Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is not backing down from his demand for an open and transparent immigration reform process after Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy refused to accommodate his request. Last Saturday, Rubio wrote to Leahy asking for what Rubio’s office said in a press release was a request for “several hearings thoroughly examining”… Read more »
Posts Tagged: hearing
Hobby Lobby Granted Full Court Hearing on HHS Mandate
In November of last year a federal judge ruled Christian-owned Hobby Lobby must pay for abortifacient drugs and birth control for their employees. As a result of this new law Hobby Lobby announced it would defy the Obama HHS mandate and risk potential fines of up to $ 1.3 million per day. This week Christian-owned… Read more »
Leahy says Senate must act ‘quickly’ on immigration, offers Republicans 1 hearing
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that he would consider holding just one hearing on comprehensive immigration legislation — which is still being drafted — despite calls from some Republican senators for a lengthy review. Source: FOXNews.com
Green Diary Rescue: Earth’s oceans acidifying in that way we keep hearing: ‘faster than predicted’
Every week Daily Kos diarists write scores of environmentally related posts. Many of these don’t get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 218 of these spotlighting more than 12,000 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to… Read more »