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Reid: No votes tonight so Scott Brown can debate Elizabeth Warren
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday announced there would be no more votes so that Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) could debate his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. “I wanted to make sure that one of the senators who wanted to go to a debate would be able to do…
Everything you need to know about the Senate’s HSBC money laundering report
By Cora Currier ProPublica This week a Senate investigation detailed that HSBC had lax controls against money-laundering and often ignored warnings about clients with ties to drug cartels and terrorists. The bank is also reportedly nearing a settlement with the Justice Department, which has two criminal investigations into whether HSBC…
Sen. Sanders on GOP mindset: If it’s good for America, we can’t do it
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday night said Republicans in Congress refused to pass the transportation funding bill because it would make the President look good. The Senate in March passed legislation reauthorizing transportation funding for two years with bipartisan support. The $109-billion bill is estimated to create 1.8 million…
‘D-U-High’ bill fails in Colorado state Senate
The Colorado state Senate rejected a bill Tuesday that would have created a blood alcohol limit for marijuana use for drivers. The so-called “D-U-High” bill, which would have banned drivers with more than 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood, failed to break a tie of 17-17 in the…
Dem. Reps and Common Cause file suit to rule filibuster unconstitutional
The nonprofit citizens’ advocacy group Common Cause, a coalition of Democratic congressmen and a group of students are jointly filing suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to declare that the Senate’s filibuster rule is unconstitutional and “violates the core American principal of majority rule,” according to a…
Senate passes resolution calling on China to ease restrictions on Tibet
The US Senate has urged China to ease restrictions on Tibetans, free prisoners and allow access by foreign media to address grievances following a wave of self-immolation protests. In a voice vote without objections Thursday, the Senate approved a resolution that deplored “repressive policies targeting Tibetans” despite warnings from China,…
Sens. Leahy, Grassley push to repair the STOCK Act
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) called for Congress to convene a conference committee to restore two amendments to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. “These are two of the most important and substantive provisions in the bill,” they said. “Without them the legislation would be…
House Republicans agree to two-month payroll tax extension
House Republicans have agreed to pass a two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday for 160 million U.S. workers, congressional sources told Talking Points Memo and the National Journal. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate struck a short-term compromise on the payroll tax cut and employment insurance. But House Speaker…
House Republicans oppose Senate payroll tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker John Boehner threw into doubt the fate of a popular tax break for workers on Sunday, saying he and his fellow House Republicans oppose the two-month extension backed by the Senate and want something longer passed before the holiday break. Boehner said on NBC’s “Meet…
Senate passage of payroll tax cut extension forces Obama to deal with Keystone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for two months in legislation that also attempts to force President Barack Obama to approve construction of an oil pipeline. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89-10. It is expected to be…
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