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  April 25, 2013, 2:05 pm

Coburn: FAA pressures employees to take same furlough day, to shut down air travel

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) read a letter from an anonymous whistle blower Thursday, that said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pressuring union employees to all take the same furlough day off so that air travel shuts down.

“Management at FAA is trying to make union employees all take the same day off … so that the sequester can hurt,” Coburn said on the Senate floor. “How cynical, how un-American is that?”

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  April 25, 2013, 1:20 pm

Fischer gets emotional introducing pediatric brain cancer resolution

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) got emotional Thursday when talking about a Senate resolution designating National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day. She said she has a personal friend with the disease.

The Senate then passed by unanimous consent S. Res. 116 introduced by Fischer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

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  April 25, 2013, 12:05 pm

Baucus: Bringing online sales tax bill to the floor is 'a travesty'

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) objected to an amendment to the online sales tax bill from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday.

Baucus, who serves as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said it was a "travesty" that the Marketplace Fairness Act was not going through his committee before coming to the Senate floor.

"This is a travesty, the way this bill is being considered," Baucus said.

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  April 25, 2013, 11:12 am

Hoyer: 'America is disgusted with us'

By Pete Kasperowicz

"I don't blame Mr. and Mrs. America for saying that Congress is not doing its work. They're right, we're not," Hoyer says.

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  April 25, 2013, 10:50 am

McConnell: ObamaCare 'train wreck' is no 'grand revelation'

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that the ObamaCare “train wreck” is no surprise to Republicans.

“Americans can rest assured that Republicans will keep working to repeal this law. I hope more of the President’s allies will join us in that fight too,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Thursday. “I urge my friends on the other side to join with Republicans and stop this ‘train wreck’ before things get even worse.”

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Archived under: Health reform implementation, Floor Speeches, Healthcare, In the News, Senate, Policy Areas
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  April 25, 2013, 10:15 am

Reid urges cooperation with online sales tax bill to avoid weekend work

By Ramsey Cox

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) chided senators holding up a bill that would allow states to collect online sales tax.

“The United States Senate operates by cooperation and consent, so I was disappointed that we weren’t able to reach agreement on amendments yesterday,” Reid said on the Senate floor Thursday. “The only way we get things done around here is when senators work together. We cannot let a few people stand in the way of fairness and that’s what this is all about.”

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  April 25, 2013, 9:58 am

Senate passes resolution honoring victims of Boston Marathon bombings

By Ramsey Cox

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday recognizing the heroism of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Nearly two weeks ago, three people were killed when two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The suspected bombers later shot and killed another victim when stealing his car.

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  April 24, 2013, 5:44 pm

Brown to introduce bill making child, earned income tax credits permanent

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said he would introduce a bill this week that would make the child tax credit permanent and keep current levels on the earned income tax credit.

“We understand that comprehensive tax reform can put American on equal footing,” Brown said Wednesday. “What tax reform should not do is compromise the earned income tax credit and child tax credit."

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  April 24, 2013, 4:32 pm

Sessions says Secretary Napolitano is not above the law

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said Wednesday the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is not above U.S. immigration laws.

Sessions said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sued Napolitano because they were being directed not to follow U.S. laws. He said the judge recently ruled that she didn’t have the right to do that.

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  April 24, 2013, 3:00 pm

Senators block dueling proposals to stop sequestration

By Ramsey Cox

Republican and Democratic senators objected to each other's proposals on how to stop sequestration on Wednesday.

Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) tried to pass their bill to give President Obama flexibility in making sequester cuts.

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