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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for June 2012
Blog Entries for Friday, June 29
Why the Individual Mandate is still constitutional
Since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama health law on Thursday, I have received a number of messages from listeners and readers arguing that because the Justices found the individual mandate was a tax, it was unconstitutional, as that plan didn't start in the House. "Article 1, Section 7 ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, June 28
Congress moves highway, student loan bills
Before leaving town on a July 4th break, the House and Senate on Friday are expected to approve major highway and student loan interest rate measures, demonstrating again that serious lawmaking can take place even at a time when both parties accuse the other of rank partisanship and gridlock. The ...
Reporters get a Supreme Court reminder
Through the years that I have covered news in Washington, D.C., I have always tried to follow one rule - don't try to predict what the Supreme Court is going to do on a certain case. That was driven home this week by decisions in several major cases of the ...
Chief Justice Roberts delivers for President Obama
With the Supreme Court sharply divided, the Obama health law was saved by Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the four more liberal justices on the Court to uphold both the individual mandate and the overall health reform plan. It was a supremely ironic outcome, as the Roberts Court ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 27
Supreme Court rules on health care
It has been three months since three days of arguments before the Supreme Court wrapped up on the Obama health law, and now the Justices will finally deliver their verdict. But here is something important to remember - there is not just one health care case before the Supreme Court ...
Voters knock off another incumbent
While high profile lawmakers like Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah survived tough primary challenges, voters on Tuesday night knocked off another member of Congress, as a five term Oklahoma Republican became the latest Congressional casualty. Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) wasn't well known outside ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 26
Incumbents on alert in Congress
As primary voting continues today for the new Congress, two very familiar names are in the spotlight, as Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) hope to fight off challengers and keep their seats in Washington, D.C. Rangel wears the hat as "Most Endangered Incumbent" today, as he ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 25
Supreme Court knocks Arizona Immigration Law
I'm not a lawyer and I don't try to play one on TV. But reading through the Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona immigration law, it just seems like it is a win for the Obama Administration and a major setback for states looking to exert some influence in the ...
A busy week in Congress
With a break for Independence Day on the horizon, the Congress has a lot to deal with before lawmakers scatter across the country, including legislative battles over a major highway bill, interest rates for student loans and a GOP effort for a political rebuke of the Attorney General. That resolution ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, June 24
Supreme Court Monday
All eyes Monday morning will again be on the U.S. Supreme Court, as this week should bring what some believe may be a landmark decision on the Obama health law as well as a controversial illegal immigration law from Arizona. There are other cases still to be ruled on by ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, June 21
The Senate goes old school
Something interesting happened in the U.S. Senate again this week - the Senate acted like the Senate, and produced a major farm bill minus the usual partisan rancor and gridlock that has come to typify the operations of Congress in recent years. I have joked for years that I will ...
Romney issues immigration strategy
After taking flak over the last week for his reaction to a move by President Obama on younger illegal immigrants, Republican Mitt Romney today used a speech to a Latino conference in Florida to lay out his immigration strategy. Here are the bullet points as issued by the Romney campaign: ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, June 20
Waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will again be the big focus in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, as the Justices will issue some of the final decisions of their 2011-2012 term - whether that includes a ruling on the Obama health law, no one knows. Once again, the major TV news networks and ...
Romney to address immigration issue
A week ago, the tide seemed to be running relentlessly against President Obama and Democrats - the private sector was not "doing fine," economic indicators were going the wrong way, and then Mr. Obama made a surprise announcement on how the feds would deal with some younger illegal immigrants. The ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, June 19
GOP response remains muted on Obama immigration move
While rank and file Republicans in Congress have been expressing their opposition to President Obama's move to stop deportations of some younger illegal immigrants, GOP leaders in the House and Senate still seem somewhat flummoxed by the issue. For example, if you go to Speaker John Boehner's web site, you ...
Republicans vow contempt vote against Attorney General
With no agreement between House Republicans and the Justice Department on documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, a House committee is set to approve a resolution finding U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over materials subpoenaed by the panel. "After our meeting, ...
Senate starts Farm Bill votes
The Senate on Tuesday afternoon began working through over 70 different amendments and motions to a major farm policy bill, all part of a bipartisan agreement designed to push the Farm Bill through the Senate this week. Just like a program at a baseball game to keep score, here is ...
Blog Entries for Monday, June 18
GOP highlights empty D.C. buildings
For a third time this year, Republicans in the House will hold a hearing at an unused federal building in Washington, D.C., making the case that Uncle Sam is needlessly spending millions of dollars every year to deal with real estate that could be used for other purposes. "We've got ...
Ninth Circuit defends Hawaii judicial conference
Turning aside criticism from some Republicans in the Congress, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed questions about an expensive judicial conference set for this summer in Hawaii, telling Senators the event is always run "in the most efficient and least costly manner." "Our Conferences are renowned for the quality ...
"Dress rehearsal" expected at Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. will be on alert on this Monday morning for a possible Supreme Court ruling on the Obama health law, even though most experts don't believe that decision will be handed down until next week. My friends who work for the various television networks will all be in place ...
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