This is Black History Month
Friday …
will be spent analyzing what actually was accomplished at the Thursday Summit or not, this will probably go on through the weekend maybe more. My take on the summit was that Democrats, specifically the President, Pelosi and Reid were able to see through the wall the continued rhetoric from Repubs as a sign that after a year no major moves to the center was on the Republican agenda; hoping Americans watched and truly listened to the need to move forward with HCR. The governing body has the right to keep bills that passed already; I hope our Democratic Party finally understands the ramification and votes HCR through reconciliation; we are the majority and it’s time to act like it… don’t we use majority rules in most things we do in our lives.
In the news this Friday …
**Governor Paterson will not be running in 2010: Democratic officials in Washington were informed of Paterson’s plans early Friday. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because Paterson had not publicly disclosed his plans.huffpost
Democrat Charlie Rangel is under investigation for breaking House rules… taking gifts(trips)
**VP Biden will be announcing new Labor Regulations aimed at protecting worker’s retirement savings
**Our economy grew by 5.9% stronger than expected but it’s not expected to carry forward for too long
**The House passed extensions to unemployment benefits with a voice vote and Senate Republicans JimBunning and McConnell have been blocking the temp extension of unemployment benefits,which end on 2/28/10 the vote next Tuesday… TP reports that Senator Bunning was missing his BB game,tough sh-t on unemployment benefits. Democrats made repeated attempts to pass the extension by unanimous consent, and Bunning blocked them all. He then complained that the Democrats’ insistence on trying to ensure that unemployment benefits not expire had caused him to miss a college basketball game: GOP Rep. Dean Heller claims extending unemployment benefits is creating ‘hobos.’ TP
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Today on CSPAN.org
HR2701- Intelligence programs; Democrats stripped the torture amendment
First Hundred Years of the NAACP
Panelists talked about history and the future of the NAACP. Panel: – Patricia Sullivan, University of South Carolina, history professor; author “Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement” – Robert Zangrando, University of Akron, history professor; author “The NAACP Crusade Against Lynching, 1909-1950” – Kenneth Mack, Harvard University, law professor; author “Representing the Race: Creating the Civil Rights Lawyer, 1920-1955”
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Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conducts a daily briefing at the White House.
Washington, DC : 49 min.
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Hearing examines small business and commercial real estate lending
WSJ: Examiners Aren’t Hindering Lending
Washington Independent: Plan Meets Skepticism
Joint Hearing: Panels 1 & 2 Joint Hearing: Panel 3
JEC website
Be a Seed for Change 
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