Tag Archives: senate

Why Obama’s pick for EPA should not be confirmed

03/05/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Obama’s pick for EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy, is being praised for her role in developing the Obama administration’s fuel economy standards. Roll Call reports that McCarthy “oversaw… stricter fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.” NPR says “she played a…

Obama’s convention speech no game changer

09/07/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
One thing became clear Thursday night in Charlotte and that is that Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton riveted the hall Wednesday night with a spirited defense of President Obama, support for bipartisanship and a very clear notion…

Bowles: “We Are Going Over The Fiscal Cliff”

07/12/2012 Published on Forbes.com
The Simpson-Bowles plan is a solution to our fiscal problems. It not only reduces our fiscal deficit to 2.2% of GDP, but also is a bi-partisan program that will work when nothing else has. President Obama must lead the way…

PDUFA: One of Congress’ most important health policy votes in 2012

05/04/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Despite having received little attention from the media, the Senate may vote on one of the most crucial and serious pieces of health policy next week. Contrary to what one might expect, this bill has nothing to do with Obamacare. …

The Time for Entitlement Reform is Now

Published on Forbes.com
Both Democrats and Republicans alike were surprised when Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad recently introduced the blueprint of the Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan as a starting point for the Senate’s budget negotiations. Democrats expected Conrad to put forward a Democratic budget…

Senate Leaders Avert Judicial Nominee Showdown

03/14/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Senate leaders averted a showdown over judicial nominations Wednesday, surprising onlookers with an unexpected deal that kept the Senate from expending hours on votes doomed to fail. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had planned to force procedural votes on 17…

Threatening letters, powdery substance sent to congressional offices, Colbert and Stewart

02/22/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
UPDATE 2:00pm ET: Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer has just sent an updated e-mail to all Senate offices confirming that three total congressional offices have received threatening mails containing a powdery substance that has initially tested negative for containing…

Cardin’s wife surprised by White House call in middle of night

02/16/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin on Thursday signed off on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, a critical holdout to get the deal done, but it didn’t come until some heavy pressure from on high. Cardin…

Democrats Drop Millionaire Surtax — For Now

02/14/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Several senior Senate Democratic aides have confirmed Democrats have laid aside, for now, their attempt to pay for any extension of a package of benefits – including the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits, and a Medicare “doc fix” — with…

Senate votes down permanent earmark ban

02/02/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., led an unsuccessful, 40-59, bipartisan effort to try to permanently ban congressionally directed spending known as earmarks. Eight Republicans from the Appropriations Committee joined all of the panel’s Democrats to oppose the…