George Wenschhof
856 Billion Tax Extension Bill Overwhelmingly Passes Cloture in Senate - the vote was 85-13. The Senate will now vote on it today and send it to the House, where the second Stimulus bill is expected to pass, despite many disgruntled progressive Democrats. Reuters.com has more here.
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Virginia Judge Rules health care bill Unconstitutional - this was the first ruling on the "individual mandate" requirement of the bill. This is the section of the bill which has been challenged by many Republican state attorney generals across the country. Expect the Supreme Court to have the final say in regard to the "commerce clause" in the constitution.
Judge Henry Hudson is also coming under fire for rendering a decision when he had invested in a firm which lobbied against health care reform. The Huffington Post has more here.
Social Security also received many legal challenges when instituted.
U.S. Attorney general Eric Holder and Health Secretary Katleen Sebelius have an op-ed in the Washington Post today with their response to the ruling. You can read it here.
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Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Unable to Survive Emergency Aorta Surgery - despite an incredible effort by doctors to repair a torn aorta. The career diplomat spent 50 of his 69 years working in the foreign service, most recently as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. the Wall Street Journal has more on his life here.
President Obama, will hold a previously scheduled meeting today on the year end review of U.S. Afghanistan policy. The report is expected to be released today. TheHill.com has more here.
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Steele to Seek Another Term - as chair of the Republican National Committee. In a conference call to supporters last night, he announced he was indeed running for reelection after the huge success achieved by Republican candidates in the mid term elections. The NY Times has more here.
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Miller Appeals Judge's Ruling - the Alaska senate race drags on as Joe Miller challenges the authenticity of misspelled votes for the write-in winner Lisa Murkowski. The Miller campaign says the state law requires the name be spelled correctly to be counted. You can read more here.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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George Wenschhof
Murkowski to run as Write-In Candidate - Incumbent U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will now run as a write-in candidate after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller. The Democratic candidate; Scott McAdams will likely benefit from this decision. You can read more here.
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Obama losing Democratic support on ending Bush tax cuts to those earning over $250,000 - Seven Democratic Senators and a large number (31) of Democratic Representatives have split with the president's position. They support the extension of all the Bush tax cuts set to expire the end of this year. TheHill.com has more here.
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Hawaii Primary Today - Democratic candidates for Governor; former Representative Neil Abercrombie is facing former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman is what promises to be a close election. Republican Candidate for Governor Duke Aiona is the underdog against whoever wins the democratic primary. CNN.com has more here.
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Afghanistan Parliamentary Elections Today - Taliban threats to create havoc have become reality as hundreds of polls have closed as many came under attack. At least ten civilians have been killed. As a result of the turmoil, turnout has been light in the election which has approximately 2500 candidates vying for 249 seats. The NY Times has more here.
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Six more Bank failures this year keeps focus on economy - the total number of bank failures in the U.S. has not hit 125 for the year. This rate is on pace to equal or surpass the 140 bank failures from last year.
The F.D.I.C. list of problem banks is now 829 with assets of 403 billion. Bloomberg.com has more here.
In addition, 115 banks and thrifts (5 in Maryland) which received "bail-out" federal funds missed dividend payments to the government in August. The Baltimore Sun has more here.
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