Senate Republicans on Tuesday complained about the rally atmosphere of a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the “card check” method for forming labor union. A day later they released a video mash-up to emphasize their point.
The video showed committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, endorsing the applause and cheers of labor officials when they heard points they liked, but he drew the line at hostile vocal reactions to critics of the legislation.
“I don’t want to permit any hissing or booing or foot-stomping or throwing of things like that,” Harkin said. “I mean, there are limits as to what people can express here.”
Categories: Iowa, Tennessee, Vermont, Producer's Picks, Labor, Tom Harkin, Lamar Alexander, Bernie Sanders
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President Obama’s decision to reverse U.S. policy on embryonic stem-cell research triggered a round of policy tweets from lawmakers both for and against the idea.
Obama lifted restrictions on the research and issued a presidential memorandum designed to insulate scientists from political interference. @LEETERRYNE said embryonic stem-cell research is “inappropriate and immoral” and added that other stem-cell research is a viable option. @SenatorMenendez countered that Obama’s action signals a “new era of hope.”
Others tweeting on the topic included @GOPLeader, @RepMaryFallin, @bobinglis and @RepTomPrice.
Here is a sampling of other Hill tweets from today:
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Republican Reps. Tom Latham of Iowa and John McHugh of New York were among the lawmakers who made a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan in February. The two of them discussed what they saw in the latest edition of “The Congressional Report,” a monthly public affairs program that Latham hosts.
McHugh called the situation in Iraq “a war that is phasing down” and “a great victory for the forces of democracy,” though he acknowledged that more work needs to be done to finish it.
Categories: New York, Iowa, Iraq, Security, John McHugh, Tom Latham, Defense
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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“:
- Via @HouseFloor, the House passed a bill to address the housing crisis. The mostly party-line vote was 234-191.
- @donmanzullo Letting judges rewrite mortgage contracts would wreak havoc with lenders, cause interest rates to rise.
- @clairecmc Cherry-picking earmarks to vote against is kissing cousin to cherry-picking projects to fund. I voted to strip all.
- @ChuckGrassley heard from Treasury Secy that 60 jobs in Waterloo, Iowa, related to collecting back taxes are being canceled.
- A reminder from @MarkeyMemo as the time is about to change: Daylight savings = $500 million in energy savings.
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Wanna know what lawmakers are doing today? What they’re saying in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grab their attention? Who’s sniping 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, with a complete recap of the latest edition of “Hill Tweet News” in the extended entry:
- Today’s #1 pork project is $951,500 for the Oregon Solar Highway. See @SenJohnMcCain for the rest of the list.
- RT @repblumenauer McCain wasn’t familiar with a Blackberry right? How’s he supposed to understand a solar highway.
- RT @clairecmc Voted yes on McCain amendment. Awkward when I disagree with party leadership but I think McCain is right.
- RT @donmanzullo I will continue to help lead coalition fighting latest US job-killing “patent reform” bill.
- @ChuckGrassley wants you to read this article about him: tinyurl.com/cosyyw. The lead: “You cannot escape the man.”
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