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lame duck in Session -Congress …updates as needed


The Senate will Convene at 9:30amET December 1, 2010

Following any Leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business 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 next 30 minutes.

The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 3:30pm to allow for the Democratic caucus meeting.

Unanimous Consent:
Passed S.3998, Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act.

Passed S.987, International protecting Firls by Preventing Child Marriage ACt (with Durbin amendment).

Passed Cal. #658, H.R.4387 is an act to designate the Federal building located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, FL, as the “Winston E. Arnow Federal Building.”

Passed Cal. #659, H.R.5651 is an act to designate the Federal building and US courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid City, SD, as the “Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and United States Courthouse.”

Passed Cal. #660, H.R.5706 is an act to designate the building occupied by the Government Printing Office located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, CO, as the “Frank Evans Government Printing Office Building.”

Passed Cal. #661, H.R.5773 is an act to designate the Federal building located at 6401 Security Boulevard in Baltimore, MD, commonly known as the Social Security Administration Operations Building, as the “Robert M. Ball Federal Building.”

Adopted S.Res.686, a resolution designating December 11, 2010, as “Wreaths Across America Day”.

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CURRENT HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS
LEGISLATIVE DAY OF DECEMBER 1, 2010
111TH CONGRESS – SECOND SESSION

8:39 P.M. –
Mr. King (IA) moved that the House do now adjourn.

 

6:43 P.M. –

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES – The House resumed Special Order speeches.

Mr. Polis (CO) filed a report from the Committee on Rules on H. Res. 1745.

5:20 P.M. –

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES – The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.

5:19 P.M. –

Mrs. Schmidt requested the following general leaves to address the House on December 8: Mr. Poe of TX for 5 min and Mr. Jones for 5 min.

5:17 P.M. –

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

H. Res. 1669:

congratulating the National Air Transportation Association for celebrating its 70th anniversary

5:15 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

5:07 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1669.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Carnahan moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.

S. 3250:

to provide for the training of Federal building personnel, and for other purposes

5:06 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.

4:49 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3250.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

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

H.R. 6184:

to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to extend and modify the program allowing the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of permits, and for other purposes

4:48 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

4:35 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6184.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Ms. Johnson, E. B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

S. Con. Res. 75:

authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for an event marking the 50th anniversary of the inaugural address of President John F. Kennedy

4:34 P.M. –

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 voice vote.

4:31 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. Con. Res. 75.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

Mrs. Davis (CA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.

S. 1421:

to amend section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain species of carp

4:30 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.

4:16 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1421.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

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

H.R. 5283:

to provide for adjustment of status for certain Haitian orphans paroled into the United States after the earthquake of January 12, 2010

4:15 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

3:58 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5283.

Mr. Conyers moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.

S. 1338:

to require the accreditation of English language training programs, and for other purposes

3:57 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.

3:50 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1338.

Considered under suspension of the rules.

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

3:46 P.M. –

The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.

H. Res. 1724:

commending the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, for its outstanding support in creating a unique and lasting partnership with Little Rock Air Force Base, members of the Armed Forces stationed there and their families, and the Air Force

3:45 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 – 0 (Roll no. 595).

3:37 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

3:35 P.M. –

MOMENT OF SILENCE – The House observed a moment of silence in remembrance of our brave men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service of our Nation in Iraq and in Afghanistan and their families, and all who serve in our Armed Forces and their families.

H. Res. 1217:

honoring Fort Drum’s soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division for their past and continuing contributions to the security of the United States

3:34 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 415 – 0 (Roll no. 594)

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H. Res. 1217:

honoring Fort Drum’s soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division for their past and continuing contributions to the security of the United States

3:17 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Roll Call 594 – 2/3 Recorded vote pending.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

S. 3307:

to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes

3:16 P.M. –

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conslustion of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair announced that further proceedings on S. 3307 would be postponed.

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

3:05 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions.

Mr. Kline (MN) moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor.

Considered as unfinished business.

H.J. Res. 101:

making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

3:02 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: (Roll No. 593).

2:34 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

2:33 P.M. –

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the question on passage of H.J.Res. 101 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings were postponed.

S. 3307:

to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on S. 3307, the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.

1:23 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 3307.

Rule provides for consideration of S. 3307 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 of rule XXI.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1742.

H.J. Res. 101:

making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

1:22 P.M. –

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 101, the Chair put the question on adoption of the resolution and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Lewis (CA) demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the resolution until later in the legislative day.

1:21 P.M. –

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

1:07 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 101.

Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 101 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. All points of order against provisions in the joint resolution are waived.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1741.

H. Res. 1430:

honoring and saluting golf legend Juan Antonio “Chi Chi” Rodriguez for his commitment to Latino youth programs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

1:06 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 405 – 2 (Roll no. 592).

12:58 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Res. 1735:

condemning North Korea in the strongest terms for its unprovoked military attack against South Korea on November 23, 2010

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 recorded vote (2/3 required): 403 – 2 (Roll no. 591).

12:51 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Con. Res. 323:

supporting the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years

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): 406 – 0 (Roll no. 590).

12:44 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Res. 1741:

providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 101) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 236 – 172 (Roll no. 589).

12:36 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that unfinished business was the question on adoption of H.Res. 1741 and motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

H. Res. 1742:

providing for consideration of the bill ( S. 3307) to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes

12:35 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 230 – 174 (Roll no. 588).

12:28 P.M. –

On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 – 180 (Roll no. 587).

11:07 A.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1742

11:06 A.M. –

Considered as privileged matter.

H. Res. 1741:

providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 101) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

11:04 A.M. –

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At conclusion of debate on H.Res. 1741, the Chair put the question on adoption of the resolution and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Dreier demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the resolution until later in the legislative day.

11:03 A.M. –

The previous question was ordered without objection.

10:36 A.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1741

Considered as privileged matter.

10:04 A.M. –

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited to 15 per side of the aisle.

10:03 A.M. –

The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed S. 3987, S. 3386, H.R. 6162, and H.R. 6166.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Pascrell to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

10:01 A.M. –

Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend Tom Dore, Pastor Emeritus, St. Giles Parish, Oak Park, IL.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Henry Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

10:00 A.M. –

The House convened, starting a new legislative day

S. 3307:

to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes

1:23 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 3307.

Rule provides for consideration of S. 3307 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 of rule XXI.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1742.

H.J. Res. 101:

making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

1:22 P.M. –

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS.

1:21 P.M. –

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

1:07 P.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 101.

Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 101 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. All points of order against provisions in the joint resolution are waived.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1741.

H. Res. 1430:

honoring and saluting golf legend Juan Antonio “Chi Chi” Rodriguez for his commitment to Latino youth programs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

1:06 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 405 – 2 (Roll no. 592).

12:58 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Res. 1735:

condemning North Korea in the strongest terms for its unprovoked military attack against South Korea on November 23, 2010

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 recorded vote (2/3 required): 403 – 2 (Roll no. 591).

12:51 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Con. Res. 323:

supporting the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust survivors in the United States are able to live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years

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): 406 – 0 (Roll no. 590).

12:44 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

H. Res. 1741:

providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 101) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 236 – 172 (Roll no. 589).

12:36 P.M. –

Considered as unfinished business.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS – The Chair announced that unfinished business was the question on adoption of H.Res. 1741 and motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

H. Res. 1742:

providing for consideration of the bill ( S. 3307) to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes

12:35 P.M. –

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 230 – 174 (Roll no. 588).

12:28 P.M. –

On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 – 180 (Roll no. 587).

11:07 A.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1742

11:06 A.M. –

Considered as privileged matter.

H. Res. 1741:

providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 101) making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes

11:04 A.M. –

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At conclusion of debate on H.Res. 1741, the Chair put the question on adoption of the resolution and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Dreier demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the resolution until later in the legislative day.

11:03 A.M. –

The previous question was ordered without objection.

10:36 A.M. –

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1741

Considered as privileged matter.

10:04 A.M. –

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES – The House proceeded with one minute speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited to 15 per side of the aisle.

10:03 A.M. –

The House received a message from the Senate. The Senate passed S. 3987, S. 3386, H.R. 6162, and H.R. 6166.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair designated Mr. Pascrell to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

10:01 A.M. –

Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend Tom Dore, Pastor Emeritus, St. Giles Parish, Oak Park, IL.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Henry Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

10:00 A.M. –

The House convened, starting a new legislative day.

Tell Congress: Women Can’t Afford Social Security Benefit Cuts


National Women's Law Center
Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Social Security!
Your Senators need to hear from you that jeopardizing the well-being of women and families is no way to improve the nation’s bottom line.
Call 1-866-529-7630 today!

Can women and their families afford deep cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?

We don’t think so. But as the President’s Fiscal Commission meets this week, deep cuts to these and other vital programs for women and their families are on the table.

We need your help to make sure these proposals don’t stay on the table — starting with joining the National Call-In Day on Social Security.

Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Social Security! Call your Senators NOW at 1-866-529-7630.

  • After providing your zip code, you’ll be given a choice of which of your state’s Senators to be connected with first. Call both if you possibly can!
  • Tell the person who answers the phone: I am a constituent living in [your state]. I am calling to tell the Senator to say “NO!” to cuts in Social Security benefits. Social Security benefits are especially important to women — and women’s average benefits are just $12,000 per year. Women can’t afford Social Security benefit cuts.

Why are we so concerned? Commission Co-Chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have proposed:

  • Cutting Social Security benefits for the vast majority of beneficiaries by raising the retirement age, lowering the cost of living adjustment, and changing the basic benefit formula.
  • Shifting more Medicare costs to beneficiaries and requiring low-income Medicaid beneficiaries to pay higher co-pays.
  • Cutting overall federal funding for domestic discretionary programs by about 20 percent, jeopardizing funding for child care, education, training, and other crucial investments.
  • Relying on spending cuts, far more than revenue increases, to reduce the deficit. While some tax expenditures would be curtailed, much of that revenue would be used to cut tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and corporations rather than to protect vital services or reduce the deficit.

Bottom line — these proposals would hurt women and their families. The reductions to Social Security would disproportionately hurt women, who depend more on income from Social Security than men do. And the changes to Medicare and Medicaid would place an extra burden on women, who are the majority of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and who already spend a higher percentage of their (already-lower) incomes on health care than men.

Your Senators need to hear from you that jeopardizing the well-being of women and families is no way to improve the nation’s bottom line. Call your Senators NOW at 1-866-529-7630.

This will be a long, hard fight and we are counting on you to stand up for women and their families.

Sincerely,

Joan Entmacher Joan Entmacher
Vice President, Family Economic Security
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. To find out more about the co-chairs’ Social Security benefit cuts, check out our blog.

Netflix under attack


Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Don't let Comcast block Netflix!
 

Tell the FCC: Protect the open Internet!

BREAKING: The New York Times just reported that Comcast is blocking Netflix unless a new fee is paid to Comcast — so Netflix’s price goes up and people use Comcast’s video service instead.

This outrageous abuse of power by Comcast comes on the very week that President Obama’s FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will announce whether he’ll fulfill Obama’s promise to protect the open Internet and Net Neutrality — which would prevent this type of corporate abuse.

The FCC needs to hear from us now, before the chairman’s big announcement this week.

Sign our message to the FCC: “Don’t let Comcast block Netflix or other online innovators for their own profit! Support the strongest Net Neutrality protections possible — and keep Obama’s promise.” Click here.

Then, please tell your friends. We’ll deliver thousands of messages to the FCC this week. Sign here.

What else could Comcast do if the FCC doesn’t protect Net Neutrality?

Internet providers like Comcast can drive their financial competitors (or political opponents) out of business by charging them more, for no good reason — exactly what’s happening right now.

For instance, Comcast could block or degrade iTunes, which competes with Comcast’s own online music store.

Worse, the FCC will soon decide whether to allow Comcast to buy NBC! Can you imagine what Comcast will do to block customers from getting video from ABC, CBS, and other media outlets? This is way more serious than just movies — the FCC’s decision impacts pretty much everything.

Tell the FCC to stop Comcast’s abuse of power and protect the open Internet. Click here — then pass it on.

Thanks for being a bold progressive,

Jason Rosenbaum, Adam Green, Stephanie Taylor, Forrest Brown, and the PCCC team

P.S. You can read excerpts from the New York Times story on the petition page.

mashup Monday &some News …


As the lame duck session begins today the things that stand out most for me is the hypocrisy the overt nonsense and the lies offered up by the Republican Tea Party for the last twenty months. Unfortunately, the lies continue even after the Midterm elections with the sole goal to ruin President Obama by using Americans as their pawns and throwing us all under the bus.

The Party of No will keep stalling, blocking and saying No to the START treaty, the Disclose Act, unemployment, the Dream Act, Food Safety and other legislation but want and have been threatening progress unless and until the Republican Tea Party is given the Bush giveaways for the rich. The lies that the Republicans were able to sell and get some left of center to buy is about to unravel and the truth finally know by hopefully all Americans.

The notion that the top 2% is the group that creates and or hires the middle class let alone the idea that should be the reason to make sure the Bush giveaways are permanent is just a joke. If this is true, we should all ask where are the jobs that should have saved us all before the first 750 thousand suddenly lost their jobs even before President Obama was really in office. I do not understand how anyone believes that lie.

Other News …

**Feds open criminal investigation into WikiLeaks disclosures

**Former neighbor shocked over arrest of teen bomber

**Seoul warns that N.Korea will face severe consequences if another military attack on southern border

**Rep.Maxine Waters demands conclusion to ethics case

**Steele gets another challenger for RNC chair

**High court to review AZ election finance law

**JohnBolton is considering a run for office  in 2012 against President Obama

CSPAN …

Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) , American Action Network, CEO Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) , American Action Network, CEO
Sunday
Interviews on Increasing Government Transparency Interviews on Increasing Government Transparency
Saturday

Weekend rant -up &some News


On Saturday we saw President Obama in action who is definitely good for America in general and his determination to get the START treaty taken care of and revitalize our relationship/alliances with other NATO countries is something we should all be proud. This man is doing the work of the people and America unlike the Republican Tea Party who put Party, Profits and the Bush tax givaways before the People of American.

Yesterday, the weather here was giving off definitely vibes of a sharp drop in the temperature and a possibility of snow and while the skies were white and the temperature did, drop the rain trumped the snow but we have a whole weekend to deal with and apparently, some parts of our city did get some snow. This morning it is very crisp and the sky is blue –rain is on the way and a whole lot of sports here such as the UW Huskies are in Maui for the first time playing BB in an EA 3-day tourney -awesome and the Seahawks play the Saints on Sunday.

To say that the media is not the same conglomerate it use to be is stating the obvious and putting it mildly. When it is clear that reporters are giving out bad info and not correcting it even after someone from the Military actually comes on to be interviewed, makes a correction or i guess tries to make sure the public understands what is actually happening. I just do not understand why the cable heads cannot make the correction instead of fueling the inaccuracy of it all. Is it such a bad thing to either just correct it move on and or say they information has been interpreted several different ways and they think instead of telling the public that the Obama Admin has made changes to the draw down in Afghanistan. It is a very telling process and yet another issue we all need to be aware of and question each and every time we watch what seems to me the unfair and i guess unbalanced news coming from cable unless we see and hear it from the President himself or anyone else for that matter. That old saying about hearing a comment from the horses mouth is the only way to get the truth is to hear it from the person themselves, not that folks don’t know that already but the reality is that folks have chosen not to and that is sad.

While i am definitely happy about the Senate passing HR 4783, the Black and Native American farmers settlement despite folks like Sen.Coburn’s efforts to block it. There are still many more  Republican hurdles for the settlement to jump before any money can be handed out.  According to an interview with Boyd the next hurdle to be conquered will happen after Thanksgiving in the House of Representatives. If HR4783 passes it could then take up to a year to be interviewed, maybe court cases, signed and or disbursed to the many farmers who have been waiting for decades. The 50 or 70 thousand per farmer sounds great at first thought but it does not seem enough to pick up where a farmer left off and those who died waiting for this overdue settlement hopefully are looking down upon the others with at least a smile.

Other News …

Wesley Snipes has yet to turn himself in

Judge halts Murkowski cerification

China Reins in Bank Reserve rules

DMX arrested in AZ

the Show -Teen Mom- has one of theirs charged with domestic violence

The Senate confirms President Obama’s budget chief

Gases delay the rescue for 29 at N.Zealand mine

President Obama tells GOP to stop holding up START treaty