Dave Camp’s substitute amendment to the $787 billion Obama-Pelosi economic stimulus bill in March 2009. … His first act as Chairman was to gain passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act. … In the townhalls, the seeds were first sown for November 2, 2010. Now you know Joe Barton’s unheralded role in it.…
When I first read the charge I had to do a double-take. … This is not the first attempt by Straus and his leadership to limit the public’s ability to influence Texas government. … During the 2009 Legislative Session, Straus’ house leaders worked to cut away at Texan’s FirstAmendment rights by putting McCain-Feingold…
spend a little more time investigating allegations of egregious ethics violations instead of what appear to be threats against our first … amendment rights.…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has pledged to block regular consideration of the Coburn Amendment. … Amendment number 4697 creates a point of order against earmarks, limited tax benefits or tariffs:
It shall not be in order to — consider … This is the first test for all Senators to see if they are listening to the American people.…
First is the fact that Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) Amendment to the Senate Republican Conference rules is tough to enforce. … Senator Reid has indicated that he will use procedural maneuvers to block Senator Coburn from offering the amendment. … The Omnibus spending bill is expected to be loaded with earmarks and may be the first test for the President. …
The first idea that should be deployed by conservatives is to force a vote on the below new rule to protect the Second Amendment rights … Second Amendment Point of Order. … The first is that there is no language in the constitution that enshrines the filibuster.…
In their first post-election coordinated assault, Democrats and their union hangers-on have taken to haranguing Republican opponents … Should supporters of FirstAmendment rights turn in their library cards? Nonsense.…
Founders wanted Senators to be statesmen capable of compromise and negotiation in the face of the threat of unlimited debate and amendment … There is no rule that makes an exception to changes in the Senate’s rules during the first few weeks of a new Congress. … or 80 votes for that matter) threshold, to consider any bill, resolution or any other legislative matter infringing on the 2nd Amendment…
Liberals are going to destroy the tradition of extended debate and a free amendment process in the Senate if they can pull off this … He uses his right to be recognized first by the chair to offer just enough amendments to bills to block any further amendments. … Wichterman argues that Reid could solve this problem, not with a rules change, but with him allowing more debate and an open amendment…
Harvard’s disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement.
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1. … Harvard’s disingenuous Solomon Amendment statement. … Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated…
House leadership, as items such as the Pence Amendment which would have defunded Planned Parenthood — the nation’s largest abortion … In 2008, I was first introduced to the personhood movement. … Did personhood proponents vote for Amendment 62 and leave the checkbox next to Ken Buck blank? Possibly. …
Said campaign absolutely flaunts the intent of Congress (as per the ‘Solomon Amendment’), but has been generally tacitly tolerated … and desist all aspects of its civil disobedience campaign and put itself in full compliance with 10 U.S.C. § 983 (the Solomon Amendment … take the position that it’s the Ivy League contingent in our government who got the country into its current fiscal mess in the first…
The claim that in the “first day,” they can change the rules with a simple majority vote. … First, the rules specifically forbid this power grab by liberal Democrats (See Rule 22). … Extended debate and unlimited amendment is part of the fabric of the institution.…
Hammond, former General Counsel Senate Steering Committee 1978-89
In Lyndon Johnson’s time, first-term senators were expected to … But now, a group of first-termers –- frustrated that the Senate will not give them every single legislative fragment they desire -– … He puts an “amendment tree” in place –- meaning that he uses his preferred recognition to file so many amendments that Republicans…
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The democratic right of workers to freely and collectively choose if they want to form their UAW local union is the workers’ First … Amendment right. … First, the UAW wants access to employer records and, presumably, books (as in profit and loss statements).…
important because it has been widely noted that the Citizens United case would allow the US Chamber of Commerce to exercise its First … Amendment rights more freely. …
It will be considered first on January 4th by House Republicans alone, and then thereafter by the full House of Representatives. … This is a major improvement that could be added by amendment when House Republicans consider the package on January 4th. … It is a nice first step by Republican Leaders, and rank-and-file Republican would be wise to resist efforts to water it down and look…
Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the Tea Party hobbits could … First up, my rendition of the Tea Party Hobbits and Friends (click for full size):
(If you can’t guess who everyone is, blame global…
There’s a first time for everything.People want a deal. People want John Boehner’s deal. … And a guarantee of a losing vote on a balanced budget constitutional amendment doesn’t get you anywhere.…
The first stage of the proposal calls for $1.2 trillion in discretionary spending cuts over the next 10 years, in exchange for a $1 … Under CCB, the passage of a balanced budget amendment is a pre-condition to raising the debt limit. … Furthermore, it is unclear how much of the $1.2 trillion in first-step cuts would be implemented immediately. …
In April, Republicans had their first chance to fulfill their mandate by passing a continuing resolution for FY 2011 that slashed government … majority of voters support repeal of Obamacare; 66% of adults support Cut, Cap, and Balance; 74% of adults support a balanced budget amendment…
First they were concerned we did not deal with our debt problem. … I wonder if you could tell us, first off, why you wrote it and who should be interested in reading it? … district, but without earmarks they had to pass the bill on its merit and it wouldn’t pass until they added a balanced budget amendment…
To forestall the coming horror, they worked tirelessly to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment, means test entitlement programs, close … announced deal, and the government’s borrowing costs rise as a result, the now relatively small spending cuts contemplated in the first…
