This Week in Washington – September 20, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  September 20th at 11:00 AM  | 

The House has 39 suspension votes scheduled for Wednesday and possible work final passage of TARP, Jr. (H.R. 5297 – the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010), as amended by the Senate for this week.  The Senate will debate and vote on the motion to proceed to S.3454, the Department of Defense Authorization bill. There will be no roll call votes during Monday’s session of the Senate, but a | Read More »

Today in Washington – July 28, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  July 28th at 10:30 AM  | 

The Center for Public Integrity has just broken an important story that indicates a failed federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  According to the report: The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investigating whether the chaotic spraying of tons of salt water by private boats | Read More »