The Hill reports the latest on secret holds. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Friday she’s two votes short of having enough support to end the Senate’s practice of secret holds. McCaskill said veteran Republican Sen. Richard Lugar (Ind.) had signed onto her letter calling for an end to the long-standing Senate privilege of placing anonymous […]
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Is what Blumenthal said illegal?
Senator Hatch has proposed legislation to deem it so. People who falsely claim to have served in combat in the U.S. Armed Forces could wind up in jail and pay a stiff fine, under an amendment introduced today by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). If passed by Congress, the Hatch amendment to the Defense Supplemental Bill […]
Senators against secret holds with… secret holds
The Hill has the latest on moves to reform secret holds in the Senate. Feingold is blocking the appointment of Federal Election Commission nominee John Sullivan out of concern that the commission’s two other vacancies are still unfilled, as well as a bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to crack down on gang violence. Feingold […]