Super Congress / Committee - Member Caricatures

Super Congress / Committee - Member Caricatures

Image by DonkeyHotey
The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, aka the Super Committee, aka the Super Congress, is a one of the outcomes of the debt-ceiling "crisis" orchestrated to distract U.S. citizens from the lack of jobs, rising cost of living and rampant corporate/government corruption. The Super Committee will provide an opportunity for lobbyists to focus all their influence on a smaller number of legislators. Given the fact that Republicans all vote in lock-step, only one Democrat is needed to hand over total victory. The goal of the Super Committee it to make budgetary recommendations for legislation to be voted on by Congress as a whole. According to Wikipedia, "The committee's recommendations would then be put to a vote by Congress in a simple up or down vote, without any amendments or House 'majority of the majority' blocks or Senate filibusters possible, by December 23, 2011."


The members of the Super Committee are:

Left To Right
Republicans in top row
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Pat Toomey, Senator Pennsylvania, Republican
Jon Kyl, Senator Arizona, Republican
Jeb Hensarling, Congressman Texas, Co-Chair, Republican
Rob Portman, Senator Ohio, Republican
Dave Camp, Congressman Michigan, Republican
Fred Upton, Congressman Michigan, Republican


Democrats in bottom row
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Chris Van Hollen, Congressman Maryland, Democrat
Xavier Becerra, Congressman California, Democrat
Patty Murray, Senator Washington, Co-Chair, Democrat
John Kerry, Senator Massachusetts, Democrat
Max Baucus, Senator Montana, Democrat,
Fred Upton, Michigan, Republican
Jim Clyburn, Congressman South Carolina, Democrat

Source images for carictures:
Senator Murry - a photo in the public domain available via Wikimedia.
Congressman Hensarling - a photo in the public domain from the United States Congress available via Wikimedia.
Senator Kyl - a Creative Commons licensed photo from Saeima's Flickr photostream.
Senator Baucus - a photo in the public domain available from the U.S. Senate website.
Senator Portman - a photo in the public domain from the United States Senate available via Wikimedia.
Senator Kerry - a Creative Commons licensed photo from Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας' Flickr Photostream.
Senator Toomey - a photo in the public domain available via Wikipedia.
Congressman Becerra - a photo in the public domain available via Wikipedia.
Congressman Camp - a photo in the public domain available via Wikipedia.
Congressman Clyburn - a photo in the public domain available via Wikipedia.
Congressman Upton - a Creative Commons licensed photo from iomechallenge's Flickr photostream.
Congressman Van Hollen - a photo in the public domain available via Wikipedia.

The United States Supreme Court 2012

Image by DonkeyHotey
On the occasion of the Robert's Court hearing of a case deciding the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Supreme Court of the United States 2011: Left to right. Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Elena Kagan, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Samuel Alito.

The source images for these caricatures are images in the public domain as follows: Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, John G. Roberts, Elena Kagan, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito.

The background is a photo by Carol M. Highsmith available via the Library of Congress.

GOP Presidential Debate December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa

Image by DonkeyHotey
The Republican Candidates Debate at Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa, presented by Fox News and the Iowa Republican Party. The debate was held on Thursday, December 15, 2011.

The candidates participating in the debate were:
Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry, and Ron Paul.

The source images for these caricatures of the GOP Big Four are:
- Rick Perry, Creative Commons licensed photo from Robert Scoble's Flickr photostream.
- Michele Bachmann, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Newt Gingrich, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Rick Santorum, caricature is a Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Mitt Romney, Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
- Ron Paul, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Jun Huntsman, Creative Commons licensed image from World Economic Forum's flickr photostream.

Patton Oswalt - Caricature

Image by DonkeyHotey
Patton Oswalt stand-up comedian, writer and actor. I am a big fan of his stand-up and really enjoyed his acting in Ratatouille, Big Fan and United States of Tara.

Creative Commons image adapted from Gage Skidmore's photostream.