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Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 30
"Senator" Al Franken
Almost eight months after the voters went to the polls on Election Day last November, there is finally a winner in the Minnesota Senate race, as Democrat Al Franken will take the seat next week. Franken finally was able to claim victory after the Minnesota Supreme Court voted unanimously to ...
Health Care Action
President Obama gets out the bully pulpit today on health care reform, as he holds a town hall meeting on the issue in Virginia, an event that the White House will also share on the internet. The White House invited video questions from the public on reform, as the President ...
The PGA Congress
If you want any chance of finding a group of lawmakers from Congress in Washington, D.C. today, then I know exactly the place to be, and it isn't on Capitol Hill. That place would be Congressional Country Club, just outside the Beltway in Bethesda, Maryland, as Tiger Woods hosts the ...
Cap and Trade Contents
At 1,428 pages, the House-passed Cap and Trade/climate change bill is too big for me to print out here on my blog. So I thought I would give you a taste by simply listing the Table of Contents. That should give you a good feel, right? If you want to ...
Cap And Trade Grows
The hard workers at the Government Printing Office have now added in the last minute extras that Democrats attached to the climate change/cap and trade bill, as it now tips the scales at 1,428 pages in all. That's right. Just 1428 pages of legislative language for you to peruse this ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 29
No Help From the Chief Justice
A decision made by Chief Justice John Roberts may actually help Democrats argue for expedited Senate consideration of the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. At issue is a First Amendment case on campaign finance laws, dealing with a political documentary about Hillary Clinton that was made for the 2008 ...
Dancing On Health Reform
The White House briefing on Monday was a ritual in many ways, as the assembled reporters tried to get the White House Press Secretary to say something that he was just never going to say in front of a microphone. The "something" was whether or not the White House was ...
Searching For Momentum
Pleased with the success of the Cap and Trade bill in the House last Friday, President Obama on Monday kept up his calls for action in the Senate on the sweeping measure dealing with global warming. "I am confident that they too, will choose to move this country forward," Obama ...
Soft Landing For Sotomayor
While the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling that was in part made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the political implications for her confirmation seemed somewhat muted, especially with the Congress out of town. A review of the 5-4 decision in favor of the white firefighters from New Haven, ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, June 28
Such Sums As May Be Necessary
As I was slogging through the text of the Cap and Trade bill this weekend, something struck me. All of the stories I have done on this bill have never mentioned how much it would cost. That's usually a normal item to mention, like some bill costs "$2.6 billion" or ...
July 4th Break
Congress is off this week, as lawmakers will rest up for what promises to be a brutal run through the month of July. Brutal in the sense of lots of work, and brutal in the sense that it will be brass tacks time on some big time issues. While the Cap and ...
Cap and Trade Postgame
There was a lot of celebration and outrage expressed over the weekend by politicians and voters alike after the House on Friday approved a global warming bill from Democrats. The "cap and trade" bill won by a vote of 219-212. Eight Republicans voted for the bill, so if you look ...
Supreme Court Finale
The U.S. Supreme Court will wrap up its term with three final rulings today, one of which could smack down Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. That case involves a firefighter promotion exam from Connecticut, which was tossed out by the city of New Haven because not enough minority candidates qualified ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, June 27
Cap And Trade Post Mortem
Democrats are certainly taking home an almost unexpected win to a July 4th break, as they muscled a global warming bill through the House on a 219-212 vote. Many people are focusing on the eight Republicans who voted for the bill, but what about on the other side? There were ...
Blog Entries for Friday, June 26
Dems Win On Cap and Trade
A huge lobbying push netted Democrats a giant victory in the House on global warming legislation, as the House approved a cap and trade by 219-212. In the end, the margin was provided by eight Republicans who broke ranks and voted for the bill. They were Bono Mack (CA), Castle ...
Cap and Trade Update
As we move towards a final vote in the House on what's known as the "Cap and Trade" bill, I thought I would list the Democrats who voted against proceeding to debate on the measure dealing with global warming. It's rare to see so many members of the majority party ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, June 25
Dems Roll Dice On Climate Change
The lobbying was furious on Thursday, as the White House and Democratic Leaders in the Congress tried to gain the votes needed to approve a controversial bill designed to limit the emission of pollutants that some argue cause global warming. President Obama was at work through the day, both in ...
Eleven Days Away From Home
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford had plane reservations to stay in Argentina with his mistress for ten days, according to an airline industry source who reviewed Sanford's travel plans. This source told me that Sanford's reservations had him leaving the US on June 18 on Delta Air Lines, with a ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 24
Interior Bill Earmarks Vol 2
Here is the list of lawmakers that have earmarks in the Interior Appropriations bill being considered by the House, the amount of money they are worth and the number of projects. These numbers were crunched from a list of earmarks put out on this legislation by the House Appropriations Committee, ...
Interior Bill Earmarks
Yesterday we showed you how President Obama had a good number of earmarks in the Interior Appropriations bill that is being considered by the House. Now here is your list of projects, with the dollar amount and which lawmakers asked for them. This is the fourth of twelve spending bills ...
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