Byrd Would Speed Senate Energy Bill To House Parley
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 1st, 2009 4:32 am by HL
Byrd Would Speed Senate Energy Bill To House Parley
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) said yesterday the Senate could endanger passage of a national energy program if its gets bogged down attempting to rewrite $40 million in industrial tax credits approved by its Finance Committee.
President Obama Delivers Remarks on Nonprofit Programs
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Please, everybody has a seat. Thank you very much. Well, it is wonderful to see all these do-gooders in one room. (LAUGHTER) And it is always a dangerous thing trying to follow Geoffrey Canada.
After Call From Senator Inouye’s Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.
Minnesota Supreme Court Declares Franken Winner in U.S. Senate Race
The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared comedian-turned-politician Al Franken the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate race, ending an eight-month-long election saga and giving Democrats a 60-seat majority that theoretically would allow them to block GOP filibusters.
Bauer, Sanford’s Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina, Draws New Attention
With every word South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) utters about his extramarital affair, his would-be successor leaps closer to a job that he wants dearly but that many leaders in the state’s fractured Republican Party have been scheming to keep from him.
