The House is expected to reconvene here in about 45 minutes, and one of the items on their agenda is expected to be the awful coal plant building bill passed yesterday by the Senate on a party line vote. Here's what the bill willl actually do:
It will allow Consumers to [...]
LANSING– Both chambers of the Michigan legislature remained in session Thursday night, preparing for four bills lawmakers say are key to Michigan’s educational future.
Four bills are pending in joint House-Senate conference committees. There lawmakers will hammer out the differences between the bills passed in the Democratic dominated House and the [...]
Someone e-mailed an hour or so ago and objected in very roundabout terms to the characterization of the last post's headline and content. It's not entirely fair to the Senate Democrats, this person said, because none of them voted in favor of that thoroughly noxious bill.
Guilty as charged, I suppose. [...]
Update! ... Onward, into the House.
What awful, stupid legislation:
(15) IN MAKING A DETERMINATION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT
19 TO INSTALL AN ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
20 NOT REVIEW OR CONSIDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
21 (A) THIS STATE'S NEEDS FOR ELECTRICITY.
22 (B) ALTERNATIVE METHODS [...]
Tim Melton
LANSING — It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s drama nonetheless at the Capitol today.
House Democrats held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. to vent their frustrations with Senate Republicans who walked away from a joint House-Senate conference committee last night. The committee has been working to [...]
Senate [...]
MIRS breaking news thingy:
Rep. Tim MELTON (D-Auburn Hills) said this morning that negotiations are currently stalled after Senate Republicans walked out of the room last night having tried to interject new issues into the negotiations. "I'm still at the table, as far as they know I'm still in the room" [...]
Republicans in the Senate are stymieing debate on the health care reform bill this afternoon by forcing the clerk to [...]
The bipartisan Michigan congressional delegation in Washington D.C. has successfully pushed the Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies to divert an additional $13 million to help fight the Asian carp. Sen. Carl Levin has been circulating a letter in the Senate while Rep. Bart Stupak and other Michigan [...]
On Sunday, the U.S. Senate approved next years budget, that increases spending overall 12%, and increases Federal Worker's Salaries by 2%. When 50 million Social Security recipients don't get their yearly increase because of the falling cost of living, how can the government justify the 2% increase in salaries. We [...]
In case you weren’t glued to C-SPAN on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted to include a provision in a key spending bill that paves the way to a first-ever light rail system for the Motor City.
The vote signaled a decisive turning-point for the long-stalled light rail project along [...]
The Michigan House of Representatives approved the Senate’s version of the smoking ban, sending the legislation to the desk of Gov. Jennifer Granholm for her signature. And since the governor called the ban a “terrific gift to Michigan,” her signature is inevitable. The ban will go into effect on [...]
In an announcement that is surely no surprise to political observers in Michigan, State Rep. Pam Byrnes, the speaker pro-tem of the House, will announce on Sunday Dec. 13 she will seek a seat in the state Senate.
According to AnnArbor.com, Byrnes has this to say in a [...]
The compromise exempts Detroit's three casinos and so-called cigar bars, but gaining approval of the same version of the bill from both [...]
I guess when you don't have a substantive campaign to run, better build one on demagoguery. Todd Heywood from Michigan Messenger:
In the e-mail alert, McManus argues that her Senate Campaign and Election Oversight Committee will take up her legislation to “to clamp down on voter fraud by groups [...]
From MLive:
The Senate this afternoon approved, 24-13, the smoking ban, but concurred with House carveouts for cigar bars, specialty shops and the gaming floors of Detroit's three commerical casinos.
Since the House passed this bill the first time with a vote of 73-31, it's very likely that the Senate version [...]
LANSING — The Michigan Senate passed a bill to ban smoking in public places today, but the legislation includes exemptions for Detroit’s three casinos, private residences used as offices, and vehicles.
The ban, which is based on HB 4377 passed by the Democratic dominated House earlier this year, passed the [...]
By Alex Seitz-Wald
Yesterday, Senate Democrats working on health care reform reached a compromise on the public option that will create a network of nonprofit insurers and allow Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 to buy into Medicare. The right has [...] Sen. Michelle McManus, who is a GOP candidate for Secretary of State, put out a “special alert” Wednesday afternoon declaring she was “taking on ACORN.”
In the e-mail alert, McManus argues that her Senate Campaign and Election Oversight Committee will take up her legislation to “to clamp down on voter fraud [...]
