Daily Political Wire 5-20-2010

George Wenschhof

Today, the morning after a White House state dinner, President Felipe Calderon will address a joint session of Congress - last night was a evening including great food, friendly toasts, and great music. Today, he will discuss immigration, drugs and the economy as he addresses members of Congress. You can read more here.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fails in motion to move Finance Reform bill forward - as I reported yesterday morning, several liberal Democratic Senators; Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) would not vote to move the bill to a vote. Their action due to their personal amendments to the bill had not been voted on. The final vote was 57-42 with Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) absent. Specter, on Tuesday lost the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. Harry Reid also voted against his own motion which allows him to bring up the motion again. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who was going to vote to move the bill to an up or down vote, changed his mind at the last moment and voted against. FirstRead.com has more here.

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Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) uses National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report to promote passage of Climate/Energy bill - the NAS report shows climate change is occurring and human activities are the major reason. The bill introduced by Kerry and Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) calls for a 17% reduction of emissions by 2020 and 80% by 2050. TheHill.com has more here.

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Senate Hearing dates set for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan - Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) announced the hearings would begin on June 28. Meanwhile, a recent Newsweek article points out her writings for her college paper "The Daily Princetonian" show a liberal side to Kagan. You can read more here.

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