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Senate Coverage -- (March '06)
Thomas ^ | 3-1-06 | US Congress

Posted on 03/01/2006 6:27:28 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.


OTHER LINKS

Congress.org

The Founders' Constitution

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)

LIVE DoD Briefings

NEWSEUM: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES

THE HILL

CNSNEWS

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 109th; cspan; senate; senatecoverage; senatemarch
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To: Txsleuth
goofball!!

I wonder if that qualifies as a personal attack.

661 posted on 03/15/2006 3:26:52 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Only if you hit the abuse button....


662 posted on 03/15/2006 3:28:16 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Cboldt

I didn't see where JR answered your question either...I guess you will just have to try it..and find out!! LOL


663 posted on 03/15/2006 3:29:13 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Txsleuth
I was wanting to know WHY it wasn't voted on...was it pulled, or what?

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.CON.RES.83: <- Text of Bill
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SC00083: <- Links re: Bill

No amendment by Cantwell, offered or withdrawn. BUT, the Senators are known to "spring" amendments onto the floor - it's almost normal procedure to do so.

The first scheduled votes tomorrow are "debt limit" (Baucus amendment S.Amnd.3041 or S.Amnd.3058 to S.Con.Res.83 - not the same as raise the debt ceiling for "now" per H.J.Res.47), followed by two competing amendments that relate to avian flu preparation. After that, back to what is referred to as vote-a-rama. I haven't figured out a way to keep track of what is going on in realtime - it's hard enough to sort out after the fact.

664 posted on 03/15/2006 3:42:03 PM PST by Cboldt
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The first scheduled votes tomorrow are "debt limit" (Baucus amendment S.Amnd.3041 or S.Amnd.3058 to S.Con.Res.83 ...

It'll be S.Amnd.3058.

SA 3058. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 83, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by $880,000,000.
On page 3, line 15, increase the amount by $1,800,000,000.
On page 3, line 17, increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 3, line 19, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 3, line 21, increase the amount by $80,000,000.
On page 4, line 1, increase the amount by $880,000,000.
On page 4, line 2, increase the amount by $1,800,000,000.
On page 4, line 3, increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 4, line 4, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $80,000,000.
On page 4, line 13, increase the amount by $4,000,000,000.
On page 5, line 4, increase the amount by $880,000,000.
On page 5, line 6, increase the amount by $1,800,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $80,000,000.
On page 11, line 21, increase the amount by $4,000,000,000.
On page 11, line 22, increase the amount by $880,000,000.
On page 12, line 1, increase the amount by $1,800,000,000.
On page 12, line 5, increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 12, line 9, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 12, line 13, increase the amount by $80,000,000.
On page 53, line 1, increase the amount by $4,000,000,000.
On page 53, line 2, increase the amount by $880,000,000.

28 . TEXT OF AMENDMENTS -- (Senate - March 14, 2006)


665 posted on 03/15/2006 3:51:28 PM PST by Cboldt
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I'm now not sure if the "debt limit" vote tomorrow in on Baucus amendment, or if the Senate plans to take up H.J.Res.47, increasing the debt limit for "right now."

Either way, they have to approve the "right now" one - I don't expect much debate on that one, except to segue into objection to S.Amnd.3058.

Coburn up to slam the DEMs for overspending.

666 posted on 03/15/2006 3:57:30 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Ha ha !!! You got Post #666!


667 posted on 03/15/2006 3:58:16 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I kept hearing the term "vote-o-rama" spoken today...they are starting to run the Senate like the House...

I hate that...because the impact of an amendment might not be as "acute" when voted on a day later...

I know that is probably just nit-picking on my part...but I prefer the Senate to vote, debate, vote...


668 posted on 03/15/2006 3:59:21 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Txsleuth
I kept hearing the term "vote-o-rama" spoken today...they are starting to run the Senate like the House...

Starting?

House, Senate OK budget blueprints
Upper house clips $100 billion from tax cut
David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times

Saturday, March 22, 2003

SENATE 'VOTE-A-RAMA'

In the Senate, the 50 hours of debate allotted under rules expired Thursday night. The Senate spent all day Friday in what is known as a "vote-a-rama," one vote after another on amendments with only a minute or so in between when the sponsor was permitted to describe the amendment.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/22/MN258612.DTL

I prefer the Senate to vote, debate, vote...

That they'll do - but the "debate" part will be brief ;-)

669 posted on 03/15/2006 4:03:56 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Boy, I bet they were cranky having to have a vote-o-rama on a Saturday!!!


670 posted on 03/15/2006 4:05:23 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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Grassley's speech will be a good one to review. I don't know what he has in mid as a substitute for "debt limit," but he is clearly referring to the contents of H.J.Res.47.


671 posted on 03/15/2006 4:11:13 PM PST by Cboldt
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Senate faces tough vote on raising debt limit

By Richard Cowan - Reuters
Friday, March 3, 2006; 1:01 PM

... In a speech on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid put all 55 Senate Republicans on notice that they "are going to have to belly up to the bar and vote to increase the debt," saying it was Republican budgets that have created the massive deficit spending requiring more federal borrowing.

"Democrats are not going to vote to increase this debt," Reid said. ...

In mid-February, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, told Reuters he hoped the legislation would be quietly brought to a vote just before the Senate's next recess, which is set for March 18.

The debt ceiling increase historically has been politically distasteful and some conservative Republicans in the Senate could join Democrats in opposing the increase.

"It's highly unlikely that I can support a debt limit (increase) without major structural change that brings the spending under control," Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma told Reuters.

Coburn said the need to increase the debt limit offered "a great opportunity to put as much pressure as we can" to bring down government spending.

Senate faces tough vote on raising debt limit


672 posted on 03/15/2006 4:16:02 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Txsleuth

Looks like Laut is losing his charts


673 posted on 03/15/2006 4:23:36 PM PST by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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To: Mo1

HEY DEMOCRATS .. IF YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORRIED ABOUT THE DEBT ... THEN PULL ALL YOUR SPENDING AMENDMENTS NOW!!

Till then ... YOU ARE ALL HYPOCRITES!!

/ rant>


674 posted on 03/15/2006 4:33:58 PM PST by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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Baucus up. 96% of debt purchased from Dec 2004 through Dec 2005 has been by foreigners. Foreigners get the interest payments. Interesting discussion, international finance. Plenty of "spooky stuff" for both sides to use - keeping the people in fear of one thing or another ;-)

"Dependant on foreign capital ..." and he segues into the Dubai deal, as well as holding China away from certain investment.

Notes that the debt has increased during the last 6 years. Same old stuff, IMO. But since it's such a dry and esoteric subject, it won't even make for a good flame war. /sigh/

675 posted on 03/15/2006 4:38:02 PM PST by Cboldt
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Baucus Amendment S.Amnd.3131 to have Treasury prepare a report that discloses to borrowers (we taxpayers) the total cost of their debt, as well as the effect of having the debt payable to foreign interests.

Who is loaning us this money? Foreign ownership is 2.2 trillion (of 8+ trillion). What share of taxes is being used to pay interest on the debt? Hell, that's KNOWN! He needs to passa law to get that? Idiot.

This is all pretty funny when viewed in light of the projected debt from 2007 to 2011 (see table of debt in multiple posts above).

676 posted on 03/15/2006 4:43:13 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I have to admit...that my eyes glaze over when they start talking about these subjects...debt limits, .

But, if YOU say that Grassley was trying to make an interesting point...I will be glad to read the transcript...that is easier for me than trying to grasp it from a floor speech.

BTW, Baucus has GOT to be one of the most boring, monotonous speakers in the Senate...zzzzzzzzzzzzz


677 posted on 03/15/2006 4:45:53 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Txsleuth
But, if YOU say that Grassley was trying to make an interesting point...I will be glad to read the transcript...

He's arguing to get rid of a statutory debt limit altogether. No limit. Said the debt limit was put in place to score political points against Clinton, to "shut down" the government, and that doing so was (in hindsight) a mistake.

He noted that Greenspan has argued in favor of eliminating the statutory debt limit.

I don't know what he proposes instead, if anything.

678 posted on 03/15/2006 4:50:14 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt; Mo1; Bahbah

Coburn up chastizing both sides for pointing fingers...and not getting things done....to get spending down.


679 posted on 03/15/2006 5:02:23 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bush-Bot;WaterBucket Brigader;and fan of defconw;Cboldt is my mentor!)
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To: Txsleuth
He's right ... both sides are guilty

I'm sick of the condescending lectures .. especially when it is THEM that are spending OUR money
680 posted on 03/15/2006 5:04:27 PM PST by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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