Cao's Blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Real Senate Fight Starts After Thanksgiving – A message from Americans for Prosperity http://www.americansforprosperity.org/112109-real-senate-fight-starts-after-thanksgiving Just two weeks after health care freedom suffered a setback in the House of Representatives, tonight it took a significant hit in the United States Senate, which voted 60-39 (on party lines; Sen. George...
El Campeador's Weblog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Hill An oil spill halfway around the world has flowed all the way to Capitol Hill and the Senate fight over offshore drilling. The spill off the western Australian coast spewed oil into the ocean for 10 weeks, eventually engulfing a platform and the attached drilling rig in flames. Opponents of offshore drilling are now using images [...]
Open Left (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Even as he is bringing a health care bill with an opt-out public option to the Senate floor next week , Harry Reid is making it clear that he is open to a triggered co-op if he is unable to find 60 votes for cloture: Even as Senate Majority Leader Reid seeks votes for a healthcare bill with a public option that states can opt-out of, Reid has allowed Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., to work...
Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Obama says he’s ‘absolutely confident’ health care reform package will pass — but there’s a tough road ahead• YOU DECIDE: Did House Make Right Decision'• Will Health Care Bill Vote Doom Dems'• Health Care Bill Passes House; Focus Shifts to Senate• Source: AMA Won’t Overturn Health Bill Endorsement [...]
Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... energy. An opportunity that was snatched away by anti-nuclear activists, led in the final senate fight by John Kerry. Future historians will rank this political event as even dumber than Jimmy Carter’s decision to force the US into a once-through nuclear fuel cycle. Here is an excerpt from the story of the killing: Part Three: The Termination of the IFR The end of the IFR was signaled...
Progressive Blue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Health care reform quick hits and commentary. Brian Beutler has a useful look at the four Conservadems standing in the way. Sam Stein reports on the case Harry Reid is making against using reconciliation. Ryan Grim on the Senate fight over the insurance industry's antitrust exemption. Bill Scher on public option haters and the "Weasel." Great work by McJoan here and here : Forcing...
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A day after Alaska's senators voted against each other on health care reform, both said that plans to offer people the option to buy government-run health insurance won't survive the upcoming Senate fight as written.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Leading conservative activists are split over whether to filibuster Judge David Hamilton, whose nomination to the 7th Circuit will serve as a test case for President Barack Obama's more controversial appellate court picks. Twenty four leading conservatives have signed a memo urging Republican senators to filibuster Hamilton, setting the stage for the first protracted Senate fight over...
Midknight Review (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Rudy may run for the U.S. Senate fighting for the seat given up by Hillary as she moved to Secretary of State and forever out of presidential contention. Rudy is pro-abortion but believes that the abortion issue is a state rights matter. Rudy for President? Don't know about that. Rudy for Senator -- oh, you betcha !!! tags : rudy for senator,
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... girls" in the title have nothing to do with the Cheney girls. It refers to the Republican Senate Caucus and whoever decides what the members are supposed to do. Saturday we looked at Tuesday's impending battle over the nomination of David Hamilton , a moderate Indiana judge recommended by Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar, who has been blocked by the GOP since March. Last week Harry Reid...
Threshing Grain (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... support. Many people noted the influence of the bishops. But as the measure moves to the Senate, the fight could get uglier PLEASE PRAY!
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “on Tuesday issued a public warning of a coming Senate fight over abortion once the healthcare reform debate starts,” The Hill reports. Speaking to reporters at a mid-afternoon press conference, McConnell suggested Republicans will fight hard for an amendment inserted into the House-passed healthcare bill last Saturday by Rep....
Dump Michele Bachmann (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... one simple word: No. No to Northstar - a project she has opposed since her days in the State Senate and won't help complete to St. Cloud. No to federal funds for repairing our roads and bridges, like the Highway 23 bridge when it was closed as unsafe. No to transit in the I-94 corridor, stretching across the 6th District between the Cities and Wisconsin. Time and again, when our communities...
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
HT to Instaputz for this item about the GOP US Senate fight in California. The blog notes that Chuck reviewed right wing columnits Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Facism (c’mon Chuck, the book has been out for more than a year and you’re just getting around to reading it'….) and gave it 5 stars on Amazon.com. [...]
The Whig (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... Obama's, and he's losing support on it. In coming weeks, Obama will be involved in contentious Senate fighting over health care. He may travel to Copenhagen for international global-warming talks. And he'll be in Oslo to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize -- a few days after the next set of unemployment numbers are due. There will be a lot of news. But for millions of Americans, joblessness will...
