Monday, January 31, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 01-31-2011 AM

Pro-Israel activists decry GOP senator's call to cut aid
Jerusalem Post
Republican and Democratic pro- Israel political players alike jumped on a new GOP senator and Tea Party favorite for calling for US aid to ...

Senator Murray named to new seat
KGMI
Washington Democrat Patty Murray says she will be watching republicans "like a hawk" to ensure veterans get their financial due. ...

Rand Paul, Tea Party Senator, gets serious about tackling the debt
California Independent Voter Network
Kentucky's newly-seated Junior Senator, Rand Paul, who kicked off his general election campaign by saying "I have a message from the Tea Party... we've come ...

Jamie Radtke: Tea Party 'Wouldn't Exist Today If Republicans Hadn't Failed ...
Huffington Post
Jamie Radtke, the leader of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots who recently announced she will run for US Senate in the state's 2012 match-up, delivered a blow ...

McConnell could chart new course in Senate
Washington Post
When McConnell and his united GOP troops couldn't stop things from getting through the Senate, they made sure the Democrats paid a heavy price for winning. ...

Comment: If past actions are any indicator of future, then this is highly doubtful.

US Senate to revive Internet 'kill switch' legislation
Malaysia Sun
...the full Senate did not act on the measure. Despite what may appear to be bad timing, based on the actions of Egypt, it appears the bill is set to ...

Comment: More fear of that pesky 1st amendment!

Mark Ganzer's Blog: Roses & Thistles: Transparency in U.S. Senate ...
By Mark Ganzer
Tom Harkin for their efforts to make the United States Senate more transparent and effective. Harkin was among the minority who tried to curb abuse of the filibuster rule. Alas, the effort was defeated last week. Instead, Senate leaders ...

Sen. Schumer Nullifies Judicial Branch
By Pat_S
Schumer, like most of these career politicians, has no clue what's in the US Constitution AND obviously has no idea about the delineations of our government. He is a brilliant argument for repeal of the 17th Amendment! ...

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