Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 11-30-2010 PM

NPR (blog)
Mike Enzi, (R-WY), talk to reporters on Tuesday about the food safety bill that passed the Senate. It sure took a while, but the Senate today passed the ...

Congress Lashes Out at Wikileaks, Senators Say Leakers May Have "Blood on ...
CBS News
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) called the release of more than 250000 classified State Department documents a "reckless ...

Tea Party backers, greens unite against ethanol tax credit
The Hill (blog)
... ranging from lefty green groups to a major Tea Party organization – are pushing Senate leaders to let a major ethanol tax break die at year's end. ...

Senate votes to delay Medicare physician payment cut until Dec. 31
OSN SuperSite
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the legislation. Sens. Baucus and Grassley vowed to ...

Mauro's wide-ranging review of debate swirling around the 17th Amendment notes ... "All this attention to the 17th Amendment is amusing and bewildering to ...

CNNMoney
The bill's sponsor, Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a statement that the proposed legislation would reauthorize benefits for nearly 800000 out-of-work ...

Blumenthal vs. Kardashians: One for the Senator Elect
Hartford Courant (blog)
The Kardashians may live in California, but the Connecticut AG and US Senator-elect attacked their participation in a debit card designed to draw in young ...

Dean: We need to sanction TV guests through the Fairness Doctrine ...
Hot Air
Regardless of whether repealing the 17th Amendment is a good idea or not, its advocates at least understand the Constitution and its amending process better ...

John McCain: Senate 'poorer' without Russ Feingold
Politico (blog)
John McCain says 'the Senate will be a much poorer place without Russ Feingold in it.'

Patty Murray has accepted the Senate Democrats' top fundraising job for a second time, a gig she is taking on with noticeably more reluctance than when she ...

Senate: Earmark Ban Amendment Voted Down
Fox News (blog)
All except Inhoffe and Lugar are members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Five Senators missed the vote: Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Sen. ...

Retiring Sen. Chris Dodd bids adieu
CNN
Chris Dodd will reflect on the three decades he spent representing Connecticut in Congress during his final speech from the Senate floor Tuesday. ...

No, Senator Durbin, Earmarks Are Not Transparent
Cato @ Liberty
This morning the full Senate voted down a proposed rule that would have barred earmarks for the next two years. Part of the reason? Earmarks are transparent ...

Michelle Malkin » Senate passes new food police bill: Roll call ...
By Michelle Malkin
Senate passes new food police bill: Roll call vote 73-25; Senator Bennet: “It's all rigged”

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