Tag Archives: Jon Kyl

Climate Change in the 80s

Posted on June 26, 2011 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Joe Heller In other news, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), who walked out of budget negotiations along with Eric Cantor, went to bat for Big Oil today on Fox News Sunday, and the tires of 51 floats headed for … Continue reading →

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Scrubbing a Lie from the Record

Posted on April 22, 2011 at 5:49 pm by Bob Cesca

Jon Kyl lied about Planned Parenthood on the floor of the Senate. And now he’s scrubbing the congressional record to remove the lie: The original statement from Kyl: “If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s … Continue reading →

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Crazy Quote of the Day

Posted on April 9, 2011 at 9:56 am by Bob Cesca

“[Senator Jon Kyl's] remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, an organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does subsidize abortions.” An official statement from Jon Kyl’s office So, … Continue reading →

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Doof Quote of the Day

Posted on October 18, 2009 at 3:18 pm by Bob Cesca

“I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance. But because they don’t have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most efficient way.” —Senator Jon … Continue reading →

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A Wonky Snap! For Kent Conrad

Posted on September 26, 2009 at 10:08 am by Bob Cesca

I’ve been a ballbuster on Kent Conrad lately — and he deserves it. But credit where credit is due, he nailed a Republican during markup this week. It wasn’t as much of a zinger as Senator Stabenow’s takedown of Jon … Continue reading →

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Go Senator Stabenow!

Posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:04 pm by Bob Cesca

Today in the Finance Committee: SENATOR KYL: “I don’t need maternity care, and so requiring that to be in my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy more expensive.” SENATOR STABENOW: “I think your … Continue reading →

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Real Life 'Death Panels' – Again

Posted on August 20, 2009 at 2:51 pm by Bob Cesca

The Republicans must really believe they’ve won the healthcare debate because they can’t stop tipping their hand and telling the nation what they really think: Asked by ABC News about a package of insurance market reforms that have been endorsed … Continue reading →

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No-Op

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 6:37 pm by Bob Cesca

Shocker! A key member of Republican leadership in the Senate declared on Tuesday that a cooperative approach to health insurance was merely a “Trojan horse” for a government-run system. In a conference call with reporters, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl … Continue reading →

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