Archive for the ‘Congressional’ Category

If You Were Trey Gowdy, What Would YOU Ask?

I had a chat with Trey Gowdy my Congressman the other day. He called to share with me the committees/sub-committees he’s been appointed to, and to find out what questions WE would ask if we were in his seat. Trey has been appointed to serve on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and [...]

January 22, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional  5 Comments

Bitter Blue Dogs ready to cut deals

Steven T. Dennis and Kathleen Hunter have this story on blue dog dems frustration with their party’s leadership/leaders and how they may be looking to “cut deals” with the GOP on fiscal issues. Rep. Dennis Cardoza, who represents the Blue Dogs in leadership meetings and also co-chairs the PAC, voted against Pelosi in last week’s [...]

January 10, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Congressional, Tax/Budget/Spending  2 Comments

Duncan and Scott named House Whips

Carolina Politics Online reports that SC Freshmen Jeff Duncan and Tim Scott were both named House Whips, and will serve as House whips under the leadership of U.S. House Majority Whip-elect Kevin McCarthy. Congratulations guys, we are very proud of both of you!

January 5, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Congressional  No Comments

Opening Session of Congress to be live streamed on Facebook

It was posted today that the opening session of Congress will be live streamed on the Pledge To America Facebook page. The session and live stream will begin 12 PM Eastern.

January 4, 2011   Posted in: Congressional  No Comments

Republicans vow war on red tape

Louis Peck, writing at The Fiscal Times, has an even more in-depth article about the use of the Congressional Review Act. If I thought that Congress had the spine to follow through, I’d be sorta encouraged. The fact that the article quotes Jim DeMint quite a bit spurs that encouragement. One of the things I’ve [...]

December 30, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional, National  No Comments

Congressional Review Act

The Wall Street Journal has an article detailing how the Congressional Review Act may be in use when the 112th Congress convenes. Basically, the Congressional Review Act allows Congress to overturn regulatory agency orders with simple majority, for example, FCC, EPA, FDA, CMS orders. This article speaks specifically to the recent FCC actions … The [...]

December 30, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional, National  One Comment

Rep Jenkins to introduce “End the Lame Duck Act”

In a brief article at Slate.com, Dave Weigel points out that Rep. Lynn Jenkins tweeted: I will re-introduce the End the Lame Duck Act to prevent power grabs as we’ve seen at the end of this session. Congress … make it happen.

December 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Congressional  2 Comments

The Case for More House Representatives

Pilgrim writing at Redstate teaches a Civics 101 class on the size of the House, and the under representation that currently exists with the number limited to 435 members. GAH! The stuff I don’t know! He cites the recent Supreme Court case where the Court claimed a lack of jurisdiction when plaintiffs had asked the [...]

December 27, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional, National  One Comment

Independence Caucus (ICaucus) gears up for 2012

ICaucus is a well-run grassroots organization geared to identifying and supporting grassroots Congressional candidates. Last year I participated in about 6 of their candidate interviews (conducted via conference call) and also voted for and supported their endorsed candidates. Their process is superb, the candidates fill out an exhaustive questionnaire and only those with the highest [...]

December 23, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Congressional  One Comment

House Rules

Felicia Sonmez reports at the Washington Post on the GOP’s proposed rules changes for the House. Sounds good. Are you excited? Yeah thought not. We’ll see if they do the right thing. Even after the elections and the new conservatives we KNOW we sent to DC, I don’t trust anything yet. The GOP is still [...]

December 22, 2010   Posted in: Congressional  No Comments