Monthly Archives: October 2009
Senate Sunday Lineup: October 31
Here’s a list of Senators hitting the Sunday talk show circuit tomorrow: Face the Nation (CBS) – Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) State of the Union (CNN) – None Fox News Sunday – None Meet the Press (NBC) – None This Week … Continue reading
Filed under Sunday Shows
Republicans, Lieberman Offer Alternative PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) “joined two top Republicans on Thursday in introducing a bill to reauthorize expiring anti-terrorism authorities,” Congressional Quarterly reports. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman , I-Conn., is cosponsoring a measure by … Continue reading
Filed under Patriot Act
Boxer Sets Climate Markup, Republicans Prepare Boycott
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has officially scheduled a markup hearing for Tuesday on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733). POLITICO reports that committee Republicans are threatening to “boycott any mark-up … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change
Deal Reached on Media Shield Legislation
A Senate sponsor of a bill “to protect reporters’ sources says he’s reached a compromise with the Obama administration on balancing a public right to know with government’s concerns about national security,” the AP reports. New York Democrat Charles Schumer … Continue reading
Filed under Media Shield
Senate Democrats Want Government Health Option Availability Expanded
Nine Senate Democrats “from across the party’s ideological spectrum are pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to make the government-run health insurance option available to workers with employer-based coverage,” The Hill reports. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is the lead … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Party Leadership
Congress in Your Pocket
