Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 02-16-2011 PM

Illinois Senator Durbin Pushing For Baseball To Ban Tobacco
FOX2now.com
Illinois' Senior Senator is among those hoping to make the cliché' of the baseball player with a wad of tobacco in his mouth a thing of the past. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, and New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg are asking ...

Comment: Nanny Durbin is on the warpath to save another group from themselves…

Senator Bingaman Opposed To Public Broadcasting Cuts
KRWG 90.7
Senator Bingaman says he can see a reduction happening, but doesn't support complete elimination of funding. Bingaman-"I think unfortunately this is an issue that has more of an ideological bent to it than it does a fiscal conservatism bent to it. ...

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) Does Not Believe President Obama's Debt ...
By Melissa Clouthier (Profile)
President Obama suddenly is a friend to business, so says he. No one buys it, including Senator Ron Johnson, the new Republican Senator from.

Senator Rand Paul's Letter of Opposition to the Patriot Act :
By Alex
Senator Rand Paul (Ky.) released the following Dear Colleague letter to his fellow Senators this morning regarding the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act. (2/15/2011). Dear Colleague: James Otis argued against general ...

Is a Government Shutdown in March on the Table?
CBS News
Republican Senate leaders, however, are suggesting that they'll be able to reach a compromise with President Obama and Democrats in Congress to keep the government up and running. "The government isn't going to shut down," Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, ...

Democrats everywhere waiting for Kaine to decide on Senate race
Washington Post (blog)
Virginia Democrats are waiting this week for Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former governor, to decide whether to run for the US Senate next year. US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has privately ...

Club for Growth raises $100K for Jeff Flake's Senate bid
USA Today
A fiscally minded group that successfully backed several upstart candidates for US Senate last year has raised $100000 for Rep. Jeff Flake's bid in Arizona. Flake, a Republican known for his passion against wasteful ...

Geithner: Chinese Inflation Helping U.S. Compete
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee today that growing inflationary pressures in China would help US competitiveness because companies and investors now have to factor in rising costs in China when ...

How Vulnerable Democrats Might Attack Obama's Health Care Bill
Politics Daily
With 2012 approaching, vulnerable Senate Democrats representing red states are desperately searching for creative ways to distance themselves from President Obama's health care bill. Of course, if they attack it too harshly, they also risk angering ...

Senate Elder Hatch Embraces Tea Party `Tough Bunch' in Effort to Survive
Bloomberg
His outreach to Tea Party groups is broad-based, including town-hall meetings and personal calls before Senate votes, and comes with a rightward tilt on policy by the legislator, considered one of the Senate's great dealmakers. ...

Senate vote allows TSA to move ahead with collective bargaining
Washington Post
The Senate on Tuesday rejected an amendment that would have blocked Transportation Security Administration employees from having collective-bargaining rights, handing a victory to Democrats and labor groups. The amendment, which was ...

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