Last night Delaware Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O’Donnell debated live on primetime CNN (before cutting away to cover the ongoing miner rescues in Chile). The most widely talked-about moment came when moderator Nancy Karibjanian of Delaware First Media asked O’Donnell about which recent Supreme Court rulings with which she disagreed. O’Donnell fumbled the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Senate’
Christine O’Donnell vs. Chris Coons: Who Won the Debate?
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, CNN, Debate, Delaware Dispatch, Democrats, Post-Mortem, Republicans, Senate, Supreme Court on October 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Blocked Fed Nominee Wins Economics Nobel
Posted in Politics, tagged Democrats, Federal Reserve, Nobel Prize in Economics, Peter Diamond, Republicans, Richard Shelby, Senate on October 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For months, an anonymous hold in the senate (likely, most reports note, Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)) has blocked MIT economics professor Peter Diamond’s nomination to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. “Professor Diamond is a skilled economist and certainly an expert on tax policy and on the Social Security system,” Shelby said July 28. “However, [...]
Congress Lowers the Volume
Posted in Politics, Television, tagged Federal Communications Commission, Senate, Volume on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most legislation has been sucked into the morass that is the pre-midterm congressional session, but at least one bill that will affect most Americans has gotten out. The Senate Wednesday passed by a voice vote the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, requiring broadcast and cable TV companies to air commercials at the same volume as [...]
Whatever Happened to the DADT Repeal?
Posted in Culture, Politics, tagged Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Senate on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Remember the State of the Union address, way back in January? Back before the ground zero mosque and the Pakistan floods and Shirley Sherrod and the Gulf Coast oil spill and that Icelandic volcano and the winter Olympics? What was that thing Barack Obama promised? “This year, I will work with Congress and our military [...]
Why Congress Should Pass the Great Ape Protection Act
Posted in Politics, Science, tagged Chimpanzees, Great Ape Protection Act, House of Representatives, Senate on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Legislation is pending in both chambers of Congress to provide great apes — the bill specifically identifies chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans, as well as gibbons, which are technically a lesser ape — with protection against invasive biomedical research and to ban federal funding for such research inside and outside the United States. Congress should [...]
Delaware Dispatch: Senate Candidate Steeped in Tea Party Dough
Posted in Politics, tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Delaware Dispatch, Mike Castle, Senate, Tea Party on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tea Party Express, one of the major national Tea Party groups, will soon launch a $250,000 media campaign for Christine O’Donnell, a Tea Party candidate challenging longtime Congressman Mike Castle for the Delaware Republican senate nomination this fall. The primary is September 14, just two weeks away, meaning that money will likely have some [...]
