Paul and I both confirmed we heard someone yell something that was pretty darn close to the pronunciation of A-d-r-y-a-n-n-a.
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, D-R.
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Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are accompanying Senate Majority Leader Reid on the trip.
Seven senators did not vote, including presidential candidates Joe Biden (D-DE), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chris Dodd (D-CT), John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL).
One example of such reform is the bipartisan Immigration Innovation Act introduced on January 29 by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.).
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Only three incumbents went down to defeat that year: Al D'Amato (R-NY), Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) and Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL).
Attending the meeting were Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi, D-California.
The letter was signed by Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, ranking minority member John Conyers, D-Michigan, Crime Subcommittee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and subcommittee ranking member Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts.
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) announced they have introduced H.
Late yesterday, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), urging the use a pro forma session of Congress in order to offer a solution.
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The Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act, recently introduced by Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), requires companies bidding on these energy leases to disclose that neither they nor their partners are in violation of U.S. sanctions laws or doing business with entities the U.S. Treasury identifies as under Iranian government control.
Bill Bradley (D-NJ), Dennis DeConcini (D-NM), Pat Leahy (D-VT), Malcolm Wallop (R-WY), Bill Cohen (R-ME) and Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Reps.
Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) planned to observe the election and meet with leaders of the government and the opposition.
The effort, led by senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), could finally resolve what has been an increasingly ugly battle among on-line mega-retailers such as Amazon.com, big box stores such as Best Buy, local Main Street retailers, and state tax collectors.
Trent Lott (R-Miss.), House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
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John McCain, R-Arizona, Fritz Hollings, D-South Carolina, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said they agree that federalization of workers would happen.
The letter was circulated by House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-2-FL) and Ranking Subcommittee Member Rick Larsen (D-2-WA), along with House General Aviation (GA) Caucus Co-Chairs Sam Graves (R-6-MO) and John Barrow (D-12-GA.).
Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, Lynn Westmoreland, R-Georgia, and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced what they called the NCAA Football Championship Equity Resolution, which stated that the BCS was unfair and a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The Startup Act 2.0 originated by Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) and now joined by Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will be the hot topic Jan. 2013.
The second proposal in Congress is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA).
The debate has transcended the parties and entered the political realm, with Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) taking sides.
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Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), would have made the Senate bill's abortion language nearly identical to that adopted by the House last month.
The Climate Security Act (S. 2191) began debate in the Senate on June 3rd, 2008, and is sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John Warner (R-VA), respectively.
The introduction last week of the Cyber Security Awareness Act of 2011 (S.813) by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has received a great deal of press attention.
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Unfortunately, there appears very little likelihood that President Bush will receive such advice from the sorts of people Senators David Boren (D-OK) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) presumably have in mind for their bipartisan consultative mechanism.
John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana.
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Warren Rudman, R-New Hampshire, and Gary Hart, D-Colorado, and includes former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, among its members.
Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) have dropped a contentious proposal to ban contributions from political action committees.
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