Friday, December 03, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 12-03-2010 AM

Schumer's Tax Plan 'Takes Courage,' GOP Senator Says »
New York Daily News (blog)
“I'm delighted to hear the eloquence of the senator from New York,” said the Tennessee Republican, with a merry glint in his eye, after the Democrat from ...

Fox News (blog)
Joe Biden, the gaffe-prone vice president, strayed from tradition Monday at the swearing-in of Republican Mark Kirk, the new senator from Illinois. ...

Washington Post (blog)
But Senator Jeff Merkley, one of a younger crop of reform-minded Democrats, has thought of a way around this problem: Start with a smaller reform that could ...

Students rally at senator's office
MiamiHerald.com
Though LeMieux on Tuesday indicated he likely will vote against the DREAM Act, the students said they want to hear a definitive statement from the senator ...

Politico
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Thursday a deal still might ...

The Caucus: 2 More Republicans Back Deficit Plan
New York Times (blog)
By JACKIE CALMES All three Senate Republicans on President Obama's debt-reduction commission have announced their support for the bipartisan plan of the ...

Constitutional provision jeopardizes sweeping food safety bill
Washington Post
By Lyndsey Layton A procedural problem is threatening to derail a landmark food safety measure passed by the Senate on Tuesday, sending congressional ...

POL 101: A Question about Representation
Outside the Beltway
This question is relevant to the Repeal Amendment under discussion* as well as to the notion that the 17th Amendment can be construed as somehow problematic ...

Outside the Beltway
... gave the Federal Government significant authority over the the states when it came to due process, equal protection of the laws, and voting rights, and the 17th Amendment, which altered the manner in which Senators were selected. ...

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