Yup. In between, Lugar brought up and passed on a voice vote H.R.1053, dealing with trade with the Ukraine. S.632 on the same subject was postponed indefinitely.
McConnell passed S.Res. 396 and S.Res. 397, and advised that the first vote next week will be at 5:30 PM on Monday, Nomination at Calendar No. 520, Leo Maury Gordon to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Seems the ethics and lobbying bill just died on the vine. It's hanging out there just like the asbestos bill is - failed cloture, and can't get UC to proceed to vote on the matter.
I missed the number of the budget bill, but that will be the subject on Monday. There are a few Senate bills that include the word "Budget," including the line item veto bill. Not to say that what the Senate plans to take up on Monday is a Senate bill - just as likely it is a House bill.
McConnel also noted a need to raise the debt ceiling soon, and that there would be a number of late nights next week, before the Senate takes off for its March recess.
Dang...I heard McConnell also...but I can't remember what kind of Budget deal it was...I don't remember hearing line-item veto...but, I didn't hear all of what he said.
OOPSY....Fox showed Abizaid saying that some of the negativity about the ports deal was because of the UAE being an Arab country...
Mark Levin is NOT HAPPY....saying Generals aren't right all of the time.
I beg Mark's pardon....but I would BET that a lot of the knee-jerkitis was because it was the United ARAB Emirites...and the other part was political opportunism.