Posted on 12/12/2005 10:36:51 AM PST by OXENinFLA
Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House).
So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor and you don't want to start a new thread to ask if anyone else just heard what you heard, you can leave a short note on who said what and about what and I'll try and find it the next day in THE RECORD. Or if you see a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.
If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.
Here's a few helpful links.
C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings.
C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.
C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.
C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.
OR FEDNET has online feed also.
A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).
THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]
Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Senate Majority and Senate Minority
And Monthly Calendars for the House Majority and Roll Call Votes can be found here.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)
The HULK
Senator Stevens not feeling well?
They are doing it again...trying to lie themselves to the result they want.
Steven's tie looks like it has stamps or something on it..
Durbin up complaining about ANWR...
But, he was talking about being at war, of course giving body counts and injured counts..
Then, he starts his diatribe at the Republicans by saying "while we stand here in our safe surroundings, our troops..."
My thought---Durbin, how safe do you really KNOW that building is??? If you had your way...that would probably be a target soon...and would be hit..because you would be letting out the terrorists from Gitmo...
and pulling troops from Iraq..and impeaching the ONE person in America that is willing to do what is right..not politic.
WOO HOO!!! ... You Tell'em Sen. Kyl!!
It was about the secret prison .. that the President has to tell the Senate Intel Committee .. where they are being kept, why and how many
The Senate Bill appears to be the "active" one, being No. 293 on the General Orders of the Legislative Calendar.
The Associated Press (Katherine Shrader)
Thursday, December 15, 2005WASHINGTON -- The Senate's efforts to wrap up an intelligence spending bill hit a snag this week when a Republican lawmaker blocked legislation that would force the Bush administration to divulge more about secret CIA prisons and the prewar Iraq intelligence.
It's unclear who the senator is or what the precise objections are.
Two separate amendments _ from Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and John Kerry, D-Mass. _ would require the national intelligence director to provide classified information on secret CIA prisons to congressional intelligence committees. The agency has not acknowledged that the sites exist.
Another Kennedy-sponsored provision would require the White House to give the Senate Intelligence Committee copies of the president's intelligence briefings that discussed Iraq before the U.S.-led invasion. The measure requests the documents from Jan. 20, 2000, through March 19, 2003, covering parts of the Clinton and Bush administrations.
Kennedy is pushing for amendment to show that Congress did not receive the same prewar intelligence that the White House did, as some administration officials have stated. He wants the President's Daily Briefs, or PDBs, as part of a Senate inquiry into the Iraq intelligence.
The intelligence bill, much of which is classified, broadly sets spending for the more than $40 billion U.S. spy agencies.
Congressional aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity while the legislation's status was in flux, said at least one unidentified Republican is objecting to some portion of the bill, which could otherwise be passed unanimously by voice vote. That process would allow the Senate to quickly finish the legislation before the holidays and begin negotiating its differences with the House early next year.
Bill Duhnke, majority staff director for Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, said the senator "is hopeful that we'll have an intelligence authorization bill this year."
The holdup comes as the White House and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ended a standoff over legislation that will ban cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.
Kerry's spokeswoman April Boyd noted the Senate already approved his secret prisons amendment on another bill this year. "He would welcome another vote and another strong message from Congress to the administration that they cannot keep Congress in the dark," she said.
On Wednesday, Kennedy said he could find no reason why Congress shouldn't have the presidential briefings "now that the president's insisted that we had all the information."
Democrats on Thursday also circulated a 15-page memo from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service that said the president and his most senior advisers have access to "a far greater overall volume of intelligence and to more sensitive intelligence information" than Congress.
The memo was written by Alfred Cumming, once a senior aide to former Senate Intelligence Chairman Bob Graham, D-Fla.
http://www.forbes.com/business/commerce/feeds/ap/2005/12/15/ap2396355.html
He actually said that our government was more dangerous then the terrorists???
Yeppers...
BTW....did you hear any of Boxer's rant???
Nope .. I was out shopping and doing my part in keeping the economy going .. I bought some gas too
Schumker is up now .. with Levin to follow
What article is Chuckie reading?
Isn't this the idiot who gives FREE credit checks?
YEP!
Schumer, Charles - (D - NY) (202) 224-6542
LOL! office closed. I was just wantin to know if he was still giving FREE credit reports.
Cloak Room Democratic: (202) 224-4691
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