It Must Be Spring, Cause This Obudget is Bursting
The Budget committee dives further into trying to pass President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget. Senator Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), once President Obama’s nominee for the Commerce Department, seems to get it...
View ArticleWH on Taxpayer Funded Abortions: “I’m not prepared to rule it out.”
The White House budget chief Peter Orszag was on Fox News Sunday this morning and when asked if abortion would be part of the federal mandate in health care replied “I’m not prepared to rule it out.”...
View ArticleACORN Isn’t the Only Nut to Crack in Transportation Bill
On top of the victory in defunding ACORN in the Transportation appropriations bill Republicans in the Senate are also offering up other amendments associated with waste. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is...
View ArticleColloquoy on Senate Floor: Gov’t Takeover of School Loans Is a “Shell Game”
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) had a colloquy on the Senate floor this morning concerning the federal takeover of the student loan program (that recently passed the House of...
View ArticleFor Senate Republicans, reading is fundamental – UPDATED
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., brought Senate consideration of a health care overhaul to a crawl by demanding that a 767-page amendment by Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) be read aloud, a process that could take...
View ArticleHill Update: Some R’s Willing to Turn Back on Taxpayers Over Bailouts
ON THE FLOOR The Senate will reconvene at 9:30 a.m., and resume consideration of the financial regulatory overhaul measure (S 3217). Roll call votes are possible with respect to amendments. The House...
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