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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for September 2011
Blog Entries for Monday, September 26
Health Case Closer to High Court
The legal battle over the Obama health law quietly took a big step towards the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, as the Obama Administration decided not to ask for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a ruling that found the individual mandate unconstitutional. The Justice Department had until ...
Stop Gap Budget Deal
The art of the deal in Congress has not been lost, as both parties found a way on Monday to wiggle out of a political battle that threatened to develop into a full blown government shutdown for Uncle Sam at the end of this week. But instead of that, lawmakers ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, September 25
Herman Cain's Chance
After maybe his best debate performance so far, Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain took another step up in the GOP race for the White House by claiming a surprise win in the Florida Straw Poll on Saturday. “This is a sign of our growing momentum and my candidacy that cannot ...
Another Shutdown Battle
Let me get this straight. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are somehow ready to shut down operations of the federal government over how much money? $1.6 billion in budget cuts? Yep, that's where we are right now in your United States Congress. Congress is supposed to be on break this ...
Blog Entries for Friday, September 23
GOP Debate Post Mortem
The third Republican debate of September was like the first two, as GOP frontrunners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney battled over familiar issues while the other candidates struggled to insert themselves between the feuding leaders. "Nice try," Romney said dismissively at one point to Perry after the Texas Governor had ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, September 21
Orlando GOP Debate
For the third time in fifteen days, the Republican Presidential candidates gather for a debate, this time in Orlando, Florida, where a new face will join the GOP bid to slow down frontrunners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Many expect a repeat of the last two debates, where Romney aggressively ...
More Budget Dysfunction
Conservative House Republicans delivered a stinging rebuke to Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday, as four dozen GOP lawmakers joined with almost every Democrat to defeat a six-week stop gap budget bill that also included extra disaster relief money for FEMA. Those four dozen Republicans wanted deeper budget cuts in this ...
Google Testimony to Congress
Testimony of Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google Inc. Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights September 21, 2011 Chairman Kohl, Ranking Member Lee, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. I‟m Eric Schmidt and ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, September 20
Congress vs Google
It could be a rough day on Capitol Hill for internet search giant Google, as a Senate committee looks at whether the company is wrongly flexing its muscle against other companies, in possible violation of federal anti-trust law. "We'll see what they say," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who will ...
Solyndra Takes The Fifth
Instead of hearing this Friday from executives of the solar company Solyndra, which went bankrupt after receiving an over $500 million loan guarantee from the federal government, those same company officials will take the Fifth Amendment and refuse to discuss why their company went belly up. "This is not a ...
Blog Entries for Monday, September 19
More Obama Fine Print
The headlines on the President's new deficit plan are all about taxes on the wealthy and all kinds of budget savings. But the real news is buried in an 80 page document from the White House that lists dozens of changes that will impact a variety of industries. Knowing that ...
Obama Fine Print
The new White House plan to deal with the federal deficit is much more than just the highlights you have heard about, as supporting documents released by the Obama Administration show dozens of small provisions that are sure to anger certain groups. The provisions range from ones that would impact ...
Obama Deficit Plans
Here is the background released by the White House on President Obama's new deficit reduction plans that he is announcing today. = _____________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2011 Fact Sheet: Living Within ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, September 18
Obama Deficit Plan
President Obama today will release new long term plans to reduce the federal deficit, which will be anchored by a call for increased taxes on those making more than a million dollars per year. The White House made sure the headline would be about the higher levies on more wealthy ...
Congressional Work Week
After returning to work from an extended summer vacation less than two weeks ago, lawmakers in the Congress will rush in coming days to finish several must-pass legislative items before taking another break from Washington, D.C., even with all kinds of work unfinished on a number of fronts. With no ...
Blog Entries for Friday, September 16
Congress Extends Again
There will be no repeat of a partial shutdown at the Federal Aviation Administration, as the Congress last night did what the Congress does best, kicking the can down the road on the FAA and a major highway and transportation bill. After several days of threats to delay yet another ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, September 15
Disaster Aid Scrap
With the help of ten Republican Senators, Democrats last night muscled a measure through the Senate that would add almost $7 billion in disaster relief money to FEMA, setting up a battle next week with the House. "I hope colleagues in the House will take up our bipartisan disaster relief ...
Disaster Aid Battle
With the help of ten Republican Senators, Democrats last night muscled a measure through the Senate that would add almost $7 billion in disaster relief money to FEMA, setting up a battle next week with the House. "I hope colleagues in the House will take up our bipartisan disaster relief ...
Possible Postal Closures
The U.S. Postal Service today announced a review of 252 different mail processing facilities, looking whether many of them should be closed in order to save money. This plan could cut as many as 35,000 jobs. Here is the list as issued today by the Postal Service: List of Processing ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, September 14
Blame It On Bush
The first Congressional hearing on the controversial $535 million loan guarantee given to a California solar power company took an interesting turn when Obama Administration officials offered a new defense, in essence pointing a finger at the Bush Administration. "My understanding is that Solyndra applied for this loan in 2006 ...
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