Friday, November 26, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 11-26-2010 PM

US senator applauds fed review of Tenn. ridgelines
BusinessWeek
US Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Wednesday that protecting ridgelines from mining on the Northern Cumberland Plateau could lead to more jobs from ...

Democrats Accuse GOP Senator of Breaking Pledge on Earmarks. True?
CNN Political Ticker (blog)
Washington (CNN) – Democratic Party officials are blasting out emails accusing the Senate's second ranking Republican of backtracking on his pledge not to ...

Yale Political Union: Yale Political Union debates Senator John ...
By Yale Political Union
On Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 the Yale Political Union debated "Resolved: America should lead the world in environmental policy" with Senator John Kerry . This post contains speeches made by members of the YPU. Speeches on the Affirmative:

Tea Party Now Wants 17th Amendment Repealed « Sky's Universal ...
By Schuyler Thorpe
Mike Lee, Utah's new Republican Senator, has called passing the 17th Amendment a “mistake,” and the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Senate in Colorado, Ken Buck, was for repeal before he was against it. Lee and Buck were both Tea ...

GOP Senators Detail Objections to Arms Treaty
New York Times
Mr. Corker voted for New Start when it was passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in September, but now agrees with Mr. Kyl that it should not ...

Miller, Ruedrich spar over Senate ballot counting
KTUU
by Mike Ross Republican US Senate candidate Joe Miller and Alaska Republican Party Chair Randy Ruedrich engaged in a war of words Wednesday, after Ruedrich ...

Senate set to take up immigration reform bill
Washington Examiner
The proposal won its place on the agenda in part because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised on the campaign trail that he would take it up ...

Senate Sets Pentagon DADT Report Hearings for Dec. 2 and 3
Metro Weekly
The Senate Armed Services Committee, as had been suggested in recent days, announced that it would be holding hearings in the follow-up to the Nov. ...

Restore federalism: “The Repeal Amendment” « HillBuzz.org
By kevindujan01
Prior to the 17th Amendment, each State legislature elected two Senators to represent the State in the US Senate. These Senators acted as a counterbalance to the Representatives, which are directly elected by the People. ...

Senator: Make fertilizer used for IEDs harder to get
Sacramento Bee
By JOHN SHIFFMAN WASHINGTON -- On a recent gray Thursday afternoon, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., attended yet another Arlington Cemetery internment for a ...

Senator McCaskill Pushes Investigation into Federal Use of PR firms
By Alina Popescu
Senator Claire McCaskill announced an investigation into how federal agencies had used taxpayer money to pay for public relations services.

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