Category: Senate

Rob Simmons is looking for 400 contributions by midnight to retire Chris Dodd from the U.S. Senate. If you can chip in a few dollars or would like a …

The Obama administration is bypassing some of the restrictions enacted by Congress to control the pay of individuals employed by institutions that receive federal assistance. The Washington Post reports …

Congress passed the President's 3.5 trillion dollar budget yesterday. No Republican voted for the measure but twenty House Democrats and two Democrat Senators voted against the legislation. While Republicans …

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to fix the bank problem is coming into focus this weekend. Based on initial reports it appears the Obama administration is going to attempt …

Finally, an adult has stepped up and slowed down the AIG tax that has already passed the House. Senator Jon Kyl blocked the AIG tax and is keeping it …

As Michael noted yesterday the House passed Speaker Pelosi's targeted tax increase on AIG (and other TARP funded) bonus recipients. Regrettably, almost half of the Republicans in the chamber …

The political debacle that is now AIG threatens to force Democrats to do something they haven't had to do in years: govern and live with the consequences of their …

Today's winner is Vermont US Senator Patrick Leahy. He gets the award for the following- The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman called Wednesday for the establishment of a nonpartisan "commission …

Buried amid yesterday's coverage of the president's announcement that 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq and Treasury Secretary Geithner's acquisition of almost half of Citibank was this interesting development, …

As discussed the other night, Democrats in Congress are in heat over the opportunity to impose wage restraints on bankers, so much so that they desired to inflict their …