CQ Today Midday Update
Midday Update for FRIDAY, SEPT. 12, 2008 – 2:15 P.M. In This Issue
--------------------------------- Today in WashingtonThe House is not in session. The Senate adjourns for the week, to reconvene at 3 p.m. Monday to continue debating amendments to the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill. The President visits Oklahoma to participate in a roundtable on Health Savings Accounts; attends a McCain for President reception. In Washington, the Center for Excellence in Public Leaderships D.C. Neighborhood College at The George Washington University and the Washington Regional Equity Network host a Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) Symposium. 5 p.m., 1957 E St., N.W. --------------------------------- Top StoriesWhite House Wary About Loans to U.S. AutomakersThe White House sounded a note of caution Friday on proposed federal loans for automakers as a top executive prepared to make the industry’s case on Capitol Hill. [Read More]Senate Leaders Discuss Options on EnergyWith a heated floor battle expected next week, Senate leaders came together Friday in a show of bipartisan unity for a day-long summit on energy. [Read More]With Earmarks Fight Still Raging, Senate Sets Test Vote on Defense BillThe Senate adjourned for the weekend Friday with its defense authorization bill still ensnared by several disputes, topped by one over billions of dollars in parochial projects. [Read More]Senate Judiciary Schedules Vote To Subpoena Interrogation DocumentsThe Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a Sept. 18 vote on whether to authorize a subpoena of the Justice Department to produce internal legal opinions regarding the interrogation of suspected terrorists. [Read More]Political Trivia for Sept. 12Who was the last Republican elected to the U.S. House in Maine? [Read More] --------------------------------- "Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process"If your job requires you to understand and follow legislation, or if youa??re new to government affairs, here's your chance to get up to speed in one information-packed day. WHERE: Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street N.W., Washington, D.C. WHEN: September 18, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration Fee: $595 Full program description and secure online registration, or call our registrar at 202-678-1600. This training conference is sponsored by TheCapitol.Net, exclusive provider of Congressional Quarterly Executive Conferences. --------------------------------- Political ClippingsThe Rocky Mountain News reports that an attorney for Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has requested that Colorado television stations pull ads of his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Bob Schaffer, charging they violate federal law by not having the candidate’s image appear in the final four seconds of the new TV ad on taxes. “Udall’s attorneys asked Colorado’s TV stations on Thursday to enforce a provision of the law that says that requirement must be met for campaigns to get the discount rates that TV stations charge candidates,” the newspaper reports. Schaffer’s campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, called the request “legal bull.” At least one station already has pulled the ad. The candidates are vying for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Wayne Allard.The Citizens Voice reports Pennsylvania District 11 Democratic incumbent Paul E. Kanjorski “has no plans to cancel a fundraiser featuring Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., despite Rangel’s admission Wednesday that he failed to pay $5,000 in federal taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic,” according to Kanjorski campaign spokesman Ed Mitchell. He said Kanjorski would consider canceling the Sept. 24 Washington D.C., fundraiser only if Republican opponent, Lou Barletta, refunded contributions from convicted cocaine distributors Paul and Neal DeAngelo, indicted landfill and casino owner Louis DeNaples and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, who was indicted in July for false claims on his financial disclosure statements. Mitchell’s comments followed attacks from the National Republican Congressional Committee calling the relationship between Kanjorski and Rangel “damning.” --------------------------------- Today on Governing.com State and local government news from CQ’s sister publication TEXAS: Forecasters Fear a Strengthening Ike ARKANSAS: A.G.: Colleges Can Admit Illegal Immigrants MARYLAND: New Regs to Target Poultry Manure THE NATION: NCSL: Legislative Control Could Flip in 10 States PENNSYLVANIA: Jury Probing House GOP Computer Use ALASKA/CALIFORNIA: Palin to Schwarzenegger: Veto Cargo Fee --------------------------------- Other CQ ProductsSign up for free trialsCQ Floor Video CQ.com CQ Weekly CQ Today CQ Today Action Alerts CQ BillTrack CQ Budget Tracker CQ Committee Amendments CQ HealthBeat CQ Homeland Security CQ House Action Reports CQ LawTrack CQ Politics CQ Press CQ Top Docs See all CQ products |