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Freshman Republican Says Senate Shouldn't Filibuster Judicial Nominees
By Tom Diemer
Freshman Republican Mike Lee, elected in Utah with support from the tea party movement, says the Senate should do away with filibusters against judicial nominees, scrapping a stalling tactic when it is used in confirmation debates. Sen.-elect Lee told a radio interviewer, "I think we can make a ...
Is the Senate 'Disrespecting' Christmas? Not According to Tradition
By David Gibson
A battle over Christmas is being fought across the aisle in the United States Senate, with Republicans Jim DeMint and Jon Kyl blasting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for making them work so much around the holiday and thereby "disrespecting" Christians, in Kyl's words, or committing a ...
Immigration End Game: DREAM Act Defeated in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy
The Senate failed to overcome a bipartisan filibuster against the DREAM Act Saturday, by a vote of 55 to 41, just five short of the 60 needed to advance the immigration bill to a final debate in the chamber. The controversial measure had been the last hope of immigration activists looking this ...
Biden to GOP: 'Don't Tell Me About Christmas'
By Tom DiemerIt wasn't exactly a Scrooge moment, but Vice President Joe Biden has little patience with Senate Republicans who cite the holidays as a reason to put off finishing work on such matters as the START treaty, a huge priority for the Obama administration. "Don't tell me about Christmas," an irritated ...
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Tax-Cut Package, 81-19
By Alex Wagner
By a vote of 81 to 19, the Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the tax-cut compromise struck between President Obama and senior members of the Republican Party. Despite protestations of many congressional Democrats, the House is expected to vote on the bill later Wednesday evening or perhaps ...
Tax-Cut Compromise Clears Senate Hurdle; Vote Expected This Week
By Patricia Murphy
Despite the objections of liberals and some conservatives, the Senate voted 83 to 15 Monday to begin the final debate on the tax-cut compromise struck between President Obama and Republican leaders last week. Among the coalition to vote no were liberal Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Bernie Sanders ...
Why Dana Milbank Is Right (and Paul Krugman Is Wrong)
By Matt LewisI don't usually bother looking at Paul Krugman's columns at the New York Times, but a recent post of his -- attacking the Washington Post's Dana Milbank -- deserves a closer look. Krugman, it seems, is livid at Milbank's assertion that during the health care debate, President Obama "acceded too ...
DREAM Act Immigration Bill Delayed in the Senate
By Patricia Murphy
The Senate voted 59 to 40 Thursday to delay consideration of the DREAM Act, a bill that would give young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if they complete two years of college or two years in the U.S. military. To qualify, they also must have arrived in the country before the age of 16 and ...
START Treaty Backed by George H.W. Bush; Obama Predicts Passage
By Lynn Sweet
Former President George H.W. Bush came out Wednesday in support of the arms-control treaty with Russia known as New START, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who served under former President George W. Bush, backed the pact on Tuesday. Whether the endorsements can budge skeptical ...
Senate Blocks Democrats on Middle Class Tax Cut; Obama Still Confident of Deal
By Patricia Murphy
Republican senators, joined by a handful of moderate Democrats, led a filibuster Saturday to block consideration of two Democratic proposals to permanently extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for all but the highest earners, arguing that the Bush-era cuts should be extended for all income levels. In ...
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