Monthly Archives: June 2010
Senate Confirms David Petraeus Nomination
Senators have confirmed the nomination of General David Petraeus to be Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan by a vote of 99-0. (credit image – daylife/getty)
Filed under Afghanistan, Nominations
Bennett Critical of Republicans for Lack of Ideas
In his most “candid remarks since losing his re-election bid, Utah Sen. Bob Bennett predicted Tuesday that Republicans will win back control of the House this year but criticized his own party for a lack of ideas,” the Salt Lake … Continue reading
Filed under Election
Environment Committee Approves Bill to End Oil Spill Liability Cap
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee “on Wednesday voted to eliminate limits on liability that oil companies would face for damages stemming from offshore spills like the one in the Gulf of Mexico,” Reuters reports. The change, if approved … Continue reading
Filed under Committees, Disasters
Scott Brown Still Uncommitted After Financial Reform Changes
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) “said he’d ‘continue to review’ a Wall Street reform bill over next week’s congressional recess to see if he could support it,” The Hill reports. After the conference committee on Democrats’ financial regulatory reform bill reconvened … Continue reading
Filed under Banks, Conference Reports, Wall Street
Graham Wants Obama to Go Small on Energy and Immigration Reform
As President Obama “mounts a new effort to simultaneously push two major domestic policy initiatives — immigration reform and energy legislation — that seem politically impossible before the fall elections, one Republican has a bit of advice: Go small,” Talking … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Energy, Immigration, White House
Congress in Your Pocket
