Yesterday, the Senate voted 66–32 to begin debate on the New START agreement with Russia. Only a simple majority (51) was required, but vote counters can use yesterday’s roll call as a benchmark for final ratification, which will need 67 votes to pass. With the seating of Senator Mark Kirk (R–IL), the White House needs…
After yesterday’s Senate vote against an earmark ban, we again made the case that the damage earmarks do to our nation’s deficits go far beyond the nominal amounts spent on the earmarks themselves. The problem is that the votes earmarks secure from the sponsoring legislators then allow for ever higher levels of spending on other…
Republican Sens. Bob Bennett (UT), Thad Cochran (MS), Susan Collins (ME), Jim Inhofe (OK), Dick Lugar (IN), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Richard Shelby (AL), and George Voinovich (OH) all just voted against an amendment in the Senate that would have banned Congressional earmarks. This is terrible public policy for their states, for their constituents, and for…
The report today from the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission is chilling but not terribly surprising. According to the commission (pages 243–44):
For about 18 minutes on April 8, 2010, China Telecom advertised erroneous network traffic routes that instructed U.S. and other foreign Internet traffic to travel through Chinese servers. Other servers around the world…
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 Tim ShoemakerThe Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court this afternoon by a vote of 63-37. Five Republicans voted in favor of her confirmation: Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lindsey Graham, Judd Gregg, and Dick Lugar. By contrast, S…
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 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…
I feel this post from Campaign for Liberty needs to be spread far and wide and to as many people as we can get it to. Campaign for Liberty is taking the battle against Big Government’s takeover of health care and health freedom to the television airwaves, and we need your help to mobilize more…