Wanna know what lawmakers did today? What they said in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grabbed their attention? Who sniped at whom, and why? Get the inside scoop at “Hill Tweet News,” a Twitter-based service of AirCongress.
Here are today’s Top 5 tweets, followed by the rest of today’s edition of “Hill Tweet News“:
@donmanzullo Getting calls from nonprofits upset with president’s plan to hike taxes on charitable contributions for upper incomes.
A group of conservative senators is about to embark on a rhetorical crusade in defense of the free market as the best solution for America’s healthcare system. Some of the participating senators outlined the effort in a visit to the Heritage Foundation.
The participating senators, all Republicans, are Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Mel Martinez of Florida, John Thune of South Dakota and David Vitter of Louisiana. Here are video clips of their appearance at Heritage:
Reactions to the speech also are making their way onto the Internet. Here are video commentaries from: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif.; Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.; Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation
Sen. Jim DeMint has been one of the leading critics of special-interest earmarks in federal spending bills, and now he has taken his crusade against such pork to the Internet. His campaign site features a petition dubbed “100,000 Strong For Earmark Reform.”
DeMint, R-S.C., discussed the effort today in an interview with Heading Right Radio. “It’s a way for chairmen to get votes for bad bills,” he said of earmarking. DeMint also called attention to a new congressional group called Reagan21.
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As the debate over the State Children’s Health Insurance Program heated up this week, Sen. Jim DeMint took to the floor to make the case against broadening the program to cover more people. The South Carolina Republican condemned the idea as an unwise move toward socialized medicine, and his staff spruced up the speech by producing an online video around it.
“Who do you think should be making your healthcare decisions?” the text at the end of the video says. “Politicians in Washington? Or you? Don’t believe the big government promises; demand individual ownership.”
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