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Despite countless assurances from the president that we're safer now than we were before 9/11 this past week we learned the truth----the world is more dangerous today than it was pre-9/11, and the war in Iraq is the main reason why.
America is not safer today than it was before 9/11. The president can continue to deny this fact in speeches across the country, but his own intelligence agencies concluded that the world is not safer today and that the main reason is the ongoing war in Iraq.
This week Republicans have turned to their two favorite political tactics----smear and fear.
The American taxpayer is being ripped off by the Republican Prescription Drug law. Any Republican who wants to dispute this fact should take a look at yesterday's New York Times.
Last week's disappointing job creation numbers once again highlight that the Bush economy continues to fail America's families.
Over the next couple of days, we are going to hear a lot from House Republicans about how they are FINALLY being fiscally responsible by giving the president a line-item veto.
The average cost for four years of college at a state university is now over 40,000 dollars, and the cost to attend a private university now tops 107,000 dollars. These massive costs are far too much for many families to cover.
I've heard a lot of outrageous comments in my time. I usually choose to ignore them, but this time I feel compelled to speak out.
Republicans are at it again, bringing up bills they claim will help average consumers, but which are actually just handouts to big oil.
A group of House Republicans last week seriously undermined our nation's ability to fight the war on terror when they objected to more than $500 million in funding that directly affects our veterans and our soldiers in combat.