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Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 30
Jobless Benefits Repeat
Once again, the Congress is going to go on a break without having extended long term jobless benefits, as the Senate failed to get 60 votes last night on another plan from Democrats. By my count, this is the third time that Senators will have gone on a vacation without ...
Deep In The Details
The House could vote today on an over $60 billion supplemental spending bill that would funnel more money to the war in Afghanistan. But Democrats are planning to add in a lot of extras as well. The 110 pages of legislative text has some very interesting items in it, like ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 29
Vapid & Hollow 3
It was no surprise that the first day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan defaulted to a very familiar script, where a nominee only gives Senators limited answers about his or her legal views. Senators reminded Kagan repeatedly of her 1995 article, where she complained that Supreme Court ...
Wall Street Changes
The loss of a vote from the death of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WI) and defections by at least two key Republican Senators forced Democrats to re-open negotiations yesterday on a Wall Street Reform bill, to find a way to pay for it. At issue was $19 billion in fees on ...
Jobless Benefits Encore
Democrats in Congress are trying to make sure their members go home for a week-long break with a good amount of political ammunition against Republicans on the issue of long term jobless benefits, which started running out on June 1st. The latest move came in the House on Tuesday, as ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 28
Wall Street Delay?
The death of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) could end up derailing Democratic Party efforts to get Congress to quickly approve a House-Senate compromise on Wall Street Reform legislation, as a key Republican now says he cannot vote for the bill. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) had won a series of deals ...
Gen. Petraeus Returns
Two weeks ago today, General David Petraeus was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee when he suddenly fainted at the witness table. Little did he realize that he would return as the President's choice to be the new commander of that war. Petraeus certainly has strong support in both ...
Vapid & Hollow 2
Remember the 1995 statement of Elena Kagan where she groused about the "vapid and hollow" confirmation hearings for Supreme Court in the Senate, where nominees don't really answer questions. Today we will see if she does the same. As expected, Senators in both parties eagerly reminded Kagan of their thoughts ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, June 27
Supreme Court Finale
The US Supreme Court is expected to wrap up work for the year this week, with four final decisions likely to be issued today, including a much-awaited decision on whether the Second Amendment applies to the states. "Well, of course it does," most people might say.But, the Supreme Court has ...
Kagan Nomination Hearings
While it has generated little controversy, the nomination of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court will splash its way into the headlines this week, as President Obama's pick will get the once over from the Senate Judiciary Committee. While the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Elena Kagan will dominate ...
Heading To The Barn
With the Congress off next week for a July 4th break, that means lawmakers will act like kids who haven't studied for a test, and try to jam as much work into this week as possible. While the start of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will dominate on ...
Blog Entries for Friday, June 25
Wall Street Reform Deal
After over 20 hours of hard bargaining, Congressional negotiators hammered out a final deal on a Wall Street Reform bill just as the sun was coming up Friday in Washington, D.C. The bill is sweeping in nature, and almost impossible to summarize without missing something that is important to someone, ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, June 24
Jobless Benefits Fail
After five months of work, Senate Democrats have given up on plans to extend long term jobless benefits and more, as the bill was blocked again on Thursday by a Republican filibuster in the Senate. All 40 Republicans stuck together, arguing that more budget cuts were needed to offset the ...
Lame Duck Reservations
While the November elections will determine whether or not the Congress switches hands in the House and/or Senate this year, it's clear that lawmakers will be coming back for some lame duck work again in 2010. A lame duck session is when the Congress meets in an even-numbered/election year after ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 23
Jobless Benefits Trouble
Senate Democrats last night laid the groundwork for another test vote on a newly revised plan that would extend long term jobless benefits, renew a series of tax breaks and much more. Do they have 60 votes? That answer may still be no, as Democrats were making no guarantees ...
Gen. David Petraeus
Once again, a President is making the call to the bullpen on a war that isn't going as well as it could. And once again, Gen. David Petraeus is being waved in to offer his assistance. Back in the Bush Administration, Petraeus was brought in to institute the "military surge", ...
One More Down
As expected, Tuesday night's election results brought down another sitting member of Congress, as Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) became the third member of the House, along with two Senators, to be booted in this election year. While very few people in Washington really thought Inglis would win, the depth of ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 22
Gulf Drilling Fight
After losing a first fight in the courts, the Obama Administration signaled Tuesday that it is not going to back down in a legal battle over a temporary ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the BP spill. Minutes after a federal judge in ...
Gen. McChrystal Ball
Did you read the Rolling Stone article about the War in Afghanistan and the comments of commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal? Then we would all love to be a fly on the wall as the General meets President Obama today. First, the Rolling Stone story is at http://is.gd/cZQXW .The White House ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 21
Gridlock Central
As the Senate came into session on Monday, there were no hints of any kind of a breakthrough on the renewal of extended jobless benefits, which started running out for some Americans three weeks ago today. The dispute is simple - Republicans want to find offsetting budget cuts to pay ...
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