Today starts the race the finish line for the 111th Congress. They can’t get out of town too soon. With breaking news that the invidual mandate is unconstitutional, the big issues this week will be ObamaCare, taxes and the spending issues for the year. The Senate is scheduled to continue debate on a motion to concur with respect to H.R. 4853, the vehicle for the tax compromise. A vote | Read More »
There are no votes scheduled in the House and Senate today. Finally, legislation memorializing the agreement between the White House and congressional leaders has been introduced in the Senate and provided to the American public. This legislation is titled the Reid-McConnell Amendment. Here is a PDF of a summary of the agreement on CQ (subscription required). The Senate are debating this legislation today and a vote is | Read More »
Today is a busy day for the House and Senate. The details of a final deal on the Obama tax negotiations have yet to be shared with Senators, yet Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has told Politico that “I’m hoping that in the next day or two that we can be on that.” The American people have a right to see the final details | Read More »
Yesterday was yet another day in the Senate of gridlock on the ObamaBailout bill and today will probably be more of the same. A Senate committee will be holding hearings today on ways to chip away at the 2nd Amendment. Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) made a splash yesterday when he circulated legislation to expand the conditions for the government to strip U.S. Citizens of Citizenship. The | Read More »
Hot day in Washington and things are going to heat up in the debate on the ObamaBailout bill. Conservatives should focus on understanding the debate in the Senate today on amendments to S.3217, the so called Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. Expect more talk and floor speeches about the Gulf Coast Oil Spill and the level of BP’s financial responsibility in the disaster in Washington. Also, the talk of the town this | Read More »
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