All Posts Tagged With: "U.S. Senate"
Democrats, Please Use Your Power
I give some ideas of what Democrats can do in the lame duck session and discuss what I’ve learned from this year’s election.
4Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 56 comments | Continued
We Will Miss Ted Kaufman
Ted Kaufman is leaving the Senate, but not leaving public service all together. He’s been chosen as the new head of the Bailout Oversight Committee.
1Oct2010 | Unstable Isotope | 51 comments | Continued
Here’s Why We Need Senate Reform
South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint says he will block any legislation that isn’t cleared through his office.
28Sep2010 | Unstable Isotope | 38 comments | Continued
Filibuster Reform Gaining Momentum
Netroots Nation panel on filibuster reform.
29Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 3 comments | Continued
Senator Robert Byrd Dies
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, 92, passed away this morning.
28Jun2010 | Unstable Isotope | 32 comments | Continued
Financial Reform Passes The Senate
President Obama scored another big legislative victory in the Senate tonight.
The Senate approved a far-reaching financial regulation bill Thursday evening, paving the way for enactment of the most extensive reworking of financial oversight in generations and a second major legislative victory of the year for President Obama and congressional Democrats.
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The Senate voted 59 to 39 [...]
The GOP Is Now Officially Guilty of Petulance
I think it was noted here somewhere the other day that on Tuesday, Senate Republicans used a little-known rule to prevent hearings from proceeding past 2:00 PM. In fact, our own beloved Sen. Carper was forced to halt a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on transparency due to Republicans’ refusal to give unanimous consent to [...]
25Mar2010 | Scott P | 24 comments | Continued
Filibuster Reform on the Horizon?
This sounds like welcome news to me. Via Ezra Klein and Sam Stein of HuffPo, there is starting to be some serious talk about filibuster reform. Yesterday at a reporters’ briefing, Harry Reid had some interesting comments about the present and future of Senate procedure.
11Mar2010 | Scott P | 4 comments | Continued
The New “Super Majority” Problem
Despite all our differences on Health Care, the real problem is the new 60 vote or nothing framework. This new Super Majority or nothing dilemma must be addressed if we ever want to govern. Needing 60 votes to do anything is impossible mainly because it results in only two outcomes:
1. It stops legislation.
2. It only [...]
Senate Bill Passes First Cloture Vote
Early this morning the Senate health care reform bill passed its first cloture vote.
Moments ago, the Senate voted 60-40 to end the Republican filibuster of the manager’s amendment to the Senate health care bill, clearing an important hurdle to passing health care reform before the end of the year.
The Senators voted from their desks — [...]
A Modest Healthcare Proposal
I would love to see an interim law get passed for heathcare reform that drops all elected legislators from their government healthcare as of January 1st. This will give legislators a few weeks to find their free-market healthcare options and sign up. I wonder how many of them would be unable to get insurance due [...]
8Dec2009 | liberalgeek | 6 comments | Continued
Senate Health Care Reform Debate Starts Today
The debate on the health care reform deal starts today in the U.S. Senate at 3 p.m. There is still one major sticking point in the negotiations: the fate of the public option. Don’t worry though, Compromisin’ Carper is on the case:
There is one idea that supporters hope could rally the centrists: Call [...]
Senate Health Care Reform Bill Unveiled
Last night the Harry Reid unveiled the Senate health care reform bill, called The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The whole bill can be read here (warning PDF) and a 2-page summary can be read at this link (PDF).
The CBO score for the bill was released yesterday, the bill costs $850M and covers [...]
Senate Bill To Include Opt-Out Public Option
Harry Reid is holding a press conference starting at 3:15 to announce the details of the health care bill that will voted on by the Senate. Early reports say that the bill will include the opt-out public option. This is important because it will take 60 votes to remove the public option out [...]
26Oct2009 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
CASTLE TO RUN
Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) will be running for Vice President Joe Biden’s old Senate seat in Delaware, according to a source connected to the congressman, instantly giving Republicans the opportunity to flip a traditionally-Democratic seat in their column.
6Oct2009 | liberalgeek | 81 comments | Continued
Castle and Biden to Play Chicken?
Senate Guru has a nice post up about some of the potential gamesmanship between Beau Biden and Michael Castle in the next month or so.
Beau is due back this month from Iraq and Castle has been sitting on the pot for way too long. Senate Guru’s guess is that neither of them wants to battle [...]
Cattle Call – Delaware Senate Race
Who do you think should run for the open Senate seat in 2010? Democrats, Republicans, Independents – tell us your picks.
29Aug2009 | xstryker | 17 comments | Continued
In Which We See a Castle vs Biden Senate Race Becomes the CW
Tom Schaller over at Five Thirty Eight takes a long look at the possibility of a Republican taking the Senate seat previously held by Barack Obama. He cites an article written over at the Rothenberg Political Report notes that a seat held by someone who has gone to the White House (either President or VP) has flipped 50% of the time, but since the numbers involved are pretty small it is hard to know what that means. But before he gets to looking at the landscape of the Senate race in IL, he stops in Delaware first:
11Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 15 comments | Continued
End of the 2Q Fundraising
Today, June 30, is the end of the 2nd quarter and the last day to give for donations to appear in the 2Q fundraising reports (federal candidates). I know it’s not an election year, but fundraising reports, especially in the early race are used as a gauge of strength of a candidate. There [...]
30Jun2009 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
