Senate Coverage -- (April '05)

Thomas ^ | 4-04-05 | US Congress

[OXENinFLA]

Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House).

So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor and you don't want to start a new thread to ask if anyone else just heard what you heard, you can leave a short note on who said what and about what and I'll try and find it the next day in THE RECORD. Or if you see a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.

If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.

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Here's a few helpful links.

C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings.

C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.

C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.

C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.

OR FEDNET has online feed also.

A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).

THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]

Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Senate Majority and Senate Minority

And Monthly Calendars for the House Majority and Roll Call Votes can be found here.

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OTHER LINKS

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Congress.org

The Founders' Constitution

THE WHITE HOUSE

THE WAR DEPARTMENT (aka The Dept. of Defense)

LIVE DoD Briefings

NEWSEUM: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES

THE HILL

CNSNEWS

Iraqi Blogs

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

[Txsleuth]

Did ya'll know that the VP Cheney will be speaking at the Media Dinner in a little while on C-Span?

[Mo1]

I heard about it on Hannity & Colmes .. but I'm not seeing it on cspan though

[Bahbah]

I'm not seeing it on cspan though

Neither am I :-(

[Txsleuth]

I checked C-span schedule--it says 9:30 pm (est)---

[Txsleuth]

C-span schedule says 9:30 pm (edt)

[Bahbah]

Thanks, Tx. I'll click over when Ollie North, whom I just love, finishes talking about Hanoi Jane. I wish we took the crime of being a traitor as a serious one. Colmes is being his usual smarmy self.

[Mo1]

Thanks!

[Txsleuth]

Ollie has perfected the "talk over" when it comes to Alan--he just ignores Alan's stoooopidity!!!

Now, I switch over to see the "media elite" stuffing food in their mouths--yummmy..

Anyway, just think of all the radio-tv people that are in Rome and missing this whingding!! who-hoo

[Mo1]

I gotta run again .. but I have the tape going

[OXENinFLA]

07:05 AM EDT

0:41 (est.)
Speech
International Justice and Foreign Policy
American Enterprise Institute
John R. Bolton , Department of State


07:47 AM EDT

0:24 (est.)
Speech
U.S. Foreign Policy and Terrorism
American Spectator
John R. Bolton , Department of State


ON NOW!! HE'S RIPPING THE ICC!

[OXENinFLA]

On C-span3, whoops

[OXENinFLA]

Ollie has perfected the "talk over" when it comes to Alan

You gotta be talking about when Alan was talking about Hanoi Jane.

[Mo1]

FNC is showing the inauuration of Iraq new President

History has been made!!

[OXENinFLA]

Thursday, Apr. 7, 2005
9:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of
John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be U.S.
Representative to United Nations, with the rank
and status of Ambassador and U.S. Representative
in the Security Council of the United Nations,
and Representative to the Sessions of the General
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure
of service as Representative of the United States
of America to the United Nations.


9:30 a.m.
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.378, to make it a
criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the
intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to
any person while on board a passenger vessel,
S.119, to provide for the protection of
unaccompanied alien children, S.629, to amend
chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code,
relating to protecting against attacks on
railroads and other mass transportation systems,
and the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of
North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Fourth Circuit, Priscilla Richman Owen,
of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Fifth Circuit, Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Western
District of North Carolina, James C. Dever III,
to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of North Carolina, and Thomas B.
Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Next Senate meeting: Thursday, April 7, 2005

10:00 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.

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PING...

[Bahbah]

to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel

This is currently NOT the case???

[OXENinFLA]

That's the same thing I thought...

[Txsleuth]

How can they have the meeting of the judiciary committee, I thought Kennedy was going to Pope's funeral---can anything get done in Washington without Kennedy's attendence or permission? LOL

BTW, do you think that Mel Martinez will get up on Senate floor and apologize for his aide's mistake?

[OXENinFLA]

I think both committee meetings were postponed.

[Txsleuth]

I was really looking forward to the confirmation hearing of John Bolton---lots of fireworks expected!!!

Oh, well....next week!

[Txsleuth]

I just saw an interview with Tim Curran of Roll Call, during a quorum call on the Senate floor---

The "voice" asked him what is going on today on Capital Hill and he said not much because of the Pope's funeral, but he did say that there is a kerfuffle (my word) over a judicial nominee that will be going up in front of the judiciary committee today---

Supposedly, this judge is from Utah, but at one point was practicing law w/o a license. Anyway, Curran said that the dems are upset because with Durbin and Leahy missing from the judiciary committee (what about Kennedy?), the vote will be enough to send this guy Thomas (something) to a floor vote, which, (curran said) will be a fight because the dems will be mad that he made it through a "dem-light" committee vote!!!

Anyway, to make a short story long---I guess that means the judiciary committee IS meeting today!!! LOL