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Dan Boren among 19 Demo speaker-vote dissenters

Oklahoma 2nd District Congressman Dan Boren proved me wrong. Rather than vote a fourth time for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House (he voted for her in 2005, 2007, and 2009), the Democrat joined 10 colleagues in voting for North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler for speaker. Another eight Democrats...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 5, 2011 11:59 PM

Boren named Blue Dog whip

Congratulations to Oklahoma 2nd District Congressman Dan Boren for being named whip of the 54-member Blue Dog Coalition, the congressional caucus for Democrats who claim to hold mainstream values. Nevertheless, when the new Congress takes its first vote, Boren will, for the fourth time -- which is to say, at...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 17, 2010 10:15 PM

Dan Boren pulls off the mask...

(Photoshop kindly provided by ExurbanJon of Exurban League, who had created similar images for Arizona's so-called Blue Dog Democrats, who are, in reality, "Pelosi's Poodles.") The most important vote a congressman casts is the vote for Speaker. That vote determines who will control committee chairmanships, who will control the...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2010 1:03 PM

Bailout press conference video

Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, George Soros, Herbert and Marion Sandler: They're all here....

Posted by Michael Bates on October 6, 2008 11:05 PM