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Moments ago, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) took to the chamber floor with a strange claim about the urgency surrounding legislation to extend unemployment insurance.
“The benefits haven’t run out yet,” Kyl said. “We’re going to pass this before the benefits run out.”
It’s tough to decipher exactly what he means.

Manu Raju talks to Senate Democrats about the Glenn Beck-driven, almost entirely hysterical campaign against “czars.” The fuel: a letter written by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) about “czars.” I’ve reprinted the letter below the jump, but the key bit is this:
I respectfully urge you to disclose as much information as you can about these policy [...]

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is digging in on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s claims that the administration is hiding the true cost of a climate bill, despite the fact that documents they cite do not reflect any actual legislation.
“The current administration claims to be the most transparent in American history, yet it’s been hiding a report [...]

The White House pushed back a little bit on the “czars” story today, with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs pointing out how, in the past, Republicans like Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called for new czars to take charge of mounting problems. Alexander has issued a statement pushing right back:
The White House staff should review my full [...]

Whatever else there is to be said about mountaintop mining (and there’s plenty), no one can deny that it makes a place ugly. How could it not? The technique involves the blasting away of mountain peaks to get at the coal inside, leaving oceans of bare dirt and rock that resemble the surface of the [...]

It’s not everyday that lawmakers with top ratings from the National Rifle Association go around criticizing the powerful gun lobby. But regarding the NRA’s bid to pressure senators to vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, some are losing their patience.
Here’s Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), quoted yesterday by The Hill:
“I’m very disappointed. [NRA seems] to [...]

The Brady Campaign, the anti-gun group that had experienced a rather tough run during the Bush administration, is pointing out that three Republican senators who were endorsed by the National Rifle Association in their last campaigns have committed to supporting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), and Sen. [...]

The LetsTalkLiberty Twitter account is reporting every step that Carl Swensson and his small group of Birthers are taking around the Capitol. Two recent tweets claim that GOP senators “Tom Colburn” (sic) of Oklahoma and Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander have “been served a presentment from the Citizen’s Grand Jury: indictment findings of Obama.”

As the Senate this week debates legislation placing the tobacco industry under the oversight of the Food and Drug Administration, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is proposing an amendment that would give every taxpayer an equal share in the 60 percent of General Motors just acquired by the federal government.
“It’s a pretty simple proposal,” Alexander told [...]

When Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) jumped ship on the Republican Party this week, he was quick to note that, at the request of donors, he’d return contributions to anyone who’d given to his reelection campaign under the guise that he’d be representing the GOP in 2010. Among those donors were a number of his own [...]