WASHINGTON - The Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day agency budgets. The votes to scuttle the competing measures were designed, ironically, to prompt progress. The idea was to show tea party- backed GOP conservatives in the House that they need to pare back their budget-cutting ambitions while at the same time demonstrating to Democratic liberals that they need to budge, too.
Less than three weeks after a much-criticized House Republican hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, Senate Democrats countered Tuesday with a hearing of their own - this one focusing on protecting the civil rights of Muslims. The two hearings highlight the chasm between the Republican-led House and the Democratic-led Senate on the issue of balancing the religious and civil rights of Muslims against the need to protect the country against radical offshoots of Islam.
By Julian Walker The Virginian-Pilot
WASHINGTON - The House Republican drive to dismantle the new health care law piece by piece advanced Tuesday with a vote to disrupt the flow of federal dollars for health insurance exchanges, an integral part of the law's goal of expanding insurance coverage. The bill is mainly a vehicle for Republicans to restate their case against the health care law enacted last year, since the Democratic-led Senate is likely to ignore it and the White House issued a veto threat in the event it passed.
Divided over spending priorities, budget negotiators from the Senate and House of Delegates said Thursday night they may not have a deal in time for Saturday's scheduled adjournment of the General Assembly . The Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate are trying to reconcile competing plans to revise the state's two-year budget for the period ending June 30, 2012. Gov. Bob McDonnell introduced an $80.2 billion budget bill in December that reflects a modest increase in state revenue .
WASHINGTON - Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, a tough-on- terrorism jurist with an independent streak, was tapped by President Bush on Monday to take over as attorney general and lead a Justice Department accused of being too close to White House politics. Mukasey, the former chief U.S. district judge in the Manhattan courthouse just blocks from ground zero, will likely face a relatively smooth confirmation by a Democratic-led Senate that has demanded new Justice Department leadership for months. He replaces Alberto Gonzales, a Texan who announced his departure three weeks ago amid investigations that began with the firing of U.S. attorneys and mushroomed into doubts about his credibility.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court in New Orleans after Republicans overpowered objections by Democrats who said he wasn't sensitive enough to the region's history of race relations. The 59-38 vote, a rare Republican victory in a Democratic-led Senate, was sealed after the nomination survived its main obstacle, a test tally moments earlier in which a dozen Democrats sided with Republicans to thwart a filibuster. That left Democrats without the power to block Southwick's confirmation, even after a heated debate that raised the pain of civil rights struggles in the 5th Circuit, which serves Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
The State Legislature on Wednesday formally began its own process for redrawing the district boundaries for state lawmakers and members of Congress -- ignoring calls by critics who want an independent group to craft lines without consideration of party or incumbency. A panel co-chaired by majority party members from the Democratic- led Assembly and the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday held its first of 12 scheduled meetings over the next few months.
WASHINGTON - Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, a tough-on- terrorism jurist with an independent streak, was tapped by President Bush on Monday to take over as attorney general and lead a Justice Department accused of being too close to White House politics. Mukasey, the former chief U.S. district judge in the Manhattan courthouse just blocks from ground zero, will likely face a relatively smooth confirmation by a Democratic-led Senate that has demanded new Justice Department leadership for months. He replaces Alberto Gonzales, a Texan who announced his departure three weeks ago amid investigations that began with the firing of U.S. attorneys and mushroomed into doubts about his credibility.
INDIANAPOLIS - After a spat derailed progress last week, state lawmakers returned to work Monday to make their final push on a handful of key issues. Since the Indiana Constitution requires the General Assembly to adjourn by Sunday, the Democratic-led House and Republican-ruled Senate will have to work quickly.
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