The Senate finance committee overwhelmingly voted to approve Ben Bernanke for another four-year term as Federal Reserve board chairman. This is a remarkable event since it is hard to imagine how Bernanke could have performed any [...]
$100 million for Dodd (and you know his vote was never in question):
A $100 million item for construction of a university hospital was inserted in the Senate health care bill at the request of Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who faces a difficult re-election campaign, his office said Sunday night.
The [...]
In the dead of the night at 1:33 a.m., both Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner voted for cloture for the Senate version of the health care bill.
Now the bill must receive final passage, likely Christmas Eve, in the Senate (only a simple majority is [...]
Senate debate ended on ObamaCare:
Democrats won a major victory in their push for health care reform early Monday morning as the Senate voted to end debate on a package of controversial revisions to a sweeping $871 billion bill.
The 60 to 40 party-line vote, cast shortly after 1 a.m., [...]
There will be a dead-of-night cloture vote 1 a.m. Monday on health care reform. And, as of now, Democrats are counting on 60 votes – including Sen. Jim Webb’s – to pass the expansive legislation.
Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is the guy that caved.
At this [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a $155 billion measure that seeks to create jobs and blunt the impact of the worst recession since the 1930s. By a vote of 217 to 212, the House approved additional spending for "shovel-ready" [...]
Democratic Congressman Glenn Nye looks well on his way to capturing the Party’s nomination.
The Republican Party, that is.
Check this out from the Washington Post. Vote after vote after vote where Nye has ditched Democrats and voted with the Republican leadership.
Michael Goldfarb reports on the tactics employed by the Obama Administration to get Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's healthcare vote. In a word, it's despicable:
According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line.
Offutt' [...]
I put the question to a Democratic strategist who asked to remain anonymous. Yes, Democrats certainly understand that voters don't like the current bills, he told me, and they are fully aware they will' [...]
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the omnibus spending bill of $1.1 trillion, loaded with earmarks and spending for government agencies, while this week the House will likely vote to raise the debt ceiling.
The 1,088-page package contains over 5,000 earmarks, including provisions to transfer Guantanamo Bay [...]
Tough to hide this decline:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index [...]
Annise Parker was the first openly gay person elected mayor of a large US city Saturday. Houston is the fourth largest city in the country. Congratulations to Ms. Parker – and to the voters of Houston. [...] Sources tell BD that the decision was made today that voters will decide the GOP nominee in the 5th District in a primary, going against the wishes of all the candidates except State Sen. Robert Hurt.
Update: Verga has the first statement….
“A primary will place an unnecessary [...]
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Perhaps the greatest measure of Obama's declining support is that just 50% of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush, with 44% saying [...]
VB School Board chairman Dan Lowe plans to resign soon. He is the Bayside district rep. While all VB voters can vote for the Bayside district rep, that rep must reside in Bayside.
At-large school board rep (at-large meaning open to applicants citywide) Carolyn Weems likes [...]
In the special election to fill the seat of Republican State Senator Ken Stolle, Virginia Beach Republicans overwhelming voted in favor of successful businessman, Jeff McWaters. By a vote of 4,776 to 2,815, Jeff McWaters defeated City Councilwoman, Rosemary Wilson.
"I" [...]
Another question... the guy is a long-haired hippie with' [...]
In 2008, one can vividly remember how most voters in the 18-30 age group supported Presidential candidate, Barack Obama’s election. Many believed that Obama’s plans offered the best solution for the nation’s economic woes, while there were some who believed that there needed to be change [...]
Today is the last day before the firehouse primary tomorrow in Virginia Beach. If you have not yet listened to the podcasts with Rosemary Wilson and Jeff McWaters, candidates for the 8th Senate District, this might be your last shot to do so before the vote.
By a vote to 11-0, the congressional district chairs of the Republican Party of Virginia have Second Congressional District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia decided that the nominee in the second congressional of the district shall be decided by canvass on May 8, 2010. [...]
Tonight proved to be victorious for Steve Hunt, as he won the 37th District Firehouse primary. Hunt won with 955 votes, followed by Marianne Horinko with 479 votes, and Will Nance had 469 votes.
Congratulations Steve!
[...]I have finally made it to Centreville High School after being stuck in an hour long traffic jam on Union Mill Road. The line to vote in the Firehouse Primary is wrapped along the outside entrance of the school and it is all the way out [...]
