5 Senators Who Support Immigration Bill Don’t Know Answer to Key Question About It

John McCormack The Weekly Standard 6/25/2013

Obamacare poses a tricky problem for supporters of the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill. It would be too politically toxic to give illegal immigrants amnesty and taxpayer subsidies under Obamacare, so the Senate bill prohibits “registered provisional immigrants” (individuals who are now residing illegally in the United States granted […]

Eight is not enough; Paul, Rubio, 6 others oppose ‘fiscal cliff’ deal

Neil W. McCabe Human Events 1/1/2013

Five Republicans and three Democrats voted against the “fiscal cliff” compromise crafted by Vice-President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and the Senate’s Republican leadership that passed the chamber Jan. 1 with 89 votes.

The five Republicans were: Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R.-Iowa), Sen. Michael Lee (R.-Utah), Sen. Rand H. Paul […]

White House draft bill expands DHS cyber responsibilities

WFED’s Jason Miller on the Federal Drive April 14, 2011 Download mp3

By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio

Under a White House plan, the Homeland Security Department will have far-reaching oversight over all civilian agency computer networks.

The proposal would codify much of the administration’s memo from July 2010 expanding DHS’s cyber responsibilities […]

Dems Look to See What it Would Take to Get Sen. Collins’ Vote

by Donny Shaw OpenCongress.org December 1, 2009

For months, Olympia Snowe [R, ME] was considered the only Republican whose vote was anywhere near attainable for the Democrats on health care. But according to the Politico, now that the public option is likely to be dropped from the bill, fellow Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ vote […]

Democratic Sen. Tom Carper says there is no point in reading actual “incomprehensible” language of health care bill

via Freedom’s Lighthouse October 2, 2009

Here is video of Democrat Sen. Tom Carper [DE.] calmly explaining that he will not read the actual Health Care Bill because it is too “arcane,” and “among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life.” Carper said the legislative language is virtually “beyond comprehension.”

Carper […]

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