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But seriously, the people responsible for this bill's death are Harry Reid and the other Senate Democrats who chose to keep the filibuster

There could be a backlash against the gun vote. But there's also a good chance it costs Democrats the Senate.

Reid: 90 percent of Democrats in Senate stood with 90 percent of American people on background checks.

Democrats barely got ObamaCare passed when they had the House and 60 votes in the Senate. How were they supposed to pull this off?

There are 53 Democrats in Senate & 48 voted YES. There are 45 Republicans in Senate & 4 voted YES. Both Independents voted YES.

Blame the democrats! The democrat led Senate can't pass their own bill.

WATCH NOW: Democrats react to Senate rejection of guns background check proposal

Article detailing which Republicans voted for, and Democrats against, the Manchin-Toomey amendment

2012: decries 1-time money use 2013: Celebrates it w/ music video?

Democrats who voted no on gun bill motion: Max Baucus, Mark Begich, Heidi Heitkamp, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid

WATCH NOW: Democrats reacts to Senate rejection of guns background check proposal

The Bible and the man Jesus is the only place for answers.

Minn. Senate wants wholesale gas tax for roads: Minnesota Senate Democrats are proposing a new sales tax on gas...

Background checks has failed in the Senate. It's more impt than ever that you add your voice to the debate. Plz sign:

It's disgraceful that the Toomey-Manchin gun bill failed to pass the Senate. Shame on all the Democrats and Republicans who voted against it

4 Red State Senate Democrats are more concerned about their own jobs than the safety of our citizens.

Democrats' expansion of Background Checks is defeated in the Senate. The vote 54-46 fails to reach the needed...

4 Red Senate & Put The Ahead of the Dead of Sandy Hook RT

these Democrats killed it in the senate: Dems against checks Heitkamp of ND, Baucus of Mont, Pryor of Ark, Begich of Alaska.

Wow..out of all the Democrats that voted against it.. Harry Reid was one of them..lmao the Democratic Senate leader?

AP: Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms

4 Red State Senate Democrats Put The NRA Ahead of the Dead Children of Sandy Hook via

I heard the NRA got a booth outside the Senate building handing out checks. Republicans + 4 Democrats come and pick yours' up.

What is the matter with this country? We have a Democrat president and a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate, for crying out loud.

Senate Democrats struggle to keep background check bill alive in the face of overwhelming opposition from 17 gun manufacturers

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Senate Democrats to introduce 12 new control measures. Jersey Style = Anti

Will amendments to CISPA satisfy Senate Democrats?: Under a veil of secrecy, the House Intelligence Committee...

With severe weather coming, Senate Democrats are not filibustering action and agenda for the day

Rand Paul was 18 months old, when the Civil Rights Act passed against the will of Robert Byrd and Senate Democrats. Learn your history

Obama's budget would not raise taxes as much as Senate Democrats, but still pushes for the "Buffett Rule," which the GOP doesn't like.

Please thank all of the Democrats and these Republicans for standing up for our children, teachers, public...

NPR Mentions 'Serious' GOP Opposition to Gun Control, Saves Senate Democrats From Blame - If we're going to have...

Bi-partisan mental health care bill receives first hearing: Salem, OR – Senate Democrats and Republicans have ...

.I "believe" the White House is delusional, & Democrats will lose seats in the House, & possibly lose the Senate over this.

The budget submitted by the Senate Democrats will bring our debt to $25,000,000,000,000 (25 trillion) by 2023. That's hardly a "budget"

: when the anti Christ takes over and the democrats have control over the house and the senate

There is no debate. stabbed Seniors & Disabled Citizens in the Back via Chained CPI. Democrats to loose Senate in 2014.

The Senate has begun, on the order of 2nd Readings. Live feed thru the Illinois Senate Democrats

The DNC asked supporters to call Republicans in the Senate to end the filibuster on gun reform: T...

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When the GOP controlled the Senate & WH they made Democrats hold hearings in the basement! Now Dems are in charge they act like they lost!

The 3 senate democrats who still refuse to support same sex marriage.

Republicans squash subpoenas against Democrats, will work on campaign reform: HELENA - Senate Republicans have...

Senate Republicans have agreed to squash the subpoenas they dropped on several leading Democrats in exchange for...

Senate reaches deal over subpoenas. FULL STORY:

The number of seats in the Senate doesn't seem to matter since half of them vote as Democrats anyway.

.women working for Senate Democrats had an average salary of $60,877 - male staffers made about $6,500 more.

OMG NO! NOT SENATE DEMOCRATS!! Who cares you guys are all the same

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A budget that raises taxes and doesn't balance is bad news for everyone.

Democrats haven't released details of gun bill. Reid is going to ram gun control thru Senate. willing dupe

Democrats: Wahhh! You said mean things in private about our psychotic senate candidate. Wahhh!

Hatch angry w/ Gov or disappointed with refusal to debate on the facts? See for yourself

+1: "Jon Stewart looks at the recent rush to the right side of history by Senate Democrats and some ..." by

"Sen. Tim Johnson finally endorses same-sex marriage. Only three Senate Democrats left who don't. |

Senate Democrats who have not voiced support for Sens. Mark Pryor (AR), Joe Manchin (WV), Mary Landrieu (LA) Tim Johnson (SD).

We also need to be looking at some Senate Democrats about some of the gun control legislation failures?

Senate Democrats don't even have RINO support for their new gun control laws

WOW 410 days to build the Empire State Building Yet, it is over 1,400 days since Senate Democrats passed a budget

Senate Democrats voted on Friday against an amendment from pro-life Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska to the budget...

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iToday Obama urges lawmakers' vote on assault weapons ban: Senate Democrats dropped the ban from the bill they...

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Senate Democrats on track to pass budget via

The War on Jobs: Senate Democrats finally released their first budget plan in four years this month: It offers...

New post: Senate Democrats on track to pass budget

My last dispatch following today's Senate budget action: Senate Democrats reject Ryan budget

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Senate Democrats on track to pass budget

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BREAKING: Senate Democrats on track to pass budget

Senate Democrats on track to pass budget: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the Senate appear on track to pass their first budg...

Let’s not forget notable Senate Democrats who in 2002 voted FOR the invasion: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry

Obama and Senate Democrats are bent out of shape over a Rep filibuster of Caitlin Halligan, O's nominee to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

Senate Democrats live in a fantasy land if they think their budget will satisfy the American people. Reform entitlements & reform tax code

"Senate Democrats release first budget in four years, includes $1 trillion in tax increases" - read via

Senate Democrats release first budget in four years via

Better when Senate had NO budget: $1 trillion in new taxes, more spending, $4 trillion more in debt

Senate Democrats pepper Obama with questions on entitlements | CowboyByte via

The Democrats’ Budget: Senate Democrats on Wednesday officially unveiled a budget resolution for the first tim...

California Democrats regain supermajority in state Senate [Reddit Politics]

Ted Cruz's Defund Obamacare Amendment Crashes and Burns in the Senate via

Democrats begin push-back against Obama offers to cut Social Security, Medicare. Good.

California Democrats regain supermajority in state Senate

What's in the Democrats' budget: Read full story for latest details.

Proud of 4 pushing President not 2 agree 2 Chained CPI 4 vets benefits in sequester plan

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.and "pepper" Obama with challenging questions re

Senate Democrats get back supermajority with Hueso win via

How competing budget proposals line up: House Republicans and Senate Democrats are rolling out their...

The Senate Democrats' vague, conservative budget: The surprise when comparing the House Republicans' budget an...

Senate Democrats offer budget plan with tax increases and spending cuts

Conservative Republican candidate for Congress, Larry Grooms blasts the Senate Democrats' "Clown Budget" - check...

Senate Dems figuring out how to counter GOP obstruction

Dumbest State in the Union: California Democrats Regain Supermajority in State Senate -

Obama meets with Senate Democrats to try to unite them behind his second-term agenda:

News from Senate Democrats unveil budget blueprint:

MT Thom Hartmann: Senate Democrats Will Introduce a Plan to Replace the Sequester, and More

Democrats challenge Obama on Medicare and Social Security cuts - The Washington Post

After 4 years of going without a budget, Senate Democrats bring forth a turkey

Senate Democrats & Republicans would approve Joseph Mengele as Surgeon General if Obama submitted his name,

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said the Senate Democrats will “present a very balanced budget,� on

The Ryan budget proposed by the House this week would balance in 10 years without raising taxes. The first budget proposed by Senate Democrats in four years includes nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and would not balance the budget EVER. And Reid and Pelosi would have us believe they’re fiscally responsible. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

$1 trillion in new taxes and Senate Democrats still couldn't balance the budget! Congressman Paul Ryan's budget...

Senate Democrats seek to get Consumer Protection head confirmed….

“We owe it to the American people to balance the federal budget -- and Republicans have a plan to do it in 10 years. Our balanced budget is focused on growing our economy and expanding opportunities for all Americans. It cuts government waste, fixes our broken tax code to help create new jobs and increase wages for working families, repairs the safety net for struggling Americans, and protects and strengthens important priorities like Medicare and defense. “I want to thank Chairman Ryan and all of the Republicans on the House Budget Committee for their work on putting together this balanced budget, and I would encourage President Obama and Senate Democrats to follow our lead. Washington’s long-time failure to address our country’s long-term challenges has been a stain on both parties. We can start setting things right by balancing the budget, and handing our children a booming economy instead of a mountain of debt.� - Speaker Boehner Learn more about the House GOP budget here:

"A balanced budget isn't unprecedented. President Bill Clinton worked with a Republican Congress to get it done. House Republicans' last two budgets balanced, too—albeit at a later date. But a balanced budget is still a noteworthy achievement, considering the competition. The recent debt-ceiling agreement forced Senate Democrats to write a budget this year, and we expect to see it this week. I hate to break the suspense, but their budget won't balance—ever. Instead, it will raise taxes to pay for more spending. The president, meanwhile, is standing on the sidelines. He is expected to submit his budget in April—two months past his deadline." -Paul Ryan

Dear Fenix, Thank you for contacting me regarding U.S. tax policy. At the beginning of this year, President Obama decide d which Americans received an extension of their current tax rates, and which Americans saw their taxes increase. This is because the tax cuts enacted in 2003, and extended for two years in 2010, expired automatically on January 1, 2013. In 2012, Republicans in the House passed a one year extension of all tax rates, correctly reasoning that any tax increase will harm the economic growth that is far more effective at increasing revenue and decreasing deficits. But President Obama and Democrats in the Senate were intent on punishing success by insisting on rate hikes for the top 2% of taxpayers. The Joint Committee on Taxation scored the bill Senate Democrats passed as increasing taxes on Americans making $250,000 and above. It would raise $34 billion in FY2013 - 3% of last year's $1,090 billion deficit. Add in tax hikes on dividends, capital gains, and estates and that number in ...

Senate Democrats kick off efforts to break GOP filibuster of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A statement from the base said officials were taking other money-saving steps, such as deferring non-mission-critical repairs and supply purchases and significantly reducing flying not directly related to pilot training. "The Air Force has to consider the fiscal challenges affecting the Department of Defense and the nation," said Col. Korvin Auch, 633rd Air Base Wing commander at Langley. "We're taking prudent steps now in order to be good stewards of taxpayer resources while focusing on maintaining readiness." Senate Democrats offer plan to avert mandatory cuts Sequester may be inevitable Despite varying efforts to come up with a solution to avert sequester, some leaders are acknowledging the cuts may be inevitable. "It is pretty clear to me that the sequester is going to go into effect," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Tuesday. In the last Congress, the GOP-led House passed the same measure twice to replace the across-the-board cuts with another set of federal reductions. But that ...

Senate Democrats prepare government funding bill WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats are preparing a catchall government funding bill that denies President Barack Obama money for implementing signature first-term accomplishments like new regulations on Wall Street and his expansion of government health care subsidies but provides modest additional funding for domestic priorities like health research. The measure expected to be released Monday is the product of bipartisan negotiations and is the legislative vehicle to fund the day-to-day operations of government through Sept. 30 - and prevent a government shutdown when current funding runs out March 27. Passage in the Senate this week would presage an end to a mostly overlooked battle... ~GeeK3r

DENVER -- In the wake of a massacre where 12 people died and 58 others were hurt, the Senate Democrats fought today for a safer Colorado. Five significant gun safety bills moved forward to third reading.

Other than Ryan's regressive budget, the other economic news out of Washington this week will be the President's intensifying efforts to strike a "grand bargain" with Republicans over the deficit. Tuesday he goes to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Democrats; Wednesday, with House Republicans; Thursday, Senate Republicans and House Democrats. Here's the problem: (1) These moves will heighten public expectations of such a deal, thereby increasing the pressure on him to strike one. (2) Any such deal will be awful because House Tea Party Republicans, already crowing about the sequester and about to parade Paul Ryan's draconian budget, won't agree to anything remotely reasonable. (3) The President has already expressed a willingness to cut Social Security (the "chained-CPI" he's floated amounts to a real cut in future benefits) and to means-test Medicare (whose political popularity today rests on public belief it's not a program for the less fortunate but for everyone). (4) He got such terrible advice on the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President Barack Obama's final two years. His party must defend a hefty 21 seats, including seven in largely rural states that the president lost last fall. The task of maintaining control of the Senate has grown more daunting in recent weeks, with four Senate Democrats announcing plans to retire. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan disclosed his decision on Thursday, following Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin and West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller. New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg has also said he will retire, but Democrats will be heavily favored to hold the seat. A fifth Democratic retirement could come soon from South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, who has not yet announced his intentions. Democrats control 55 seats in the Senate, after November elections in which they did better than expected a ...

Senate To Consider Government Funding Bill Next Week (BLOOMBERG NEWS 07 MAR 13) ... Roxana Tiron and James Rowley The Senate will consider a measure next week to fund the U.S. government through September after the House passed its plan to avoid a shutdown and preserve new spending cuts. The Senate plans to build on legislation passed by the House yesterday to keep the government operating after current spending authority expires March 27. The House measure would give the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments more leeway to decide how to implement the automatic spending reductions, known as sequestration. Senate Democrats are seeking a bipartisan agreement to give more spending flexibility to additional agencies, including Commerce, Agriculture, Justice and Homeland Security, said Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski. The House measure “is too limited,� she told reporters today in Washington. Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat, said she is trying to negotiate an agreement with the commit ...

Senior Republican says budget plan that Senate Democrats will offer won’t address the national debt or help workers

Budget; Farm Bill; Ag Economy; and, Regulations Posted By Keith Good On March 8, 2013 Budget Developments David Rogers reported yesterday at Politico that, “Senate Democrats mapped out plans Thursday to expand on a House-passed stopgap spending bill — adding full-year budgets for four more Cabinet departments as well as major science and space agencies. “Justice, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Commerce, NASA and the National Science Foundation should benefit most. And Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said she has begun drafting new legislative language to expand on the ability of other departments to move money between accounts to cope with cuts ordered last week.� Mr. Rogers explained that, “Mikulski and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) are working toward the goal of having an agreement in place by March 27, when that same CR runs out. “After briefing her caucus at a party luncheon, Mikulski said she hopes to file the final package Monday ...

WASHINGTON -- While many Senate Democrats said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) raised legitimate concerns about the Obama administration's drone program during his epic filibuster of John Brennan's nomination as CIA director, most of them were unable to explain why they didn't join him on the Senate floor. S...

Here is what the SJR. printed in the paper today about my schools performance last weekend. The Lincoln Land Community College Model Illinois Government team won the Outstanding Small Delegation award at the 35th annual Model Illinois Government simulation Feb. 28 through March 3 at the Illinois State Capitol. This was the fourth time in six years that LLCC won an outstanding delegation award.Team member Charles Ware of Springfield was honored as the Outstanding Freshman Delegate, selected from more than 230 delegates. He was also elected as Majority Whip in the Senate.Elected into various posts were Josh Scaife of New Berlin as Committee Spokesman for the House Republicans, Anthony Long of Springfield as Senate Minority Committee Spokesman, Brendon Little of Riverton as House Assistant Minority Leader, Travis Heller of Petersburg and Jacob Mitchell of Springfield as Committee Spokesmen for the Senate Democrats. Ben Shafer of Pleasant Plains served as an Office of Management and Budget Analyst.

Shut up Boehner. You are the MINORITY.Boehner warns Senate Democrats on government funding bill

SACRAMENTO – Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) – co-author of Senator Mark Leno’s (D-San Francisco) SB 140 – issued the following statement regarding the approval by the Senate of SB 140, part of a package of bills authored by Senate Democrats to reduce gun violence:

Senate Democrats Praise the Initial Passage of the 'Pathway to Work' Bill

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Boehner to Senate Dems: Don't 'get greedy': Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned Senate Democrats not to “get ...

The Republicans are defending our civil liberties in the Senate. The Democrats are silent. Cats are living with dogs. IT'S THE END TIMES!

If he is concerned about troops bring them home Boehner warns Senate Democrats on government funding bill | Reuters

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warns Senate Democrats on continuing resolution - the song remains the same. via

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There are probably several Senate Democrats who can't look themselves in the mirror right now.

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Last time the Senate had a filibuster like this, Democrats were trying to keep Rosa Parks in the back of the bus.

I believe Democrats in the senate, except one, proved to us they are a danger to the American people yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday warned Senate Democrats again...

Boehner warns Senate Democrats on government funding bill

Senate Democrats should back off 'comprehensive' cybersecurity plan -...

Democrats in the Senate CAN pass a budget plan eliminating the sequestration.. - Democratic Underground

John Boehner says Obama and Senate Dems have no plans to replace sequester. We say Pants on Fire!

Senate Democrats filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act for two continuous months. I wish their modern counterparts could find either the stones or the moral compass to take a stand like that for a position that's on the *right* side of history.

I am not happy that the Obama Administration is asserting that the President has virtually unlimited authority to conduct warfare on American soil. I congratulate Senator Rand Paul for challenging that assertion. One Democrat, Senator Ron Wyden, has joined the fillibuster. I wish that other Senate Democrats would join as well.

Senate Democrats' push Wednesday for speedy confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director ran into a snag when GOP Sen. Rand Paul began a lengthy speech over the legality of potential drone strikes on U.S. soil.

House and Senate Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than a dollar higher than President Barack Obama proposed in his State of the Union address.

Obama and Senate Democrats’ on Spending by the Numbers: $6.1 trillion - Dollars added to the debt since President Obama took office 1 out of 5 – Number of times President Obama has submitted his budget to Congress on time 1406 – Days since Senate Democrats passed a budget 18.6% - Spending increase under President Obama $1 Trillion – Estimated taxes from ObamaCare

The $16 trillion debt is more than just a price tag. It's more than just a number that continues to rise under President Obama. It's a threat to the future of the next generation of Americans. Spending is the problem -- and House Republicans continue to urge the President and Senate Democrats to address our nation's out-of-control spending. More here:

One of the many problems with the anti-gun bills rushing through state legislatures is that they’re written by people who don’t know one gun from another. That’s just become painfully obvious in Colorado. Joe Biden’s been going around telling people, you don’t need one of those assault rifles, just buy a shotgun. But Colorado State Sen. Greg Brophy points out that under the gun bill that’s already passed the House, the most common shotgun used by Colorado pheasant hunters would be outlawed. Citizens would still be allowed to keep their shotguns, but it would be illegal to ever give up possession to anyone else. That includes letting your son fire it, or leaving it at a repair shop if it breaks. Senate Democrats say they’re working on an amendment to deal with that problem. But if you’re going to let politicians infringe on your rights, despite it being expressly forbidden by the Constitution, shouldn’t they at least be smart enough to get the words straight without needed a “do-over.†...

January 15, 1901 Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party's refusal to permit voting by African-Americans May 29, 1902 Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86% February 12, 1909 On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, African-American Republicans and women's suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP May 21, 1919 Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote yes, but almost half of Democrats no August 18, 1920 Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures January 26, 1922 House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster June 2, 1924 Rep ...

Boehner: "If [President Obama] had a plan, why wouldn't Senate Democrats go ahead and pass it?"

How they voted in D.C. 3/3 By Peter Urban Daily World Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate last week rejected rival Democratic and Republican proposals aimed at avoiding $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that otherwise were set to launch. Facing a Friday deadline, Senate Democrats proposed to avoid half of the spending cuts by raising taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year. The remainder would be cut from defense programs and farm subsidies. Democrats advertised their bill as a “balance� between spending cuts and tax increases to avert the budget sequester. Republicans said they would oppose any bill containing tax hikes. The Democratic proposal did not garner the 60-vote majority needed to move forward, falling 51-49 with no Republican voting in favor. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., voted for the bill. Senate Republicans proposed an alternative that would have given the Obama administration more flexibility in parsing out the $85 billion ...

Comments (375) Thanks to congressional Republicans putting the economy in jeopardy during the debt ceiling debacle in the summer of 2011 and again in 2012, a package of automatic across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration is set to go into effect on March 1, 2013. Senate Democrats have proposed a balanced approach to resolve this crisis, urging congressional Republicans to avoid the damaging sequester cuts by accepting a package of more tax revenue coupled with targeted spending cuts. But once again Republicans are threatening the economy by risking massive and harmful spending cuts that will hurt the middle class, damage the economy, kill hundreds of thousands of jobs, and harm the most economically vulnerable among us. Sequestration will impact all Americans but will have a particularly harmful effect on communities of color, who were hit first and worst by the Great Recession and have yet to significantly feel the effects of the recovery. Our nation's demographics are changing, and communiti ...

President Obama's highly controversial gun control proposal is being split into several bills that Senate Democrats hope will be easier to pass. Expanded background checks, limits on the size of weapon magazines and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban may all be brought up for a v...

House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivers this week's address, calling on President Obama and Senate Democrats to negotiate a ...

Video on msnbc.com: President Obama is being criticized by Republicans that he's not doing enough to lead. Last Word guest host Ezra Klein argues, “We need more leadership from the House. We need House Republicans willing to compromise with Senate Democrats.�

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats just won themselves some fresh ammunition in the next election cycle: nearly all of the potential 2014 Senate Republican candidates in the House voted against the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill on its way to the president's desk.

Boehner has refused to compromise on the sequester. The GOP will only accept a deal where they get 100% of what they are demanding. Earlier today, Boehner said: "Let's make it clear, the president got his tax hike on January 1st. The discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington." Recent polls show that a majority of Americans want a compromise. President Obama and the Senate Democrats have proposed compromise plans consisting of a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. But Boehner wants everyone to know there will be no compromise, and there's nothing the president can say or do to change his mind. If the automatic cuts hurt the economy, the GOP will own the sequester due to their steadfast refusal to compromise.

The Atlantic Wire: Paul Ryan Can't Accept That He Lost the Election : " Paul Ryan promises the sequester will not be the last fiscal crisis this year. He pledges the GOP will again use the debt limit to extract more cuts from Obama this summer, and he rejects the White House's proposals to cut entitlements. It didn't have to be this way, Ryan says. "Mitt and I were going to bring to Congress a plan to fix this this year and we were going to launch a charm offensive with Senate Democrats to work with them to do it," he tells The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus. But he and Mitt lost. That fact seems to still be sinking in with Ryan. Take, for example, his dismissive reference to the White House's proposal to cut Social Security. Obama has endorsed changing (and, largely, lowering) cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security by changing how they're calculated from the traditional consumer price index to a chained consumer price index. It could save $100 billion over 10 years, but it also means smaller payme ...

Senate Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to move ahead with their plan to forestall automatic across-the-board spending cuts March 1. The 51-49 roll call failed to attract Republican support because of differences over taxes and the defeat makes it almost certain the sequester cuts will go into effect by midnight Friday.

A somewhat technical but very important exchange took place on the Senate floor late Thursday morning, which you file away for the next time you hear Republicans tut-tut Senate Democrats for not passing a sequestration replacement bill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid witnessed the defection of several Democrats up for reelection in 2014 during the politically charged votes to replace the sequestration cuts set to take effect Friday. Three at-risk Senate Democrats - Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Kay Hagan...

As we head out of February into President Obama's Sequester (March and beyond), I hope the President enjoys the cuts he insisted be part of the Fiscal Cliff resolution in 2011. The Republicans supported him in an attempt to be bi-partisan, though I was against it then, since sequestration is not the best way to reduce Government spending. I'm disappointed that the President and Senate Democrats chose not to be bi-partisan in passing one of the two House-approved bill to make the pending spending cuts more flexible, so that smart reductions in spending could be made. If harmful things happen as a result of their choice not to apply the spending cuts wisely, thank our President and Senator Harry Reid because they stubbornly chose partisanship over working to protect the best interests of the people of our nation.

Senate Democrats, GOP to stage votes on rival cuts - Arizona Daily Sun

It's been 1400 days and counting since Senate Democrats last passed a budget. LIKE and SHARE this video if you agree it's time for them to do their job.

Pres Cohen warns if nominations stall “we will mobilize and take action against the Senate Democrats"

In the four years since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, government spending has driven our national debt up past $16 trillion (and rising). That’s more than $52,000 for every man, woman, and child. Our new infographic released this morning looks at just some of the things an average Ame...

Senate Democrats have unveiled a bill dealing with pending automatic budget cuts which would ward off some of the cuts by focusing spending reductions on farm and defense programs, and also includes tax increases on wealthy Americans and the oil and gas industry. It would replace half of the first .

Happy BDay to Harry... MT Today is the 1,400th day Senate Democrats and Maj. Leader Reid have refused to pass a budget

House speaker tells CBS News' Scott Pelley that it's time for President Obama and Senate Democrats to get to work

After seven-week struggle, Hagel poised for defense confirmation NBC News Chuck Hagel’s seven-week struggle to win confirmation as secretary of defense appears near the end with an expected Senate vote Tuesday on his nomination. President Barack Obama’s choice to run the Pentagon is expected to win confirmation since a few Republicans announced that they’ll join Senate Democrats in voting for him. The vote would put an end to a rocky nomination process that came after Hagel’s GOP foes succeeded in delaying the confirmation. Lead opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, insinuated two weeks ago that Hagel might have given as-yet undisclosed speeches to “extreme or radical groups� or received money from foreign sources or from defense contractors in 2008, 2009 and 2010. But Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., rebuked the latter saying Hagel complied with the committee’s financial disclosure requirements and deserved confirmation. Last week 15 GOP senators asked Obama to ...

At the 11th hour, Senate Democrats this week are proposing to replace the president's sequester with another gimmicky, designed-to-fail tax hike bill. Republ...

4 Questions to Ask President Obama About His Sequester Posted February 20, 2013 The White House today announced President Obama would participate in interviews with local television affiliates from across the country. Here are four questions the President should be asked about his sequester: 1. The House passed two bills to replace your sequester - one six weeks ago and one six months ago. Now you claim to have a plan to replace your sequester. Why aren’t you urging Senate Democrats to vote on your replacement plan? • The House acted to replace President Obama’s sequester, passing bills on two occasions to replace the sequester with responsible spending cuts and reforms. The Democratic-controlled Senate did not consider either bill. 1. H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act 2. H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act of 2012 2. Should you call for higher taxes on hardworking Americans when Washington spends millions of tax dollars paying people to play video games? • The National Science Fou ...

President Obama has traveled over 5,000 miles in the last two weeks -- yet he hasn't traveled 1.5 miles to meet with Senate Democrats to replace his devastating across-the-board spending cuts. The American people -- moms, dads, seniors, college students, children -- shouldn't be forced to lose their jobs or the opportunities this country has to offer because Washington can't spend within its means. More here:

In words very reminiscent of earlier complaints by our own Republican Insider, Governor Nikki Haley made clear her disgust over an uncaring and arrogant Barack Obama, a seemingly inept Republican House leadership, and intentionally complicit Senate Democrats who are all responsible for the current s...

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Instead of urging Senate Democrats to pass a smarter replacement for his sequester, President Obama is traveling everywhere but to the Senate. Just a few day...

President Obama, Senate Democrats, and many elected Republicans are now calling for a compromised approach to avoid the blunt force trauma to the American economy caused by the sequester. Why are Congressional Republicans continuing to refuse to compromise?

Now two years old but still so very relevant! Walker’s Punked Phone Call The following is the transcript of the conversation between Gov. Scott Walker and who he thinks is billionaire donor David Koch, although it is actually blogger Ian Murphy, who goes by the name Buffalo Beast. It was recorded on February 23, 2011. Walker: Hi; this is Scott Walker. Murphy: Scott! David Koch. How are you? Walker: Hey, David! I’m good. And yourself? Murphy: I’m very well. I’m a little disheartened by the situation there, but, uh, what’s the latest? Walker: Well, we’re actually hanging pretty tough. I mean-you know, amazingly there’s a much smaller group of protesters-almost all of whom are in from other states today. The State Assembly is taking the bill up-getting it all the way to the last point it can be at where it’s unamendable. But they’re waiting to pass it until the Senate’s in-the Senate Democrats, excuse me, the assembly Democrats have about a hundred amendments they’re going through. The ...

OREGON DEMOCRATS PUSH LEGISLATION TO BAN GUNS AND SEARCH HOMES WITHOUT WARRANTS By: Jim Hoft 2/23/2013 10:15 AM RESIZE: AAA PRINT 10 Constitution?… What Constitution? Democrats in Oregon are pushing legislation that not only bans guns but allows warrantless searches of your home by government officials. Oregon Firearms reported: Two days after Senate Democrats claimed they would not seek a ban on modern firearms and feeding devices, Democrats in the Oregon House introduced just that. Seven Senators joined with eight House Reps to introduce a sweeping ban on virtually all modern firearms. Among the Senators is, of course, Ginny Burdick, who claimed on Wednesday “that she is backing off an attempt to push through a bill on gun clips that she drafted following the December shootings at the Clackamas Mall.� The other sponsors are: Representatives BAILEY, BUCKLEY, DEMBROW, FREDERICK, READ, REARDON, TOMEI, Senators , DINGFELDER, HASS, MONNES- ANDERSON, MONROE, SHIELDS, STEINER- HAYWARD. Remember them. HB ...

“The president proposed the sequester, yet he’s far more interested in holding campaign rallies than he is in urging his Senate Democrats to actually pass a plan. ... Instead of using our military men and women as campaign props, if the president was serious he’d sit down with Harry Reid and begin to address our problems. The House has acted twice, we shouldn’t have to act a third time before the Senate begins to do their work.� - Speaker Boehner

The nation’s capital was enveloped in a familiar kind of gridlock late Monday, as Republicans again demanded that President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats act first to put off $85 billion in automatic cuts slated to take effect on Friday. “The president say …

January 24, 2012 – President Obama delivers a State of the Union address that falls on the 1,000th day since Senate Democrats offered a budget plan. Although the president focuses much of his criticism on “the way Congress does its business these days,� he neglects to mention Senate Democrats’ budget failures.

Here’s What President Obama Won’t Tell You About His Sequester, the Republican Plan for Smarter Spending Cuts, & Senate Democrats’ Inaction FEBRUARY 24, 2013 | CLICK HERE TO VIEW ONLINE You’re going to see President Obama at campaign-style rallies again this week, demanding higher taxes and blaming Republicans for his ‘sequester’ mess. Here’s what he won’t be telling you: This is President Obama’s sequester. “The idea for sequestration did come from the White House, as news accounts made clear at the time,� reports the New York Times. As Speaker Boehner wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “it is a product of the president's own failed leadership.� Republicans passed a bill with smarter spending cuts (twice), but the president’s Senate hasn’t passed it (or any other replacement bill). Senate Democrats haven’t passed a budget in four years either. The House voted to replace the president’s sequester in May 2012 and again last December. Each bill targeted waste and fraud, and ...

Senate Dems might renege on budget over sequestration February 18, 2013 | 2:23 pm Joel Gehrke Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., indicated that Senate Democrats would renege on their promise to pass the first budget in four years if Republicans did not agree to raise taxes in order to avert the automatic spending cuts mandated by sequestration. “Senator Murray is working on a budget right now and we hope we can get that done,� Reed said on CNN, referring to Senate Budget Committee chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash. “But we need time. So the sequestration will prevent — preempt us from getting a budget done and other factors.� Reed also defended the Senate for refusing to pass a budget since Obamacare passed into law. “We had the Budget Control Act of 2011, which set the caps, which is actually statutory, not just a resolution between the two houses,� he said. That defense, though, came moments after he expressed a longing “to get back into regular order, [by] proposing a budget, doing an appropriations b ...

The duopoly headed by Obama is doing it's usual work... kowtowing to the banksters. I never thought Id be posting a WSJ piece. But here goes. From yesterday's Wall Street Journal Forrest Gump at Treasury Jack Lew doesn't seem to know much about how or why he got paid. Senate Democrats are in a hurry to confirm Jack Lew as Secretary of the Treasury before anyone notices his biography. Otherwise, liberal lawmakers might be embarrassed voting for a man who represents everything they've been campaigning against. Investor in Cayman Islands tax haven? Check. Recipient of a bonus and corporate jet rides underwritten by taxpayers at a bailed-out bank? Check. Executive at a university that accepted student-loan "kickbacks" for steering kids toward a favored bank? Check. Excessive compensation with minimal disclosure? Check. Like a financial Forrest Gump, Mr. Lew keeps walking into the frame of the business-political dramas of the last decade. But unlike the lovable movie character, Mr. Lew is playing the villain o ...

The President and Senate Democrats are deploying poll-tested gimmicks to raise taxes on energy production instead of solving our nation's most pressing probl...

Ever wonder why an dhow DC got the nickname, the "swamp." Reckon it had to do with the muddy thinking as much as it had to do with the fact it was built in a swamp. News From the Swamp: President 'Meat Clever' Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over averting the March 1 sequester, but the situation is not so dire that it kept Congress from taking a week-long recess. The sequester, part of the 2011 plan for $1.2 trillion in "deficit reduction" spread over a decade, was a White House effort to scare Republicans into acquiescing on tax hikes. It was postponed once during the Fiscal Cliff debacle, and there is already talk that Congress could enact a funding replacement measure later in March if the cuts do go into effect. But again, these "cuts" are merely reductions in the rate of growth -- not actual debt reduction. Senate Democrats proposed a replacement for this year's $85 billion sequester (which might actually be as little as $44 billion) that would reduce farm subsidies, raise more taxes on high ...

Despite the Republican move, Senate Democrats pushed ahead with plans to vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary, and he seemed likely to be confirmed.

Help Crush Harry Reid's Senate Majority Dear Supporter: We can stop the march of Obama's dreadful Second Term of tax hikes, 'gun-control', abuse of power, and unconstitutional power grabs by crushing Harry Reid's radical Democrat Majority. November 2014 may seem like a lifetime away, especially with Obama in the White House. But the campaign must begin now to elect a Conservative Majority to the United States Senate! Revive America PAC plans to 'go on the offensive' --- to heavily engage in a number of key Senate races. Wouldn't it be great to defeat Al Franken? He only got elected to the Senate with the illegal votes of convicted felons. Ironically, Franken's victory gave Senate Democrats the 60th vote Obama needed to ram through Obamacare. Revive America PAC will also get behind conservative leaders like Gov. Scott Walker. Obama's bloated public employee union allies are desperate to defeat Walker. They're planning another vicious, and ugly campaign. We need to let Scott Walker know, we've got his bac . ...

Important facts on the looming 1. The sequester was President Obama’s idea. 2. Republicans passed two plans to replace the President’s sequester, yet Senate Democrats have passed no replacement. 3. In 2013 the federal government will take in more revenue than ever before. 4. I voted "no" on need massive spending cuts to replace the President's Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy if this bad policy goes through on March 1st. It's time for and Senate Democrats to offer a plan.

ObamaCare by age: Medicare Advantage Program reimbursement rates will be cut again and this signals the beginning of the end of this popular program used by 14 million senior citizens. ObamaCare put it in the cross hairs and now Obama's HHS is essentially kicking it to death while it's down. At the other end of the age spectrum, recent studies project a 168% increase in the price of healthcare for younger Americans because of ObamaCare. Let's not forget that at least 7 million working-age Americans will see employer coverage dropped and the true picture emerges: ObamaCare's damage stretches across all age segments. How long will it take Senate Democrats to see the truth?

House Republicans have passed a plan to replace the President’s sequester twice. When will Senate Democrats propose an alternative?

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I was proud to help introduce “No Budget, No Pay� legislation in the Senate. It is time for Senate Democrats to do their job and pass a budget resolution and all appropriations bills. I am pleased a version of this bill was included in the debt ceiling agreement passed by Congress, as now the Senate majority will be held accountable.

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Budget- Policy Issues; Ag Economy; and, Biotech Posted By Keith Good On February 18, 2013 Budget- Sequestration, Policy Issues Ian Swanson and Alexander Bolton reported on Friday at The Hill’s On the Money Blog that, “The question in Washington is no longer whether the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester will be implemented: It’s when and even if the spending reductions will ever be shut off.� The update noted that, “‘We’re pretty far away because we have revenue in ours,’ said Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), commenting on the daylight between Democratic and GOP leaders. “Cardin was commenting on a proposal unveiled Thursday by Senate Democrats that would thwart the first $85 billion in spending cuts set to hit government on March 1.� Besides increased revenue, the proposal from Senate Democrats also cuts direct payments for farmers, as does a package from House Democrats that would also forestall sequestration. At a news conference on Friday with Democratic House Leaders, Budget C ...

House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., blamed the White House and Senate Democrats for failing to avert automatic spending cuts scheduled to take place next month, saying, “there’s no leadership on the other side of the aisle and therefore no agreement.� “The Senate hasn’t passed a bil...

Is McCain more resigned to Hagel than some Senate Democrats?: (Paul Mirengoff) Appearing on Fox News Sunda...

Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Under the Mountain Bunker GOP House votes to recess until Feb 25, leaving FOUR DAYS to deal with the Sequester by UTMB THE HILL (Feb 15): The House and Senate each voted Friday to recess for the Presidents Day week, which means lawmakers will have just four days — once they return — to deal with the $85 billion sequester due to take effect March 1... House Democrats have spent the week arguing that the House should not recess for the week, so that it can work on a sequester replacement plan. But the House voted 222-190 on Friday morning to recess next week — every Democrat voted against it, along with just four Republicans... both the House and Senate will return at 2 p.m. Feb. 25. When they return on Feb. 25... WASHINGTON POST / Senate Democrats propose cuts, tax hikes on rich to avoid sequester: The proposal would raise $110 billion to replace the sequester through Jan. 2, 2014, when across-the-board cuts adopted during the 2011 debt-lim ...

Why are the Senate Republicans blocking a vote on Rich Cordray? Just take a look at what the agency has done so far. The CFPB has already forced the credit card companies to return nearly half a billion dollars that they had cheated from consumers. The agency is helping students get better information about student loans and has a hotline to help consumers get back money when they have been cheated. And the agency has put out new rules on mortgages that will protect families and level the playing field between small financial institutions like community banks and credit unions and larger ones. In other words, the agency is starting to work. But for two years, Senate Republicans have held Richard Cordray hostage, saying they will block any vote on Director unless the Senate Democrats agree to weaken the agency and limit its ability to hold the big banks and credit card companies accountable. They don't want to see strong enforcement of our laws, plain and simple. It took hundreds of thousands of people acr ...

Senate Democrats on Thursday showed little love to the Obama administration for how it is implementing the federal health law.

Defying a furious White House and Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans successfully filibustered Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense. The tally was 58-40, with one “present� vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) switched his vote from “yes� to “no,� a procedural move that allo...

is very very disappointed with our Senate Democrats, headed by Harry Reid, for their utter lameness with regard to the fillibuster. We had our chance and once again we were burned, just like John Boehner claims to have been. (He's projecting again, another Republican deceiving skill.) On this one we Democrats have only ourselves to blame. When someone tells you to your face they intend to obstruct everything you do and then you turn the other cheek for some smiley goody-goodness sake- while they fillibuster again and again, passing up the small window of opportunity to simply reassert the Senate rule that senators actually stand up and fillbuster on the floor of the Senate when they object then you know you've been shanked. The Senate was not set up to be pummeled by super-minority. It is established to do the peoples' business with a simple majority. (51 votes) Fool Me Once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Harry Reid was simply double-crossed once again by Mitch Mcconnel when the Republicans ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is teaming up with the assistant leader of the Senate Democrats on legislation that would temporarily block the release of personal information about concealed weapons permit holders. LePage on Friday said he has submitted emergency legislation following the Bangor…

Senate Democrats are opposed to any structural changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that Republicans are demanding.

Democrats 'in the Driver's Seat' in race:

Politico: Senate Democrats reach deal, direct payments on the chopping block

Not to haggle but Senate Democrats are Tower-ing hypocrites.

Senate Democrats seek to avert mandatory cuts

Senate Democrats unveil plan to replace sequester through end of year via

Our Senate is ding their job... time for the House to follow suit and earn their tax payers salaries. Senate Democrats said Thursday they…

Senate Democrats seek to avert mandatory cuts! Can you move that along, please!

Can the democrats in senate rebel & choose a new leader? They may have to wait til2014 until then,Mitch is running in 2014 mybe lose

Bloomberg by the Numbers: 13: That’s how many consecutive U.S. Senate elections Democrats have won in New Jersey…

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Senate Democrats offer plan to avert mandatory cuts

The senate although unpopular with the democrats -trying to install a racist & fascist Hagel said NO. Great job Senate /with 1 NO at a time!

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California’s Anti-Gun Senate Democrats Announce Plans to Further Infringe on the Second Amendment -

Senate Democrats fall a vote short of 60 needed to end filibuster and bring Hagel nomination to a confirmation vote -

WH accuses GOP of “playing politics� - isn't that what Senate is supposed to do? Hagel blocked from Defense

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Senate Democrats will never find 60 votes to end my love for you.

Consequences of failure laid out in budget fight: WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new plan by Senate Democrats to head off...

Senate Democrats Said to Offer Plan to Delay Spending Cut - Half of the cost of putting off the across-the-board...

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The Democrats in the Senate have proposed a plan to prevent mandatory cuts.

"Senate Republicans block Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary, with Democrats failing to break a filibuster." -- CNN

Congress & Senate Democrats are puppets of the progressive left. They are afraid to do what's right out of fear! (cont)

Bill to Avert Sequester Sets Stage for Face-Off Senate Democrats would raise taxes on people earning more than $...

Buffett Rule included in Senate Democrat’s plan to avert looming sequester

Unlike GOP, Democrats have introduced serious, bipartisan alternatives in both House & Senate to avert the sequester.

Democrats propose $110 billion plan to delay seque...: Senate Democrats propose a plan to put off dramatic cuts...

Even though Senate Democrats reached agreement on a $110 billion mix of tax increases and spending cuts, the chances of a deal to head off automatic spending cuts have still receded.

The Hill - Con't ALSO COMING FRIDAY: Dems keep pressing climate case On Thursday, liberal Senate Democrats made their case for stronger climate policy with a new bill calling for fees on carbon emissions. On Friday, House Democrats will do ... something. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and several colleagues will have a press conference to announce a new “climate change initiative,� an advisory states. Panel discusses climate change impacts on Mexico The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars will host a 9 a.m. forum to explore a new report on the effects environmental change could have on Mexican migration. From an advisory: "Models predict increasing temperatures, decreasing precipitation, and a growing number of extreme weather events. While the decision of an individual to migrate is a result of many factors, the effects of climate-induced migration may be significant as institutions and infrastructure come under increasing strain." Fo ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to break an impasse, Senate Democrats set a test vote Thursday on whether to advance Chuck Hagel's nomination as defense secretary after Republicans blocked speedy confirmation of their former colleague and Vietnam combat veteran. Hours of behind-the-scenes talks yielded the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but no clear sign of whether President Barack Obama's nominee would receive the 60 votes required to move the Senate to a final vote on whether to confirm him. Democratic officials said the vote was scheduled with only a handful of votes needed to clear the threshold. Sen. John McCain of Arizona led the opposition to Hagel's confirmation, but he said he would not object to the test vote, called cloture. The remaining "yes" votes remain elusive, even after the White House responded to McCain's demand for information unrelated to Hagel. McCain and Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire said they would delay the vote until they ...

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats have settled on a final plan to replace 10 months' worth of sequestration cuts, aides said on Thursday. The plan pinpoints $120 billion of savings, spit evenly between cuts and revenues, that would replace the sequestration-designated cuts to defense and domestic spend...

Senate Proposal For Tax Reform, Part 1: The Buffett Rule Becomes (Proposed) Reality On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, Senate Democrats are poised to move forward with the President’s plan to defer mandatory spending cuts slated to take effect on March 1st. Without congressional action, on that date approximately $85 billion in governmental spending reductions will kick in, and $110 billion in annual cuts will take effect on October 1st and continue for the next eight years. These cuts would hit defense spending hard as well as other domestic programs, such as education, housing, and Medicare.

Democrat: "We don't want your guns! You're so paranoid!" Missouri Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confiscate Firearms – Gives Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons. HOUSE BILL NO. 545. H.R.226 Introduced in Congress. Federal tax breaks for surrendering guns. California's state Senate Democrats roll out big gun control package, banning all 166,000 legally-registered carbines. Hurricane Katrina: Legal guns confiscated and seized by police and National Guard. On September 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued a restraining order to bar further firearms confiscations. After refusing to admit that it had any seized firearms, the city revealed in mid-March that it did have a cache of some 1000 firearms seized after the hurricane; this disclosure came after the NRA filed a motion in court to hold the city in contempt for failure to comply with the U.S. District Court's earlier order to return all seized firearms. The matter was finally settled in favor of the NRA in Octobe ...

Colorado Gun Control Legislation 2013 Legislative Action Needed Now! In the wake of the Newtown Connecticut school shooting, we have watched the opponents of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States whip themselves into a frenzy: ■We watched Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D/CA) righteous indignation with her call to reintroduce the assault weapons ban ■We saw Diane Degette’s introduction of new legislation to ban high-capacity magazines ■We watched President Obama go on Meet the Press and say, “I will put forward very specific legislation based on the recommendations from Joe Biden’s task force…� We all know what that will be… ■In Illinois, Senate Democrats advanced legislation last Wednesday to restrict all semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, pressing forward with new gun control measures that would essentially ban most modern firearms On the national level, the anti gun forces are gearing up for a fight and that’s fine. The anti 2nd Amendment pos ...

Yet again another jobs bill killed! Senate Democrats in the State Affairs Committee abandoned their “jobs, jobs, jobs� mantra when they decided to shoot down Senator Kevin Grantham’s (R-Canon City) bill, on a party line vote, to classify the Waste-to-Energy process as a renewable energy. Currently, 26 states, the federal government, as well as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado consider this technology a renewable energy.

WH: This evening the President, joined by the Vice President and members of his senior staff, convened a meeting with Senate Democrats

The same House Republican majority that spent the entire past two years haranguing Senate Democrats for ignoring piles of legislation has a new strategy. Let the Senate act first — on nearly everything. Whether it’s an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, renewing the Violenc...

Senate Democrats craft bill to avert automatic budget cuts to Pentagon, domestic programs

Senate Democrats introduce six bills on guns and mental health - The Seattle Times (blog)

Gun, ammo bills pending in the Calif. Legislature By The Associated Press CREATED FEB. 7, 2013 Lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills seeking further restrictions for guns and ammunition this year, with more measures proposed by Senate Democrats on Thursday: AJR5, Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, is a resolution urging the president and Congress to pass U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's legislation prohibiting the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. AB48, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, requires ammunition sellers to be licensed and ammunition buyers to have and show valid identification, similar to those covering gun sales. Sales of large amounts of ammunition to an individual buyer within a five-day period would have to be reported to local law enforcement agencies. Bans "clip kits" that can convert approved ammunition feeding device into large-capacity magazines, defined as a magazine that can hold more than 10 bullets. AB ...

I won big $$ today.. I bet a liberal 4 years ago that the Pope would resign before Harry Reid & Senate Democrats pass a budget

Time is of the essence. With every passing day, opposition grows to President Obama's nomination of anti-Israel former senator Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. With Senator Hagel losing ground, the Senate Democrats may try to force a vote this week, before he can lose even more support. Every day brings new revelations about Senator Hagel – revelations that confirm he's the wrong man for the job. Now we're learning that Senator Hagel was active in a George Soros-funded organization that seeks to dramatically cut American defense capabilities, and he's refused to disclose many of the sources for his funding and income since he left the Senate. What is Senator Hagel hiding? Why the secrecy? Now is exactly the right time to speak out to stop this dangerous, unwise nomination.

Senate Democrats will press ahead with President Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary, despite protestations from several Republicans that they don't yet have enough information to make a decision.

Stephen Denning Gun Confiscation Bill Proposed in California: ‘We Can Save Lives’ Posted on 8 February, 2013 by Amy Law abiding gun owners in California have to feel uneasy after Democrats rolled out a massive gun control package on Thursday, which includes strict ammunition regulations and even a bill that allows potential confiscation of the state’s 166,000 legally registered semi-automatic rifles. Under the sweeping gun control bills introduced by state Senate Democrats, all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines would be banned, all guns would be registered and gun owners would need a special permit just to buy ammunition. The proposals appear to be even more draconian than New York’s recent gun control legislation, considered to be the toughest in the nation. Mercury News has more details: The 10-bill package constitutes the single largest gun control push in decades in the Golden State, which already boasts some of the nation’s strictest gun laws. It joins equally controversial pr ...

Dear Friend, Thank you for signing up to receive my email newsletter. These newsletters will cover a variety of topics, including events happening in Indiana, legislation being considered in Congress, and my perspective on current issues. My hope is to keep you updated and informed on how issues in Washington may impact Hoosiers. I welcome your feedback. Thanks for reading, Dan Coats Momentum Building on Medical Device Tax Repeal Bill A 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers included in President Obama’s 2010 health care law took effect in January. This bad policy unfairly punishes a successful industry that not only provides jobs to thousands of Hoosiers and Americans, but also enhances the lives of patients around the world. This week I supported legislation led by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to repeal this misguided tax. I supported identical legislation in the last Congress, but now the bill has gained the support of several Senate Democrats giving it a ...

Last week, anti-gun Assembly Democrats announced their plans to eliminate the right of law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Yesterday, anti-gun Senate Democrats did the same. In a press release, Senate Democrats announced several egregious anti-gun bills they are plannin...

President Obama insists that he’s prepared for a fight over the sequester with House Republicans. But his remarks read less like a politician scrapping for a fight than one who’s had a troubling moment of clarity: this was a trap, and he walked into it. Senate Democrats are scrambling to come up wit...

California's Senate Democrats roll out big gun control package - San Jose Mercury (gun confiscation on the table.)

Yesterday in Annapolis, the nation's capital in 1783-84, the 44th President and Senate Democrats met. John Hanson was the first in 1781-82.

(Sacramento) – Senate Democrats have unveiled ten legislative actions to curb gun violence in California designed to close loopholes in the existing regulations, keep the circulation of firearms and ammunition out of the hands of dangerous persons, and strengthen education relating to firearms and g...

Politics is like a box of chocolates -- left out in the summer sun. This story could have come from papal intrigue in early church history or the House of Borgia. Senate Democrats can't do the right things because incumbents, including Arkansas's Mark Pryor, risk being defeated on issues such as gun control and immigration. The Senate majority is at risk, in other words. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi now have to maneuver stealthily to protect vulnerable Democrats in gun-crazy states -- like Arkansas. • By Paul West, Washington Bureau Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Action in Washington over the next few months on gun control, immigration and fiscal policy will set the stage for a fierce midterm election battle next year, with control of Congress the ultimate prize. Republicans are expected to keep their majority in the House, and history would suggest they might expand their numbers in the sixth year of a two-term presidency. But the Democrats' hold on the Senate is at risk, with competitive 2014 contest ...

President Barack Obama will talk strategy Wednesday with Senate Democrats at their caucus retreat in Annapolis, Md., and immigration, gun control and the federal budget are certain to be at the top of the topic list. Obama needs Senate Democrats to stick together as he seeks to push through his seco...

AK Senate Democrats had a press availability this morning in Juneau. It is easy to get cynical about politics, but sometimes elected officials make one proud of our democratic system and proud of certain elected officials. This was one of those mornings. Here are the highlights: Senate Democratic Leader Johnny Ellis on the Parnell oil tax bill: "Common sense, public opinion, and expert opinion all are in defiance of the Governor's oil tax bill." And, on education: "Pretty tough to get to a 90% graduation rate when funding is flat." Sen. Hollis French: "We have a Constitutional obligation to educate our children." Senator French also called for Judiciary Committee review of SB 26, which restricts Alaskans' opportunities to be involved in development projects. Specifically, Senator French noted that SB 26 would eliminate water rights protections for Alaskans established in 1980 by then-Governor Jay Hammond. Sen. Berta Gardner on education: "The classroom services have been squeezed" as Anchorage has lo ...

Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Close Corporate Tax Loopholes: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday plans to introduce legislation to raise $590 billion over a decade by closing tax sheltering techniques used by big companies, Reuters reported. The article said Senate Democrats are divided about how to revamp the tax code, which has not been overhauled since 1986. Protect Social Security: Sen. Chris *** has lined up bipartisan support for his proposal to give startup companies a payroll tax credit for research and development costs. *** €™ proposal could face opposition from the liberal wing of the Democratic Caucus. For instance, Sen. Sanders has expressed concern about the impact of payroll tax cuts or credits on the Social Security Trust Fund, Congressional Quarterly reported. EPA: Top Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Sanders urged President Obama to nominate a candidate with a strong record on protecting public health as the next EPA administrator. The push could be aimed at support ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support that included Idaho's Sen. Mike Crapo, on Monday launched a new attempt to...

Obama to talk strategy with Senate Democrats: President Barack Obama is trying to sell Senate...

Obama tries to unify Senate Democrats: President Barack Obama is working to sell Senate Democrats...

The Dems have a new gun control bill. Update from The Hill: "SENATE DEMS READY WITH GUN BILL. A top aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told The Wall Street Journal that Senate Democrats would introduce a gun-control bill featuring most of President Obama’s recent proposals, with one major exception: the ban on automatic weapons. The bill will include proposals to limit the capacity of ammunition magazines; extend background checks to gun shows and private transactions; improve mental-health record keeping; and limit gun sales by residents of states with lax gun laws to residents of states with more-stringent gun regulations. “I think they'll turn a universal check on the law-abiding to a universal registry of the law-abiding.� — Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the National Rifle Association, said on Fox News Sunday"

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