Monday, March 07, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 03-07-2011 AM

Bill Theobald: Partisan divide moves TN senators to left
The Tennessean
Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker are not among the most conservative members of the US Senate, according to an analysis of votes in 2010 by the National Journal. Well, the finding shows what may be vulnerability for the two as Alexander seeks to advance ...

McClure remembered as US senator with common touch | The ...
By The Associated Press
Former U.S. Sen. James McClure was remembered Saturday for his compassion for the underdog, his frugality, his love for family and the University of Idaho, and for his constant curiosity about life. "He literally walked with presidents ...

Senate Bill Would Lift Wolf Protections in MT, ID | Flathead Beacon
By Matthew Brown, Associated Press
BILLINGS – Gray wolves in Montana and Idaho would lose their Endangered Species Act protections and become fair game for hunters under a provision buried deep in a U.S. Senate budget bill introduced Friday. The provision was included in ...

GOP takeover prospects in the senate brighten
American Thinker (blog)
The 2012 senate arithmetic alone represents a challenge to Democrats to hold on to the upper chamber. But in the last 5 weeks, several Democrats have announced that they plan to retire, making what was a fighting chance for a GOP senate takeover into a ...

Red State: 'Coiffed' Haridopolos should quit Senate race | Naked ...
By Marc Caputo
One of the most influential voices in Republican media, Erick Erickson, displays on his site's front page a savage piece taking aim at Florida Senate President/ U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos. From his hair to his job to his ...

Ingo Bischoff on Real Bills and Why They Are Not Inflationary
Right Side News
A return to a commercial banking system employing the Real Bills Doctrine will require the repeal of the 17th Amendment, yet the Congress is unlikely to ...

Tea Party causing problems for GOP
Eastern Echo
Because it's only wingnuts who say they give all due deference to the Constitution and then propose repealing the 17th Amendment (the direct election of US ...

US Senate panel to hold hearing on Vt. branding
WCAX
Senator Patrick Leahy is bringing a US Senate panel to Colchester Monday to hold hearings on ways to promote and protect the Vermont brand. From Maple syrup to cheddar cheese, protecting the state's brand has long been a top priority for state ...

US Senate unanimously call for no-fly zone over Libya
Examiner.com
Despite the wise warnings from Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates about the real implications of imposing a no-fly zone over the embattled nation of Libya, the US Senate unanimously endorsed a the creation of a “no fly” zone over Libya to support ...

Federal bill would fund expansion of Sussex runway
The News Journal
In the short term, the Air Transport Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, which passed the US Senate last month, will include funding for a 500-foot runway expansion at the airport. But a fuel tax increase in the bill also means the Federal ...

U.S. may tap oil reserves as gas prices rise | Chicago Breaking ...
By Reuters
“If necessary, those reserves could be mobilized to help mitigate the effect of a severe, sustained supply disruption,” Geithner told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But there has been growing support among Senate Democrats ...

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