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Senate Ready for Vote on Fed Audit | The Washington Post reports that the Senate is preparing for a vote on an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to allow for greater government oversight of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheets, including the power to audit the central bank. This amendment would also allow the Government Accountability Office (GAO) access to information about the [...]
Reid’s Jobs Bill Breaks GOP Filibuster, Headed for Wednesday Senate Vote
By Alec Rivera
Published: February 23, 2010
Reid's Jobs Bill Breaks GOP Filibuster, Headed for Wednesday Senate VoteSen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., talks to reporters after he voted for cloture on the Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest Republican. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) | read this item
ABC News reports that the job creation measure introduced in the Senate has broken an attempted GOP filibuster and move to a final vote on Wednesday. A total of five Republicans (Sens. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Kit Bond of Missouri, and George Voinovich of Ohio) voted in favor [...]
Bayh-Bayh, Senator
By Alec Rivera
Published: February 16, 2010
Bayh-Bayh, Senator | Reuters reports that Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) has announced he will not be running for a third term, putting yet another relatively safe Democratic seat in danger of a GOP takeover. In Bayh’s announcement, he states that Washington has become too partisan for him to be able to truly help his state in the Senate, [...]
Contenders Set for Obama’s former Illinois Senate Seat
By Alec Rivera
Published: February 3, 2010
Contenders Set for Obama's former Illinois Senate Seat | The Washington Post reports that Rep. Mark Kirk (R) and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) have secured their respective nominations in nation’s first primaries of the 2010 midterm election cycle; both are now the contenders to take President Obama’s former Senate seat in the general election this coming November.
Kirk’s, a moderate Republican running against five [...]
President Obama Mourns the Passing of Ted Kennedy
By Claudette Rhone
Published: August 26, 2009
Via Wikio | “Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy. For five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts.”
“I valued his wise counsel in [...]
Franken’s Victory Gives Democrats A 60-Seat Majority
By Demi Argiropoulos
Published: July 1, 2009
Comedian-turned-politician Al Franken Via Swamppolitics.com |
The Minnesota Supreme Court declared Al Franken the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate race yesterday. After eight months of vote recounts and a district court trial, Franken will fill the 60th seat for Democrats and give the party the largest Senate majority in 30 years. Nevertheless, Franken’s victory may not mean the highly anticipated [...]
Sen. Ensign (R-Nev.) Admits To Affair
By Demi Argiropoulos
Published: June 17, 2009
Sen. John Ensign speaks at press briefing in Nevada on Tuesday Via Yahoo NewsSen. John Ensign, R-Nev. speaks at a news conference at the Lloyd D. George Federal building, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in Las Vegas. Ensign apologized for having an affair with a member of his campaign staff more than a year ago and says he remains "deeply committed" to his service in the U.S. Senate. In Las Vegas on Tuesday, Ensign called the affair "absolutely the worst thing that I have ever done in my life," and said he and his wife sought counseling and reconciled. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) | read this item
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) admitted to an extramarital affair yesterday at a news briefing in his home town of Las Vegas. After dismissing President Bill Clinton in 1998 as having “no credibility left” following his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and calling then-Sen. Larry E. Craig “embarrassing” in 2007 following his sex sting [...]
Obama Might Get One More Senate Seat
By Nathan Barten
Published: December 6, 2008
CBS via WCCO | The hand count in Minnesota’s senate recount is officially over, and Al Frankin is claiming a four vote lead. The recount was initiated by law when incumbent Norm Coleman won the race will only 266 votes, reports TalkingPointsMemo.com:
At the end of this hand count, it’s worth restating a few necessary caveats. The Franken camp’s [...]
Democrats try to Hold onto Seats Amidst Blagojevich Scandal
By Nathan Barten
Published: December 6, 2008
Adam Testa via Den News | The democrats are close to the 60 senate seats needed to stop a Republican filibuster, but the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama in Illinois is now looking to be harder than ever to hold onto. Per state law, the seat will be filled by an appointee of the Governor, Rod Blagojevich, who is currently [...]
Chambliss Ends non-Filibuster Hopes
By Nathan Barten
Published: December 3, 2008
Erik S. Lesser via USAToday | 
With big plans for the first hundred days and the next four years, the calling of Georgia’s senate race for Saxby Chambliss will make things a little more difficult for President-elect Barack Obama. The democrats needed the Georgian seat and the still contested seat in Minnesota in order to have the 60 votes necessary [...]