Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Seventeenth Summary 12-21-2010 AM


Filibuster Reform - “The Quest for Absolute Power” | RedState
By Brian Darling
 … deliberative body to protect the rights of the minority. Since the 17th Amendment, the filibuster rule is the only thing that protects the integrity of that design. ...

Repeal Amendment restores balance - Politics
By peggy
Actually, the real answer to restoring the balance would be to repeal the 17th Amendment, which changed the Constitution so U.S. senators are elected by the people and not by state legislatures. The Founders intended the Senate to be ...

Ethics and Morality .. – Order of the Ephors - Can the Republic be ...
By Lee
The 17th Amendment did away with the great bragging point of the Constitution, its “checks and balances.” But the intellectual argument here is much more subtle and has not yet been realistically investigated. ...

Senate Republicans to FCC: No net neutrality
Big Government
So to answer your question, there is NOTHING wrong with our Constitution (except maybe the 17th Amendment–different talk for a different day), ...

The 17th Amendment: The Death of State Sovereignty?
I will be the first to admit that I am a conservative talk radio junkie. I listen to them all: Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh. A few days ago, ...

Budget Fight Looms Over Financial, Health Laws
Wall Street Journal
A US Senate deal to fund the federal government through March 4 doesn't include money to begin implementing the new health ...

The Tyranny Of The Senate - Part Two... The Solution
Huffington Post (blog)
There is only one way to end the Tyranny of the Senate. Eliminate it altogether. Get rid of the Senate. We cannot turn the clock back. ...

Senate Sends Food Bill Back, Passes It Again
Slate Magazine (blog)
The Senate passed a bill overhauling the country's food-safety laws on Sunday after a technical error delayed it for weeks and even threatened to kill it ...

Grateful Dead, zoo poetry top 2010 wasteful spending
USA Today
A new report by one of the Senate's top watchers of wasteful spending slams $11.5 billion worth of items from 2010. The report will no doubt become fodder ...

Kirk's off to fast start in Senate, but gloating with McCain got noticed
Chicago Sun-Times
He's organized other GOP Senate freshmen. He's in great standing with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) even though he cast some votes with ...

Senate approves Chicago prosecutor for federal judge
Chicago Tribune
By Bob Goldsborough, Special to the Tribune In a rare weekend session, the US Senate voted unanimously late Saturday to confirm Chicago federal prosecutor ...

Tax Affecting Cross-Border Companies Dropped in Senate in Win for Business
Bloomberg
Foreign-based multinational corporations won a victory in Congress as senators agreed to drop a provision ...

'Put up or shut up' on debt - senator
CNNMoney
Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Saxby Chambliss say they will introduce the Bowles-Simpson report as legislation. ...

Senator reports on government waste
UPI.com
A US senator released a report Monday pointing out what he said are some of the worst examples of federal government waste this year. ...

FEC Rejected Counsel With Its Vote on Senator
New York Times
When the Federal Election Commission voted last month to close an investigation into a $96000 payment to Senator John ...

Senator Coburn's waste line — $11.5 billion in 2010 spending ...
By Tabassum Zakaria
Senator Coburn's list of wasteful government spending includes burping cows, Vidalia onions, a 2500-year-old mummy, and finding love on the Internet.

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