Tag archive for ‘Legislation’
Getting to Sixty before January 20th
As it presently stands, the Novemeber 4th election resulted in 55 Democrats, 2 independents (Lieberman and Sanders who both caucus with Democrats - making an effective 57 Democrats), 40 Republicans, and 3 seats oustanding. The three outstanding seats are Coleman’s in Minnesota, Saxby-Chambliss’ in Georgia, and Stevens (the convict) in Alaska. By hook and because of a “crook” - it would appear that the Democrats may wind up with the 60 votes needed for a “filibuster proof Senate” before the 111th Congress is sworn in next January.
US Government commits to a bailout of the banks…
Following an emergency meeting Thursday night, the Bush Administration and Congress have pledged to work together to commit the US Government to potentially a full intervention in the US financial markets to try to resolve the credit crisis in hopes of staving off broad damage to the United States economy and financial markets.
What Obama’s Policies mean for America: Defense Policy
This is the first article in a multi-article set that will examine each of the policy “categories” that Sen. Obama identifies as part of his platform, and offer some critical analysis of what an Obama Presidency might mean, given what he has said.
I decided to write these series of articles after Sen. Obama commented on [...]
What’s next for Guantanamo?
I spent the majority of my time last week up on Capitol Hill attending a seminar on intelligence operations and Congress. It was a fascinating seminar put on by the people at the Georgetown Institute. These are great courses (and I encourage any policy governmental employees to check them out) because they get members of [...]
Where was Barack Obama?
It’s hard to take Sen. Obama seriously when his voting record makes it clear - he hardly seems to show up for work on the difficult days. Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign rhetoric offers the Democrat Party the prospect of “Hope and Change, and a Better Tomorrow.” (or whatever bumper-sticker he’s posting today… Change I can [...]
Entries (RSS)