Thursday, February 03, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-03-2011 AM

Senate Dems throw in the towel on earmarks
Hot Air
Senate Democrats dealt a near-fatal blow to earmarks on Tuesday, giving in to the demands of President Barack Obama and House Republicans who have pushed ...

Republican bill would allow states to 'opt out' of health care laws
Raw Story
Senate Republicans Lindsey Graham and John Barrasso have introduced legislation that would allow states to opt out of certain provisions of ...

Reid To Test Informal Agreement With GOP, Pushing Judicial Nominees This Week
Huffington Post
The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to send at least eleven nominations to the floor, likely this Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. ...

Murkowski retains key position on Senate energy committee
Juneau Empire
Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., left, asks a question Jan. 26 during a hearing on the BP oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington ...

Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and the Tea Party Part 2
Examiner.com
In yesterday`s article I was able to quote Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) about his stance with the Tea Party. The quote I received from his press office ...

Senator Calls ATF on Allegations Agency Is Allowing Guns Into Mexico
Fox News
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms -- the agency tasked with keeping US guns from being smuggled to Mexico -- has come under fire for ...

Time for Mubarak to 'step down': US Senator McCain
AFP
Top US Senator John McCain, shortly after talks with President Barack Obama, urged embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to ...

Blumenthal spokesman: Prior meeting causes senator's tardiness
Stamford Advocate
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Tuesday that the senator was late for his 2 pm Monday assignment as the Senate's presiding officer because of a prior ...

Pentagon paid billions to fraudsters: US senator
AFP
Brandishing a 45-page January 2011 US Department of Defense report on the issue, Independent Senator... Bernie Sanders called for "far more vigorous

Senator seeks expedited Supreme Court review of health care law ...
By gschwarzcnn
(CNN) -- A Democratic senator who faces a potentially tough re-election battle in a political swing state wants the Senate to approve a non-binding resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide quickly if the new health care law is ...

Senator Rand Paul gave a rousing Senate floor speech on the topic ...
By cubachi
Henry Clay, a former Kentucky senator and secretary of state known as the “Great Compromiser” wanted to compromise on slavery. However his cousin Cassius, was a fierce abolitionist who refused to budge on the issue of slavery. ...

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