Jun 8, 2012 by yeslabmedia
The real story behind a private send-off for Shell’s arctic rigs (Kulluk and Noble Discoverer) at the Seattle Space Needle.
The fun continues at http://www.arcticready.com
Learn more at:
http://www.yeslab.org/shellfail
http://www.greenpeace.org/savethearctic
#ShellFAIL
the Senate Convenes: 3:00pmET June 18, 2012
5:30pm The Senate began a roll call vote on confirmation of Executive Calendar #612, the nomination of Mary Geiger Lewis, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina; Confirmed: 64-27
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| House Floor Activities Legislative Day of June 18, 2012 Last Floor Action: 5:10:57 P.M. – The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 P.M. today. 2:00:07 P.M. |
The House convened, starting a new legislative day. | |
| 2:00:33 P.M. | The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. | |
| 2:00:42 P.M. | Today’s prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Patrick J. Conroy. | |
| 2:01:45 P.M. | The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved. | |
| 2:01:50 P.M. | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Burgess to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. | |
| 2:02:13 P.M. | ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches. | |
| 2:11:50 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 the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on June 15, 2012 at 10:20 a.m.: That the Senate passed H. Con. Res. 128, without amendment. | |
| 2:12:41 P.M. | The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 4:00 P.M. today. | |
| 4:01:00 P.M. | The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of June 18. | |
| 4:02:02 P.M. | The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. today. | |
| 4:02:14 P.M. | H.R. 1556 | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. H.R. 1556 — “To amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to generate income to provide funding for academic programs, and for other purposes.” |
| 4:02:32 P.M. | H.R. 1556 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:02:38 P.M. | H.R. 1556 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1556. |
| 4:06:47 P.M. | H.R. 1556 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 4:06:50 P.M. | H.R. 1556 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 4:07:00 P.M. | H.R. 4027 | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. H.R. 4027 — “To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled “An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes”.” |
| 4:07:19 P.M. | H.R. 4027 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:07:22 P.M. | H.R. 4027 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4027. |
| 4:12:12 P.M. | H.R. 4027 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 4:12:16 P.M. | H.R. 4027 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 4:12:20 P.M. | S. 404 | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. S. 404 — “To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.” |
| 4:12:37 P.M. | S. 404 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:12:41 P.M. | S. 404 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 404. |
| 4:16:44 P.M. | S. 404 | 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. |
| 4:17:00 P.M. | S. 684 | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. S. 684 — “To provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.” |
| 4:17:09 P.M. | S. 684 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:17:11 P.M. | S. 684 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 684. |
| 4:19:15 P.M. | S. 684 | 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. |
| 4:19:20 P.M. | S. 997 | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. S. 997 — “To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend a water contract between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District.” |
| 4:19:35 P.M. | S. 997 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:19:36 P.M. | S. 997 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 997. |
| 4:21:48 P.M. | S. 997 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 4:21:53 P.M. | S. 997 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 4:28:03 P.M. | The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting a notification of the continuance of the National emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons-uasable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula – referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-113). | |
| 4:29:18 P.M. | The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting a notification of the continuance of the National emergency with respect to the accumulation of alarge volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation – referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-114). | |
| 4:35:05 P.M. | H. Res. 683 | Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. H. Res. 683 — “Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.” |
| 4:35:10 P.M. | H. Res. 683 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:35:15 P.M. | H. Res. 683 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 683. |
| 4:57:12 P.M. | H. Res. 683 | On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 4:57:17 P.M. | H. Res. 683 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 4:57:21 P.M. | H.R. 3668 | Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. H.R. 3668 — “To prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs.” |
| 4:57:36 P.M. | H.R. 3668 | Considered under suspension of the rules. |
| 4:57:37 P.M. | H.R. 3668 | DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3668. |
| 5:10:45 P.M. | H.R. 3668 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. |
| 5:10:49 P.M. | H.R. 3668 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 5:10:57 P.M. | The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 P.M. today. |
If you like safe food and healthy kids, then you should be a big fan of Debbie Stabenow. 
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You might remember the infamous hearing when one of our Republican colleagues suggested that he shouldn’t have to pay for maternal health care, since he didn’t need it. Debbie quipped that his mother probably did. Argument: won.
But Debbie isn’t just a great debater. She’s an incredibly talented Senator who’s gotten a lot done for working families. And right now, she’s leading the charge to get a farm bill that supports family farmers in states like, say, Minnesota — and invests in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
These are good reasons to click here and chip in to help me help Debbie win. But here’s another one: the far right is dead-set on defeating her in 2012. And it would be great to watch Debbie do to them what she did in that hearing — fight back and win.
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Thanks,
Al
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An unthinkable ordeal: Blanca Medina was raped by five different men in El Salvador before she fled to the United States. Terrified and traumatized, she thought she’d at last found a safe haven to raise her 4-year-old daughter Alejandra. But now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants to deport her — potentially back into the hands of her rapists, who were never arrested. Forced back to certain danger? Blanca fears for her life — and Alejandra’s — if they have to go to El Salvador. None of the men who raped her have been arrested, including her stalker, and she’s terrified of what they’ll do if she’s sent back to El Salvador. But ICE is choosing to ignore this and other evidence. You can help: Blanca’s lawyer Matthew Muller is appalled at how ICE has treated someone so vulnerable — she’s been refused a female case officer, and intimidated by male agents. But Matthew knows that public support has saved countless people in the past — and he’s sure that if enough people join him, ICE will be forced to reverse its decision and allow Blanca to stay in the U.S. ————————————————– More information about Matthew’s petition, in his own words: Could you imagine suffering torture five different times, only to be told that no protection from your torturers was allowed because you missed a deadline to apply? And what if you missed the deadline because you were still recovering from the last attack? Blanca Medina doesn’t have to imagine what that would be like. She sought safety in the United States after suffering five rapes. Because of medical complications relating to those rapes, Blanca missed a hearing to apply for protection and was ordered deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement team tracked Blanca down and detained her, separating her from her four-year-old daughter Alejandra. Blanca told ICE that she and Alejandra faced severe harm if deported. She asked for permission to at least explain how she and her daughter could be persecuted. ICE used a strange procedural rule to assert that it simply did not have to listen. Under ICE rules, it is free to ignore even conclusive proof that a person would suffer slow death by torture if deported. This “willful blindness” policy could be ended through simple procedural changes by the Department of Homeland Security. Until the procedure is fixed, Blanca (and thousands of moms like her) face deportation with no hope of finding protection from persecution or torture. Join us in asking the U.S. government to end this policy of willful blindness to torture and persecution, and allow reasonable fear interviews for all who face deportation. |
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