Monthly Archives: May 2010
Senators Use Recess to Push Party Agenda Items
Senate Democrats, wary of “losing an important constituency, are using their week-long Memorial Day recess to reach out to senior citizens,” The Hill reports. The Senate adjourned Friday without acting to prevent a 21.3 percent scheduled cut in Medicaid payments … Continue reading
New Hampshire Senate: Ayotte Leads Republican Primary Field
A new “Magellan Strategies poll in New Hampshire finds Kelly Ayotte (R) leading the Republican U.S. Senate primary field with 38%, followed by Bill Binnie (R) at 29%, Ovide Lamontagne (R) at 9% and Jim Bender at 4%,” Political Wire … Continue reading
Filed under Election
Senate Faces Nomination Backlog
With the Senate facing a “full legislative calendar and a Supreme Court debate ahead, the outlook for the more than 100 names on the executive calendar appears grim for the rest of the year,” Roll Call reports. The Senate adjourned … Continue reading
Filed under Nominations, Party Leadership
Webb Criticizes Fast Track of DADT Repeal
A leading Democratic voice “on military affairs has criticized members of his own party for the hurried way in which congressional Democrats and the White House are pushing through the repeal of the military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy,” CNN … Continue reading
Filed under Military Issues, Sunday Shows
Illinois Senate: Kirk Admits to Inaccurate Award Claim
The Republican candidate “for President Obama’s old Senate seat has admitted to inaccurately claiming he received the U.S. Navy’s Intelligence Officer of the Year award for his service during NATO’s conflict with Serbia in the late 1990s,” the Washington Post … Continue reading
Congress in Your Pocket
