Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) changed his party affiliation last year from Republican to Democrat ahead of this year’s difficult primary race. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist recently announced recently that he will make an Independent bid for Senate in the face of a tough GOP primary challenge in Florida. Now, will More…
The Huffington Post has two stories on various politicians and policymakers warming to the idea of breaking up big banks and possibly bringing back parts of Glass-Steagall, an act that prohibited companies from mixing insurance, commercial and investment banking functions that Congress repealed in 1999, making way for today’s More…
Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) agreed on one thing in their 40-minute debate on Fox News Sunday: Both of the Republican hopefuls for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat pledged to repeal the health care bill — at least, to whatever extent they could. More…
Today, Immigration Impact, the blog of the Immigration Policy Center, reported on a shift in tactics in the immigration debate: A growing number of Republican lawmakers say the party needs to adjust its positions on Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) in order to boost Latino support:
More Republicans have acknowledged
Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) decision to block an unfunded 30-day extension of unemployment insurance, COBRA benefits, and Medicare doctor payments has been largely a one-man endeavor.
No longer.
This morning, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) took the chamber floor in defense of Bunning, who has rejected the Democrats’ $10 More…
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano whether Attorney General Eric Holder consulted her before deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in a federal court in New York.
“No, I was not consulted,” said Napolitano. More…
Attorney General Eric Holder surely knew he’d be facing a tough audience when he prepared to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. That may be why instead of delivering the written testimony he’d prepared, he focused his opening remarks on
Earlier today, we previewed an effort by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to require insurance companies to dedicate a minimum share of premium revenues to health care delivery, as opposed to administrative costs, profits and executive pay. Moments ago, the West Virginia Democrat made his case for the amendment, More…
The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved legislation empowering states to create public insurance plans that would negotiate rates on behalf of some of their poorest residents.
The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), would allow states to create “basic health plans” catering to those earning between 133 percent More…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is a former State Supreme Court judge. So it’s hard to believe that he really doesn’t understand what judges do. Yet that’s exactly what his line of questioning to Judge Sonia Sotomayor on day three of her confirmation hearing this morning suggested.
Here’s Cornyn, speaking to More…
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