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 »

Senate Budget Bill held up in Congress, delayed until Monday.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 6th at 07:31 AM  | 

Repeat: “may.” Congress has an impressive talent at somehow managing to find new and exciting ways to spend your money. Senate bogs down over $410 billion spending bill WASHINGTON – The Senate, tied up in a fight over a huge omnibus appropriations bill, will have to pass a stopgap spending measure Friday in order to avoid a partial government shutdown. [snip] The huge, 1,132-page spending | Read More »