Charlie Rose with Kent Conrad; William Maxwell; Wallace Shawn & Andre Gregory (March 1, 1995)
A Plain Blog About Politics (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ezra Klein has a fun, short, post in which he observes that individual Members of Congress actually matter quite a bit when it comes to writing laws: In theory, that's obvious. Bills don't come from the Bill Fairy. They come from senators and congressmen. But watching it up close is really striking. Kent Conrad spends a weekend chatting with his staff and suddenly co-ops are on the agenda. John Kerry's...
S E N A T U S (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Here is a list of Senators hitting the Sunday talk show circuit tomorrow: Face the Nation (CBS) – John Cornyn (R-TX), John Kerry (D-MA) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) State of the Union (CNN) – John Kerry (D-MA) Fox News Sunday – Kent Conrad (D-ND), Arlen Specter (D-PA) and John Thune (R-SD) Meet the Press (NBC) – Chris Dodd [...]
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Over at his Washington Post blog, Ezra Klein writes a post headlined "How the Senate Finance Committee Got Ron Wyden's Vote". He opens by noting the unlikelihood that Wyden would have emerged as the tough "get" for the chairman, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT): If you'd asked me six months ago which Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee would prove the toughest vote on health-care...
Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Go for it, Palinbots . Call those Senators on the Finance Committee. Read the bill. Read their staffers the bill. Flood those phone lines the day before the vote. Nobody will be there, though. It is Columbus Day, a Federal Holiday . I hope your phone plans give you weekend minutes on holidays: A message to all members of Team Sarah Team, The next few days are CRITICAL in deciding how our health care...
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Here is the message e-mailed out to all of the Team Sarah members. And as you read stay vigilant for the inherent flaw in their plan. A message to all members of Team Sarah Team, The next few days are CRITICAL in deciding how our health care system will be structured. If you’re upset by what has been proposed, NOW is the time to join us on the Team Sarah Health Care Bill Review Board: http://www.teamsarah.org/group/healthcarebillreviewboard...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By GottaLaff This e-mail was just forwarded to me by one of my "spies". Bwahahahaa! Why am I laughing? Well, first of all, because the senders are one of the best collective jokes around, as is their goddess, Barbie McLipSchmutz. But let's not overlook the message. This is a call to action! Get out there and ring up those reps! And when you do, make sure you pull off that Big Effective Shock...
Philadelphia Freedom Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
First, the good news: On September 29, the Senate Finance Committee approved a $75 million funding stream for comprehensive (i.e., responsible) sex education. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SEICUS) , "$50 million [...] would be geared to evidence-based, medically accurate, age-appropriate programs to educate adolescents about both abstinence...
The Climate Group (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Evan Juska, Senior Policy Manager for The Climate Group North America, comments on the release on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act The climate debate in the US Senate officially started today, with the release of a new climate and energy bill co-sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) . The bill, modeled closely after the Waxman-Markey bill that passed in the US...
Lloydletta's Nooz and Comments (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
I beg to differ From The Associated Press Panel Votes to Restore Abstinence Education Money By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:32 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama has pushed to eliminate. The 12-11 vote by the Senate Finance Committee came over objections from...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Blue Dogs Join GOP to Restore Abstinence-Only Education Funds Booker Rising disagrees with both the Blue Dogs and the GOP on this issue, arguing that such an agenda is neither a federal power nor responsibility. The Senate Finance Committee voted yesterday to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education, which was eliminated from U.S. President Obama’s budget in...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
We've all heard about the major disappointment of yesterday's Senate Finance Committee meeting. But the defeat of the public option wasn't the senators' only poor decision of the day. As the Associated Press reports , the committee spent the evening approving a measure to restore $50 million of federal funding to abstinence-only sex education. That's right, folks: These 23 senators think it's more...
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
First the good news. From the Associated Press , today: A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education that President Barack Obama has pushed to eliminate. The 12-11 vote by the Senate Finance Committee came over objections from its chairman, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of MT . Two Democrats - Kent Conrad of ND and Blanche Lincoln...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
From The Brody File at CBNNews.com... Pro-Life Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Hatch Amendment #C14 Description: No funds authorized or appropriated under this Mark may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Senate Committee votes to restore abstinence-only money - Feministing Abstinence-only money is essentially faith-based contraception. It doesn't work at all. STDs and teen pregnancy are up dramatically, due to the abstinence-only policies of the Bush administration. I really hoped Obama would bring some sanity to bear here. A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Not only did the Senate Finance Committee kill the public option yesterday, they voted to restore funding to federal abstinence-only sex education programs, despite overwhelming evidence that kids who receive such instruction tend to have sex earlier and get knocked up at younger ages. A Senate committee voted Tuesday night to restore $50 million a year in federal funding for abstinence-only education...
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