Today in Washington – September 22, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 11:30 AM  | 

The House has 15 suspension votes scheduled for Wednesday.   The Senate will continue debate on the motion to proceed to S.3454, the Department of Defense Authorization bill, even though cloture failed yesterday.  Tomorrow, the Senate is expected to take up a motion on the DISCLOSE Act, S.3628. This is the same unconstitutional bill that received only 57 votes to shut down debate on July 27th.  The current expectation is that the House and Senate | Read More »

Today in Washington – July 27, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 27th at 11:30 AM  | 

President Obama wants to reduce criticism of his unpopular government.  It is to be expected, because the American people have little confidence in the Obama Administration and the federal government.  Even left wing Think Tank, the Center for American Progress (CAP), has released data that “more than a quarter of the public says they have little or no confidence in government.”  This report is evidence that, even the left | Read More »

This Week in Washington – July 26, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 26th at 11:00 AM  | 

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is the Republican key for the Obama Administration to pass New START Treaty this year.  67 Senators are needed to pass any treaty, therefore the support of Republicans is necessary to pass START.  Republicans may want to stall passage of the treaty into the next Congress, because the New START Treaty may harm national security.  The Obama Administration may have signed a side agreement | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 24, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 24th at 11:00 AM  | 

The DISCLOSE Act is on House floor today.  This bill chills the rights of Americans to band together in an organization and participate in the political process.  Sean Parnell of the Center for Competitive Politics said of this legislation, ”as the Rules Committee prepares to advance this speech-chilling bill to the House floor, its supporters are cynically misrepresenting the bill as simply providing transparency and avoiding all mentions of | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 23, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 10:00 AM  | 

Tea Party Activists are likely to have another ally in Washington this Fall — Mike Lee, the Republican nominee for Senate from Utah.  Lee will join Republican nominee from Kentucky Rand Paul and the Republican nominee from Nevada Sharron Angle as non-establishment Tea Party activist candidates for Senate.  If these candidates are sworn into office, expect the Republican establishment to sound more conservative next year. The Senate | Read More »

This Week in Washington – June 21, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 21st at 10:45 AM  | 

President Obama is losing political influence on Capitol Hill, because poll numbers indicate that the President is unpopular with the American voters.  Gallup reports today that “U.S. registered voters remain split on whether President Obama deserves to be re-elected in 2012, with 46% saying he does and 51% saying he does not — little changed from earlier this year.”  This is going to be a tough fall for | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 18, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 18th at 11:00 AM  | 

Not much going on today in Washington after a big day of grilling for the low key CEO of BP Tony Hayward yesterday in the House.  Just like the Celtics defense melted down in the 4th quarter collapse last night against the LA Lakers in game 7 of the NBA finals, final passage of the Tax Extenders bill melted down in the Senate and consideration of | Read More »

This Week in Washington – June 14, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 14th at 10:15 AM  | 

BP CEO Tony Hayward and other leaders of top oil companies will testify this week before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  President Obama has stated that he would have fired Hayward if he were in charge of BP and Members of Congress are expected to treat Heyward as the whipping boy for the Gulf crisis.  Hayward will face some tough questioning this week.  Committee members will want | Read More »