tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246667102011-10-13T20:12:58.618-04:00Well, Mostly Senatecboldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129946522293576169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24666710.post-965264532096908422010-06-28T07:45:00.003-04:002010-06-28T07:46:42.479-04:00

The Senate will have a new (old) president pro tempore soon. It makes little difference in the grand scheme of things, the position is fundamentally ceremonial.

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Find observations and opinions elsewhere. This place is gone mute.

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I think he's right. I hope he's sincere. But in Congress, he's a pariah. Congressional Record Oct 1, 2008 - Page S10232 Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I have friends and colleagues whom I respect deeply who are on all sides of this bailout issue. One of them just spoke. We all to want do what is right for America, and I believe those who have crafted this plan had pure and noble

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Wednesday - September 17, 2008 Thursday - September 18, 2008 S.3001 appears to have been split into parts for some reason: A bill (S. 3001) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal

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Monday, July 7 is going to be used to set up passage of the Housing Bailout. The first of two cloture votes to limit debate on final passage of H.R.3221 is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today. ---===--- Tuesday, July 8 will be dedicated to debating and passing FISA [A stack of five votes: amendments, cloture, and final passage; has been pushed into Wednesday, July 9th]. The penciled-in vote

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June 10: The first cloture motion to limit debate on the motion to proceed to H.R.6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, was REJECTED on a 50-44 vote. GOP Aye votes: Corker, Smith and Snowe June 16 14:10: The redo cloture vote is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. this afternoon. Senator Reid spoke on the subject of energy prices, and that the second income in their household only pays

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I don't suppose my point of view on this case is unique or profound, but I'm going to spout off anyway. First, a collection of some of the comments I've made elsewhere. Balkinization: "Early Summary of Boumediene" -- the barring of habeas is acceptable given that detainee rights/protections are stronger than they have been in the past. -- I too see that as a sound-bite argument. In

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President Bush's May 31 Radio Address contained this list of demands for legislation: A responsible war funding bill An expansion of the GI Bill FISA reform with telecom immunity Colombian Free Trade Agreement Nominations, ESPECIALLY Federal Reserve, Council of Economic Advisers, and Steve Preston as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Modernize the Federal Housing Administration, reform

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Straight from the Congressional Record of yesterday ... ... the first vote of the day will occur at 2:30 p.m. on the confirmation of the nomination of G. Steven Agee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit. Following executive session, we are expected to turn to the consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2642, the Iraq supplemental appropriations bill.

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Pending: H.R.2881 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007. Until yesterday, the base bill was substitute amendment #4585. Yesterday, that was withdrawn, replaced by substitute amendment #4627, and further amending was put under the throttled condition produced by "filling the amendment tree." Predictably, the DEMs and Republicans are at each others throats over the parliamentary process. But

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The Senate resumes, after Easter recess, with a motion to proceed to the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (in the shell of H.R.3221). See Senator Reid's Press Release for a brief description. Senator McConnell's Press Release ("The Next Eight Weeks") contains his opening remarks from the floor of the Senate, and touches on: Federal intervention in the housing market Passing FISA

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Message accompanying veto of Intelligence Authorization ... my veto is intended to allow the continuation of a separate and classified CIA interrogation program that the Department of Justice has determined is lawful and that operates according to rules distinct from the more general rules applicable to the Department of Defense. "More general" rules? I'd say "more specific" or "more

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On leap day last week, the Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R.3221, A legislative vehicle for the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (not the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007), was REJECTED on a 48-46 vote Pure Party Line, except Smith. The Motion to

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Falsehood of the day ... Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico. ... Under the original Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, they made a distinction among technology. It said, if it bounces over the air, you don't need a warrant no matter where you are listening. That's because at that time almost all international calls bounced over the air over satellites. At the time in 1978, almost all

cboldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129946522293576169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24666710.post-45798419670172121382008-02-13T09:35:00.082-05:002008-03-11T16:01:10.046-04:00

FISA on it's way to "debate for political cover" in the House. FISA coverage "focal point" link. The Senate is moving on to the Intelligence Authorization Conference Report. A cloture motion to limit the time for debate on the conference report was filed on Monday, and the cloture vote will occur this morning. President Bush has signaled "will veto," due to proposed legislation respecting

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S.2248 - FISA (All Amendment and Debate Links) The Senate will open at 2:00 p.m. and move directly to S.2248, FISA. An unrelated cloture vote will be conducted at 5:30 p.m., to limit debate on moving to proceed to H.R.5140, the House-passed economic stimulus package. Obviously, with a grand total of 14 hours of debate time being allocated, plus a parliamentary interruption to move

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Smiles all around. Links to transcripts later. I won't post audio, out of respect for copyright, but will post the link to FoxNews hosting of the podcast. Good input for voters, by both candidates. The hook to the Senate? They are both senators! Well, when they are "in the house." Transcript of Interview with Senator McCain Transcript of Interview with Senator Clinton Podcast of Feb 3

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Senate action of FISA amendment is reaching an interim crescendo this afternoon. Here is how I predict events will play out. 2:00 to 4:30 - Piss and moan about the options at this time, GOP blaming the Democrats for bad timing, obstruction, and soft on terrorism; DEMs blaming the GOP for not admitting amendments and being the cause of delay. 4:35 - cloture vote to limit debate on S.Amdt

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S.2248 SSCI Report : 110-209 SJC Report : 110-258 House Proposal of March 11, 2008 H.R.6304 - June 20, 2008 Jan 28 WH Policy Statement on 30 day extension (will veto) Feb 13 WH Policy Statement on 21 day extension (will veto) Jun 26 DNI and AG policy statement on H.R.6304 amendments (will veto) Senate Amendments Dec 17, 2007: S.Amdts. 3857-59, 62, 63, 66 Jan 23, 2008: S.Amdts. 3901-03, 05

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With Part One being the Protect America Act. FISA amendment continues down a bumpy parliamentary and political road. In short, the current procedural status provides for two diverging options on Monday, either move to adopt a slightly modified Intelligence Committee version (#3911) with limited debate, or extend the Protect America Act by 30 days (#3918) In addition to S.Amdt.3918, there

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The excitement of a series of pro forma sessions is about to end. The Senate is scheduled to resume its usual practice of interminable quorum calls, back-room negotiation and script writing for floor action. What's up? Officially, S. 1200 - Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007. Unofficially, and my speculation for action ... Various and sundry economy meddling (the

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Happy New Year! The Senate now stands in adjournment, sine die. The official, formal end of the first session of the 110th Senate is recent history. Right now, the Senate is in between the two sessions that make up a two-year Congress. A slightly interesting procedural point, the pending legislative business survived adjournment sine die. It's yet to be seen whether or not S.2248 remains

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AP has put together a snapshot preview of the last three weeks of the 1st session of the 110th Congress. "Congress Returning for Daunting Agenda," by Andrew Tyler. Items noted as "on the agenda": Iraq supplemental - with or without pullout strings attached (President Bush will veto any appropriation with conditions attached) [H.R.2764 - Consolidated Appropriations Act (amended House

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Don't forget to watch today's pro forma session at 9:00 a.m.! There are three further pro forma sessions scheduled, before the Senate gathers for a warm-up session at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 3rd. ---===--- Orin Kerr (at Volokh Conspiracy) has a short piece, "That was fast," on US Attorney Rachel Paulose. A good follow-up by Julie Kay at the National Law Journal, "Fired U.S. Attorneys

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A few items kicking around the Senate this morning. H.R.2419 - "the farm bill," is the formally pending legislation, but action is stalled and will be until cloture votes (to limit debate on the substitute amendment and on the bill) are taken on Friday. The cloture motions will fail to obtain 60 votes. "The farm bill" will be put away (tomorrow morning). This in spite of a massive UC agreement

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One should have little doubt that the US is moving toward a surveillance state. I've commented that definition of the "reasonable expectation of privacy" is the rock bottom of this, as "reasonable expectation of privacy is the phrase used by the Courts as they review the privacy of the individual as expressed in the constitution's fourth amendment. The most sweeping revolution of personal

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November. As good a reason as any to start a new post, even though it's mid-week. The Senate has completed action on most of what it started this week, with SCHIP (H.R.3963) being the item of discussion for the balance of the week, regardless of how the SCHIP debate concludes. Maybe the Senate will agree to cut the 30 hours of post-cloture debate short, and thereby actually vote on (or agree

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Oh. No Halloween recess? The faux-spooks, faux-gremlins and pretend actors are in session? Okay. My speculation on the Senate schedule ... H.R.3043 - Labor and HHS Appropriations is the order of business starting this afternoon, with a final vote on passage expected sometime tomorrow. There is a stack of 11 pending amendments (not counting the substitute), some of which will be disposed of

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Posts are apt to be few and far between ... I have a few political issues on my radar, but my attention is not going to be directed at politics for at least a few weeks. Congressional action on FISA modification, with particular attention on retroactive immunity and the scope of Court review. Court action on detainee cases. The eventual prognosis for the statutory CSRT procedure as applied to

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I'll post any of my comments relating to closing action on H.R.1585 - Defense authorization, at Defense Authorization - Week Four. The week before October recess is staked out as an appropriations bill week. Senator Reid (and the Record) refers to "Commerce-Justice-State" (or "Commerce-State-Justice") as though it's one bill, and because I'm unsure as to what he means, the list below has both

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The Senate will open the week on the Water Resources Development Act, before resuming consideration of Defense Authorization. If you don't read here on weekends, please give a quick peruse to Senator Dorgan's mention of the case of Donald Vance. Links to Defense Authorization bill text, amendments, and debate is at the top of the "Week of September 17" post. Pending: Graham/Kyl

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Friday's Senate Session ran from 9:45:48 to 9:46:15 a.m., a total of 27 seconds. Week Three? Yes. This is the bill scuttled in July after a theatrical all-nighter dedicated to Levin/Reed S.Amdt.2087 (to provide for a reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq), which culminated in a failed cloture vote. Rather than finish Defense Authorization with a couple days work,

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On the 10th, confirm a few District Court judicial nominees, then take up transportation appropriations. A good deal of the week will be setting the stage for continued debate on Iraq, because the Senate will take up defense appropriations next week. H.R.3074 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 PDF of H.R.3074 (but see S.Amdt.2790 for page number references)

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The Senate has "appropriations" on its plate, a sideline to the prime directive of self-congratulation. I listened with about a quarter of an ear yesterday, enough to pick up Nussle being confirmed as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (after some predictable opposition from Democrats); accolades to Senator Kennedy (15,000th vote); and a Lamar Alexander "withdraw from Iraq"

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August 27 I've been commenting at various places about the functions of the FISA modernization. It's a radical change in privacy law relating to electronic communications that cross a US border. Now, all such communications can be obtained without a warrant. Those communications are presumed to contain foreign intelligence information. ---===--- Bit of news this morning, and the reason I

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Don't fall for the ruse that H.R.976 represents the SCHIP program.! S.1893 An original bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. In looking for the administration's position on SCHIP, one quickly notices that H.R.976 (the administration supports this without reservation) isn't SCHIP. The mystery is resolved by taking

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It's just a simple fact that my level of interest in some Senate actions is low, to the degree that I don't have any comment. The Education Bill is in that category. And while the Homeland Security Bill is likely to contain a few nasty surprises, I haven't taken the time to review the bill or its amendments in any detail. "You're on your own." This preview of the nature of debate was

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    Links to source material, including legislative action from the week of July 9, 2007; formally pending amendments; and a list of the amendments that are likely to result in extended debate. Senate coverage of H.R.1585 from the Week of July 9, 2007. H.R.1585 - Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 Senate Counterpart Bills S.1547 - National Defense Authorization

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    Not much commentary in this post, it's a preview of what I expect will be a very politically "hot" venue for debate, and a fairly "hot" week of Senate action. First, links to the text of various incarnations of the Defense Authorization Bill, followed by news reports and "from the Record" material as hints regarding the more contentious amendments apt to be brought up for debate and vote,

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S. 1639. A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Links to Congressional Record for S.1348 provided here too, to facilitate any comprehensive review of the comprehensive immigration reform effort. See for my comments relating to action under S.1348, May 21, 2007 - Immigration, Gonzales, and Supplemental (May 21-31), and Immigration Redux, continued -

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Contrary to Senator Reid's bluster about "working through the weekend in order to get energy and immigration done," the Senate is running on a fairly ordinary work schedule. There won't be any roll call votes today or Monday, the two pending cloture motions (to limit debate on motions to take up H.R.800 and S.1639) will be conducted on Tuesday. If the timing of taking cloture votes was taken

cboldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02129946522293576169noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24666710.post-34841668816298269352007-06-18T11:03:00.000-04:002007-06-22T11:58:46.532-04:00

The Senate will open at 2:00 p.m., and will resume consideration of the energy bill at 3:30 p.m. The early part of this week will be dedicated to completion of H.R.6 - CLEAN Energy Act of 2007. Previous discussion here. Following completion of the energy bill, the Senate will again take up the subject of comprehensive immigration reform. H.R.6 - Summary of Action June 11: S.Amdts. 1500 -

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The bulk of this week will be occupied with consideration of H.R.6 - CLEAN Energy Act of 2007. More on that later. First, a preview of the coming week as I now see it. Keep my mediocre prediction skills firmly in mind. H.R.6 - Summary of Action June 11: S.Amdts. 1500 - 1504 June 11: (S.Amdt.1502 is in the nature of a substitute) June 12: S.Amdts. 1505 - 1527 June 13: S.Amdts. 1528 - 1561

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Picking up the Senate action on comprehensive immigration reform, exactly where the May 21st post left off ... S.1348 Summary of Action Immigration Reform: Text of Amendments May 21, 2007: S.Amdts. 1146 - 1150 S.Amdt.1150 (printed in May 24 Record) May 22, 2007: S.Amdts. 1151 - 1165 May 23, 2007: S.Amdts. 1166 - 1189 May 24, 2007: S.Amdts. 1190 - 1254 May 25, 2007: S.Amdt. 1255 June 4,

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My prediction for Senate action this week: S.1348 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform H.R.2206 Conference Report - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations S.Res.207 - No-confidence vote re: AG Gonzales and Paul Wolfowitz (The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee on May 17) Even if cloture is rejected on the motion to proceed to consider S.1348 (and it may well be), the

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A rough outline of plans for the week: H.R.1495 - Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Monday - vote on Tuesday Confirm a Judicial Nominee (Debra Ann Livingston to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit) Take a cloture vote on Motion to Proceed to S.1348 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill (planned for Wednesday, rescheduled to Monday the 21st) Debate and vote on House-passed Iraq

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Things may pick up next week (immigration), but for now ...     Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate will be in a period of morning business today. There are no rollcall votes. Yesterday, cloture was filed on the substitute amendment to S. 1082, the FDA bill, and cloture was filed on the bill. In addition, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to H.R. 1495, the Water Resources

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Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1591 - Press Release Text of the Conference Report - 8 Mb PDF file, 251 pages. What was Sec. 1315 in the Senate, and Section 1320 in the Conference Report ("REVISION OF UNITED STATES POLICY ON IRAQ") has been crossed out (pages 30-35 of the PDF) and reappears in modified form at Chapter 9, section 1904 (starting at Page 75). This reflects adoption of

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The Senate will open at 2:30 p.mm, and at 3:00 p.m. today, it will take up H.R.1591 - The Iraq Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill. These comments were cut and pasted from an earlier post (nothing new here). Summary of the Emergency War Supplemental (65 kB pdf) Highlights of extraneous material in the bill, from my point of view: Does not fund two Joint Strike Fighters and five of

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New week (week of March 19) and the Senate is on the same subjects as last week. So, instead of a separate post, I decided to start anew at the top of this one. Last week, as you recall, our intrepid Senators handled a set of three Iraq resolutions and little else. They are apt to be back into Iraq debate later this week, but the first thing up will be a bill to amend the law regarding the

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The Senate has been mostly boring this week. S. Amdt. 286 by Senators Specter, Leahy and Dodd is sure to be a serious friction point, however. Perhaps there will be some fireworks later in the week. The subject was raised, briefly, on the 6th, and has been under some significant debate time today (Wednesday, March 7th). SPECTER OFFERS HABEAS AMENDMENT TO 9-11 BILL March 6th,

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    The Senate is to resume at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 26. The ostensible subject of debate is to be a Homeland Security Bill, which is yet to come out of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Senator Reid's backup plan is to take up S.184 - Surface Transportation and Rail Security Act of 2007 at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 27th. When the Senate was last in session

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    An uneventful week - one might infer that from the fact that this post doesn't appear until Thursday, the 15th.     H.R.20 - The Continuing Resolution was subjected to a cloture motion, which passed on a 71-26 vote, then after 30 hours, the Continuing Resolution passed on a 81-15 vote.     A number of smaller issues surfaced in debates, none of which really captured my attention.

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    The week of January 29 was pretty much a Senate wasteland. Regular, and careful readers will notice that my previous entry was on January 28, when the Senate was poised to take a cloture vote on a Motion to Proceed to Consideration of S.Con.Res.2 - an Iraq surge resolution. The Senate got around to that vote on Thursday, February 1st, and cloture was rejected on a 0 - 97 vote!     Not

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There will be competing resolutions to facilitate the "Sense of Congress" debate. One being the Biden/Hagel/Levin/Snowe language, and another, less strenuous version with negotiations being led by Senator Warner. S.Con.Res.2, was submitted by Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Levin, and Ms. Snowe). This is the anti-Iraq-surge Resolution. It's a "sense of Congress" thingamabob - click

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Happy New Year! I don't expect to be nearly as diligent at tracking action in the Senate as I was for a few months of 2006. I'll more likely pick and choose through the issues, and that on a delayed basis. Live blogging the Senate is a chore, rarely a joy. ---===--- I notice Social Security Totalization with Mexico "in the news." It's not new. See comments on May 22, 2006 that

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Circuit Court Nominations Summary 110th Congress Ten Nominations Returned on December 9, 2006 Wallace withdrew on December 23, 2006 Haynes, Myers, Boyle withdrew on January 9, 2007. Circuit Court Nominations - 109th Congress F = One of 7 subjected to failed cloture motions in 108th Congress 4 = "1 of 4" that DEMs offered to let GOP choose which 3 to dump S = Positive mention in

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Starting this post with no idea of where it's headed. As usual, my sources are howappealing.law.com, www.scotusblog.com, and jurist.law.pitt.edu. Bear with me in the (likely) event that this post never obtains a coherent theme. Senator Leahy summarizes his plans for the 110th Congress, and if he's true to his word (I have no reason to doubt him), the next two years are going to be "

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A week of do-nothing, that's my prediction. Well, other than the Ag-appropriations bill that is due for being taken up by unanimous consent, including a drought-relief bill for mid-western farmers and ranchers. Appropriations bills (H.R.5384, Agriculture, first) Continuing resolution (in lieu of the remaining appropriations bills) Free trade agreements (Viet Nam and a couple of South

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What a great and glorious holiday this is--a truly and uniquely American holiday. It is a day for giving thanks. A day devoted to family, to country, and to God. A day of eating turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, dressing, and pumpkin pie. It is a day of parades, football games, and the beginning of the Christmas holiday season. It is a day of family

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GOP Leadership Holds the Course.Improved Election Performance Promised. In an expected move, the GOP leadership of the House and Senate will be largely unchanged, being staffed with moderates such as Leader John Boehner and Whip Roy Blunt. Leadership choices in the Senate are only slightly uncertain, as most observers expect the Leader position to be filled by Mitch McConnell, with the

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Circuit Court Nominations Summary 109th Congress Circuit Court Nominations Summary for 110th Congress Six Nominations Returned on Sept 29, 2006 Were Renominated on November 15, 2006 Ten Nominations Returned on December 9, 2006 F = 7 subjected to failed cloture motions in 108th Congress 4 = "1 of 4" that DEMs offered to let GOP choose which 3 to dump S = Positive mention in Specter's May

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Update @ November 12 Senator Specter, on CNN Late Edition, indicates that he believes two parts of comprehensive immigration reform should be a priority for the 109th Congress. He has called on Chairman Sensenbrenner to seek agreement and a plan to press forward with legislating two parts of the comprehensive immigration package: A Guest-worker, temporary visa system Means to remove the

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Let the blame game begin. Not that blame shifting isn't useful, it is. It will illuminate where the GOP leadership intends to take the party. The blame game is also per se entertaining for those who enjoy flame wars. Those who predicted, years ago, that immigration as an issue would divide the GOP to the extent of irreparable harm may gloat that their prediction has been vindicated. Not so

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H.R.6061 - The Secure Fence Act of 2006 UPDATE @ Nov 9 Just closing the loop. A bill can be reported "cleared for White House" BEFORE being signed by the empowered officers of the respective bodies of Congress, and BEFORE the House has been informed that the Senate has passed it. On October 10, the online record of bill progress was noted as "9/29 Cleared for White House." Before the

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The litany is old hat by now, vote Republican or else you'll get the Democrat. Iraq will be lost, no more nominations the likes of Roberts and Alito, taxes will go up, and on goes the familiar parade of horribles. But one refrain has gained volume, Conservative voters likely to stay home. And the rebuttal, or better, remedy, is more of the same parade of horribles and tooting of the horn

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I'm drawn to comparing hypothetical investigations of this case with the Libby/Plame-leak investigation. If there is in fact no crime, for whatever reason, does that mean there can't be any penalty for false statement or perjury? Are the perverts free to give false statements to investigators, taking a chance that there was no underlying criminal activity? Should the people involved in leaking

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STATUS as of 8:10 AM, Oct 2 Added reference to passage of the Online Gambling Prohibition Act under H.R.4954. Corrections and additions, H.R.5122 and H.R.6198 shifted from "not yet passed" to "passed." NOMINATIONS RETURNED Returned COA judicial nominees: Boyle, Haynes, Myers, Smith, Wallace, KEISLER Also returned was BOLTON, to be Ambassador to the UN. Also returned was Stickler, to be

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The bill passed the Senate at 19:04 on September 28 It passed the House, unamended, on September 29 As of October 9, the bill has not been presented to the President 9/29/2006: Cleared for White House. 10/10/2006: Presented to President. 10/17/2006: Signed into law S.3930 - Military Commissions Act of 2006 S.Amdt.5085 in the nature of a substitute President Bush Signs Military

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Commentary at Bottom as late as Sept 25 I noted the occurrence of Senator Specter's speech on Thursday, here (at "UPDATE @ 16:30") and here (also at "UPDATE @ 16:30"). The Congressional Record of that speech is now available. Some excerpts, starting at page S9767 of the Senate's Congressional Record ... WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DETAINEES ... There have been extended discussions

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Sept 22 Negotiated proposal discussed at bottom of post Andy McCarthy's Hamdan and the Sunset of Sovereignty suggests that veering into a debate on interrogation techniques for military conflict, in the context of beating terrorism, has some profound unintended consequences. I hadn't considered the issue from the same perspective that he provides - but I agree the debate is on the wrong

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This bill was passed on September 14 Conference Report 109-711 Passed on September 29 President's Signing Statement on H.R. 4954 Oct 2: Conference report not available, but news reports that it contains the language of H.R.4777 - Internet Gambling Prohibition Act or H.R.4411 - Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. PartyGaming, Sportingbet Plunge on U.S. Gambling Law

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Presently the order of business ... H.R.4954 - Security and Accountability For Every Port Act That being a fairly boring subject, to me at least, I choose to review and comment about different subjects. UPDATE @ 14:05 Links ... Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Postwar Findings about Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and how they Compare with Prewar Assessments

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I think that S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act just passed the Senate on a voice vote. This is the "no secret earmarks" bill, subjected to a secret hold by Senator Stevens. Quite a bit of earlier discussion at NRO Corner - Stevens Hold UPDATE @ Sept 9 Yep. It was passed. The Congressional Record indicates speeches by Lautenberg, Coburn and Obama, but there

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UPDATE @ Sept 6 Current commentary is running at the bottom of an older post: H.R.5631 - DoD Appropriations Act, 2007 I'm likely to be a slacker on the "Senate Live" scene for the indefinite future. Not that I'm not watching, but that I don't have available free time to summarize and cross-reference Senate events. That being said, the same issues are still on the table from August. The

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News is one of those things that has to be followed, to be understood. What is reported one day may be reversed later - or may not be as reported in the first place. Here are a couple stories that illustrate the point. How serious is the United States government at securing the border with Mexico? Hey, thousands of National Guard troops have been assigned to duty there. To what effect? A

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This is rich (as in "worthy of ridicule"), and a predictable position for the New York Times to take. Help Wanted: Qualified Judges - New York Times There has been a lot of talk about bipartisanship lately, notably from conservatives who say that Senator Joseph Liebermans loss in the Connecticut Democratic primary was a setback for the cause. But any message about the importance of

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The return of nominations to the president is at the end of this post. Press "END" to get to that boring end, or (better) read the terse summary of unfolding events as the Senate raced to recess. H.R.5970Minimum Wage and Estate Tax Act of 2006 A late night event and change of steps this Thursday night. Senator Frist takes the Senate away from the DoD appropriations bill. The cloture vote

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Rather than a day by day report, I'll run this post (updating the links to text of amendments and debate, but otherwise appending at the bottom) until the bill is passed, which is scheduled to happen on August 3rd. ---===--- The bill, as amended, was passed on September 7 The conference report was passed on September 29 Signing Statement by the President on H.R. 5631 ---===--- H.R.5631

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The Senate is scheduled to start at 9:45 PM today, skipping morning business and going directly to debate on ... S.3711 The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act A unanimous consent agreement provides that at 5:00 PM, the two pending amendments will be withdrawn (these would be the "date of enactment" amendments that Frist called up in order to prevent other amendments from being introduced)

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This is apt to be a busy week, being the last one before the August recess. The Senate is scheduled to start at 2:00 PM today, with an hour of morning business, then from 3 to 5:30, debate on ... S.3711 The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act A vote on the cloture motion to end debate on the bill and move to voting on its passage is scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM. Even though it cannot

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UPDATE @ July 28 Comments based on a review of the Record have been added to the end of this post. It's worth the effort to read because the Record contained a couple of obscure but interesting items. Friday is shaping up to be a couple hours of morning business, with the weekend starting at noon or thereabout. Thursday's post starts below the line .... A selection of items, most from

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S.3711 The Gulf of Mexico energy security bill Being voted on this morning is a cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the consideration of the bill. It seems to me that raising an objection to taking up this bill violates the spirit of the UC agreement reached last week ... Ordered, That if the Majority Leader or his designee introduces a bill related to energy on Thursday, July 20,

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Another sleepy Friday in the Senate. Senator Frist announced the following unanimous consent agreement yesterday: 1.--Ordered, That on Friday, July 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., the Senate proceed to the consideration of ... S.403 Child Custody Protection Act A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines circumvention of laws requiring the

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Looks to be a ho-hum day, unless you are one of the nominees who will be voted on later. Judicial nominations is still a tender spot for the Senate, with Haynes, Myers and Boyle being subjects of some contention. See, e.g. ... Jul 14, 2006: Gang of 14 hints at nixing Haynes Jul 18, 2006: ABA downgrades Boyle rating ---===--- UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

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UPDATE July 18 @ 16:57 S.3504 Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 was PASSED on a 100 - 00 vote. S.2754 Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act was PASSED on a 100 - 00 vote. H.R.810 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 was PASSED on a 63 - 37 vote. GOP AYE votes: Alexander, Bennett, Burr, Chafee, Cochran, Collins, Frist, Gregg, Hatch, Hutchison, Lott, Lugar,

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UPDATE July 14 @ 8:45 Revisions: Provided links to debate and text of amendments from the July 13 Congressional Record; provided minor details, listed as "????" during live posting; and at the end of the post, describe why a unanimous consent agreement was not reached on timing for taking up the water resources bill, and describe the modification to Clinton's "freeze the TSA's do-not-carry

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H.R.5441 - The Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Debate of July 10 July 11: Part I and Part II Text of Amendments 4547 - 4549 Text of Amendments 4550 - 4580 Pending: FEINSTEIN Amendment No. 4556, to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or, with reckless disregard, permitting the construction or use on one's land,

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UPDATE July 12 @ 8:10 Reading morning news, editorials and the like. Posting links to the ones I find more interesting, for one reason or another. Targeting illegal combatants By David B. Rivkin Jr. & Lee A. Casey ... Military commissions must, of course, meet certain minimal standards of fairness -- but these standards require very much less than the protections to which defendants are

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UPDATE Tuesday Jul 11 @ 14:31 A Senate hearing on the subject of legislation for military tribunals was scheduled for today, and was held today. The witness's opening statements are online, as is Senator Leahy's. Full Committee "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Establishing a Constitutional Process" Mr. Steve Bradbury Mr. Daniel Dell'Orto The Honorable Theodore Olson Professor Harold Koh Mr. Paul "

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The Senate is adjourned for the Independence Day recess, so there really isn't much point in having a "Senate Live" post today. But quite a bit transpired yesterday, and the usual topics will continue to be in the news, so I'll post a few links, references, and perhaps even make a few comments. The following concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions were read, and referred (or

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 9:30. Morning business is scheduled for the first 2 hours. After that, debate and vote on S.3569 - A bill to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, with a vote expected sometime in the afternoon. I expect the Senate to wind down its business this week with its customary whimper. ---===--- The President made nominations to fill four

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 9:30 AM for a period of morning business to last 2 hours. Senator Frist laid out two items of business that he expected to occur in the next hours. One item relates to a Free Trade Agreement with Oman, which was sent to Congress by President Bush on Monday; and the other being a nomination of Henry Paulson. Mr. Paulson has been nominated to eight

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The Senate resumes at 9:45. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today the Senate began the debate on the flag resolution. Tomorrow we will be rotating half-hour blocks of time, starting at 11 with the majority side for 30 minutes and the minority side for 30 minutes, rotating back and forth in this fashion until 5 p.m. There will be no votes until after the policy luncheons tomorrow. Even the

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 2:00 PM today, and its business is expected to be short and simple. In order to obtain some entertainment, I clipped material from recent issues of the Congressional Record, and recent stories in the news. First a peek into action scheduled for today ... Ordered, That on Monday, June 26, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., the Senate proceed to the consideration of

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The Senate is to convene at 11:00 for a period of morning business. No legislation or voting is scheduled for today - shaping up as a typical Friday yawner. The summary of action from yesterday shows the extent of amendment to the defense authorization bill, and describes most of the subjects (One can also look in the Daily Digest). One of the many interesting amendments is a requirement to

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 9:30 AM to take up: S.2766 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Text of Amendments 4196 to 4208 : June 12, 2006 Text of Amendments 4209 to 4220 : June 13, 2006 Text of Amendments 4221 to 4252 : June 14, 2006 Text of Amendments 4253 to 4291 : June 15, 2006 Text of Amendments 4292 to 4309 : June 16, 2006 Text of Amendments 4311

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 9:30 AM to take up: S.2766 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Text of Amendments 4196 to 4208 : June 12, 2006 Text of Amendments 4209 to 4220 : June 13, 2006 Text of Amendments 4221 to 4252 : June 14, 2006 Text of Amendments 4253 to 4291 : June 15, 2006 Text of Amendments 4292 to 4309 : June 16, 2006 Text of Amendments 4311 to

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The Senate is scheduled to open at 9:45, and to take up the defense authorization act after half an hour of morning business. Senator Reed has 20 minutes allocated to debate the defense authorization act. S.2766 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Text of Amendments 4196 to 4208 : June 12, 2006 Text of Amendments 4209 to 4220 : June 13, 2006 Text of Amendments 4221

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The pending business is the McCONNELL amendment (No. 4272) (Purpose: To commend the Iraqi Government for affirming its positions of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces) and the NELSON amendment (No. 4265) (Purpose: To express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the

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