Senator Sanders Wants More Control and Regulation for Wall Street to Avert Another Economic Crisis

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont concerned about another financial crisis in the future, called on lawmakers in Washington to overhaul legislation governing financial institutions and to regulate Wall Street.

Congressman McDermott | Pass Relief To America’s Unemployed Now

Congressman McDermott stepped up to the plate for the unemployed American, stating the need to work on jobs creation and to protect those unemployed before the end of next month. He did so by proposing a motion to request the move to suspend the rules and pass bill H.R. 4851, also known as the Continuing Extension Act of 2010.

Health Care Reform Bill | House Debates Continue

This morning most of the members of the house simply moved forwarded limiting these attacks on the Democrats regarding the consideration of use of the “deem and pass” procedure.

Senator Specter Advises Caution on Senate Floor Regarding Condemnation of Israel Over Settlement Announcement

On the United States Senate floor today, Senator Specter expressed disagreement with the way the US is handling the recent events surrounding the announcement of 1,600 new settlements in East Jerusalem. He questioned if all the facts were known and warned about condemning the Israelis without further investigation of the facts.

Schwarzenegger Rejects Bill | States Does Little to Cut Budget and Stimulate Job Creation

Last night Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent a letter to California’s legislative leaders California State Senate pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg; California State Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth; California State Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, and California State Assembly Republican Leader Martin Garrick regarding an urgent meeting earlier in the day with the Governor concerning the budget.

Congress May “Deem” Senate Health Care Reform Bill Approved

As republicans line up to object to the Speakers approach, as she has stated the consideration to “deem” the Senate Health Care Reform Bill approved to move along with H.R. 3590, is some sort of “sleight of hand” or “Disgrace” by the Democrats. The GOP once again, sounds an “All Hands Call” to help raise their Hypocrisy Flag High, as the GOP has utilized this tactic numerous times in the 90’s.

Senator Sanders Advises President on Board of Governors Nominees

Senator Bernie Sanders, and Independent from Vermont and one of the most liberal senators in Congress released a statement that along with a group of Senators he is urging President Obama to fill vacancies in the Federal Reserve with nominees “who will fight to protect the interests of the American middle-class and small business”.

H.R. 4213 | Tax Extenders Act Returns to House, the False Hope

To quickly summarize the Tax Extenders Bill (H.R. 4213), this bill will extend the filing deadline for existing tiers of unemployment benefits through December 31, 2010 along with “extending” COBRA benefit subsidies for the American unemployed. The bill also contains several tax provisions (more than one can count) and an extension of the current rate of Medicare payments to doctors.

GOP Mail Fake 2010 Census Forms as Fundraiser

According to a Rapid Response email received moments ago from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House had to rush to ban fake Census letter being sent out by the Republican National Committee.

These mailings disguised as Census Letter were simply a fundraising “tactic” set-up and paid for by the RNC.

Unemployment, COBRA Benefits finalized in Senate

The Senate wrapped up work on the bill covering unemployment and COBRA “extensions” today moving it back to the House. With many new amendments attached to the bill, it may find a tough time moving quickly to President Obama’s desk

Tax, Unemployment, and Highways Bill | No Extra Weeks of Unemployment in Bill – Updated

According to information obtained via Senator Baucus’ Office, the current bill on the Senate Floor does not include additional weeks of unemployment for the unemployed.

Tax, Unemployment, Highway Bills | Votes for additional amendments underway

The formal bill will now contain 67 separate amendments with a scheduled vote this afternoon at 2:30pm EST to end all debate on amendments to the bill. Currently, the Senate is one vote short of the 60 needed to get the bill, being stalled by the GOP, moving again.

Tax, Unemployment, and Highways Bill | Vote scheduled for Tuesday

There are no votes scheduled for the Senate floor today. C-SPAN is reporting that a 2:30pm vote to limit amendments and debates will occur on Tuesday March 9.

Senate Majority Leader Reid Predicts Passage of Unemployment Bill Next Week

Senator Reid is hoping to invoke cloture to prevent a filibuster on the new bill containing a one year extension of unemployment and other measures. With votes suspended for today and Monday, Reid stated that they were still in the process of working out the specifics on this bill.

This “bill” must be the most well kept secret in Washington. As of this writing WorldNewsVine has not received a return phone call requesting details of the bill. The bill is said to provide a one year extension of unemployment benefits, still no word on what the verbiage regarding this “extension” is.

Tax, Unemployment, Highway Bills – Debates may extend into next week

The House today passed the $15 billion dollar jobs bill introduced by the Senate last week addressing Job Creation.

The Senate is already moved on to its next job proposal, taking up $150 billion bill that would provide a longer term extension of popular tax breaks, unemployment benefits, and other provisions however, it still unclear as to how this would or would it add additional “weeks” of benefits to the unemployed.

Bunning at it again | Wants to block the unemployment extensions again | Bunning Ammendment to floor

Is attempting to shift the load back to the Stimulus monies, “unspent” monies. Senator, what is the difference where the monies are coming from, if there are “unspent” monies in the Stimulus fund then, the monies are still there.

Puerto Rico Task Force Hearing in San Juan

“This is a momentous occasion. A group of senior-level federal officials has never before come to Puerto Rico to listen to the Puerto Rican people in their home – to listen to the concerns of the people here, to listen to what is important to them, and to listen to suggestions they have for the federal government.”

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