The Lisbon Reporter

WELCOME TO THE LISBON REPORTER. In an effort to keep our community informed of what is going on at local and Federal levels of government, we decided to create this on-line newspaper. It is our hope that this on-line newspaper will help you stay informed so that you can get involved and take action for the benefit of our ENTIRE community. Thank you for visiting and please check back frequently for information about what is happening in LISBON/LISBON FALLS, MAINE USA

Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts

Saturday, January 14, 2017

GOPDD: Breaking News: Congress JUST Issued General James “Mad Dog” Mattis THIS Special Waiver

Jan 14, 2017 by William Smith

It’s official: a waiver has passed through Congress that will grant retired Marine General James “Mad Dog” Mattis a special exception from a rule prohibiting “former service members who have been out of uniform for less than seven years from holding the top Pentagon job” (via Fox News).
The Senate passed the bill yesterday, and today the House passed the waiver in a 268-151 vote. From here, Congress can proceed with the confirmation process.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

GOPDD: Rep Tancredo – Border Wall Good, Much Better With E-Verify

Jan 7, 2017 by Rick Wells

Former Colorado Congressman, Republican Tom Tancredo, was one of the first to base many of his policy positions on the multiple threats created by illegal immigration. He was also one of the first to transfer those concerns into a platform upon which to seek the office of President of the United States. He knows the subject well and while he supports the concept of building a border wall, has a recommendation for action that will produce equal or likely greater benefits for the American workers and the United States at virtually no cost, the mandated use of the E-Verify pre-employment work authorization verification system. In a Saturday article on Breitbart.com he explained that the current system is failing because those in power won’t allow it to succeed. He wrote:

GOPDD: House Resolution Condemns UN, Obama For Sneak Attack Against Israel

Jan 7, 2017 by Rick Wells

In a Thursday vote the US House demonstrated its strong support for Israel and equally considerable disdain for the UN with a 342-80 vote in favor of a non-binding resolution rebuking the United Nations for criticizing Israeli settlements in December’s UN Security Council Resolution 2334.
The bi-partisan, non-binding resolution declares American support for Israel and demands that the United States reject any future UN subterfuge which are similarly “one-sided and anti-Israel.”

Friday, January 6, 2017

GOPDD: Dems Introduce Bill to Make White People Pay Reparations for Slavery

Jan 6, 2017 by Harry Hibbs

For the last two decades Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, has proposed a bill in each Congress for reparations for African Americans.
This weeks member of the Congressional Black Caucus along with other Democrats have brought the issue to congress again and now a commission is being formed to determine if reparations will be paid to African Americans.

GOPDD: Pelosi Blames Media Allies – More Russia Disinfo Needed To Protect Clinton

Jan 6, 2017 by Rick Wells

It was during her weekly briefing with what pathetically passes for journalists today, the largely mainstream media propagandists, that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) publicly turned on them, allowing the general public to watch her in a moment of cannibalism. It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t logical and it wasn’t coherent. We don’t expect those things from Nancy Pelosi. It was entertaining, though and, as is customary, more than a bit on the distorted side of things.
Pelosi launched her attack almost apologetically, animated as if she’s on the verge of a Clinton-style seizure, saying, “I really say to you, my friends in the “press,” with all due respect for the guardians of the First Amendment that you are, that you were accomplices in this.”

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

GOPDD: Democrat Maxine Waters ‘I Don’t Trust Him,’ ‘I Don’t Believe Him,’ I Will Not Work With Trump

Dec 27, 2016 by Dylan

Monday on MSNBC while discussing if Democrats should try to find common ground and work with President-elect Donald Trump, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said, “I don’t trust him. I don’t believe him. I have no intentions sitting down with him. I am going to fight him every inch of the way.”
Waters said, “I tell you that’s been a problem in my party that when we are in power, we are nice. We bend over backwards to work with people. Trump has stepped on everybody. He has no respect for his own colleagues, let alone those on the opposite side of the aisle. He’s called names and lied and he’s done everything—he shows that he does not have good values and he cannot be trusted. Why should we work with someone that we cannot trust? He will tell you one thing today and another thing tomorrow. As a matter of fact those people who voted for him ought to be concerned about the fact that he’s already back-pedaled on some of the promises he made. So no, I have no intention of pretending everything is alright, we are going to work together. For me, as a ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, where he says he’s going to bring down Dodd Frank and he’s going to get rid of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I am going to fight him every inch of the way.”

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

GOPDD: WATCH – Congressman Exposes CIA Plot Against Trump On Live TV, This is Terrifying!

Dec 21, 2016 by William Smith

Congressman Peter King has exposed just how alarming the CIA’s actions have been, especially considering there is no consensus within the agency about the Russian hacking theory.
“This violates all protocol. It’s almost as if people in the intelligence community are carrying out a disinformation campaign against the President-Elect of the United States,” King argues.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

GOPDD: Here We Go: Republican Leaders to Oppose Trump Tax Cuts

Dec 13, 2016 by William Smith

You just knew this was coming…
Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned today he will not pass Donald Trump’s tax cuts.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell has a different plan.
Bloomberg.com reported:
President-elect Donald Trump’s race to enact the biggest tax cuts since the 1980s went under a caution flag Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned he considers current levels of U.S. debt “dangerous” and said he wants any tax overhaul to avoid adding to the deficit.

GOPDD: 10 Years in Prison: Dem Congressman sentenced for Fraud, Racketeering and Money Laundering

Dec 13, 2016 by William Smith

Disgraced ex-Democratic U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday to ten years in prison for bribery and stealing campaign contributions, charitable donations, and federal grant money to finance his personal lifestyle.
A probe that expanded more than a year found that Fattah had used federal grant money from NASA to pay back part of an illegal $1 million loan he received from a wealthy friend to fund his failed 2007 campaign for Philadelphia mayor.
For the better part a decade, the longtime Philadelphia Democrat and his television anchor wife led a racketeering enterprise spurred on by loyal aides and political consultants, who commingled campaign cash and nonprofit and government funds to pay for Fattah’s personal expenses.

FREE BEACON: Saudi Arabian Family at Center of Domestic Violence Scandal Gave Keith Ellison Thousands

Other Democrats returned money over domestic violence conviction, but not Ellison

Rep. Keith Ellison / AP

BY: Brent Scher
December 12, 2016 5:00 am
The four sons of a Saudi Arabian billionaire—including one who was recently convicted for assaulting his wife—have all contributed thousands to Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.), who is one of the frontrunners to become the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
The family of Nasser Al-Rashid, an adviser to the Saudi royal family who has been listed as one of the world’s wealthiest men, came under increased scrutiny in the past year due to political spending in the United States. Al-Rashid himself has given millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation and his children have poured nearly $600,000 into campaigns for Democrats across the country.

GOPDD: Harry Reid: FBI Director and Russian President Conspired to Make Trump President

Dec 12, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

In an interview with CNN, Reid said the FBI knew that the CIA had concluded with a high level of certainty that the Russian government was trying to get Donald Trump elected, as reported in an explosive story in the Washington Post. “This is not fake news. Intelligence officials are hiding connections to the Russian government. There is no question,”

Reid said. “Comey knew and deliberately kept this info a secret.”
This really happened.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

FREE BEACON: Keith Ellison’s Saudi Arabia Trip Included Meetings With Radical Cleric, Bank That Funds Suicide Bombings

Trip was funded by Muslim Brotherhood-tied organization

Keith Ellison with Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali at the Islamic Development Bank

BY: Brent Scher
November 29, 2016 6:45 pm
Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) during a 2008 trip to Saudi Arabia met with a radical Muslim cleric who endorsed killing U.S. soldiers and with the president of a bank used to pay the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.
Ellison, now a leading candidate to head the Democratic National Committee, was brought to Saudi Arabia for a two-week trip by the Muslim American Society (MAS), a group founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood to act as its “overt arm” in the United States.
Details of Ellison’s religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia are scarce, but photographs discovered by the Washington Free Beacon show that Ellison met with controversial figures during the trip.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

GOPDD: VIDEO: MSNBC Host Calls Out Elizabeth Warren as “Shrill, Unhinged”

Nov 30, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

Elizabeth Warren is shrill and unhinged. But that’s not the sort of thing you expect to hear on MSNBC!

Mika, Mika, Mika! This is a shocker! Mika calls out Liz Warren for her unhinged behavior…We totally agree!
ELIZABETH WARREN: Republicans are taking over Congress, they are taking over the White House, but Republicans do not have majority support in this country. The majority of voters supported Democratic Senate candidates over Republican ones, and the majority supported a Democratic presidential candidate over a Republican one. The American people didn’t give Democrats majority support so we can come back to Washington and play dead. They didn’t send us here to whimper, whine, or grovel.

Monday, November 28, 2016

GOPDD: VIDEO: DNC Chair Candidate Has Called For Separate Country for Black Americans

Nov 28, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

Rep. Keith Ellison is rumored to be the top choice the chair of the Democratic National Committee, but he is attracting criticism for controversial comments he’s made in the past.
America’s first Muslim-American congressman and the first black American elected to Congress by the state of Minnesota, supported the Nation of Islam and called for a separate country for black Americans.

GOPDD: Tim Kaine Blames Guns for Ohio Machete Attack on Twitter

Nov 28, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

Senator Tim Kaine, who was almost our future Vice President, took to Twitter to condemn the violence at Ohio State University. In a tweet, he decried “gun violence” saying.
Except there was no gun. No gunshots. No guns found. No guns. Period.
The terrorist attacker — who has been suspected to be a Somali refugee — used a machete and his car to attack students at the Ohio State University.
This just shows you how desperate the left is to push their gun control measures — they jumped to conclusions without the facts once again.(h/t:usatwentyfour)

Thursday, November 24, 2016

GOPDD: EXPOSED: Muslim Brotherhood Paid For Keith Ellison’s Mysterious 16-Day Trip To Saudi Arabia

Nov 23, 2016 by Dylan

PAT DOLLARD
By not reporting it, he also avoided having to tell them who he met with, and he still refuses to, claiming the meetings were all of a personal, spiritual nature.
The Washington Free Beacon
The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) after he failed to disclose that a group founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood paid for him to make a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Top Democrats have considered shifting to the left by electing Ellison party chairman, but critics say his previous association with radical groups should disqualify him from the leadership role.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

GOPDD: GOP Congress Just Shut Down Trump’s Most Important Campaign Promise; Trump Furious

Nov 15, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

Trump supporters, how you have been fooled. Trump told you what you wanted to hear, and not even a week after winning the election, he is backtracking and changing course.
According to NewCenturyTimes:
Congress just delivered an unmistakable message to the new President Elect. They are in charge, and Donald Trump should never forget it. The wall Trump promised, according to Congress, will never happen and neither will the deportations.

Sunday, November 6, 2016

GOPDD: Tim Kaine Doesn’t Think Congress Has the Power to Impeach Hillary Clinton

Nov 6, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

Hillary Clinton’s illegal private e-mail server containing classified material was hacked at least 5 times by foreign agents. The FBI has reopened its investigation into her criminal mishandling of government secrets and a separate investigation into her family’s crooked “charity” organization promises an indictment soon. Should Hillary win the presidential election she would almost certainly be impeached, maybe even before she took office.
Her running mate Time Kaine isn’t worried though, he doesn’t believe Congress has the power to impeach a president.

TO READ MORE: http://gopthedailydose.com/2016/11/06/tim-kaine-doesnt-think-congress-power-impeach-hillary-clinton/

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

GOPDD: Michelle Obama’s Mom Will Get $160k for Life… Paid by Our Taxes

Oct 18, 2016 by Harry Hibbs

This is the kind of graft and corruption that happens in places like Iraq and North Korea. Michelle Obama’s mom didn’t earn a pension that’s three times bigger than the average American family’s income.
It seems that just like Barack, the rest of the Obama’s never had real jobs, and instead of live high on the hog off the backs of regular taxpaying Americans.
Congress just announced the most outrageous waste of taxpayer money designed by Obama.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

FREEDOM FORCE: Unbelievable! Did a Top Paul Ryan Adviser Leak the Trump Audio to Washington Post?

Josie RuddOctober 11, 2016

By: Joe Newby

There have been a number of questions raised about the release of 11-year-old comments made by GOP nominee Donald Trump. On Monday, Jerry Falwell, Jr., President of Liberty University, told Rita Cosby he has evidence that the audio was leaked by GOP elites, although he was unwilling to go any further. Making matters worse, it appears that a top adviser to Speaker Paul Ryan may have been the source of the audio.