Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky

There was only one Senator missing for this morning's historic vote in the Senate Chamber. And where was Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning? His spokesman Mike Reynard tells me by e-mail: The Senator has family commitments. Oh.  

Jim Bunning, the Senator for Kentucky, was the only Senator to have missed the historic Senate vote on health care reform. The landmark vote that took place today saw the new health care bill approved by Senate majority. According to his spokesperson, Bunning had to miss the...read more  

Bunning Q&A summary: more Mutual Assured Destruction, more of the same Racketeering that we have all grown to love and respect from the Federal Reserve, more obfuscations, more Colonel Jessup bullshit (aka "You can't handle the truth"). With Bernanke's reconfirmation vote coming on Thursday, all Senators should read the latest garbled and encrypted pamphlet from the Fed as to why nobody in America is smart or relevant enough to have an...  

So who did not show up to vote on the Senate health care bill this morning? And why? Check out note from my colleague: Urgent: Bunning comment on why he left the Senate vote Per Pergram-Capitol Hill * From Michael Reynard, spokesman for Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY). "He has family commitments." Chad Pergram Senior Producer House of Representatives FOX News  

that the Statue of Liberty was being used as a symbol to incite attacks on our country? Would we tear it down... disintegration of American liberty. Yet, Senator Jim Bunning has the audacity to compare Guantanamo to the Statue of Liberty itself. If Bunning had true respect for freedom, he would realize that the Statue of Liberty and the prisons of Guantanamo are on opposing sides of a cultural struggle in the United States  

With a groundswell of public opinion against the Federal Reserve in general and Ben Bernanke in particular, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) takes something of a victory lap for having been the only committee member to oppose Bernanke's nomination four years ago.Bunning's prepared statement at today's confirmation hearing from his website:Four years ago when you came before the Senate for confirmation to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve, I was the...  

Chairman Bernanke has responded in writing to a series of question from Senator Bunning.There are questions on Fed policy, gold, the dollar, and much more. Here are a couple of questions: Bunning: 58. Are you concerned that the debt to GDP ratio in this country is more than 350%? Do you believe a high debt to GDP ratio is reason for tightening Fed policy? Why or why not?Bernanke: The current ratio of public and private debt to GDP, including...  

[via ZH] Unfortunately, despite some inspired lines, his delivery sucks. Next time get someone to do a dramatic reading. Christopher Walken, Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino and Gary Busey would all be good picks (though you'll never land The Buse, especially during the holiday party season). If you'd like to read along, the full statement, courtesy of the Journal, is after the jump. Think you could do a better job? Record yourself using the...  

Gee, so you mean that there are some people in The Senate who actually understand what Bernanke has been up to - and are willing to ream him on it? Fancy that.... can we find 39 more please? CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM **NAY** ON ANY CLOTURE VOTE - A HOLD REQUIRES 60 VOTES TO OVERRIDE.  

A western Kentucky businessman has officially entered the Republican primary to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by the retiring Jim Bunning. Bill Johnson filed the paperwork in Frankfort on Monday. A procurement manager for BP, he has never run for political office before. Johnson was the first Republican to announce that he would run Bunning's seat. He faces two well-funded Republicans, Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Bowling...  

This clip of Senator Jim Bunning has received a great deal of praise across the Internet. In my opinion, it’s cheap demagoguery. Bunning congratulates himself for opposing Bernanke’s nomination four years ago. He also criticizes Bernanke for his loose monetary policy. Yet one of the reasons he opposed Bernanke’s nomination four years ago was for his tight money policy. But Bunning has been a critic of the Fed course of "measured" hikes in...  

Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning: not a fan of Helicopter Ben: Four years ago when you came before the Senate for confirmation to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve, I was the only Senator to vote against you. In fact, I was the only Senator to even raise serious concerns about you. I opposed you [...]  

WASHINGTON Jim Bunning, the conservative junior Kentucky senator who will retire next year, landed a parting punch Thursday against Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Bunning, who has railed against Bernanke's performance during the nation's financial crisis, became the second senator to put a "hold" on Bernanke's confirmation for a second term. The procedural move by Bunning and Sen. Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent, could...  

New York Times (blog)Bunning Benches Self on Health Care VotesNew York Times (blog)But Mr. Bunning, the only Hall of Famer in the Senate, this week was also the only senator in either party to skip most of the votes on the major health ...Senate Passes Health Care; Harry Reid Votes No, For A SecondNPR (blog)all 17 news articles »  

Felix Salmon submits: I wonder what it was like to be Ben Bernanke today, on the receiving end of an absolute lashing from Senator Jim Bunning. Here’s a taster: Chairman Greenspan’s attitude toward regulating banks was much like his attitude toward consumer protection. Instead of close supervision of the biggest and most dangerous banks, he ignored the growing balance sheets and increasing risk. You did no better. In fact, under your watch...