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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith the clock running out on the lame-duck session of Congress, the Senate expects to begin voting Tuesday on ratification of the Strategic Arms Nuclear Reduction Treaty, the arms-reduction pact signed in Prague by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April. Proponents of the bill will need 60 votes to end debate on the measure on Tuesday, followed by a two-thirds majority, likely 67 votes, to ratify the treaty later in the week. The issue has become an increasingly contentious one, as Democrats have pushed Republicans to approve the treaty without significant changes, ...
McConnell Flip-Flops on Earmarks, But Does It Really Matter?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 16) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reversed himself Monday and endorsed a moratorium on earmarks, the sly legislative devices by which members of Congress direct federal funds to their pet projects. South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint joined other GOP tea partiers in pressuring McConnell, who has steered about $1 billion to Kentucky with earmarks, into changing his mind. The move put McConnell and the tea partiers in an unfamiliar position, one aligned with President Barack Obama. "I welcome Senator McConnell's decision to join me and members of both parties who support ...
How Christine O'Donnell Should Have Answered the Supreme Court Question
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAll things considered, Delaware GOP senate candidate Christine O'Donnell did well during Wednesday night's debate with Democrat Chris Coons. (My colleague Jill Lawrence has a detailed report.) The stakes were high (why was CNN nationally broadcasting a debate for a race that isn't terribly close, anyway?), and she largely held her own. But if there was one moment when she stumbled badly, it was when O'Donnell could not name a single recent Supreme Court decision that she disagrees with. The problem, of course, is that this plays into perceptions about O'Donnell's competence and experience ...
Bunning Cuts Loose on McConnell
By Dave - Politics Dailyvia NRO, The Courier-Journal has the latest from Senator Bunning, likely the most vulnerable Republican in the senate."Do you know Arlen Specter will be 80, has had four bouts with cancer and he still wants to run for the U.S. Senate?" Bunning continued. "And I'm being criticized at 77 and healthy for wanting to run for the U.S. Senate by certain leadership people in my party. Give me a break."Asked if the leadership he was referring to was McConnell, Bunning answered: "Obviously. Do you want me to spell it out for you?"He said: "Do you realize that under our dynamic leadership of our leader, ...
The Price Point for Drilling
By Dave - Politics DailySorry about being a sort of one trick pony with my last few posts about drilling, but it is the salient political issue of the summer and it is generating a lot of good political theater. This one is from Mitch McConnell, who ran this little maneuver yesterday: Obviously this is political theater, Ken Salazar was certainly not going to agree on behalf of the entire Democratic party to drill at a set price. In fact his only role here is to represent his party to stop anything real from happening. But Mitch McConnell takes the opportunity to point out that the current Democratic position ...
Administration Opposes Reporter Shield Law
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyRepublican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain made headlines recently by announcing his support for a Federal reporter shield law. The proposal, passed by the House but languishing in the Senate, would grant journalists immunity from prosecution for refusing to reveal their sources in national security leak investigations unless a judge determines that the information sought is "essential" to the outcome of the case. A judge would also have to weigh the potential damage to newsgathering efforts against the public interest before deciding to force a reporter to identify his source.McCain, ...
Pakistan Rejects U.S. Intelligence Presence
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPakistani military and intelligence leaders met secretly with the top two U.S. intelligence officials in Islamabad earlier this month. During that meeting, Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell and CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden pressed Pakistan for greater access to the country for U.S. intelligence assets and offered Pakistan help in its battle with Taliban remnants and al-Qaeda in its Northwest Frontier Provinces. The meeting came in the aftermath of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, when it appeared that the country might be descending ...
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