Posts tagged senate
Unemployment Benefits Bill Fails In House, 261-155
Jun 29th
Democrats in both chambers of Congress are scrambling to pass legislation to reauthorize expired unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless before a looming July 4 recess. One such measure failed in a 261-155 House vote on Tuesday. Bill cosponsor Rep.
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Loading ...Scott Brown’s Opposition To Bank Fee Throws Wrench In Wall Street Reform
Jun 29th
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House and Senate negotiators who worked out a deal last week on overhauling financial regulations scrambled Tuesday to replace a bank fee that has drawn opposition from key Republicans and endangered its passage. Eager to salvage one of President Barack Obama’s legislative priorities, lawmakers on Tuesday planned to reconvene a House-Senate conference committee that had signed off on the final bill last week.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Kerry, Lieberman Willing To Scale Back Energy Bill To Get Republican Support
Jun 29th
WASHINGTON (AP) — The authors of sweeping energy legislation stalled in the Senate said Tuesday they were prepared to scale back their bill to get Republican support. Sens.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chris Weigant: Supreme Court Helps Out Kagan
Jun 29th
A Supreme Court ruling just out may serve to blunt Republican criticism of Elena Kagan, who started her confirmation hearings today in the Senate. So far, Republicans haven’t come up with much of any substance to attack Kagan on (although I admit, I haven’t watched any of today’s confirmation hearings yet), but they all pretty much agree upon one issue — the fact that Kagan, as dean of the Harvard law school, upheld a school policy of barring military recruiters from campus due to the fact that the military discriminates against gays. But the ruling in Christian Legal Society v.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Byrd’s Passions: Poetry, Power And Home-State Pork
Jun 29th
WASHINGTON — How that man loved to speak. Robert C. Byrd once talked in the Senate for 14 hours and 13 minutes straight
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Byrd Memorial: Will Longest-Serving Senator Be Honored In Capitol?
Jun 29th
After Sen. Robert Byrd’s death at age 92 on Monday, speculation began about plans for his memorial service, including rumors that the Senate’s longest-serving member might lay in state in the Capitol rotunda or even on the Senate floor. ABC’s Jonathan Karl reports on prospects for the second option: “If they family wants it, we’ll do it,” a Senate sources tells ABC News
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Judge H. Lee Sarokin: The Hypocrisy of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings
Jun 29th
Can you imagine a trial in which either the judge or the jury commenced the proceedings by announcing or hinting at their verdicts and then calling for the submission of evidence! True, the Senate hearing on a judicial nominee is not a trial, but it certainly is akin to one.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bob Franken: Robert Byrd’s Supreme Irony
Jun 28th
If, in fact, we do get to look back after death, Robert Byrd would probably be proud that his came on a day when the United States Senate was once again playing one of its most primal roles. He had after all, spent more than half a lifetime jealously defending the rules, peculiarities and turf of the Senate and protecting against almost any smart alecky attempt at reform.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Kagan Confirmation Hearings: Senate Panel Begins Process With Obama Supreme Court Nominee
Jun 28th
WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan will be making the argument of her life on Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court. Kagan’s chances are bright as she heads into a marathon week of high-pressure vetting before the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressing to portray herself as a mainstream, impartial addition to the court. She’s set to break weeks of public silence Monday afternoon in sworn testimony before the panel
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Feinstein: If Petraeus Wants Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Scrapped, ‘Give It To Him, Absolutely’
Jun 27th
A senior Senate Democrat on foreign policy issues said on Sunday that the president’s pledged July 2011 timeline for a troop drawdown in Afghanistan was malleable to the requests of military command. Sen.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Elena Kagan Has ‘Serious Deficiencies,’ Filibuster Is ‘Conceivable,’ Pete Sessions Says
Jun 27th
One day before Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the committee’s top Republican upped his critiques of the nomination and floated the possibility of a filibuster. Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said it was “conceivable” that a “filibuster might occur,” should Kagan prove during the hearings to have extraordinary views
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Elena Kagan’s Stance On Military Recruiting Called ‘Troubling And Appalling’ By Soldiers’ Group
Jun 25th
WASHINGTON — An organization representing soldiers’ families says Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s position on military recruitment at Harvard Law School is “troubling and appalling.” The nonprofit group Military Families United has written leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to urge that senators demand answers from Kagan, a former Harvard law dean. Confirmation hearings begin Monday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Internet ‘Kill Switch’ Approved By Senate Homeland Security Committee
Jun 25th
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved a cybersecurity bill, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act (PCNAA), that would give the president far-reaching authority over the Internet in the case of emergency. As The Hill explains, the bill, sponsored by Sens.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rand Paul Takes Center Stage At GOP Fundraiser
Jun 25th
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Libertarian-leaning Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul, who calls himself a political outsider, took center stage at a high-dollar fundraiser Thursday evening that highlighted his trip to Washington, D.C., to hobnob with insiders. Rand Paul was the guest of honor at the event at the National Republican Senatorial Committee
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Congress Sends Obama New Sanctions Against Iran
Jun 25th
WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly passed tough new sanctions against Iran, sending a message to the Tehran government that notions of becoming a nuclear power could be accompanied by a steep economic price. The Senate and House in quick succession approved the penalties that focus on Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and the country’s imports of gas and other refined energy products. The measure now goes to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature
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