Monday, January 24, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 01-24-2011 AM

Repeal of ObamaCare in the Senate - Part II
RedState
Now that the House has passed HR 2, ObamaCare Repeal, by a 245-189 vote, the fight moves to the Senate. I wrote a few days ago Repeal of ObamaCare in the ...

The Caucus: Murkowski Questions Senate Republicans' Focus on Health Care Repeal
New York Times (blog)
“We're in a situation where there's some messaging going on,” said Ms. Murkowski, during an interview with KTVA-TV, in an apparent reference to the Senate ...

Nevada Sen. John Ensign spends $97000 on legal defense
Reno Gazette Journal
LAS VEGAS (AP) - US Senate records show Nevada Sen. John Ensign has spent at least $97000 since October on attorneys defending him in ethics and criminal ...

Senate Dems Plot Aggressive Strategy To Fight Health Care Repeal ...
By Brian Beutler
Senate Democrats might not let Republicans' health care repeal efforts die quietly after all. A top Democratic aide tells me that leadership staffers are considering ways to make Republicans take tough votes on popular elements of the ...

By ABCNews.com
Only days after calling Chinese President Hu Jintao “a dictator” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the Chinese leader Thursday on Capitol Hill. The two men smiled for the cameras, ...

Senate Democrats push John Boehner on IRS rule — We The People of ...
By Cindy
Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Maria Cantwell of Washington and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota urged the House speaker to send the Senate a stand-alone measure on the tough reporting rule meant to generate revenue, which is widely unpopular among ...

The pre-17th senate returns briefly
By Polistra
Before it was ruined by the 17th Amendment, the Senate performed this function. Each senator was appointed by the state legislature and thus served as a delegate from the state government. These delegates were mainly meant to analyze , ...

RINO Senator Lisa Murkowski Sides with Democrats, GOP Attempt at ...
By Scared Monkeys
What a shock RINO Alaskan US Senator echos the Democrat party that the Senate does not have the votes to repeal Obamacare. As reported in The Hill, Murkowski ”mimicked a Democratic argument against GOP repeal efforts”; Democrats say ...

The Inquisitr: Senator Franken: Comcast deal bad for consumers and ...
Throughout his tenure as a senator Al Franken has made media consolidation and network neutrality his signature platforms and he definitely isn't happy with the Comcast and NBC deal, which passed through the FCC and DoJ yesterday.

How to stop a runaway federal government
WND.com
The 17th Amendment is the problem. The solution is to repeal the 17th Amendment. There is no need for states to create "Electoral Assemblies. ...

US Senate Hearing on Air Force Tankers Set for January 27
Bloomberg
The Senate Armed Services Committee will convene a hearing Jan. 27 to examine the inadvertent release of ...

A Saxby Chambliss shift to a leadership position on Senate Intelligence Committee
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Saxby Chambliss on Friday said he intended to give up his status as ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, swapping it for a similar position ...

Senate Offices Told to Avoid WikiLeaks | Secrecy News
By Steven Aftergood
Do not visit the WikiLeaks site, the Office of Senate Security told Senate employees and contractors in a memorandum (pdf) that was circulated to Senate.

United Tea Party tries to unseat Senator Lugar
Wane.com
Nearly 200 Tea Party members from across Indiana gathered in Tipton, IN Saturday morning at the Heartland Ministries Church.

McCain: Senate Should Vote on Health Care Repeal
CBS News
John McCain on Sunday called for a Senate vote on a bill that would repeal health care reform, arguing it was important to get "everybody on record" ...

Top senators seek deal on rules for nominations
The Associated Press
Senior senators are negotiating to reduce the 1400 presidential appointments subject to time-consuming Senate confirmation, ...

Dick Durbin Admits Senate May Face Health Care Repeal Vote (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Even though the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" has no chance of passing the Senate and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has repeatedly said he won't be bringing it to the floor for a vote, Sen.

Apollo Hires Senator As Senior Adviser
Emii.com
Most recently, Bayh served as Indiana's junior Senator, where he chaired the banking, housing and urban affairs subcommittee on security and international ...


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