Today in Washington D. C. - Oct 5, 2007
From Senate sources: CQ Today (subscription only) reports on Republican efforts to permanently ban Internet access taxes and notes Sen. McConnell’s video on the subject. The Weekly Standard reports on Congressional Democrats slow-walking action on extending the current ban. Grover Norquist joins the chorus calling for permanently extending the moratorium in an op-ed at RealClearPolitics.
The positive news of the day is the continuing strength of the U.S. economy. 110,000 jobs were added in September, and the numbers were August were revised upward to show 89,000 jobs added that month (previous reports said the economy narrowly lost jobs in August). The AP reports the news but continues the MSM’s relentless attempts to talk down the economy by complaining about the 4.7% unemployment rate. What the AP leaves out, though, is that the revised August numbers mean that the American economy has now set a record of 49 consecutive months of job growth, the longest ever.
Sen. McConnell said of the good economic news, “This report is a milestone, showing the American economy has created jobs for 49 consecutive months, breaking the record set under President Reagan. Smart economic policies led principally by a lowered tax burden created the economic environment necessary for sustained growth, and the American workforce took it from there.”
Meanwhile, The New York Times has discovered that medical malpractice reform actually works where it is implemented in a report on doctors moving to the state. The Times writes, “Four years after Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment limiting awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors are responding as supporters predicted, arriving from all parts of the country to swell the ranks of specialists at Texas hospitals and bring professional health care to some long-underserved rural areas.”
Today On The Floor: The Senate convened at 9:30 AM today for a pro forma session. The Senate is now in recess until 2 PM on Monday, October 15th. The chamber with then resume consideration of the fiscal 2008 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill (H.R. 3093). Reid announced on Wednesday that following completion of the CJS bill, the Senate will move to the consideration of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (H.R. 3043). The Senate version of the bill provides $605.5 billion in funds.
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The positive news of the day is the continuing strength of the U.S. economy. 110,000 jobs were added in September, and the numbers were August were revised upward to show 89,000 jobs added that month (previous reports said the economy narrowly lost jobs in August). The AP reports the news but continues the MSM’s relentless attempts to talk down the economy by complaining about the 4.7% unemployment rate. What the AP leaves out, though, is that the revised August numbers mean that the American economy has now set a record of 49 consecutive months of job growth, the longest ever.
Sen. McConnell said of the good economic news, “This report is a milestone, showing the American economy has created jobs for 49 consecutive months, breaking the record set under President Reagan. Smart economic policies led principally by a lowered tax burden created the economic environment necessary for sustained growth, and the American workforce took it from there.”
Meanwhile, The New York Times has discovered that medical malpractice reform actually works where it is implemented in a report on doctors moving to the state. The Times writes, “Four years after Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment limiting awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors are responding as supporters predicted, arriving from all parts of the country to swell the ranks of specialists at Texas hospitals and bring professional health care to some long-underserved rural areas.”
Today On The Floor: The Senate convened at 9:30 AM today for a pro forma session. The Senate is now in recess until 2 PM on Monday, October 15th. The chamber with then resume consideration of the fiscal 2008 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill (H.R. 3093). Reid announced on Wednesday that following completion of the CJS bill, the Senate will move to the consideration of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (H.R. 3043). The Senate version of the bill provides $605.5 billion in funds.
Tags: increased taxes, Internet tax, 2008, Commerce, Justice, Science, CJS, appropriations bill, Mitch McConnell, the economy, US Senate, Washington D.C. To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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