.

Yes, you read that correctly. Chrysler is asking for an additional $8 billion from the government, on top of the $4 billion they’ve already received, to help implement their plan in Mexico, despite the proper resources already existing at the Kenosha Engine Plant.

Now, outsourcing jobs in a terrible economic market is really bad governing; but then having those workers help pay for their jobs to be outsourced through taxpayer bailout funds is a slap in the face and absolutely appalling. This is not the economic recovery Wisconsinites hoped for and expected.

Last Thursday, I sent a strongly worded letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner asking him to deny future bailout funds to Chrysler if it goes forward with outsourcing American jobs to Mexico. I know others in the Wisconsin delegation continue to take similar actions with the Administration to bring about a positive resolution for the people of Wisconsin. Under no circumstances, should we be rewarding these types of action with more money. Let’s hope the Administration reaches that conclusion as well, before it’s too late.

I guess when the President says that it’s time for change – he should really talk to those 800 employees who are about to experience some real life change.

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Bailout benefactors donating to Obama's campaigns

Did you know that Barack Obama is still soliciting campaign donations for his Senate campaign?

Did you know that Barack Obama was soliciting those campaign funds even after he was elected President?

Did you know that one of Obama's biggest donors runs Goldman Sachs, a company bailed out by the tax dollars?

The Washington Times seems to be the only folks reporting on this right now:

President Obama continued collecting money for his 2010 Senate re-election campaign even after he resigned his seat from Illinois, including a maximum $2,300 donation the day after Christmas from a top executive of a Wall Street firm that had received a government bailout.

There appears to be nothing illegal about the donation. Aren't you just a little bit curious why his Senate campaign continues to raise money?

Obama's senate campaign is not in debt. In fact, there is plenty of money in that account. They are actually out there soliciting funds. Why are folks being asked to donate to a Senate campaign fund for a person that will never ever run for the senate again.

It is pretty easy to see why the Goldman Sachs guy donated to Obama's senate campaign in December. If you want to circumvent maximum campaign donation laws, then donate to a different campaign committee. For example, legally the Goldman Sachs guy had already donated the maximum allowed under federal law to Obama's presidential campaign, so if he wants to give more money to Obama, then just donate to a different campaign fund. Which is precisely what this guy appears to have done.

So much for getting the big money out of politics, huh?

So the real questions are why is this account still actively soliciting funds? What do they plan on using the money for? How many people are circumventing the campaign finance laws?

Hat Tip WisGOP