Monthly Archives: March 2010
Corker Says Health Reform Won’t be Repealed
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) “said Wednesday that Republican efforts to repeal sweeping health care reform are futile, and instead promoted incremental fixes in a wide-ranging talk in Nashville,” the Nashville Business Journal reports. In the immediate aftermath of the reform’s … Continue reading
Filed under Health
Mikulski Wants Change to Rules for Holds on Presidential Nominations
The indefinite holds “senators can place on nominations should be limited to 30 days, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) argued Wednesday,” The Hill reports. Mikulski said that the anonymous blocks that senators are able to put on presidential nominations for top … Continue reading
Filed under Interviews, Nominations, Rules & Traditions
Senators React to Obama Offshore Drilling Proposal
The Obama administration “is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time,” the … Continue reading
Filed under Energy, White House
Kerry Traveling to Syria, Lebanon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) — who is “juggling climate change, aid to Pakistan and Congressional oversight of the war in Afghanistan — plunges this week into yet another major international conundrum: Middle East peace,” the Boston … Continue reading
Filed under International Visits
Arizona Senate: McCain Raises Over $2 Million
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) “raised $2.2 million in the first three months of 2010 for his Senate re-election bid, the Arizona Republican’s campaign announced Wednesday,” according to CNN. McCain – who faces a conservative challenge from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, … Continue reading
Filed under Election
Congress in Your Pocket
