A senior Senate source emails with this preview of what to expect in the chamber’s energy bill, which is expected to take shape in the coming weeks.
The legislation, which is still being cobbled together from a number of pending proposals, will, according to the source:
- “help expedite cleanup
Over at Mother Jones, Kate Sheppard asks a good question: Was the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debated ad nauseum and eventually passed by the House last June, just a waste of time? After all, the tripartisan Senate group now crafting similar legislation has decided to drop cap-and-trade More…
As civil rights and grassroots advocates step up the pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to prosecute former Bush officials for authorizing torture, Congress appears increasingly divided over the issue.
Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and even John McCain (R-Ariz.) — the nation’s most famous torture victim — More…
Sen. George Voinovich, the two-term Republican from Ohio, announces his retirement. Michelle Malkin proclaims victory.
When I think of George Voinovich, I think of his inane blubbering about the shamnesty debacle. Blubber, blubber.
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When Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) switched from Democrat to independent in 2006, Democrats needed him to remain in their caucus to control the Senate with 51 votes.
Yet many Democrats openly disdained Lieberman for championing the war in Iraq. The disdain escalated this year, when Lieberman campaigned tirelessly for More…
Sen. Harry Reid just announced in a press conference on CNN that Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) will keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and the Airland Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee.
Lieberman will relinquish his seat on the environment committee.
Lieberman, now an Independent, More…
Cleveland–Wednesday, Sen. John McCain leaves here for St. Paul, where the presumed GOP nominee is due to give the most important speech of his political career. Before he speaks, however, he’ll have to listen to his controversial vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — not his first choice, according More…
DAYTON, Ohio — As our friends in Denver recover from their collective hangover in the wake of Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last night, those of us watching the McCain campaign are gearing up for a very exciting day of our own. First, today is Sen. John McCain’s 72nd birthday More…
When Sen. John McCain first floated the possibility of picking a pro-choice running mate — which many conservatives instinctively said would be disastrous for his chances in November — it seemed pretty clearly to be a signal to moderate voters: a wink and a nudge that, as president, he would More…
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