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Democrats Break Filibuster on Small-Business Bill

Kevin Spak — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:09:42 CDT

Republicans George Voinovich and George LeMieux crossed the aisle to help Senate Democrats break a Republican filibuster on their small-business aid bill. The bill will create a $30 billion credit fund to help banks lend to small businesses, and provide a variety of tax cuts, the AP reports. Republicans have...

Voinovich to Break GOP's Finance Filibuster

Kevin Spak — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:07:00 CDT

If Senate Republicans don't strike a deal with Democrats on financial reform soon, George Voinovich is going to cross party lines to insist on a floor debate—and he expects “a whole bunch” of other Republicans to make the same decision, he said yesterday. The American people “want us to...

Scott Brown Changes the Senate Math

Rob Quinn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:56:45 CST

Yesterday's Senate vote to end debate on the jobs bill showed that losing the supermajority may not be such a disaster for the Democrats after all, writes Nate Silver. Scott Brown joined four other moderate Republicans in voting to end a filibuster on Harry Reid's jobs bill, suggesting that a...

Dems: GOP Are Hypocrites on Health Spending

Caroline Miller — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:24:10 CST

Democrats are calling out Republican opponents of the health care reform bill as hypocrites, pointing out that 24 of them voted for the major Medicare expansion six years ago, when they controlled the Senate, the House, and the White House, that has added tens of billions of dollars to the...

Congress Ups Nat'l Debt Ceiling to $12.4T

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:51:51 CST

The Senate voted today to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. The Senate's rare Christmas Eve vote, 60-39, follows House passage last week and...

GOP Boycotts Climate Bill, Dems Get Bored

Kevin Spak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:14 CST

For a while yesterday, Democrats got to live the dream: a world without Republicans. The GOP made good on its promise to boycott the Senate environment committee’s hearing on its climate change bill, and Democrats had a good time lambasting them in absentia, calling them the party of “no” and...

Pumped-Up Dems Fall Into Line on Health Reform

Jason Farago — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:05:24 CDT

After a dispiriting summer for the Democrats, Barack Obama's address has energized the majority party, with progressives to Blue Dogs lining up behind the president. As Politico notes, the greatest change in tone came from Nancy Pelosi and other legislators who had insisted on a public option, many of whom...

Forget What You've Heard: Health Reform Is Nearly Done

Jason Farago — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:22:57 CDT

Barack Obama goes into tonight's Congressional address amid talk that his health reform plan—and indeed his entire presidency—are nearly doomed. But the New York Times , in a front-page analysis piece, is far more optimistic, noting that August's town hall chaos did not substantially change public opinion, nor did...

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor

M. Morris — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:08:18 CDT

As she coasts toward confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor picked up the support of a 9th Republican today, reports MSNBC. Ohio Sen. George Voinovich’s promised yea joins yesterday's announcement by Kit Bond of Missouri and on-again-off-again Obama cabinet nominee Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Voinovich is among four of six retiring GOP...