Rep. Charlie Melancon’s (D-La.) best chance of stealing Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) Senate seat come November might involve winning the ongoing war of words over the Gulf oil spill.
[Environment1] Not surprisingly, the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster has become one of the top campaign issues in Gulf Coast states in More…
In Louisiana, where Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-La.) is trying to steal Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) Senate seat, Melancon’s drilling moratorium amendment is becoming an election issue. The amendment allows oil companies that meet certain safety standards to bypass the Obama administration’s ban on deepwater drilling and was attached More…
As a judge prepares to hear arguments on the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s controversial immigration law next week, Politico reports on Republican efforts to kill the lawsuit. The push comes from two camps. In the House, Reps. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) collected about 30 More…
Seems that Louisiana lawmakers aren’t the only ones downplaying the size of the Gulf oil spill this month. BP CEO Tony Hayward told the Guardian on Friday that crude oil still gushing from the ocean floor is insignificant relative to the size of the sea it’s More…
Just minutes after the Senate passed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment 96-0, an amendment proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) to strengthen Sanders’ amendment failed, 37-62.
Vitter wanted to sub in language requiring the Government Accountability Office to audit the Fed continually. He proposed substituting language More…
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill just passed the Senate in a bipartisan landslide, 96-0 — with every Senator present on board with the populist amendment. The Sanders amendment requires the Government Accountability Office to audit most of the More…
The Hill reports that Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is asking leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works panel to delay any examinations of the Gulf oil spill for “at least a couple more weeks” because key witnesses are likely needed closer to the disaster.
No, that wasn’t a statement from this week. But less than six months ago, at a hearing to examine offshore drilling, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said tersely, “The risks associated with offshore oil and gas drilling domestically are far outweighed by the benefits.” (The Huffington Post has a good summary More…
One state party lashes out with a sort of unfair hit in response to today’s RNC story — it’s ending, for now, with consultant Erik Brown returning the money he got as a reimbursement for a mysterious bill at a Hollywood nightclub.
“The Louisiana Democratic Party is looking into
ACORN might be folding, but that’s not enough to convince Sen. David Vitter that the anti-poverty group still won’t find ways to rig the next election. The Louisiana Republican has filed an amendment to the health reconciliation bill — which is moving through the Senate this week — More…
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