Monday, December 06, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 12-06-2010 AM


Senate Bill Would Extend Renewable Energy Programs
ABC News
AP By FREDERIC J. FROMMER AP A key Senate Democrat is trying to get two programs aimed at boosting solar, wind and other renewable energy extended through ...

Who's in charge of the Senate?
Washington Post (blog)
But the Senate will be a different story. The dynamic there will be quite fascinating -- and treacherous for Democrats. The numbers that matter are 23 ...

Judge allows Murkowski to participate in Senate election case
Juneau Empire
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE A state judge has allowed US Sen. Lisa Murkowski a formal role in candidate Joe Miller's challenge to her November election ...

Reid pursuing backdoor route for online poker legislation
Casino City Times
By Aaron Todd According to several media reports, staffers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are trying to build support for a bill that would ...

US Senate OKs $50 Bln Measure To Fund Federal Government Through Dec 18
Wall Street Journal
By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The US Senate unanimously approved a $50 billion bill to fund the federal government through...

Senate Democrats to hold meaningless tax votes tomorrow « Hot Air
By Ed Morrissey
A deal between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate on the upcoming tax hikes apparently collapsed last night after one Republican withheld unanimous consent to proceed. As a result, Democrats will hold two votes tomorrow on ...

The Volokh Conspiracy » Reflections on the Repeal Amendment
By Ilya Somin
On a side issue on the 17th Amendment, repeal would be a boon for those billionaires who would like to buy a Senate seat. As it is now, they need to spend tens of millions of dollars on elections. They could give a million dollars to ...

US Senator Baucus Proposes One-Year Ethanol Credit Extension
Bloomberg
Senator Baucus's approach is a good one, recognizing the importance of this investment and providing some market stability as good-faith efforts to ...

Senator Inhofe: 'I Was Right and They Were Wrong' - NYTimes.com
By By JOHN M. BRODER
In a videotaped message to fellow climate skeptics in CancĂșn, the senator raise questions about both the science of global warming and the international process for trying to combat it

The United States “Economic Civil War” « Liberty Candidates
By Gigi Bowman
The next step in this process is to repeal the 17th Amendment, putting the election of Senators back into the hands of the State Legislators. This will ensure that these Senators are loyal to the State, and NOT special interest groups ...

 Senate Republicans hold firm against Democrats' tax cut plan in vote
Los Angeles Times
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times In a rare Saturday session, Senate Democrats and Republicans remained at loggerheads over whether to extend the George ...

Senate to decide fate of impeached federal judge
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to begin deciding Tuesday whether to remove a federal judge from Louisiana after the House impeached him on corruption ...

Spending in Wisconsin Senate race sets record
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel The Senate race between Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson obliterated all spending records for federal campaigns in ...

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Senate's Sham Hearings on DADT
By John R. Guardiano
Senate Armed Services Committee hearings this week on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" had an air of unrealism about them. That's because, in response to media and activist pressure, Congress and the Pentagon have deliberately framed the issue ...

Jerk: Sen. Menendez compares senate republicans to terrorists ...
By cubachi
Menendez compares senate republicans to terrorists. Although I have a great governor in the state of New Jersey, I do have two of the most liberal senators in Washington, DC. One of the dumbest ones, is Senator Bob Menendez. ...

RINO US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) States Republicans “made ...
By Scared Monkeys
From The Hill, Lindsey Graham, the US Senator from South Carolina stated that Republicans “made some pretty poor choices” in choosing their Senate candidates this fall. Oh really, you RINO? I hope the senator from SC does not think that ...

John Lott's Website: Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has ...
By John Lott
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has already broken one campaign promise. Barely in office for a couple of weeks and Joe Manchin of West Virginia has already broken one campaign promise and voted for income tax increases for some ...

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