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04/20/2010 Nativegrl77

So, the financial reform conflict between the Democratic and Republican Political Parties have been portrayed as the next big fight though if responsible smart and lucid; the Republicans would find it in their best interest not to be the Political Party of no in a moment when most Americans helped Wall Street and the Banks get back on track then have them turn their backs on Main Street …

It is strange to know that all 41Republicans are willing to slow down progress, block progress for All Americans; though it will help shine a light on who We the People should be voting for in not only the November elections but for 2012 as well; who in their right mind would vote no just because a Bill that has all the requirements to reform financial institutions that did dirty to people and shoved our economy into the ditch with bad behavior just shy of illegal just because it was written by the governing party?

The Political Party of No should be challenged on the floor of both the House and Senate so those who wrongly believe Republicans are for the people can see it for themselves as well hear it being said by the very people willing to say we care much more about ourselves then Americans or the need to regulate big Banks, AIG types and Wall Street. While it is important that Congress should be legislating together because Americans do want bipartisanship if possible, but not if it means sacrificing the peoples business and again Republicans have clearly decided to be on the wrong side of reform.

Other News … tips

**The special elections polls in Hawaii are getting tight …Hawaii gotv for Hanabusa

The Department of Education “will no longer allow universities to rely solely on student surveys to prove they are meeting the requirements of the gender-equity law known as Title IX, a reversal of a Bush administration policy that had been opposed by the N.C.A.A. and women’s sports advocates.” In advance of today’s announcement, Vice President Biden said, “Making Title IX as strong as possible is a no-brainer.“TP

**Did Scott Brown lie about how many jobs would be lost if financial reform is implemented?

**Is anyone else surprised and maybe offended by what could possibly be a new rightnetwork that spews right wing agenda loud and clear…and headed by Kelsey Grammer … WHAT!! our EX- Fab guy who created so many programs for people of colour … i say boycott this BS of a show

Dorothy Height

Passes Away at 98

More than 1,500 lobbyists, financial institution executives, and bankers have “made their way to the Senate committee that…will take up legislation to rein in derivatives, the complex securities at the heart of the financial crisis, the billion-dollar bank bailouts and the fraud case filed last week against Goldman Sachs.” JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said new regulation rules “will be negative” for Wall Street TP

**Because the President decided to bail out GM and def going against Republicans/others on the right over 240thou auto-workers(Americans) were able to keep their jobs and now GM is paying back the loan …almost 5years ahead of schedule.

**Boeing has given 300 layoff notices to Washington State workers and is now outsourcing work to California

**Washington State Mayor will veto any panhandling bill that does not deal with the act/ the Seattle City Council vote that passed the law was only 5-4

**Discovery made a safe landing today after 2weeks in space

**Ken Vogel from Politico states that Foxnews is not doing anything illegal by hosting or raising money, sponsoring political action commte is not illegal; i do not believe it

**The Supreme court voted 8-1 against a possible law to ban videos of animal videos because of the violence or slaughter;animal cruelty…the court stated it would go against freedom of speech

Legalizing Racial Profiling in IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

C-SPAN.org

White House Press Briefing 4/19

Defense Briefing on Haiti

Sens. Dodd & Warner on Wall Street

NPC: From Earlier National Press Conference Luncheon

AFL-CIO 2010 Legilslative Conference

OK City Ceremony: From Earlier 4/19

CWC Hearing: Morning Session CWC Hearing: Afternoon Session War time Contracting CWC Event Details

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Bernanke: Need to Address Problems in Financial Regulations. “We must eliminate the gaps in our financial regulatory framework that allow large, complex, interconnected firms like Lehman to operate without robust consolidated supervision,“ Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said in prepared testimony for today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing. The committee is holding a hearing examining Lehman Brothers, which was the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Lehman Bros. Hearing: Panels 1 & 2 Lehman Bros. Hearing: Panels 3 & 4

Examiner’s report on Lehman failure

Lehman Bros. Hearing: LIVE on C-SPAN3

House Cmte on Financial Services: Testimony

Proposed Bank Tax Would Recoup TARP Funds. As part of a plan to recover funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Pres. Obama has proposed a tax on banks that received TARP funds. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), will hear from Neil Barofsky, the inspector general with oversight of the program, to explain how the tax would be structured and estimate its economic impact. This is the first in a series of hearings examining a multi-faceted plan to establish a bank tax on nation’s largest financial institutions.

Senate Hearing: From Earlier

AP: Schumer wants bank tax included

TARP quarterly report

Reuters: Levin: Bank tax weighed but no VAT

Border Security: Moving Beyond the Virtual Fence. A variety of government officials from the U.S. and Mexico will meet in Washington today and discuss U.S./ Mexico border security and the border fence project. The Homeland Security Committee is expected to hear criticism on the “failure” of border enforcement policy and “limited funding,” according to the mayor of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Senate Hearing: From Earlier

Hearing Witness List

AZ Republic: McCain, Kyl back bill

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Congress — the House/Senate …

04/20/2010 Nativegrl77

The Senate Convenes: 10:00am

Morning Business for 1 hour with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and the Majority will control the final 30 minutes.

Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session with the time until 12:00 noon equally divided and controlled between Senators Baucus and Grassley or their designees, with Senator Bunning in control of 15 minutes of the Republican time.

At 12:00 noon, the Senate will proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury.

Following the vote, the Senate will recess until 2:15pm for the weekly caucus luncheons

When the Senate reconvenes at 2:15pm, there will be up to 6 hours for debate with respect to the nomination of Marisa Demeo to be an Associate Judge for the DC Superior Court prior to a vote on confirmation. Upon disposition of the Demeo nomination, the Senate will then proceed to vote on confirmation of the nomination of Stuart Nash to be an Associate Judge of the DC Superior Court.

Votes:
119: Confirmation of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury;
Confirmed: 78-19

120: Confirmation of Marisa Demeo to be an Associate Judge for the DC Superior Court;
Confirmed: 66-32

Unanimous Consent:
Confirmed Executive Calendar #333, Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Adopted S.Res.492, a resolution honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Dorothy I. Height.

Adopted S.Res.493, a resolution designating April 23-25 as “Global Youth Service Days”.

Adopted S.REs. 494, a resolution honoring Ida B. Wells for her activism in the civil rights and woman’s rights movements and for her influential and inspirational leadership.

The House meeting starts at 12:30pmET

CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS
LEGISLATIVE DAY OF APRIL 20, 2010
111TH CONGRESS – SECOND SESSION

7:28 P.M. –

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES – The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches. Mr. Poe of TX requested that Mr. Moran of KS be allowed to address the House for 5 minutes on April 27.

Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to address the House on April 27: Mr. Jones for 5 min.

Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to address the House on April 26: Mr. Jones for 5 min, and Mr. Moran of KS for 5 min.

Mr. Poe of TX requested that Mr. Burton of IN be allowed to address the House for 5 minutes on April 23.

Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to address the House on April 22: Mr. Burton of IN for 5 min.

Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to address the House on April 21: Mr. Burton of IN for 5 min and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen for 5 min.

7:15 P.M. –: ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
7:11 P.M. –: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OFFER RESOLUTION – Mr. Flake notified the House of his intent to rise to a question of the privileges of the House and to offer a resolution. Mr. Flake was recognized to notice the form of his proposed resolution. The Chair subsequently announced that under rule IX, a resolution offered from the floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. The Chair announced that it would not, at that point, make the determination required by the rule, but that the form of the resolution would appear in the Congressional Record.

7:08 P.M. –

H. Res. 1271:: honoring the life and achievements of Rev. Benjamin Lawson Hooks

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 – 0 (Roll no. 213).

6:59 P.M. –
: Considered as unfinished business.
H. Res. 1257:: supporting the goals and ideals of National Financial Literacy Month, 2010, and for other purposes

6:58 P.M. –

6:31 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.
6:30 P.M. –: UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the question of adoption of motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier, and on which further proceedings were postponed. The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of April 20.
3:40 P.M. –: The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 P.M. today.

H.Res 1104: supporting the mission and goals of 2010 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States, no matter their country of origin or their creed, and to commemorate the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week theme of “Crime Victims’ Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect.”

3:12 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1104. Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

H. Res. 1271:: honoring the life and achievements of Rev. Benjamin Lawson Hooks

3:11 P.M. –

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

2:56 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1271. Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

H. Res. 1257:: supporting the goals and ideals of National Financial Literacy Month, 2010, and for other purposes

2:54 P.M. –

H. Res. 1257:: supporting the goals and ideals of National Financial Literacy Month, 2010, and for other purposes

2:35 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1257. Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Hinojosa moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

H.R. 3553:: to exclude from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family

2:34 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

2:22 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3553. Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Cleaver moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

H.R. 4178:: to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for deposit restricted qualified tuition programs, and for other purposes

2:10 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4178. Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Cleaver moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. today.

2:09 P.M. –

The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on April 20, 2010 at 10:12 a.m. stating that that body had passed H.R. 4360 and agreed to H. Con. Res. 243.

2:02 P.M. –

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches.

12:55 P.M. –: The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. today.

12:31 P.M. – MORNING-HOUR DEBATE – The House proceeded with Morning-Hour Debate. At the conclusion of Morning-Hour, the House will recess until 2 p.m. for the start of legislative business.

12:30 P.M. – The Speaker designated the Honorable Rick Larsen to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

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World warming to US under President Obama, BBC poll suggests …

04/19/2010 Nativegrl77

Graph showing positive negative views of selected=

Views of the US around the world have improved sharply over the past year, a BBC World Service poll suggests.

For the first time since the annual poll began in 2005, America’s influence in the world is now seen as more positive than negative.

The improved scores for the US coincided with Barack Obama becoming president, a BBC correspondent notes.

As in 2009, Germany is viewed most favourably while Iran and Pakistan are seen as the most negative influences.

Nearly 30,000 people in 28 countries were interviewed for the poll, between November 2009 and February 2010.

Fifteen of the countries have been surveyed every year since 2005, allowing long-term trends to be discerned.

In these nations – or 14 of them, not including the US itself – positive views of the US fell to a low of 28% on average in 2007, from 38% in 2005, but recovered to 35% in 2009 and 40% in this year’s poll.

After a year, it appears the ‘Obama effect’ is real

Steven Kull, director of Pipa

Meanwhile, perceptions of China in the 14 other countries have been declining – falling from 49% on average in 2005, to 34% in 2009 and 2010.

“People around the world today view the United States more positively than at any time since the second Iraq war,” said Doug Miller, chairman of international polling firm GlobeScan, which carried out the poll with the Program on International Policy Attitudes (Pipa) at the University of Maryland.

“While still well below that of countries like Germany and the UK, the global standing of the US is clearly on the rise again.”

China ‘in neutral’

Pipa director Steven Kull noted: “After a year, it appears the ‘Obama effect’ is real.

Chart showing positive and negative views of US

“Its influence on people’s views worldwide, though, is to soften the negative aspects of the United States’ image, while positive aspects are not yet coming into strong focus.”

He added: “While China’s image is stuck in neutral, America has motored past it in the global soft-power competition.”

Of the full list of 28 countries surveyed this year, the US is viewed positively in 19 (20 including the US itself), while six lean negative and two are divided.

Compared with 2009, positive views of the US jumped 21% in Germany, 18 in Russia, 14 in Portugal and 13 in Chile – though Russia and Germany continued to have a negative view of the US overall.

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Meanwhile, negative opinions of the US declined by 23% in Spain, 14 in France and 10 in the UK, with the result that all three lean towards a positive view of the country.

In only two of the 28 countries, Turkey and Pakistan, do more than 50% have a negative view of the US.

Germany is the most favourably viewed nation (an average of 59% positive), followed by Japan (53%), the United Kingdom (52%), Canada (51%), and France (49%). The European Union is viewed positively by 53%.

In contrast, Iran is the least favourably viewed nation (15%), followed by Pakistan (16%), North Korea (17%), Israel (19%) and Russia (30%).

The 15 countries included in the poll every year since 2005 are: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey, the UK and the US.

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Congress schedule … C-SPAN.org radio/live stream

04/19/2010 Nativegrl77

The Senate Convenes: 2:00pm updates as needed

Morning Business until 3:00pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

Following morning business, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to debate the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury. At 5:30pm, the Senate will proceed to roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Brainard nomination.

As a reminder, Senator Reid filed cloture on the following nominations:

– Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury;
– Marisa J. Demeo, of the district of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;
– Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General;
– Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; and
– Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.

118: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the nomination of Lael Brainard to be Under Secretary of the Treasury:
Invoked: 84-10

Unanimous Consent:
Adopted S.Res.489, a resolution honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks.

Adopted H.Con.Res.243, a concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a June 6, 2010 event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha.

Passed HR4360, a bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California as the “Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center.”

The House Convenes 4/20/2010

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04/19/2010 Nativegrl77

Word that all 41 GOP Senators oppose financial reform is not a surprise; hoping it shines a big light on the deception, dirty partisan behavior from McConnell; it is disappointing that Susan Collins has decided to use a completely bogus reason to vote against the financial reform that shoved our economy into a ditch by saying that financial reform should be done with bipartisanship… WHAT!

Now, it’s obvious that even a good bill means nothing to Senator Susan Collins or the rest of the Republicans.

With all the rhetoric … the good, bad and the really ugly by people who distrust government, mad that Republicans are not in power anymore, are anti-Obama and or are racists. It’s my contention that the Media and the guests they invite into the fray are by far the number one vehicle of people feeling this so-called palpable tension being felt all over the country. The rhetoric is admittedly from the right and left stirring up trouble. The problem is not freedom of speech it’s when talking heads or public servants such as Michelle Bachmann- lose sight of their responsibility when on the airwaves get emotional and start saying things that upset and rile their audiences up; that includes all of Fox news as well as some people on the left who feel our President has betrayed them or consider the President to be Wall Street controlled. All talkingheads on the airwaves need to be reminded continually … Words Matter and some of those words have unintended consequences.

April 19th has become a day in which people remember as a warning of what can happen when a person desperate or a group of people use desperation to behave extreme use violent rhetoric openly and wage war against our government and its people.

We the People mourn all those victims in Oklahoma as well as other victims of terrorism.

Today, we must remember the past and pledge to all do our best to see the signs hear the rhetoric and report any suspicious behavior by people who resemble the men and women who practice hate, exclusion in its most extreme way includes violence.

In good news … it’s nice to know that financial reform will be dealt with before the end of the month and clearly Wall Street will finally get it’s due, and it’s not a permanent bailout like the Republicans are trying to get the public to believe; it’s dishonest and the American people are much smarter than they think. All Americans must ask ourselves why would Republicans say one thing and do another? Republicans need to pick … are they on the side of big Banks or are they for the people even Justice Roberts has helped big money big greed corps with infinite amounts of money get into the game of politics by making corporations equal to individuals … which makes no sense.

Is it me or does the obvious disrespect for the effort of bipartisan on the part of the Democrats offer Republicans is way beyond offensive. Republicans keep saying no to reforming all aspects of the government but not because the government is broken and needs to be fixed but because they are not the governing party in charge and all those statements of taking their country back definitely have to be because the President is a person of colour.

I know that there are smart people out there who might be misguided misinformed by the right and need to hear the truth see it for yourself by listening to c-span live stream listen to the rhetoric on tv by Republicans who refuse to be bipartisan and fix our economy.

In the eight years that the house of Bush was in office he managed to get us into 2Wars give tax cuts…huge tax cuts to the rich and while informed of financial problems the Bush administration apparently did nothing. And as reported; the only Republican that has waved an alarm is ron paul and the man is definitely not even accepted into his own party. The Political Party of No remains on the side of Wall Street and greed or why would Mitch Mcconnell or Cornyn visit major Financial Fund consultants and ask for not only money but talking points to fool the public. Apparently, the public are fools; to believe that the current administration is at fault is beyond me; again, change takes time and for those to feel the President betrayed them is absurd

Again, people are either stupid, have forgotten or didn’t believe we were close to having our whole economy system derailed by folks who dabbled in financial products that were set to fail. The last minute announcement by the house of Bush right before the new President was going to be voted into place should not only remind people who was in charge and did nothing; ask yourself at what point in the months prior to the Presidential vote did the house of Bush know the economy was moving toward a depression.

Other News …

**Talks with Waste Management and Seattle garbage workers are at an impasse;with no meetings scheduled

**2top alqae da leaders in Iraq were eliminated via a rocket fire

**The President will be campaigning for Sen B.Boxer in California

**Vice President Joe Biden is facing the ladies of ‘The View‘ this week.

**Reports that the mistress of jjames got a tv gig …how disrespectful to the wife, marriage and what tv producers won’t do for money;hopefully the public will choose the wife, what is right and wrong behavior over the mistress and boycott the show

**The President will be in New York Thursday

The talk show announced Monday that Biden will be its featured guest on Thursday’s show.

**Massey Energy CEO paid Don Blankenship $17.8 million last year, “a $6.8 million raise over 2008 and almost double his compensation package in 2007. Blankenship also has a deferred compensation package valued at $27.2 million at the end of last year.”TP

**On Friday, Obama promised to veto the financial reform bill if it doesn’t regulate the market for derivatives, which contributed to the nation’s economic problems after their value plummeted during the housing crisis.AP

C-span.org live stream

Pres. Obama’s Weekly Address 4/17

Ceremony Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Today

Marking the 15th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing, a remembrance ceremony will be held on the grounds of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. In a speech last week, former Pres. Bill Clinton warned about the possible effects of incendiary language from antigovernment activists.

Ceremony on C-SPAN at 9:55am ET

Bill Clinton on Oklahoma City bombing (4/16)

AP: Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing

Rep. Levin to speak about tax cuts and the economy

Today

Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), the new chairman of the House Ways & Means Cmte., will likely discuss the fate of billions of dollars in tax cuts when he speaks about the economy at the National Press Club today. The Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. In March, Rep. Levin replaced Cmte. chair Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), who stepped aside due to an ethics investigation.

NPC: C-SPAN at 1pm ET

NPC Website

Rep. Levin Website

Commission Questions Armys Oversight of Service Contracts

Today

Defense contracts are estimated to total $80 billion over the past five years in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Wartime contracting commission will investigate what Co-Chairman Shays calls, “a serious gap in reviewing contracts between $100 million and $1 billion in value.” The commission is concerned that the Army lacks adequate resources for planning, managing, and overseeing services contracts that are critical to the success of military operations. Currently, those contracts account for nearly two-thirds of contracts in Southwest Asia, and are mostly managed by the U.S. Army.

Hearing Begins: C-SPAN2 at 9:30am ET

Commission on Wartime Contracting