All Posts Tagged With: "senate president"

Democrats Opposes Latest Debt Ceiling Plan

July 22nd, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
President Barack Obama wants the Congressional leaders to come out with a deal to decrease the federal definite but this brought uproar from the congressional Democrats who said that the president is backing down with his insistence that revenue increases and spending cuts should be included in the package. The White House told Democratic leaders [...]

House Republicans Pass Symbolic Bill on Debt Limit

July 20th, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Republicans in the House passed a legislation that calls for a limit on spending by the federal government and an amendment to the constitution that would try to decrease the budget deficit. It would not progress in the Senate. President Barack Obama said that they should already consider a solution to solve the budget problem [...]

Alabama Republicans Support the Stopgap Spending Bill

April 11th, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
House Republicans from Alabama supports the bill that would fund the federal government for another week as the congressional leaders discuss further the budget for the rest of the present fiscal year. They said that the soldiers should be paid for protecting the nation. The vote for the stopgap spending measure was 247-181. The bill [...]

Florida Republican Leader Offers a Compromise

April 2nd, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Dave Bitner, the chairman of the Republican Party in Florida, wants to move the primary to late February. This will make the state fifth on the primary calendar. The chairman’s proposal might not be approved by the GOP officials in Iowa and South Carolina. The two states didn’t want changes in the calendar, which the [...]

Quick Recap of Politics in Florida Throughout 2010

January 1st, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
2010 brought a slew of good and bad news to a lot of politician in the U.S. For instance, Gov. Charlie Cist started his campaign as a Republican but ended up as an independent, who’s about to rid the unemployment wagon. As his 4th term ends, the guy is nearing the unemployment group that is [...]