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Spending Bill Passed | START Treaty Final Vote Tomorrow

Washington, D.C (Dec 21) – After much debate regarding the verbiage in the pre-amble of the START Treaty, the Senate has managed to move the bill towards a final vote…

Tax Cut Extender along with Unemployment Extension passes cloture vote

Washington, D.C. (Dec 13) – The White House Republican brokered Tax Cut extender bill with a 13-month unemployment extension attached passed cloture today by a vote of  64 to 7 . Prior…

Senator Baucus Unemployment Extension Amendment Vote Saturday

Washington, D.C. (Dec 3) – Late Monday, Senator Baucus introduced a measure to provide an additional one-year unemployment extension to the current EUC program. The measure would allow newly unemployed…

Americans Want to Work Act H.R. 3706 Blocked By Lemieux (R-FL) | Unemployment Extensions Held Up

Americans Want to Work Act H.R. 3706 Blocked By Lemieux (R-FL) | Unemployment Extensions Held Up

Washington, D.C. (Sept 29) – Senator Stabenow called for the Senate to pass under unanimous consent H.R. 3706 the Americans Want to Work Act to which, Senator Lemieux (R-FL) quickly…

Disclosure Act | Republicans Once Again Defend the Rights of Foreign Control Over U.S. Elections

Disclosure Act | Republicans Once Again Defend the Rights of Foreign Control Over U.S. Elections

Washington, D.C. (Sept 24) – Yesterday’s Senate action made history as, for the second time the Republican Minority blocked cloture on the Disclosure Act in a move that assures the…

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Scheduled for Vote Tomorrow in Senate

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Scheduled for Vote Tomorrow in Senate

Washington, D.C. (Sept 20) – The Senate is due to take up the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy tomorrow as it applies to military personnel and their sexual orientation, another…

Senate Set to Convene Tomorrow – H.R. 5297 Small Business Jobs and Credit Act

Senate Set to Convene Tomorrow – H.R. 5297 Small Business Jobs and Credit Act

Washington, D.C. (Sept 12) – With Congress set to convene at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, first up for business is the H.R. 5297 Small Business Lending Program. The measure would direct…

Senate Republicans Block Cloture on Disclosure Act

Senate Republicans Block Cloture on Disclosure Act

Today in the Senate, Republican Party members stood hand-in-hand to prevent a cloture motion on S. 3295 Disclosure Act. Senate Republicans claim it violates the First Amendment, Freedom of Speech…

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