The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Democratic National Committee is gleefully capitalizing on the fate suffered by Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava at the hands of the GOP's right wing - a phenomenon that appears is be rapidly repeating itself as the 2010 mid-terms take shape. An e-mail sent to reporters this afternoon bore the subject line: "Another Republican Rep. Gets Scozzafava'ed." Included was a link to a St. Petersburg...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The following is being released by the Community Cares Coalition: With pending health reform legislation in the U.S. Congress containing cuts of up to $32 billion over ten years to Medicare-funded nursing home care, a diverse national coalition of front line caregivers, state health care providers and local small business owners joined together at a Capitol Hill news conference to warn deep cuts must...
Al Nye The Lawyer Guy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
As I mentioned recently, with all the publicity Maine’s Sen. Olympia Snowe has been getting on the health care issue, where’s Maine’s other key politician: Sen. Susan Collins? The Washington Post has a feature on her today. And, just like Sen. Snowe, Sen. Collins is equally adept at dragging out her time in the spotlight by not committing to her...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Washington Post staff writer Ceci Connolly collected the following comments about health-care reform from Maine residents as she wrote her article about the state's junior senator, Susan Collins (R).
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Despite only being in the race for less than a month, Republican Senatorial Candidate and former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton raised over half a million dollars in the third quarter this year. Congressional Quarterly reports on Norton's third quarter campaign finance report: Republican senators who donated to Norton's campaign from their leadership PACs included Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of...
FamousDC (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Inspired by GQ’s list, and helped along by Ana Marie Cox, ABCNews.com published the Top 10 Least Powerful People in DC : [spot on] 10. John McCain/John Kerry. 9. Susan Collins. Maine’s other senator. 8. Jim Zorn. Washington is a football town, and the Redskins’ coach isn’t so much reviled as he is pitied. 7. Gay-rights advocates. [...] Related posts: Yes, Because We All Know...
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Another Republican senator says she's open to voting for a sweeping health care overhaul this year. Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday the status quo is unaccaptable and she shares the goal of passing responsible health care legislation to expand coverage and curb costs. But Collins also said she has serious concerns about the version that cleared the Finance Committee Tuesday with the support...
Ruth's Report (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
"I don't know if Senator Feingold is calling Franklin Roosevelt to be a witness. I forget the...said lofty scholarly title of said hearing." That is White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs at today's press briefing. He is mocking Congress, specifically Senator Russ Feingold. I did not grasp that bitchy was the motif the current administration was going for. Robert Gibbs does bitchy very well....
Faultline USA (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
By Barbara Sowell This October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, or didn’t you know? A better title would have been: National Cyber Insecurity Awareness Month. We should all be insecure since the U.S. has just relinquished its control of the internet (see below)! This is the time when all internet junkies should ponder the very real possibility of waking up one day to NO internet! A...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
by Joe Markman President Obama's appointment of "czars,'' or policy coordinators, is drawing new fire from lawmakers in both parties. Their most prominent complaint is that Obama, by using his own authority to name people to these policy jobs, is circumventing the role of the Senate in considering and confirming important nominations to the president's administration. In a letter sent to the...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Congressional skepticism over the Obama administration's plans for Afghanistan mounted Sunday as four senators questioned whether more troops should head there and one lawmaker called for a withdrawal timeline. Democrats Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Dianne Feinstein of California and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois along with Republican Susan Collins of Maine said they shared colleagues' concerns...
eNewsUSA (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Aug 6: Although the Car Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS) or “Cash for Clunkers” program has been overwhelmingly popular with consumers, it was able to secure additional funding with the help of just six Senate Republicans [ See WIMS 8/3/09 ]. The funding authorization bill, H.R. 3435, a supplemental appropriations for FY 2009, that passed the House 316-109 last week (incl. 77 Republicans),...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court today, making her the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and just the third woman to sit on the court. The 55-year-old Sotomayor, who was confirmed by a vote of 68-31, will be sworn in on Saturday at the Court. Despite strong and vocal opposition from some Senate Republicans, nine GOP senators voted for her confirmation,...
glaadBLOG.org (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joined Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) to introduce an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act today that would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. President Obama has already declared his full support for the bill. Only twelve states and the District of [...]
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