Yesterday, President Obama signed a bill keeping the government funding for two weeks that cuts spending by $4 billion after it passed both the House and Senate with large bipartisan majorities. Speaking on the Senate floor today, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell observed, “We’ve insisted on shrinking the size of government. And yesterday we delivered, […]
Entries from March 2011
Still No Plan To Cut Spending From Senate Democrats; Still No Leadership From WH
March 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
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Senate Passes $4 Billion In Cuts In Good First Step, But Democrats Resist Larger Needed Cuts
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
ABC News reports, “The Senate today passed a stop-gap spending bill to avert a government shutdown at week’s end and buy lawmakers two more weeks to reach a long-term funding deal . . . . The Senate voted 91-9 to pass the two-week extension that would cut $4 billion in funding. The bill now goes […]
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Will Dems Stick With Status Quo On Spending And Debt, Even After GAO Report Shows Massive Duplication In Gov’t?
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
Reuters wrote Monday, “As lawmakers returned from a weeklong break, budget-cutting Republicans pressured President Barack Obama’s Democrats to accept a proposal to trim $4 billion over the next two weeks by eliminating programs that Obama has also targeted. ‘This week, Democrats will have an opportunity to show that they’ve gotten the message,’ Senate Republican […]
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‘Kit Bond Strategies, LLP’ Gets Website
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
It looks like the site is still being developed, but there is this: Kit Bond Strategies LLP (KBS) is an international business development and government affairs firm that will utilize expertise and contacts to advance our clients agenda throughout Asia and in Washington, D.C. Back in January, the former Senator announced he was joining the […]
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