The U.S. Senate passed the Budget Control Act of 2011 on Tuesday, after the bill was approved Monday by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
Forty-five Democrats, 28 Republicans and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman voted in favor of the bill. Nineteen Republicans, 6 Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie
After a year of talking about the growing federal deficit, one might guess that both Democrats and Republicans would feel compelled to have an adult conversation about the issue after the bipartisan debt-reduction commission reports its findings in December and a new Congress kicks off next year. The New York Times, More…
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has fired an aide that posted an anti-gay comment on a blog in the run-up to a vote on overturning the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
A derogatory, anti-gay comment posted this week on a blog in the run-up to a vote on repealing “don’t ask don’t tell” appears to have originated in Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s (R-Ga.) office, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today.
Two weeks after President Obama said that Cambridge, Mass., police had “acted stupidly” by arresting Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates for arguing with them inside his home, Republicans are still taking stock of their unexpected political gift.
A Pew Research poll released on July More…
In this corner: President Obama, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, (reluctantly) the service secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force, this very smart Air Force captain, Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), and the current threat environment the U.S. faces. In that corner: Rep. More…
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget, here’s the showdown you’ve been waiting for: Defense Secretary Bob Gates, who cut er, “completed” the Air Force’s F-22 fighter jet order at 187 planes, versus Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), a staunch advocate for the F-22, which More…
The hearings are back underway …
Here’s Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), back in full effect. He wants to know about prosecutions for interrogators, which CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta rejected yesterday.
“My view is whether you agree or disagree with the opinions issued by the Attorney General [in the Bush administration] More…
Although Leon Panetta hasn’t had so much as a single senator come out against his nomination to become CIA director, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will reconvene at 10 a.m. at the request of Vice Chairman Kit Bond (R-Mo.), who said yesterday that both he More…
On the heels of Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ (R-Ga.) impassioned plea to Defense Secretary Bob Gates to consider production of the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor as part of a responsible stimulus package, check out this Website, passed along by an eagle-eyed friend. It urges readers to send President Obama More…
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