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Bipartisan Efforts to Reduce Unemployment In the Works

8 February 2010

If there’s one thing that both parties in Congress can agree on, it’s that any hope for economic recovery is going to hinge on getting unemployment under control. At the end of 2009, one out of every ten Americans able to work wasn’t working. Fortunately, there’s some good news. Last month, the national unemployment rate [...]

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ACORN Loses Federal Funding

17 September 2009

Just days after offering some “interesting” tax advice on film, ACORN was hit with a House bill that would deny federal funds to the group. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) explained: ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt [...]

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Call for Guest Posts: What Would You Like to See Change in Congress?

11 August 2009

As you probably know, 2010 is a key election year. In the Senate alone, there at least 36 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate up for grabs – talk about your shift of power! The rhetoric is ramping up already and, as you’d expect, many of the real issues are getting lost. [...]

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Deal Reached on Stimulus Bill

11 February 2009

It is being reported that a deal has been reached between the House and the Senate on the stimulus bill. Details are still sketchy but you can bet that I’m on it…

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Senate Passes Stimulus Bill; Now Real Work Begins

10 February 2009

A version of the stimulus bill passed the Senate today with a final vote of 61-37. Three GOP Senators broke with the majority and voted with Senate Democrats: Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Arlen Specter (R-PA). But House Republicans may not be so friendly. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that the [...]

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Vote on Stimulus Bill Expected on Monday

7 February 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated that the newly “trimmed” stimulus package will go to a vote in the Senate on Monday. The bill now costs approximately $827 billion. You would have thought that the Senate had found the cure for cancer, as they congratulated each other for finally agreeing on something. They [...]

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Modified Version of Stimulus Bill Passes House

28 January 2009

If this was to the be dawn of a new era of bipartisanship, it didn’t look like it today. President Obama’s stimulus package, a modified version of the original $825 billion plan, shaved off a few billion and still did not manage to get one Republican “yes” vote in the House. The final vote was [...]

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GOP Counters Democrats’ Proposed Second Stimulus Package

13 October 2008

Earlier today, the GOP indicated that they are not on board with the Democrats’ proposal for a second economic stimulus package. There’s no surprise there. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), the top ranking Republican in the House, wrote a letter to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling the proposal: an irresponsible, business-as-usual approach that has earned this [...]

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Everything But the Kitchen Sink

1 October 2008

Why is it that Congress can’t pass a bill without a bunch of add-ons? As it turns out, the bailout of the economy will be no different. This evening, the Senate passed a version of the bailout bill by a vote of 74 to 25 (in case you’re wondering, both McCain and Obama voted yes). [...]

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New “House” Rule: Let’s Not Approve Anything the Senate Agrees On

30 September 2008

In what feels like deja vu all over again, the Senate and the House failed to worked together over the past two weeks to pass legislation. Last week, the Senate voted 93-2 to extend the solar energy investment and wind energy production tax credits. The credits were set to expire at the end of this [...]

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