Health Care

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CLASS' Untold Story:

Taxpayers, employers, and states on the hook for flawed entitlement program. Read More

Economy

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He’s Making It Worse

The Obama economic record speaks for itself. Read More

Economy

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Obama’s Failed Stimulus, The Sequel

Then: Shortly after taking office, President Obama promised his $825 billion stimulus would “save or create more than 3.5 million jobs.” Now: Last week, President Obama said his latest $447 billion stimulus “answers the urgent need to create jobs right away.” Read More

Labor

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Big Labor Agenda Kicks Into High Gear

On the heels of its job-killing lawsuit against Boeing, President Obama’s NLRB recently sided with union bosses in three cases that overturn precedent and increase unionization efforts at the expense of workers and businesses. Read More

National Security

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Drivers of Debt Are Entitlements, Not Defense

Independent analyses of the federal budget by CBO make clear that the federal debt is primarily being driven by entitlement spending. Read More
Circa 5:30 p.m., 2 VOTES on: Exec. Cal. #113 and Cloture on the MTP to S. 1619.

Senate Floor Proceedings

*The Senate stands in adjournment until 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 3. *Following the Leader?s remarks, the Senate will be in Morning Business until 3:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. *Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of the MTP to S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform bill. *At 4:30 p.m., the Senate will begin up to 1 hour of debate, equally divided, on the following nominations: Exec. Cal. #113, Henry F. Floyd, of SC, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Exec. Cal. #171, Nannette Jolivette Brown, of LA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of LA; Exec. Cal. #172, Nancy Torresen, of ME, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of ME; Exec. Cal. #173, William Francis Kuntz, of NY, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of NY; Exec. Cal. #184, Marina Garcia Marmolejo, of TX, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of TX; and Exec. Cal. #357, Jennifer Guerin Zipps, of AZ, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of AZ. *Circa 5:30 p.m., the Senate will conduct 2 VOTES on: (1) Exec. Cal. #113, Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit and (2) Cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform bill.

Senate Schedule

Sep 26 2011

3:30 p.m.
Following the Leaders’ remarks, Morning Business, with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each

4:30 p.m.
Resume consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2608, the vehicle for the Continuing Resolution, with the time until 5:30 p.m. equally divided

5:30 p.m.
VOTE on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2608 with Reid amendment #656 (House-passed CR/disaster relief without offsets)

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