When Congress returns from recess this coming week, a lot of bad ideas will be coming back with it. I’ll provide a link below where you can get contact information for your representative and senators, but first, let me tell you about just some of what we can expect to see in the next few…
By Kevin BrettAs the unemployment problem remains a festering issue, members of the House will reconvene on Tuesday, cutting into their August recess to vote on an unnamed bill passed by the Senate that will allot $26 billion to teachers and other stat…
By Tim ShoemakerFolks, the pressure you’re keeping on the Senate is working. Even though the cloture vote is being held today, the path to the 60 votes needed for cloture is still as blurry today as it was one week ago. In fact, as Politico…
By Heather DOur petitions opposing the DISCLOSE Act were delivered to Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris this morning, ahead of the Cloture vote, which is expected at 3:00 P.M. eastern. Each Senator received 39 page faxes with 1,857 signatures.
Cl…
By Gary HowardDaily Newsline
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day’s Theme: Double up
First thing: I like this (humor)
Headline: In Iraq, $2.6B unaccounted for — That’s called boondoggle.
Because of poor record-keeping and lax oversight, the…
By Gary HowardDaily Newsline
Monday, July 26, 2010
First thing: WIKILEAKS strikes again, telling us stuff we kinda already know.
Headline: W.H. condemns ‘irresponsible’ leaks
The White House responded swiftly and sharply to publication Sunday eve…
By Tim ShoemakerLate Thursday night, Harry Reid filed for cloture on the First Amendment-shredding DISCLOSE Act (i.e. Establishment Protection Act), and the Senate is expected to hold a cloture vote on Tuesday afternoon.
Sources on the Hill tell us Ch…
By Tim ShoemakerIn an effort to convince the Maine twins, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, to support the DISCLOSE Act, Senator Schumer filed a new, longer version of the legislation that struck out certain last minute provisions included in the House …
By Tim ShoemakerBefore the August recess, the Senate is likely to hold a vote on the First Amendment-shredding DISCLOSE Act (a.k.a. – the Establishment Protection Act). This legislation, S. 3628, targets non-profits such as Campaign for Liberty and se…