humanevents.com - 3/31/2009
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There was a sense of the calm before the storm on Capitol Hill yesterday as the House and Senate prepared for this week s $3.66 trillion budget clash. The Democrat leadership is seeking political cover for their supposedly moderate members, but the size and far left legislative mandates in the ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/25/2009
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The big budget news (always an eyeball grabber)
is that Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND)...
and his House counterpart John Spratt (D-SC) are taking machetes to Obama's proposal, released last month. The Washington Post reports that ...
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White House: Congress' Budget Blueprints Aren't Setback
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/30/2009
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Both the House and the Senate will be
debating the budget before heading into a two-week recess....
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A Week for Budget Battles
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Filibusters skyrocket under Republican minority in 110th Congress.
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) slammed the idea of passing health care reform and other Obama priorities through a simple majority of the Senate, a process called reconciliation. “Now, if they do that, that, in effect is the nuclear war,” Kyl said. The Republicans have ...
Cap-and-trade, “reconciliation,” and the death of deliberation
Michelle Malkin —
... with limited debate and no chance for filibuster. Connie Hair interviews Jon Kyl on budget prospects at Human Events . Dingy Harry Reid was forced to ...
Rep. Ryan: Democrats have a ‘right’ to use budget reconciliaton.
Think Progress —
... "; Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) explained that reconciliation would be "the nuclear war." Today, GOP up-and-comer Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), however, said it is Democrats' " ...
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