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

Kyl says “no go” to lame duck START treaty vote

If Peter Baker at the NYTimes blog is right, you can cross off START Treaty from your list of Lame Duck Session apprehensions. Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and the critical player in the discussions on the New Start treaty, told the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of [...]

November 16, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: National  No Comments

Keep the Lame Duck from Waddling

Bruce Walker at American Thinker gives us a few of the lame duck session that begins today. He details the list of Senators who are most in danger in the next election cycle if they “fall in line” with the progressive lame duck “jam down”, and exhorts us to call them and let them know [...]

November 15, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: National  No Comments

20 Bills for the Lame Duck Session

Alexander Bolton at The Hill has some thoughts on the bills that Dems may try to pass during the lame duck session. Among them include DADT, DREAM, medicare reimbursements, action on the EPA, mine safety, Chinese currency, food safety. His article notes this one bright spot: But, given the slow pace of the Senate, it [...]

September 28, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Congressional, National  One Comment

Christine O’Donnell … our last best hope for 2010

Eric Odom has a blog, with some links from Stacy McCain, Ed Morrissey, and a few other stellar bloggers explaining why the special election to fill Joe Biden’s seat in Delaware may be the way to block all the nastiness that may lie in wait during the lame duck session. Since this is a special [...]

July 26, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: National, RINO Alert, Tea Party  No Comments