Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HARRY REID COMES OUT in favor of abstinence-based sex education.
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Add a new element to the political intrigue in the Senate over rail. Senate Democratic Leader Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, confirms he's being pressured to drop his longshot Congressional bid and instead run for chief financial officer -- the only statewide...
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
One thing that is being overlooked is the potential role the minority party could play in the new Speaker’s election. All it takes is a united Democratic front and 15 or 16 disgruntled Republicans lining up behind a David Ralston or Ed Lindsey type figure. Historically these coalitions are tough to put together (just ask [...]
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Washington (CNN) – A new poll indicates that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, continues to trail two potential Republican rivals, less than one year before the 2010 elections. Former Nevada Republican Party Chair Sue Lowden holds a 10-point lead over Reid, while businessman Danny Tarkanian has a six-point advantage over the Democratic senator, according to [...]
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) “said Democratic leaders support bringing a sweeping climate bill to the Senate floor next year,” The Hill reports. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said after meeting with Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday that Reid and President Barack Obama support bringing a sweeping climate bill to the [...]
The Caucus (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Obama invited both Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House to talk about his latest proposals to spur job creation, and accounts of the session included some tense moments.
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The push for public funded abortions in healthcare isn't enough. Pro-aborts never sleep in their bloodthirsty quest to advance taxpayer funding and access to abortion. The National Right to Life Committee issued this heads up last night: 35 senators today warned congressional Democratic leaders against attempting to use omnibus appropriations legislation as a vehicle to overturn longstanding...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Romania's incumbent President Traian Basescu was re-elected for the next five years after winning 50.3 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential run-off, according to the final results released by the Central Election Bureau on Wednesday. Social Democratic leader Mircea Geoana garnered 49.6 percent, according to the bureau. Basescu was leading by only 70,000 ballots in the run-off,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A tenuous Senate compromise that omits the divisive "public option" from health care legislation met hostility from left and right Wednesday. But some moderates key to Senate passage sounded optimistic notes, and Democratic leaders hope the deal, announced...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
A top aide to Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson did not deny a report that layoffs of central staffers have begun and said they will likely continue well into the New Year. Paul Rivera, Sampson's communications director, confirmed a "personal and organizational review of everybody who works within the context of the majority" is underway. He characterized this as a "top-to-bottom"...
ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Pueblo Chieftain reports: Colorado's U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined with nine other freshman senators to introduce a package of health care amendments Tuesday, even as the Senate continued its contentious debate on comprehensive health care reform legislation. Udall and Bennet, both Democrats, authored pieces of the "freshman package," which Senate Democratic leaders...
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for likening health care overhaul opponents to those who resisted putting an end
WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for likening health care overhaul opponents to those who resisted putting an end to slavery.
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senate Democratic leaders announced they've reached "broad agreement" on a package of provisions to replace the public option, a move that means their version of the health care bill is morphing into something that looks less and less like the House version.
Corrente (Free subscription) | yesterday
McClatchy finally reports, and Reid throws "progressives" a bone : Though he wouldn't offer details, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said late Tuesday that there was a "broad agreement" how to proceed. Several alternative scenarios are being sent to the Congressional Budget Office for further analysis, and Democratic leaders maintained that all could...
