Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 03-30-2011 AM

How to Stop a Runaway Federal Government!
The Moral Liberal
The 17th Amendment is the problem. The solution is to repeal the 17th Amendment. ... There is a great need to repeal the 17th Amendment, which is likely to ...

The Perfect Christmas Gift
The Moral Liberal
This gift comes in three parts: repeal of the 17th Amendment; protection of the Electoral College; and a clear definition of the powers of the federal ...

Madison's Notes — Federal Convention of 1787 — July 9
The Moral Liberal
Madison said the Senate intended as “guardians of property” — that intent was upended with the passing of the 17th Amendment, which ought, in this editor's ...

(Following Advance for Use Friday, April 8)
Sify
In 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for direct popular election of United States senators (as opposed to appointment by state ...

Erin Brockovich testifies to US Senate about pollution, cancer
89.3 KPCC
A Senate panel looking at a bill on pollution and cancer heard today from environmental law activist Erin Brockovich. Erin Brockovich's work on a cancer cluster in the California desert town of Hinkley led to a lawsuit, and later a Hollywood movie. ...

 America's Health V. Polluters: Which Side Will the U.S. Senate Pick?
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
We agree with many Members in the US Senate and House of Representatives that Congress should take the lead in addressing climate change by passing comprehensive climate and energy legislation. However, in the absence of such legislation in the ...

Top US senator eyes vote to authorize Libya strikes
AFP
WASHINGTON — A top US senator and White House ally said Tuesday he may seek formal congressional approval for US military action in support of NATO strikes in Libya. "I'm interested in a vote authorizing military action," Senate Armed Services ...

Budget Negotiations Stall Amid Charges of Inaction as US Shutdown Looms
Bloomberg
With no accord in sight on legislation to extend government spending past April 8, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, accused Republican leaders of trying to placate an “extreme minority” of their party by spurning an offer to reach ...

House, Senate No. 2s battle over federal budget
Argus Press
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other GOP leaders comment on the Senate Democratic leadership and the problems in passing a long-term spending bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. He is joined, from left to right ...

After settling into his new Washington surroundings, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio ...
ABC Action News
DC - After his highly-publicized defeat of Charlie Crist in the 2010 US Senate race, Marco Rubio has kept relatively quiet...until now. ABC News spent several days with the new Senator in both Washington and Florida. In an exclusive interview, ...

Hollywood 'terrible' at marketing itself: lobbyist
Los Angeles Times
Dodd, who spent three decades in the US Senate and was a high-profile figure during the financial meltdown, took over as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America nine days. CinemaCon, an annual convention where studios tout their ...

Creeping Civil Liberties
Tapped (blog)
A few short minutes into the first ever Senate hearing on protecting the civil rights of Muslim Americans, Arizona Senator Jon Kyl sounded like he'd rather be in a different hearing. "I'm a bit perplexed about the motives for today's hearing," Kyl said ...

Dick “Pol Pot” Durbin Holds Senate Show Hearings on Islamophobia ...
By Jim Hoft
Democrats held their own Muslim senate hearing to counter the hearing last month in the House on Islamic radicalism. Senator Dick “Pol Pot” Durbin (D-IL) and fellow democrats wanted to examine Muslims' civil rights in the US. ...

The Note: Lessons On Libya: Obama Answers Why U.S. Got Into Libya, But Not How ...
ABC News (blog)
“The Granite Status has learned that Paul Collins, a nearly 30-year political campaign organizer and former congressional and US Senate chief of staff, and Brad Blais, a key player in US Rep. Charlie Bass' 2010 campaign, are joining the Horizon PAC as ...

POET CEO Jeff Broin to testify before US Senate Committee on Agriculture ...
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
The hearing, held by the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, is titled “Fundamentals and Farming: Evaluating High Gas Prices and How New Rules and Innovative Farming Can Help”. Broin will discuss how agriculture is already ...

Senate Action Alert: Small Business Bill | RedState
By dhorowitz3 (Profile)
The major legislative item on the agenda in the Senate this week will be The Small Business Reauthorization Act (S. 493). Republicans plan to use this bill.

Senate to Hear Testimony on Nuclear Safety - NYTimes.com
By By MATTHEW L. WALD
One issue is the progress of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's effort, announced last week, to review the safety of American plants over the next 90 days.

No comments: