Special Val Stevens Edition. Compare and contrast to the Maralyn Chase Edition, and be not confused by why I am a Republican in this state, and why I work to get Republicans -- especially those like Val Stevens -- elected.
Senate Bill 5186 (Establishing a review period for appropriations legislation)
Introduced by Sen. Val Stevens, (R-Arlington) (R) on January 15, 2009, requires an omnibus operating, capital, or transportation appropriations bill, or proposed substitute, striking amendment, or conference committee report on the bill, to be made publicly available to the members of the legislature and the public at least three calendar days before the bill may be voted on by the senate or the house of representatives.
Senate Bill 5187 (Modifying voting procedures)
Introduced by Sen. Val Stevens, (R-Arlington) (R) on January 15, 2009, requires proof of United States citizenship for voter registration, except when an applicant is transferring his or her voter registration within a county or between counties in this state. Clarifies what constitutes valid photo identification.
Senate Joint Memorial 8002 (Requesting that Congress audit the Federal Reserve System)
Introduced by Sen. Val Stevens, (R-Arlington) (R) on January 15, 2009, requests Congress to enact legislation to review and revise the regulatory structure of the Federal Reserve System as a whole and direct that a more complete audit of the Federal Reserve System be done.
Senate Joint Resolution 8206 (Placing restrictions on tax increases)
Introduced by Sen. Val Stevens, (R-Arlington) (R) on January 15, 2009, proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to provide that a tax increase may be imposed only by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature.
Senate Joint Resolution 8207 (Requiring that toll revenues be used exclusively for highway purposes)
Introduced by Sen. Val Stevens, (R-Arlington) (R) on January 15, 2009, proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to include toll revenues in the defined fees to be used exclusively for highway purposes.
Is it too late for a coup here?
Posted by: LCRW on January 17, 2009 08:37 AMSnowe, Luger, Kyl, Gregg, Alexander, Voinovich
If Democrats and Obama are going to race each other to take Amerika to socialism, then Republicans have very few tools to slow it. Cloture didn't apply here since the bill was to halt TARP and unanimously went to the floor for a vote. But if Republicans don't vote together to oppose Democrats, the media will portray every vote as bipartisan even if only a handful of the minority party goes along.
These 6 gave the Pravda media the excuse to call it bipartisan and to downplay or even omit the party vote breakdown from their coverage. 45 Democrats with Lieberman and 6 Republicans voted to continue this government giving away of deficit money without accountability. And the American people will read about it assuming that neither party was more responsible than the other.
Even socialist Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans in voting to stop the giveaways!
Not a good start. Democrats have been playing hardball for a longtime. Republicans seem to still not get it.
Posted by: Reality on January 17, 2009 10:05 AM