Archive for 'Open Congress'
Conyers’ Deficit-Neutral Jobs Bill
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Donny Shaw.
If I had to pick the top three factors in U.S. politics right now I would say the unemployment situation, concern about the deficit, and distrust of the financial industry. Remarkably, Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] (pictured) has introduced a bill thi...
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Reid Sets Tentative Unemployment Extension Vote for Tuesday
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Donny Shaw.
Politico reports: Reid told reporters Wednesday that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has promised to name an interim replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) this weekend. The new senator, combined with pledges from Republican Sens. Susan ...
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Manchin Will Name a Byrd Replacement by Friday Evening
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Donny Shaw.
MSNBC is reporting that West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (pictured) will appoint an interim replacement for Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV] by Friday at 5 p.m. ET. Previous reports suggested that he might wait until Sunday to do so. This means that Senate Dem...
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Congress and the 99ers
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Donny Shaw.
Michael Fletcher has a great piece in the Washington Post today about the 99ers — a rapidly-growing demographic of people who have been out of work for more than 99 weeks and have exhausted all of their extended unemployment insurance benefits:...
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Congress Links
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Moshe Bildner.
Conservative commentary site “Dakota Voice” uses OpenCongress’s Head-to-Head Voting comparison tool to compare Rep. Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) to the Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-08). Check out our comparison to...
