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Thursday, March 31, 2011
USAID Administrator: GOP Budget Cuts Would Lead To The Deaths Of 70,000 Children Globally
Yesterday, the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a budget hearing on the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the primary agency in the government responsible for dispensing humanitarian aid and assisting global development efforts. As Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin notes, one moment of the hearing provided a [...]
Wis. judge halts governor's union law plans
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42363513/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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Watch: Van Hollen: Boehner 'Captured By Tea Party'
Rep. Chris Van Hollen D-MD., says, Obama has not "overstepped his authority."
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=51dc5c39ea8e06a7a406caff6c57bfd5
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Liberal groups to push Obama on jobs plan
A coalition of liberal groups Thursday will call for the Obama administration to put out a detailed plan to create jobs and urge both parties to stop focusing so much on the federal budget deficit.
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Thiessen: Al-Qaeda's American-bred leadership
In recent days, critics in this section have pounded Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) for holding hearings to examine radicalization in the American Muslim community. They've accused him of "providing fuel for bigots" and "stoking irrational fears." Really? It is hardly irrational for the chairman House ...
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Budget deal close with $33B in cuts
But Dems worry Obama could be nibbled to death.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52267.html
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wisconsin judge reiterates that budget repair bill is not in effect
A judge in Wisconsin has reiterated that the budget repair bill stripping collective bargaining rights for state workers is not currently law. Wisconsin reporter Jessica Arp on Twitter:
New order adds in any further implementation, to issue declaration that act has not been published, says act is not in effect.
Even though the same judge had already issued a temporary retraining order preventing the law from going into effect on March 18th, this reiteration of the restraining order was necessary because last Friday Wisconsin Republicans believed they had found a loophole and, as such, were acting as though the law was in effect.
Despite controversy over the budget repair bill's legal status, the Department of Administration began instituting the law Monday by withholding contributions for pensions and health care from wages and restoring money previously taken for union dues.DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said he believes the law has legally taken effect.
This time around, the judge not only made it clear that the law was not in effect, but that continuing to act as though it was in effect would carry serious consequences for members of Scott Walker's administration.:
"Now that I've made my earlier order as clear as it possibly can be, I must state that those who act in open and willful defiance of the court order place not only themselves at peril of sanctions, they also jeopardize the financial and the governmental stability of the state of Wisconsin," [Judge] Sumi said.
Hopefully this is clear enough for Wisconsin Republicans.
On our end, we need to remember that this is just a temporary restraining order. The judge wants more testimony before ruling on whether the way the bill was passed violated Wisconsin's open meeting law.
Further, the judge has noted that Republicans could solve this problem simply by re-passing the bill after giving 24 hours notice. As near as I can tell, the only reason they have not already done that, and thus allowed the budget repair bill to take effect, is because it would require them to admit they did something wrong. These days, Republicans in Wisconsin seem to consider such admissions of error, even small ones, to be the worst crimes they could possibly commit.
For more discussion of the unfolding judicial action in Wisconsin, check out the rec list diary by KingofSpades.
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Obama Prays 'a Lot' Amid Crises
President Obama says he's been doing "a lot of praying" amid the foreign and domestic crises his administration has weathered in recent weeks and during the first two years of his term.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=2cae17b1dbf98848855133621cdb496a
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Plane revelations dog McCaskill's re-election bid
Sen. Claire McCaskill once turned a political opponent's use of a plane to her advantage. Now she's seeing the issue from a different vantage point.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42337297/ns/politics-decision_2012/
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Today in Congress
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Democratic Whip:
THE NIGHTLY WHIP: MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011
TOMORROW?S OUTLOOK
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Members are advised that important votes are expected on Tuesday and that the vote series at 6:30 p.m. is expected to be longer than usual.?One Minutes?
Suspension (1 Bill)
- H.R. 1079 - Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011 (Rep. Mica - Transportation and Infrastructure/Ways and Means)
H.R. 839 - The HAMP Termination Act of 2011 (Rep. McHenry - Financial Services)
The Rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:
Rep. Hanna Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Quigley Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Canseco Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Inslee Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Waters Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Jackson Lee Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Matsui Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Maloney Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
Convenes: 10:00amFollowing any leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business for one hour with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half.
Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.493, the Small Business Jobs bill.
The Senate will stand in recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm for the weekly caucus meetings.
Roll call votes in relation to amendments to the small business jobs bill are possible during Tuesday?s session. Senators will be notified when any votes are scheduled.
Another exciting Tuesday on Capitol Hill, with the newly created jobs fairly falling from the sky!
In the House, they're set to terminate a program that was designed to keep people in trouble with their mortgages in their homes. Yay! But we pretty much know the score on this. HAMP wasn't really all it was cracked up to be on the one hand. And on the other hand, Republicans hate people and families. So in the end, it was really an easy call.
All that's left is to work out the details. And to that end, there are nine amendments that Republicans are allowing, none of which present any serious speed bumps to terminating the program. In fact, it's kind of a strange set of amendments if you take a look at them. Two of the Republican amendments—Hanna and Quigley—are actually about enshrining a bunch of conservatives' complaints about HAMP in the text of the bill. They're literally just a list of things they don't like about the way it worked and how much it cost. Now, normally, those are things you'd just discuss in the debate about the bill. But in this case, they're actually trying to add them in as amendments, too. Which is kind of weird.
With just an hour of debate allowed for the bill, and ten minutes for each of the amendments, it actually looks more like Rules Committee Republicans decided to set this nonsense up so that a rule that would otherwise be categorized as "closed"—that is, permitting no amendments—as instead being "structured," meaning that amendments are allowed, but only pre-cleared ones. But they didn't really want any substantive amendments offered, so they've limited things to 10 minute debates on amendments that will codify the Republican list of complaints about HAMP. And as if in answer, most of the Democratic amendments seek to list, or have someone else list, HAMP's good points. The more substantive amendments offered—ones that actually aimed to improve the program for those still remaining in the system—were simply excluded from consideration.
On the Senate side, not much is expected to happen. Again. But at least it's arguably a jobs bill that they're working on, even if things have slowed to a crawl, as they usually do.
Seriously. There's really nothing else to say about what's going on in the Senate. An hour of morning business, an hour and a half on the small business jobs bill, then lunch. And a note that they'll call you if anyone thinks there's any chance you might have to vote on something.
Committee activity will be in high gear today. Check out the schedule below the fold, and remember that you can watch just about any committee out there, right from your own computer, with the Main Street Insider Committee Dashboard.
Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/ioM0TExQMZc/-Today-in-Congress
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Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearings: A key moment in an angry conversation
Thursday's hearing could mark a key moment in the way America talks about Muslims as the conversation shifts from the fringes to the center of American politics.
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Obama to Detail U.S. Energy Security Strategy
Facing pressure to curb rising gas prices, President Obama is calling for the U.S. to reduce its oil imports by one-third over the next decade, a lofty goal likely to run into significant obstacles.
Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/piqznQQvVRc/
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Today in Congress
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Democratic Whip:
THE NIGHTLY WHIP: MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011
TOMORROW?S OUTLOOK
On Tuesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Members are advised that important votes are expected on Tuesday and that the vote series at 6:30 p.m. is expected to be longer than usual.?One Minutes?
Suspension (1 Bill)
- H.R. 1079 - Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011 (Rep. Mica - Transportation and Infrastructure/Ways and Means)
H.R. 839 - The HAMP Termination Act of 2011 (Rep. McHenry - Financial Services)
The Rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:
Rep. Hanna Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Quigley Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Canseco Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Inslee Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Waters Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Jackson Lee Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Matsui Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Maloney Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
Rep. Loretta Sanchez Amendment (10 minutes of debate)
In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
Convenes: 10:00amFollowing any leader remarks, the Senate will proceed to a period of morning business for one hour with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half.
Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.493, the Small Business Jobs bill.
The Senate will stand in recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm for the weekly caucus meetings.
Roll call votes in relation to amendments to the small business jobs bill are possible during Tuesday?s session. Senators will be notified when any votes are scheduled.
Another exciting Tuesday on Capitol Hill, with the newly created jobs fairly falling from the sky!
In the House, they're set to terminate a program that was designed to keep people in trouble with their mortgages in their homes. Yay! But we pretty much know the score on this. HAMP wasn't really all it was cracked up to be on the one hand. And on the other hand, Republicans hate people and families. So in the end, it was really an easy call.
All that's left is to work out the details. And to that end, there are nine amendments that Republicans are allowing, none of which present any serious speed bumps to terminating the program. In fact, it's kind of a strange set of amendments if you take a look at them. Two of the Republican amendments—Hanna and Quigley—are actually about enshrining a bunch of conservatives' complaints about HAMP in the text of the bill. They're literally just a list of things they don't like about the way it worked and how much it cost. Now, normally, those are things you'd just discuss in the debate about the bill. But in this case, they're actually trying to add them in as amendments, too. Which is kind of weird.
With just an hour of debate allowed for the bill, and ten minutes for each of the amendments, it actually looks more like Rules Committee Republicans decided to set this nonsense up so that a rule that would otherwise be categorized as "closed"—that is, permitting no amendments—as instead being "structured," meaning that amendments are allowed, but only pre-cleared ones. But they didn't really want any substantive amendments offered, so they've limited things to 10 minute debates on amendments that will codify the Republican list of complaints about HAMP. And as if in answer, most of the Democratic amendments seek to list, or have someone else list, HAMP's good points. The more substantive amendments offered—ones that actually aimed to improve the program for those still remaining in the system—were simply excluded from consideration.
On the Senate side, not much is expected to happen. Again. But at least it's arguably a jobs bill that they're working on, even if things have slowed to a crawl, as they usually do.
Seriously. There's really nothing else to say about what's going on in the Senate. An hour of morning business, an hour and a half on the small business jobs bill, then lunch. And a note that they'll call you if anyone thinks there's any chance you might have to vote on something.
Committee activity will be in high gear today. Check out the schedule below the fold, and remember that you can watch just about any committee out there, right from your own computer, with the Main Street Insider Committee Dashboard.
Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/ioM0TExQMZc/-Today-in-Congress
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Watch: Target Libya: Gadhafi Retaliates
Following coalition airstrikes on Libya, Gadhafi launches military attacks.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=94df121cce5b442278255396904637af
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
John McCain's Twitter Archive Reveals 2009 Gadhafi Meeting, 'Late Evening'
ABC News? Matthew Jaffe reports: It was August 2009 and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was in Libya with a group of fellow lawmakers. Late one night they met with the country?s strongman Moammar Gadhafi. Afterwards, McCain said on Twitter, ?Late...
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=6470d9d6c1dbf922231d177efcb471ca
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