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Sunday, October 23, 2011

News from The Hill: Liberal lawmakers highlight Defense fraud report to influence supercommittee cuts

News from The Hill:

Liberal lawmakers highlight Defense fraud report to influence supercommittee cuts
By John T. Bennett
Liberal lawmakers will soon send the congressional deficit panel the details of a Pentagon report that shows defense firms over the last decade ripped off the military to the tune of $1.1 trillion, Democratic sources told The Hill.
Pro-military lawmakers from both parties have warned the supercommittee to avoid Pentagon spending cuts beyond the $350 billion ordered by the August debt deal.
But several Senate Democrats want the panel to keep in mind that dollars sent to the Pentagon are often lost to fraud and waste, even as some conservatives raise the possibility of retroactively exempting the Pentagon from the $600 billion cut that will be triggered if the supercommittee fails.
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Sunday, October 09, 2011

By: Examiner Editorial: Harry Reid shames the 'world's greatest deliberative body'

Washington Examiner Opinion

Harry Reid shames the 'world's greatest deliberative body'

By: Examiner Editorial

For more than two centuries, the U.S. Senate has been known as the world's greatest deliberative body because of its rule ensuring the right of every senator to force consideration of, and a recorded vote on, any issue. The rule made the Senate unique as the world's only legislative entity in which the rights of majorities and minorities were equally protected. But 221 years of tradition and majestic debate mean nothing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who, for no better reason than avoiding an embarrassing vote, used procedural legerdemain to obliterate minority rights in the upper chamber.

No adults among the Occupy Wall Street protesters

By: Star Parker

I wouldn't think it would be worthwhile to draw attention to the Occupy Wall Street "movement," or its list of demands that wouldn't pass muster in an average kindergarten class. But if America's president and vice president choose to talk about it, and give it credibility, then it's news.

A Soviet spy in the White House invented 'stimulus spending'

By: Diana West

Among the most amazing aspects of the accelerating American submission to the state are 1) how matter-of-fact we are in contemplating massive government interventions such as President Obama's latest stimulus "jobs" plan, and 2) how virtually no one notices the blatant Marxist overtones. When someone does, a la "Joe the Plumber" at the end of the 2008 campaign season, he is mocked off the stage.

Sunday Reflection: Judge orders EPA to pay up for malicious prosecution

By: Daniel J. Popeo

Last Friday, after five years of litigation, a federal judge in Louisiana ordered the U.S. government to pay $1.7 million in damages for maliciously prosecuting Hubert Vidrine, a used-oil processing plant manager.

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Thursday, October 06, 2011

News from The Hill By Alexander Bolton: Reid triggers nuclear option to change Senate rules and prohibit post-cloture filibusters

News from The Hill:

Reid triggers nuclear option to change Senate rules and prohibit post-cloture filibusters
By Alexander Bolton
In a shock development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely-used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules.
The surprise move stunned Republicans, who did not expect Reid to bring heavy artillery to what had appeared to have been a hum-drum legislative knife fight.
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Washington Post: News Alert: Senate tables Boehner bill

News Alert: Senate tables Boehner bill

July 29, 2011 8:32:10 PM

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Roughly two-and-a-half hours after it was passed by the House, Senate Democrats on Friday night tabled, 59 to 41, House Speaker John Boehner's bill to raise the debt limit.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will now try to broker his own plan with Republicans and the White House before the debt ceiling expires on Aug. 2. Reid's current bill would achieve $2.2 trillion in deficit savings over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/WUOQBH/HDRLFX/O36N6G/1JVP00/GV4XM/MQ/h

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Byron York - Eye-for-an-eye filibuster stops Democratic nominee

By: Byron York 05/19/11 8:05 PM
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Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/05/eye-eye-filibuster-stops-democratic-nominee

If there's one place where what goes around comes around, it's the United States Senate. Goodwin Liu, the Berkeley law professor nominated by President Obama to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, is the latest to learn that lesson.

Liu's nomination was blocked by a Republican filibuster Thursday -- the first successful filibuster against a judicial nominee since Democrats stopped all 10 of George W. Bush's appeals court nominees from 2003 to 2005. Although no one back then could have predicted that today's fight would be about Liu, everyone knew it was going to happen sometime. Once Democrats crossed the line to filibuster those Bush nominees, you could bet Republicans would strike back. And now they have.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/05/eye-eye-filibuster-stops-democratic-nominee

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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Testimony of David Simon before the Senate Committee “Hearing on the future of Journalism.”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39565012/Testimony-of-David-Simon-before-the-Senate-Committee-%E2%80%9CHearing-on-the-future-of-Journalism-%E2%80%9D

I just re-read David Simon’s May 6, 2009 testimony in from of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation – Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet: “Hearing on the Future of Journalism.”

It has some really precious moments and although it is now almost one-and-a-half years old, it is still a relevant read.

We are now into about the tenth-year of the great newspaper flu and it seems the patient remains on life-support and only gets better in fits and starts – one-step forward and two steps back at a time.

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For more on Mr. Simon’s analysis of the current state of the media, I Googled him - http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=David+Simon+newspapers – and found much more great reading…

Kevin Dayhoff October 17, 2010.

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Testimony of David Simon before the Senate Committee “Hearing on the future of Journalism.”

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Sen. Robert Byrd, 92, in hospital in serious condition

Sen. Robert Byrd, 92, in hospital in serious condition - Sunday, June 27th 2010

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress, is seriously ill in a Washington-area hospital.
The West Virginia Democrat's office says the 92-year-old lawmaker has been in the hospital since late last week.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/27/2010-06-27_sen_robert_byrd_92_in_hospital_in_serious_condition.html

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Daily Caller: Graham blasts Reid’s ‘cynical ploy’ on immigration

Graham blasts Reid’s ‘cynical ploy’ on immigration

By MATTHEW DALY

Published: 04/24/10

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is lashing out at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for apparently putting immigration reform ahead of climate change as a Senate priority...

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/24/graham-blasts-reids-cynical-ploy-on-immigration/#ixzz0m34Xqw31

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Porn Star Won't Challenge Vitter for La. Senate

Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 09:11 PM

Louisiana-born porn star Stormy Daniels announced Thursday that she will not run for U.S. Senate in her home state, ending a yearlong flirtation with politics that began as Republican incumbent Sen. David Vitter was working to overcome a sex scandal.

In an e-mailed statement, Daniels said she cannot afford a run for the Senate and, comparing herself to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, complained that the media never took her interest in the race seriously.

"To begin with, like Governor Palin, I have become a target of the cynical stalwarts of the status quo," Daniels said. "Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics."

Daniels recently declared herself a convert to the GOP with a press release making light of news that the Republican National Committee had picked up a nearly $2,000 tab at a sex-themed California nightclub. But her political publicity has been handled by Democratic operative Brian Welsh.

If nothing else, a Daniels campaign for the Republican nomination would have been a constant reminder of the 2007 scandal that broke when Vitter's phone number appeared in the records of a Washington prostitution ring. Other than admitting a "serious sin," he has steadfastly refused to discuss the matter.

Meanwhile, his political career seems to have survived intact. He has raised plenty of campaign money while bashing the policies of President Barack Obama, who is not popular in the state.

Read the rest here: http://newsmax.com/Politics/US-Porn-Star-Senate/2010/04/15/id/355881

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Monday, March 29, 2010

SBA List Candidate Fund Endorses Sue Lowden for U.S. Senate

SBA List Candidate Fund Endorses Sue Lowden for U.S. Senate

Dannenfelser: 'Sue Lowden combines everything we are looking for: an articulate female spokesman with the courage to back it up with advocacy for the unborn and their mothers'

WASHINGTON, March 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- "The Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund is proud to endorse Sue Lowden for U.S. Senate in Nevada," said SBA List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser.

"Sue Lowden is exactly the type of authentic pro-life candidate Americans are hungry for, and that's why the SBA List Candidate Fund is prepared to highlight her race among a handful of priority contests in 2010.

"Right now there is a crying need for a pro-life woman's voice in the Senate and Sue Lowden is committed to being that voice. If elected, Sue Lowden has committed to be actively engaged in advancing legislation that protects the unborn and women. Sue combines everything we are looking for: an articulate female spokesman with the courage to back it up with advocacy for the unborn and women."

Sue Lowden's pro-life record spans back to her time as a Nevada state senator, where she championed a parental notification bill through committee to the floor of the Nevada State Senate.

The Nevada primary election is scheduled for June 8, 2010, where Lowden will face Danny Tarkanian and Sharron Angle.

In the general election, Sue Lowden will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Despite running as a pro-life candidate, Senator Reid holds a 0% voting record with the National Right to Life Committee for the 111th Congress. In the recent healthcare debate, Reid refused to support authentic pro-life amendments. In the Fall of 2009, the Susan B. Anthony List spent $100,000 on commercials asking Harry Reid to keep abortion out of healthcare.

Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund endorsements are promoted to the organization's nationwide membership of over 280,000 Americans. The SBA List Candidate Fund endorses pro-life female candidates, as well as pro- life male candidates who run against female candidates in favor of abortion rights. During the 2008 election cycle, the Susan B. Anthony List bundled over $1 million in direct candidate contributions from its members.

The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of over 280,000 Americans, residing in all 50 states, dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.

Christian Newswire

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Senate will have to return health bill to House

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500006.html?hpid=topnews

National News Alert: Senate will have to return health bill to House
03:42 AM EDT Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Senate Republicans succeeded early Thursday in forcing a change in a measure altering President Barack Obama’s newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

WBAL Ch. 11 says: Former Sen. Charles Mathias Dead At 87

Former Sen. Charles Mathias Dead At 87
Sons Say Death Result Of Parkinson's Disease Complications

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22339311/detail.html

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A family member said former U.S. Sen. Charles Mathias, a liberal Republican from Maryland, has died.

Congressional Biography: Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr.Mathias championed civil rights and protection of the Chesapeake Bay during his 26 years in Washington.

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Former U.S. Sen. Charles Mathias

His sons, Charles and Robert, said Mathias was 87 and died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease.

He lived in Chevy Chase.Parkinson's diseaseMathias' career spanned the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, and he often found himself at odds with his party on those and other issues.

Mathias was born in Frederick in 1922.

He attended public schools there and later earned his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1949.

Read more here: http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22339311/detail.html

UPDATE: For an in-depth tribute to Senator Mathias, see the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/25/AR2010012504213.html?hpid=topnews
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