Working under the midnight Wednesday deadline imposed by last Friday's continuing resolution, the Senate will consider 12 more Republican proposed amendments to the '09 omnibus appropriations bill today and tomorrow, with all 12 expected to fail, and a cloture vote and passage of the bill expected late Tuesday. The two key proposed amendments come from John McCain, proposing to strip almost all of the 8,330 earmarks from the bill, and from John Thune, to prohibit FCC reinstatement of the fairness doctrine. While the Republicans protest earmarks, it appears that $51 million in earmarks belong to Senate Minority Leader McConnell. Go figure.
Monday, March 9, 2009
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