Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 12-11-2010 AM

Two Hours of Tax Bill Complaints: Dem Senator Denounces Deal on Senate Floor
ABC News (blog)
Bernie Sanders, I-VT, who has vowed to filibuster the tax bill, today spent two hours on the Senate floor railing against the compromise deal. ...

Senate tax bill extends ethanol credit, tariff
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tax-cut package under debate in the Senate on Friday would extend through 2011 the 45 cent a gallon ethanol tax credit and a 54 ...

Politico
The Senate released its bill Thursday to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, ...

Senate Dems give boost to renewable energy in tax plan
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Senate leaders folded the renewable energy incentive program into the latest version of a tax cut package that was unveiled last night, reversing a decision ...

Reid pushes to legalize online poker
Salt Lake Tribune
By Matt Canham Washington • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is attempting to legalize online poker by slipping a bill into a must-pass proposal before ...

Senate bill would require minimum cybersecurity standards for internet
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
Cardin, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's terrorism and homeland security subcommittee, compared the cybersecurity safety standards in his ...

Comment: Be on the watch for this movement, I see draconian censorship coming down the pike…

Ruling expected Friday in nation's last Senate battle
CNN International
By Rebecca Stewart, CNN (CNN) -- The judge presiding over Alaska's Senate race challenge is expected to issue a ruling Friday. Arguments began Wednesday in ...

Build America Extension Excluded From Senate Bill to Prevent Tax Increases
Bloomberg
The US Senate kept a continuation of the Build America Bond program out of a bill to ...

After Filibustering The Seating Of Franken, Cornyn Insists Alaskans 'Deserve ...
Think Progress
Al Franken (D-MN) from taking his seat in the Senate, even though Franken led his Republican opponent Norm Coleman in the vote tally. ...

9/11 responders bill defeated by Senate GOP filibuster
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Senate Democrats failed Thursday to win a procedural vote to open debate on a 9/11 emergency responders bill. ...

Will Congress Find Funds for Obamacare and Lots of Pork Under the Tree This ...
Fox News
By Phil Kerpen Last Christmas Eve, the US Senate gave Americans the lump of coal known as Obamacare. This year, they may take even more of our money to fund ...

U.S. Senate Bill 510: Food Safety or False Protection?
Patch
What was mentioned specifically _was United States Senate Bill 510. This bill, also known as the Food Safety Modernization Act, passed the Senate on ...

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