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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for February 2011
Blog Entries for Tuesday, February 15
The Clerk Will Read
It had been a few years since I heard one of my favorite sounds from the House floor, as lawmakers began debate yesterday on a stop-gap budget plan that includes $61 billion in budget cuts. "The clerk will read," is the simple order from the occupant of the chair during ...
Budget Cut Amendments
As the House starts debate on a GOP package of budget cuts, we are now getting the first look at amendments filed by members of the House on that spending plan. Here is the list of 403 amendments that were filed on Monday. House members can file more amendments today.Just ...
Blog Entries for Monday, February 14
House Budget Cuts
The House begins debate today on Republican plans to cut at least $60.8 billion from this year's budget, as lawmakers from both parties will be able to offer just about any budget-cutting amendment they want. "It's going to be the Wild West Show," said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), who like ...
Terminations, Reductions & Savings
As part of the new Obama budget, the White House is proposing to end and trim 126 different federal programs, what the Obama Administration calls "Terminations, Reductions and Savings." According to numbers released by the Office of Management and Budget, 126 programs would come under this description, saving "more than ...
The Obama Budget
President Obama's new budget for the next fiscal year does not get the country to a balanced budget at any point in the ten year fiscal blueprint that was delivered to the Congress today. The budget figures show an estimated deficit next year of $1.09 trillion; that drops to $846 ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, February 13
The Budget Battle
After days of dribs and drabs about what's in the Obama budget, today we finally get the figures on what exactly the President wants to do with his budget for the Fiscal Year 2012. The White House does call for cuts, highlighted by a five year freeze on domestic, non-security ...
Blog Entries for Saturday, February 12
GOP Budget Plan
Republicans this week will try to push through the House a package of at least $60.8 billion in budget cuts. Here is the rundown of where the GOP wants to trim federal spending. There are two columns of numbers here - the first shows the reductions as compared to current ...
Blog Entries for Friday, February 11
Obama On Mubarak
President Obama commented this afternoon on the resignation of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Here are his comments as provided by the White House.- THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release February 11, 2011 REMARKS BY THE PRESDIENT ON EGYPT Grand Foyer 3:06 ...
Congress Watches Egypt
Like the Obama Administration, lawmakers in Congress have been have watching the unfolding events in Egypt, with very divergent views on what this means for the United States. "Truly historic," said Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT) about the departure of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak."What an incredible moment for the Egyptian people ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, February 10
GOP Budget Cutting
Facing a revolt within GOP ranks, House Republican leaders agreed Thursday to dig even deeper for billions in budget cuts, as they met again behind closed doors to hash out the details. The plan had been to roll out $35 billion in cuts on Thursday, but it quickly became apparent ...
Election 2012 Signs
Two more retirements in the Senate this week altered the dynamics of the 2012 elections, as five Senate races next year will have no incumbent - and that number could still grow. The latest Senator to decide against a re-election bid was Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ), a veteran member of ...
Obama on Egypt
A few hours after a surprise speech by Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak, where he refused to step down, the White House released a written statement from President Obama. Mr. Obama said he shared the concern of Egyptians about whether there really will be a genuine path to a real democracy ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, February 9
GOP Budget Cuts
Behind closed doors, key House Republicans worked late on Wednesday night, trying to cobble together a package of spending cuts, that might end up totaling more than an initial $35 billion savings plan. The last minute negotiations came as GOP leaders heard more and more negative reviews of their cuts, ...
Rep. Chris Lee Resigns
If we developed a list of things that a married member of Congress might not want to do in office, sending shirtless photos to a women on Craigslist who isn't your wife might be on that list. That's all it took to draw the resignation of Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY), ...
Expedited Health Review
The Commonwealth of Virginia has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal battle over the Obama health law, even though the case is still in lower courts. In a petition filed today at the High Court, Virginia's Attorney General argues that the case is "of imperative ...
Budget Cut Details
Republicans have released some details of the budget cuts that they will pursue as part of a plan that will be up on the House floor for votes next week. "Make no mistake, these cuts are not low hanging fruit," said the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Hal ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, February 8
Another Budget Step
Taking one more step towards a budget showdown, the House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday evening to accept the framework of a GOP plan that would cut $35 billion in spending from the current federal budget. "The public, the taxpayers are telling us," said Committee Chairman Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), "control ...
Patriot Act Setback
Last year in the House, Democrats saw several bills go down to defeat simply because they used special expedited rules in an effort to avoid amendments. Chalk one up for the new Republican leadership as well. On Tuesday night, it was an extension of three expiring provisions of the anti-terror ...
Blog Entries for Monday, February 7
Reading Tea Party Leaves
As House Republicans get ready to back at least $35 billion in budget cuts, many newly-elected GOP lawmakers have had very little to say about whether this spending plan goes far enough. That starts to change today as House members return to Washington, D.C., where the next ten days will ...
Battle Over Regulations
As President Obama was speaking about government regulation to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday, House Republicans sent out almost 2,000 pages of calls for a regulatory rollback. The GOP evidence came from dozens of business groups, as well as companies large and small, all asking the Congress to ...
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